The Delhi High Court on Tuesday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure that election-related duties assigned to school teachers do not impose an unbearable burden or subject them to excessive stress, while observing that the Commission’s constitutional powers under Article 324 of the Constitution must be exercised without adversely affecting classroom teaching….
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of allegations of excessive force used by the Delhi Police against student protesters during the July 20 demonstration at Jantar Mantar and issued a notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner seeking a detailed response. In an order passed on July 25, the Commission acted…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to inquire into allegations of violence during the recent student protests over examination-related issues. The Court also directed the immediate release of students detained in connection with the protests if they have no criminal antecedents. A Bench led by Chief Justice…
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has approached the Bombay High Court seeking directions to Meta, X, Google and government authorities to remove allegedly defamatory posts and AI-generated deepfakes linking him and his family to the Centre’s E20 ethanol-blending programme and allegations of corruption. Listed before the bench of Justice Arif Doctor, the…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that while advocates are entitled to hold peaceful protests, such demonstrations cannot impede litigants’ access to courts or interfere with the administration of justice. A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor made the observation while hearing a public interest litigation…
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the correctness of the official answers to six questions in the NEET-UG 2026 examination, declining to order a fresh evaluation or re-examination. A Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe refused to interfere with the final answer key issued by the National Testing Agency…
A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on the quantum of sentence for former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain and four other convicts in the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. After hearing detailed submissions from the prosecution and the defence, Additional Sessions Judge…
The Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it may seek responses from States and Union Territories on why adequate protective equipment, including helmets and other safety gear, is not provided to police personnel deployed during large public demonstrations while hearing a batch of petitions alleging police brutality during student protests over the NEET paper leak…
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to include a forensic auditor in the Special Investigation Team (SIT) constituted to investigate allegations of embezzlement of donations received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust for the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya…
The High-Powered Election Supervisory Committee constituted by the Supreme Court has stayed the implementation of a resolution passed by the Bar Council of India (BCI) seeking to increase the number of elected members in State Bar Councils during the ongoing elections, holding that the move is contrary to the Advocates Act, 1961, and the Supreme…