The Delhi High Court has ordered the removal of social media posts and online listings that falsely attribute statements to former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar and sell merchandise using his name without authorisation. The direction was issued by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora while hearing a personality rights suit filed by Gavaskar. He alleged that…
The Gujarat High Court has reserved its order on a plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, seeking to be tried separately in a criminal defamation case arising out of remarks related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications. The matter was heard by Justice M.R. Mengdey, who considered Kejriwal’s challenge to a…
The Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere with the ongoing investigation into the violence and disorder reported during an event linked to football icon Lionel Messi in Kolkata, allowing the West Bengal Special Investigation Team (SIT) and a state-appointed inquiry commission to continue their work. A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul…
The Madras High Court has directed the Indian Patent Office to allow an inventor to demonstrate his invention, despite the earlier rejection of his patent application. The Court underlined that innovative ideas should not be dismissed solely on theoretical assumptions when a working model is available for evaluation. The case arose from a patent application…
The Supreme Court on Monday ordered an immediate halt on all ongoing construction activities on forest land in the hill districts of Uttarakhand. Taking took suo motu cognisance of unauthorised occupation and alleged illegal alienation of protected forest land in Uttarakhand, the Vacation Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi…
A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court questioning the practice of sending a ceremonial chadar on behalf of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Ajmer Sharif Dargah during the annual Urs of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The plea contends that participation by the Prime Minister or the Union government in a religious…
Senior advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, a familiar figure in the Supreme Court known for filing several high-profile public interest cases, passed away on December 19 at the age of 69. Sharma gained national recognition as the petitioner in the coal block allocation case, which ultimately resulted in the Supreme Court cancelling hundreds of coal block…
The Supreme Court of India has decided to convene a special sitting during the winter vacation to hear matters requiring immediate judicial intervention. The sitting is likely to be held on December 26 or December 29, depending on administrative feasibility. The decision was communicated in open court, where it was clarified that only genuinely urgent…
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg There are moments in a nation’s judicial history when a court does more than interpret the law—it interprets the conscience of society. The Supreme Court’s recent intervention in an order passed by the Allahabad High Court marks one such moment. It is a stark reminder that the law is not…
By Sujit Bhar The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence has unsettled copyright regimes across the world, and India is now formally grappling with the legal, economic, and philosophical questions it raises. This was made clear in a recent written reply in Parliament by Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada to…