Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking an independent investigation into the violence that reportedly erupted during an event linked to football icon Lionel Messi. The petition calls for the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the incidents, citing concerns over law and order and the alleged…
A Delhi court has dismissed a complaint filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the National Herald case, granting significant relief to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The court held that the material placed on record by the agency did not disclose sufficient grounds to proceed against the accused under the provisions of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a petition concerning the ongoing operational crisis faced by IndiGo Airlines, directing the petitioner to approach the Delhi High Court instead. The Apex court made it clear that it was not inclined to exercise its jurisdiction in the matter at this stage. The plea raised concerns relating…
The Supreme Court witnessed a tense hearing while considering journalist Mahesh Langa’s plea for bail, with senior advocate Kapil Sibal and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta engaging in pointed arguments over the conduct and progress of the case. After hearing both sides, the Court granted Langa interim bail, subject to strict conditions. Langa, who has been…
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh and others on a writ petition that challenged the recent administrative alterations to the darshan timings of the Banke Bihari temple, located in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, on the grounds that the opening and closing hours of the shrine constituted…
The Supreme Court of India has repeatedly emphasised that its earlier directions to combat the severe air pollution in Delhi-NCR must be implemented in a meaningful and enforceable manner, rather than remaining on paper. In hearings on the persistent air quality crisis, the court highlighted widespread non-compliance with anti-pollution measures, noting that poor enforcement by…
The Supreme Court has clarified that family members of doctors who lost their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic are not required to establish that the deceased were formally requisitioned for COVID-related duties in order to receive insurance benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY). The apex court held that insisting on documentary proof…
The Central Bureau of Investigation has objected to a plea seeking the transfer of multiple criminal cases involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family from the court of Special Judge Vishal Gogne. The agency has argued that the request is a deliberate attempt to cast aspersions on the judiciary and disrupt the ongoing…
By Kenneth Tiven America’s standing in the world is more precarious today than at any point since the end of the Second World War. Through its policies, personnel, and posture, the Donald Trump administration has accomplished what America’s wartime adversaries once hoped for: a diminished, isolated nation that dismisses democracy, both at home and abroad….
By Dr Swati Jindal Garg The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Tuhin Kumar Biswas @ Bumba vs State of West Bengal has once again brought into focus the longstanding tension between a woman’s right to privacy and the strict statutory elements required to constitute the offence of voyeurism under Section 354C of the Indian Penal…