The Supreme Court has stayed the Kerala High Court order, which directed the Central government to procure medicines worth Rs 18 lakh for treatment of the rare disease – Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), as a one-time measure. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar asked the Centre to explore…
A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Congress leader Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for the murder of a father-son duo during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The order was passed by Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts. Rejecting the prosecution and the complainant’s prayer seeking death penalty for Kumar, the special court observed that…
The Allahabad High Court has once again granted relief to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, extending the stay on his arrest until February 27. The extension relates to an FIR filed against him over an X post (formerly Twitter) concerning an alleged derogatory speech made by Yati Narsinghanand. On Monday, the bench of Justice Siddhartha…
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday apprised the Allahabad High Court that it has expanded the scope of the Judicial Commission set up to investigate the factors that led to a stampede on January 29, 2025, during the ongoing Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj district. The Counsel appearing for the state government informed the Bench…
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the consolidation of multiple FIRs registered against YouTuber Savukku Shankar over his alleged derogatory remarks against certain judges of High Courts, journalists, and police personnel. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar further ordered that the investigation into the primary FIR registered…
The Karnataka High Court has pulled up the State police for recklessly and irresponsibly booking Republic News Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami in a fake news case, saying that he was dragged into the matter only to settle other scores. The single-judge Bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna recently quashed a criminal case filed against Goswami, who was…
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bail petition of a minor, observing that the juvenile, booked for four identical cases, could not escape the clutches of law on the grounds of his age. Terming the accused an incorrigible offender, the Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan observed that it was important…
The Union government on Saturday said that it would review the Advocates (Amendment) Bill 2025, which proposed to amend the Advocates Act, 1961. The Ministry of Law & Justice told the Bar Council of India that it would hold fresh public consultation with regard to the changes proposed in the 1961 Act. In its communication…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh government, Prayagraj Mela Authority and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) over allegations that inadequate sanitation facilities at the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025 led to open defecation along the banks of Ganga river. The Bench of of Chairperson Justice Prakash Shrivastava and…
By Inderjit Badhwar When a nation that claims to champion democracy and human rights deports immigrants in shackles and celebrates their humiliation, it raises a disturbing question: Is this what greatness looks like? The recent deportation of 104 Indian nationals from the United States in chains—25 of them women, 12 of them minors—is a stark…