The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed by renowned music composer Ilaiyaraaja, seeking transfer of a copyright suit involving over 536 of his musical works, from the Bombay High Court to the Madras High Court. The Bench of Chief Justice of India BR Gavai, Justice Vinod Chandran and Justice NV Anjaria disposed of the…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider including Aadhaar cards and Electoral Photo Identity Cards (EPICs) in the list of acceptable documents during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi rejected the argument given…
Taking suo motu cognisance of repeated incidents of stray dog bites leading to rabies and deaths, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered initiation of a writ petition on the issue. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan took suo motu cognisance of a newspaper report published in The Times of India titled…
The Supreme Court on Monday came down heavily on the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, over the increasing number of student suicides at the institution. Taking a prima facie unfavourable view of the issue, the Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan asked the institute whether it had given a thought to the…
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday, a suo motu case related to the recent student suicides at IIT Kharagpur and Sharda University. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan will take up the matter tomorrow. The Apex Court has directed the two institutions to submit their responses on the incidents. The…
Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant on Saturday inaugurated the Veer Parivaar Sahayata Yojana 2025, a legal aid service for the defence personnel of the country. The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), in collaboration with the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh and the Jammu & Kashmir Legal Services Authority, launched the initiative…
The Supreme Court will hear on July 28, the writ petition filed by Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma challenging the in-house inquiry committee’s report that indicted him over the alleged recovery of a huge sum of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi. The two-judge Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Augustine…
In order to protect the mental health of students and decrease the number of student suicides, the Supreme Court has formulated a comprehensive set of guidelines binding on schools, colleges and coaching centres. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the order on Friday, while hearing a petition filed by the…
By Adv Shivmani Yadav In courtrooms around the world, the pursuit of justice depends on facts-clear, credible, and convincing. In criminal trials, perhaps no form of evidence carries more weight or promise than that grounded in science. Forensic evidence-whether DNA, fingerprints, blood patterns, digital traces, or ballistic reports-has transformed the legal landscape, offering courts tools…
By Inderjit Badhwar In the lexicon of criminal justice, few phrases are as chilling as “wrongful conviction”. When it happens, it doesn’t merely signal a failure—it exposes a fault line running through the legal, investigative and prosecutorial arms of the state. Our cover story this week, “Justice Derailment,” is a forensic deep-dive into one such…