The Supreme Court exhorted the Union Government to consider legislative amendments eliminating gestational limitations on medical termination of pregnancy in cases arising out of rape, particularly where the survivor approaches the Court at an advanced stage of gestation. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was seized of a…
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Congress leader Pawan Khera seeking anticipatory bail in an FIR registered by the Assam Police on a complaint filed by Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, over allegations of possessing multiple foreign passports. The Bench of Justice…
A 92-year-old widow has approached the Karnataka High Court after the freedom fighter’s pension granted by the Government of India in honour of her late husband was discontinued in 2019. Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum on Wednesday issued notice to the Central government, the State government, and Union Bank of India, seeking their response in the…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Paramount Learning Solutions in a franchise dispute with Aakash Educational Services Ltd., declining to interfere with a judgment of the Delhi High Court dated August 7, 2025, which had upheld an arbitral award in favour of Aakash. A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Alok Aradhe…
The Patiala House Court of Delhi has granted regular bail to Vinesh Chandel, director of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (IPAC), who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on April 13 in a money laundering case. The plea was allowed by the Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal of the Patiala House Court…
The Bombay High Court has recalled its earlier order which had posted the next hearing in a defamation suit to 2046, 20 years hence, since Justice Jitendra Jain saw an unnecessary burden on the judical systsem fuelled by what was essentially an ego clash. Now, the case will be heard next on July 15 this…
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has issued a circular directing all bar associations in the Union Territories to avoid organising vulgar or inappropriate events and strictly maintain professional standards. The circular, issued by the Registrar General on April 27 under the directions of the Supreme Court, mandated bar bodies to ensure…
The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe the alleged irregularities in the transformer tender procurement, worth around Rs 397 crore, which occurred in the state of Tamil Nadu during the tenure of Senthil Balaji as Minister for Electricity and Prohibition and Excise between 2021 and 2023. The…
The Supreme Court has made it mandatory for all recognised private unaided schools designated as neighbourhood schools to grant immediate admission to students allotted by the State under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, even if the child’s selection was under dispute. The Bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and…
The Madras High Court has appointed a Hindu couple as the legal guardians of a minor Muslim girl raised by them since birth, noting that it would best serve the child’s welfare. The Division Bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice K.K. Ramakrishnan noted that the couple had been caring for the child since birth…