The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Private Limited, formerly known as Essar Steel India Limited, on a petition filed by the Central government challenging a Gujarat High Court judgment regarding the administrative authority of the President of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to transfer cases from one Bench…
The Madras High Court on Monday sought responses from the Union government and the Income Tax Department on a petition challenging retrospective amendments introduced to the Income Tax Act, 1961, through the Finance Act, 2026. The Division Bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice Arul Murugan issued notice on the plea filed by the…
The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld an order restraining The New Indian Express from using its brand outside the territories permitted under contractual arrangements, affirming an earlier ruling passed in favour of The Indian Express in a trademark dispute between the two entities. The Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on petitions filed by the Central government seeking transfer of cases pending before various High Courts challenging the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026. The Vacation Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice V Mohana sought response from…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail to an activist accused of obstructing a public servant and interfering with a government road construction project, while expressing serious concern over the growing misuse of the Right to Information (RTI) activism. The Bench of Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vijay Bishnoi dismissed the anticipatory…
The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the decision of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to de-affiliate the Maharashtra State Wrestling Association (MSWA), headed by Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) chief Sharad Pawar, from the national wrestling body. The Division Bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande dismissed the appeal filed by…
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Jammu (JKHCBAJ), has secured formal registration with the Registrar of Societies nearly 99 years after its establishment, marking a significant institutional milestone for one of the oldest legal bodies in the Union Territory. The formal recognition was announced during a function held last week at the Bar…
A Hyderabad court has returned a private complaint filed against senior Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan and several others, holding that it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter. The development comes days after Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination was rejected on the grounds that she had not disclosed the pending court proceedings in her election affidavit, despite…
A local court in Madhya Pradesh has sentenced 14 men to life imprisonment for the 2022 mob lynching of a Muslim man, who was allegedly attacked on suspicion of cattle smuggling. The judgment was delivered on June 12 by Additional District and Sessions Judge Tabassum Khan at Seoni Malwa in Narmadapuram district of Madhya Pradesh…
A public interest litigation has been filed before the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court seeking judicial directions for an independent probe monitored by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CB) into alleged financial irregularities involving donation collections at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya. Filed by Advocate Mohit Ashok, the petition sought a…