The Gujarat High Court on Friday delivered a spilt verdict on a temporary bail petition filed by self-styled Godman Asaram Bapu, serving life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case. In January 2025, the Apex Court had granted interim bail till March 31 to Asaram on medical grounds. The matter came up for hearing today before…
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to decide on the remission plea of Sukhdev Yadav alias Pehalwan, currently serving a 20-year jail term in the Nitish Katara murder case, by April 22. The Bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan expressed its strong…
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma to the High Court of Calcutta. The decision was taken during the Apex Court Collegium meeting held on March 27. Justice Sharma joined the Delhi Judicial Service in 1992 and was promoted to the Higher Judicial Service in…
The Delhi High Court will hear on Friday, a petition filed by Baramulla Member of Parliament (MP) Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid, seeking deletion of the bail condition that he would have to pay expense for his commute from Tihar jail to Parliament. On March 26, the High Court had granted bail to Engineer…
The Supreme Court has quashed two demand notices issued by the Chhattisgarh government against JSW Steel Limited (formerly JSW Ispat Special Products Limited), in a case related to insolvency. The order was passed by the Bench of Justice BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih on a contempt petition filed by JSW Ispat Special Products Limited…
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi Police on a petition filed by former JNU scholar Sharjeel Imam, accused of inciting violence in Jamia Nagar area during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019. The order was passed by the single-judge Bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula. On…
The Supreme Court has directed the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) to work in tandem with the Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, to achieve a target of 33 percent or more green cover in Delhi. The Bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan issued the directions on Wednesday, while hearing…
Supreme Court judge Justice Abhay S Oka has said that it was time for the judiciary to acknowledge its flaws & deficiencies, and work on them to ensure timely delivery of justice Speaking during an event organised by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) at Bharat Mandapam in celebration of 75 years of the Constitution…
The Union Government submitted in the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that the situation regarding Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is currently pending review by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Chetan Sharma communicated this to a Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela during hearings…