The Singapore High Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Chander Agarwal, CEO and Managing Director of logistics company TCI Express, seeking to recover nearly Rs 3.5 crore that he claimed to have spent on his former girlfriend, Felicia Lee, holding that the money was largely given as gifts and there was no evidence that…
By Inderjit Badhwar There are days that pass almost unnoticed into the news cycle, and there are days that acquire a second life in the constitutional imagination of a nation. July 20, 2026, may prove to be one of the latter. The images were striking in their simplicity: students gathered before Parliament, separated from the…
The Calcutta High Court has expressed concern over the lack of an access road to two schools in South 24 Parganas, observing that students were being forced to cross marshy land to reach a newly constructed school building where midday meals are served. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Tapabrata…
The Supreme Court has intervened in the long-running dispute concerning land allotment in Sikar, Rajasthan, directing the Rajasthan High Court to reconsider the matter in accordance with the applicable legal framework and the issues arising from the allotment process. The dispute pertains to the legality of the land allotment and the manner in which the…
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Bengaluru has said it will continue to press for the cancellation of a documentary screening on political prisoner Umar Khalid at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), despite the university deferring the event. NLSIU’s Law and Society Committee had scheduled a screening of filmmaker Lalit Vachani’s documentary…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would be introduced in all 21 states and Union Territories governed by the BJP-led NDA before the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, setting a broad political timeline for implementing a common framework for personal laws. Speaking to the media in Mumbai, Shah said…
The Kerala High Court on Monday (September 14) issued notice to Mani C Kappan on a petition filed by businessman Dinesh Menon seeking his disqualification as Pala MLA following his conviction in four cheque-bounce cases in Mumbai. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas orally raised questions on the effect of suspension of the sentence on Kappan’s disqualification….
The Delhi High Court has questioned the evidentiary basis of a plea alleging that persons could still be trapped beneath the debris of the building collapse at Satya Niketan, demanding to know the source of the information forming the basis of such a claim. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice…
Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge unveiled a portrait of late senior advocate A.K. Sen at the High Court Bar Library Club, paying tribute to a towering figure whose contribution to the legal profession and public life remains embedded in the institutional memory of the Bar. The ceremony at the…
The Allahabad High Court has directed the authorities to proceed with the removal of all remaining illegal encroachments in the vicinity of the Lucknow District and Sessions Court, noting that 57 additional unauthorised structures have already been cleared pursuant to its earlier directions. A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajeev Bharti…