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The Central government has appointed Advocate Narender Mann as Special Public Prosecutor for conducting trials and other matters in a case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Hussain Rana, being extradited from the US over his alleged involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. As per a gazetted notification…

An intervention application was filed before the Supreme Court by the Hindu Sena on Wednesday supporting the recent amendments made to the Waqf Act, 1995, through the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. Hindu Sena’s National President filed the application at a time when Apex Court is receiving petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the amended Act….

The All India Association of Jurists (AIAJ), a community of lawyers, former judges and law enthusiasts, has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The plea, first to be filed by the legal fraternity, termed the Act ‘unconstitutional’ and sought the striking down of the…

The Delhi High Court has issued notice to the Government of India on a petition seeking consolidation of all petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf Act, 1995, as well as the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025. The Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the order on Wednesday on…

The Supreme Court has reinstated criminal proceedings against a former Chief Financial Officer of Daechang Seat Automotive, a company supplying seat frames for KIA cars, in connection with an alleged financial fraud to the tune of Rs 10 crore. The Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah held on April 8 that the…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday berated the Union government over its failure to frame a scheme for cashless treatment of road accident victims during the ‘golden hour,’ the one-hour period immediately after an accident, as mandated under Section 162(2) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. Calling it a very serious breach and violation of it’s…

The Supreme Court has asked the trial courts to play a proactive role in reducing case backlogs and saving judicial time by striking out or amending any unnecessary, frivolous or vexatious pleadings under Order 6 Rule 16 of CPC. Expressing its strong displeasure over long and bulky pleadings in a civil trial, the Bench of…

The Court of Appeal of the Singapore Supreme Court has set aside an arbitral award passed by a tribunal led by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra on the grounds that nearly 50 percent of the content was copied verbatim from two prior awards involving Misra. Upholding an order of the Singapore International…

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the alleged misconduct of Advocate-on-Record (AoR) P Soma Sundaram in a criminal case registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and other offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The Bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma…

The Union government on Tuesday notified the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, which aimed to regulate waqf properties by proposing amendments in the Waqf Act, 1995. A notification issued by the Ministry of Minority Affairs under Section 1(2) of the Act, the provisions of the Act would take effect from April 8, 2025. Earlier in the…