The Supreme Court on Monday refused to cancel the bail granted to Ashish Mishra, son of former Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni and prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, over allegations that witnesses were being threatened. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N Kotiswar Singh noted that the police report did…
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against the Punjab Chief Secretary, the Home Secretary, and the Director General of Police (DGP) of the State, for not complying with the Apex Court’s July 2024 verdict ordering to maintain the status quo at the Shambhu border, with regards to the protesting…
Senior Advocate N Hariharan was on Sunday chosen as the new President of the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) following a two-day counting process. Total 7674 members of DHCBA exercised their franchise during the elections held on March 21 at the premises of the Delhi High Court. The counting of votes started on March…
Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant on Saturday refuted the allegations that unaccounted cash was recovered from his official residence on March 14. In his response to Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Varma said that no currency was recovered from his premises. He further requested the CJI to absolve him of these…
Chief Justice of India Justice Sanjiv Khanna has constituted a three-member Committee comprising Justice Sheel Nagu, Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, Justice G.S. Sandhawalia, Chief Justice of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh, and Anu Sivaraman, Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, for conducting an inquiry into the allegations…
The Delhi High Court has stayed the proceedings initiated by the Lokpal of India against Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh over the alleged irregularities in promotions at the National Productivity Council (NPC). The Bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani stayed the orders passed on January 6 and March 4, 2025,…
The Supreme Court has upheld the acquittal of seven persons in the case related to the kidnapping and murder of Kashmir University Vice Chancellor and his Personal Secretary in 1990 by the Jammu & Kashmir Students Liberation Front. The Bench of Justice Abay S. Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the confessional statements were…
The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi High Court whether it was willing to resolve the controversy related to the designation of 70 lawyers as Senior Advocates by considering the cases of eligible candidates whose designation was deferred earlier. Noting that there were a number of eligible candidates out of which certain candidates were designate,…
By Sujit Bhar International financial scenarios present rather interesting paradoxes. While news of Americans falling behind on car payments at a record pace seems disturbing, bringing back memories of the 2008 subprime crisis, in India, even with its banking sector’s baggage of massive non-performing assets (NPAs), recent trends indicate a significant improvement. The gross NPA…
By Annunthra Rangan Mark Carney has replaced Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister after securing an overwhelming 85.9 percent of the votes in the Liberal Party’s leadership contest. His tenure, however, will be brief, lasting less than eight months before the general elections scheduled for October. Nonetheless, his leadership could signal a shift in Canada’s…