The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, seeking a separate trial from co-accused AAP leader Sanjay Singh in a criminal defamation matter initiated by the Gujarat University concerning alleged remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications. The…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking the removal of portraits of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, a prominent Hindutva ideologue, from the Parliament and other public spaces. The Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi cautioned the petitioner, a retired…
The Supreme Court has agreed to examine a plea filed by Abu Salem, seeking premature release from prison on the ground that he has completed the maximum period of incarceration allowed under the terms of his extradition from Portugal. Salem, who is serving a life sentence in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case,…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a split verdict on the constitutional validity of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as inserted by the 2018 amendment, which mandates prior approval from the competent government authority before initiating any investigation against a public servant in relation to official acts or decisions. The judgement…
Justice Vikram Nath, Executive Chairman, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), has said that true education must integrate both knowledge and character, intellect and empathy. Justice Nath further remarked that, much like engineering, life itself is a process of learning and refinement, stating, “We build, we test, we fail safely, we learn, and we iterate.” Speaking…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Justice Sujoy Paul, presently serving as the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, for the post of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court. The Collegium made the recommendation at its meeting held on January 9, 2026, in exercise of its consultative role…
The producers of the Tamil film Jana Nayagan, starring actor Vijay, have approached the Supreme Court challenging an interim order of the Madras High Court that stayed the single-judge direction directing the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant certification for the film. KVN Productions LLP filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the…
The Madras High Court on Monday issued a John Doe injunction to protect the personality rights of actor and Rajya Sabha member Kamal Haasan, restraining unauthorised commercial use of his image, likeness, and other identifiable personal attributes. The single-judge Bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy expressly clarified that permissible forms of creative expression, including satire and…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has once again approached the Supreme Court, alleging that the West Bengal government obstructed its investigation during recent search operations connected to the alleged coal scam. The central agency has accused the state administration of deliberately disrupting raids conducted at the offices of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC)…
By Binny Yadav Few ideas sound as persuasive in a democracy as speedy justice. Fewer still are as dangerous when pursued without constitutional caution. The Supreme Court’s December 29, 2025, directive introducing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to regulate oral arguments is presented as an administrative necessity. Yet, in attempting to discipline time, the Court…