By Sujit Bhar A recent Calcutta High Court order has brought to public view the stifling and illegal grip that politics has over the state’s film industry, quite like the many other facets of life in West Bengal that are today at the mercy of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) that governs the state, headed by…
The Delhi High Court, with current working strength of 36 judges and 40 percent vacancy, has ranked fourth among the 25 High Courts across the country. As per the data released by the Ministry of Law and Justice till April 15, the Delhi High Court faired worse than the national average. Out of the total…
The Department of Justice at the Ministry of Law and Justice has forwarded a complaint filed by former Patna High Court judge Justice Rakesh Kumar against former Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud to the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) for further action. Justice Kumar had filed a complaint before President Draupadi Murmu on…
The Supreme Court has placed before the Chief Justice of India (CJI), a matter related to the acceptance of apology tendered by the concerned Advocates, after expressing dissenting views on the issue. The two-Judge Bench of Justice Bela M. Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma made the divergent opinions, while hearing a Special Leave Petition…
The Delhi High Court has rejected a trademark infringement suit filed by Kohinoor Seed Fields India Private Limited against Veda Seed Science Private Limited on the grounds that the alleged trademark infringement did not take place in Delhi. The single-judge Bench of Justice Amit Bansal held that since Kohinoor failed to show that any part…
The Supreme Court has expressed its strong displeasure against a foreign court for imposing a travel ban on a child whose parents were involved in a matrimonial dispute, saying that the ‘atrocious’ order violated human rights and amounted to house arrest. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh made these observations…
Expressing serious concern over the judges trying to perform the functions of the Executive and acting as super Parliament, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankar on Thursday said that the incursion by one pillar of democracy into other’s domain posed a serious challenge to democracy. Speaking at the valedictory function of the 6th…
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the April 2 verdict of the Delhi High Court, ordering the takedown of the alleged defamatory edits on Asian News International (ANI)’s page on Wikipedia. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan observed that the High Court verdict did not specify which statements about…
The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to maintain status quo and not appoint non-Hindus to state waqf boards and Central Waqf Council after its assurance that it won’t do any such appointments nor denotify existing court-declared waqfs until the next hearing, which is due on May 5. The assurance was given by Solicitor…
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Thursday requested the Supreme Court to livestream the proceedings, while hearing the petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act 2025. SCBA Honorary Secretary Vikrant Yadav wrote a letter to HS Jaggi, Registrar (Technology), stating that when the hearing took place on April 16, the Courtroom was overcrowded, leaving no…