By Dr Swati Jindal Garg Taking jurisprudence a step further, the apex court has upheld that an individual can be held guilty of culpable homicide even if the actual victim was not the intended target. This decision underscores the principle that criminal liability extends beyond the intended victim when the accused commits an act knowing…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the governments of Assam and Maharashtra on a petition filed by YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani seeking transfer of an obscenity case registered against him in Guwahati to Mumbai. The FIR was lodged in connection with allegations of promoting obscenity on the show, India’s Got Latent, involving podcaster Ranveer…
Senior Advocate Harish Salve has informed the Supreme Court that a request seeking adjournment in a matter on his behalf, was done without his knowledge. A lawyer from Salve’s office apprised the Bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan on Thursday that the adjournment sought by a lawyer on February 19 on behalf…
Former JNU scholar and an accused in a case related to the 2020 Delhi riots, Umar Khalid, has submitted before the Delhi High Court that there was no allegation of violence against him. Appearing before the Division Bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur on Thursday, Senior Advocate Trideep Pais made counter-arguments to…
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has directed the bar associations across Delhi and other places to withdraw their ongoing protests against the Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and ensure the restoration of normal functioning in courts from February 21. The bar body wrote a letter to the Bar Council of Delhi, the Delhi High Court…
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed certain reservations regarding the senior designation system, laid down in accordance with two verdicts delivered by the Apex Court in the Indira Jaising case in 2017 and 2023. While clarifying that it was not disrespecting the two binding decisions, the Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine…
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Allahabad High Court for passing an interim order on a matter related to a food distribution scheme for lactating mothers and young children, even after the case was taken up by the Apex Court. Agreeing with the Additional Solicitor General that the High Court proceeded in a manner bordering…
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the levy of sales tax on set-top boxes (STBs), ruling that the transfer of the right to use these devices constitutes a taxable sale under the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (KVAT Act). The decision affirms the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal’s earlier orders and marks a setback for companies…
The Delhi High Court has quashed the arrest of Thokchom Shyamjai Singh, the self-styled army chief of the United National Liberation Front (UNLF), in a case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Singh was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2024 for allegedly orchestrating a trans-national conspiracy to incite violence in Manipur….
The Supreme Court has reprimanded the Gwalior Municipal Corporation (GMC) for adopting an arbitrary approach, while afloating tenders for the supply, installation, testing, commissioning and maintenance of lifts under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice N. Kotiswar Singh passed the order on an application filed by Omega Elevators…