In the wake of the allegations regarding the use of substandard ingredients and animal fat in the preparation of ghee and laddus distributed as ‘prasadam’ at the revered Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), two petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation into the charges. Filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian…
The Patna High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 5,000 on the petitioner and dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging the respondents have misused government funds by constructing a Samudayik Bhawan on a road and also on private land. A counter-affidavit has been filed by the respondents, wherein it has been clearly stated…
The Allahabad High Court has denied bail to a man who has been in jail for four years for raping a minor by barging into her house. A single-judge bench of Justice Krishan Pahal passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Anil Kumar. This is the second bail application moved…
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has noted that the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has filed the reply mechanically without undertaking any exercise to ascertain the figures relating to the generation and processing of plastic waste in the city of Lucknow. The Principal Bench of Justice Prakash Shrivastava, Justice Arun Kumar Tyagi and Dr…
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the storage of child pornographic material, without deleting or reporting the same, constituted an offence under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justice JB Pardiwala set aside a Madras High Court judgment which held that…
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has suggested young lawyers to trust their inner voice and personal values when faced with unique challenges just like the North Star, which guided people in uncharted waters. Addressing the 32nd annual convocation of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) at Bengaluru on Sunday, the CJI told…
The Jharkhand High Court has directed the government not to suspend internet services in the State on grounds of conducting any examination. On a special Sunday hearing, the Division Bench of Justice Ananda Sen and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary observed that it found no material to suggest an ‘intelligence’ input to disrupt the entire internet…
The Supreme Court has directed the advocates-on-record (AoR) in a given case to mark the appearance of only those lawyers who were authorised to appear and argue the case on a particular day. The Division Bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order on Friday on a case where…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Delhi Bar Council and bar associations across the national capital on petitions seeking 33 percent reservation for women in different bar bodies operating in the national capital. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order on Friday on two petitions seeking directions…
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Union of India, the Delhi government, the Delhi Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on the alleged suicide committed by two Dalit students at IIT-Delhi. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order…