The Supreme Court has issued notice on a petition filed by Adani Krishnapatnam Port Limited (AKPL) challenging the February 2025 verdict of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which imposed a penalty on the company for causing environmental damage during coal handling operations at the Andhra Pradesh port. While refusing to stay the NGT order, the Bench…
A Delhi court sought the response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a petition filed by 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, seeking permission for regular telephonic conversations with his family. Special Judge Chander Jit Singh of Patiala House Courts on Tuesday adjourned the matter till July 25, granting additional time to…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to lift the stay ordered by the Delhi High Court on Udaipur Files, a film based on the death of tailor Kanhaiya Lal Teli, who was beheaded allegedly by two Islamists in June 2022, in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi asked the…
The Supreme Court will hear next week, a petition filed by the candidates of NEET-UG 2025, who suffered power outages at different centres in Madhya Pradesh during the examination, seeking re-test. The matter was mentioned before the Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi, which agreed to list it for hearing next week. The…
The Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to a man accused of committing a largescale crypto currency fraud to the tune of Rs 50 crore. The single-judge Bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia denied bail to the accused on the grounds that unlike most conventional bodily offences, economic offences, especially those dealing with crypto currency,…
The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) has written a letter to the Bar Council of India, denouncing BCI’s Rules for permitting market liberalisation. Recently, SILF constituted a committee of lawyers headed by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Chairman Shardul Shroff to suggest changes to the amended BCI Rules. Sent by SILF President Lalit Bhasin on July 9,…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) to give internship stipend arrears within two weeks to 11 medical students who completed their primary medical education from foreign institutions and qualified as Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs). The petitioner-FMGs were currently doing internship at Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh, a constituent college of…
A court in Lucknow on Tuesday granted bail to Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, booked for allegedly making derogatory comments against soldiers of the Indian Army during his Bharat Jodo Yatra The order was passed by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Alok Verma after Gandhi personally appeared before the MP-MLA Special Magistrate…
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday permitted the construction of a passenger jetty and terminal near the Gateway of India in Mumbai worth Rs 229 crore, albeit with conditions on facilities to be provided at or near the terminal. While dismissing two petitions seeking discontinuation of the project, the Bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to de-register All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Musalimeen (AIMIM), a political party led by Member of Parliament (MP) Asaduddin Owaisi. The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi directed the petitioner to file a plea on the larger…