The Madras High Court has refused to entertain a plea seeking action against the Tamil film Karuppu, which was accused of portraying judges and the judiciary in a negative light. The Vacation Bench of Justice G R Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan declined to interfere with the screening of the film on Thursday while dismissing…
The Supreme Court on Friday recalled portions of its earlier order that had censured three academics associated with drafting a controversial National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Class VIII textbook chapter on the judiciary and corruption. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M…
The Chandigarh administration has approached the Supreme Court challenging a decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court that quashed criminal proceedings against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and several leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a case relating to rioting and unlawful assembly. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya…
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging a circular issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on May 15, mandating the study of three languages for students entering Class IX from the 2026–27 academic session. The matter was mentioned before the Bench of Chief Justice of India…
The Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim bail for three days to activist Umar Khalid, an accused in the larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, permitting him to visit his ailing mother, who is scheduled to undergo surgery on June 2. The Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and…
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has closed abuse of dominance proceedings against 12 super-speciality hospitals in the Delhi-NCR region, holding that no contravention of Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002 was made out in relation to allegations of excessive pricing of medicines, diagnostics, medical devices, consumables and room rent charged from in-patients. The…
The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with environmental clearances granted for a coal mining project in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district involving Mahan Energen Limited, a subsidiary of the Adani Group, after noting delay in challenging the approvals. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe passed the order on Thursday on a…
Advocate Devvrat has been elected as the new President of the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) following the association’s executive committee elections held on Thursday. Advocate Nikhil Jain was elected Vice President, while Advocate Yugandhara Pawar Jha secured the post of Secretary in the newly elected body. While Devvrat secured the post after defeating Advocate…
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant has emphasised that the Constitution is not the exclusive preserve of a privileged class, but a living document that belongs equally to every citizen of the country. Speaking at the release of senior advocate Indira Jaising’s memoir, The Constitution Is My Home: Conversations on a Life in Law,…
A Special Leave Petition (SLP) has been filed before the Supreme Court challenging the Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment that declared the Bhojshala–Kamal Maula complex in Dhar district a protected Hindu temple site and consequently barred Muslim worship, including namaz, at the premises. Filed by Qazi Moinuddin, who had intervened in the proceedings before the…