The Supreme Court has asked the Election Commission of India to file its response to a petition demanding that Central Armed Police Forces be deployed in West Bengal during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. The matter was taken up by a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant, which noted that if…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) has moved the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of the Rajasthan Prohibition of Unlawful Religious Conversion Act, 2025. The petition came up before the court on December 8, when the bench issued notice to the state government and linked the case with several ongoing challenges to anti-conversion…
The Bombay High Court has made it clear that no religious group has a constitutional right to use loudspeakers as part of prayer or worship. A bench comprising Justices Anil L. Pansare and Raj D. Wakode delivered this ruling while dismissing a petition filed by Masjid A. Gousiya, which had sought permission to resume the…
The Supreme Court of India has directed all State Bar Councils that have not yet announced elections to implement a mandatory 30 percent reservation for women lawyers. According to the Court’s order, 20 percent of the seats in these councils must be filled through direct election of women candidates, while the remaining 10 percent may…
The Supreme Court of India has granted interim bail to Assam college teacher Md. Joynal Abedin, who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly circulating pro-Pakistan messages and obscene content on social media. The case attracted widespread attention because the accused was a faculty member responsible for teaching and guiding students, yet the allegations suggested…
By Preeti Singh This article examines the scope of judicial innovation in contemporary matrimonial jurisprudence, specifically addressing whether Family Court can and should grant judicial separation based on mutual consent under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (hereinafter referred as HMA). While the statutory scheme of HMA expressly provides for judicial separation on fault-based grounds, it…
A petition challenging Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s 2023 election from the Varuna constituency has now reached the Supreme Court, placing renewed attention on the legal debate surrounding pre-poll welfare promises and their role in electoral ethics. Siddaramaiah, who won the Varuna seat during the 2023 Assembly polls and later became Chief Minister, is facing allegations…
In a landmark judgment that brings a major chapter of Kerala’s most sensational crime case to a close, the Ernakulam Principal District and Sessions Court has acquitted Malayalam actor Dileep in connection with the 2017 abduction and sexual assault of a prominent actress. The verdict, delivered after years of intense investigation, courtroom battles, and widespread…
The Supreme Court has issued comprehensive nationwide directions aimed at ensuring accessibility, reasonable accommodation, and rights-based protection for prisoners with disabilities. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta recently directed all States and Union Territories across the country to uniformly implement accessibility standards, create disability-responsive infrastructure, and operationalise specialised grievance-redress mechanisms for…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday virtually inaugurated the country’s largest prison rehabilitation and skill development mission in Punjab, titled ‘Empowering Lives Behind Bars: Real Change—The New Paradigm of Correctional Justice’. Dubbed as one of the country’s most ambitious correctional reform programmes, the initiative has been undertaken jointly by the High Court of…