The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of laws enacted by the States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka prohibiting online betting and wagering on games played with stakes, observing that betting on games of skill does not enjoy constitutional protection merely because the underlying activity involves skill. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and…
Parents of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee have approached the Calcutta High Court challenging a notice issued by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) alleging unauthorised construction at their residential property in south Kolkata. The writ petition has been filed by Amit Banerjee and Lata Banerjee seeking quashing of the notice on the ground that the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a married daughter cannot be excluded from consideration for compassionate appointment or allotment merely because of her marital status. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe set aside contrary judgments of the Allahabad High Court and ruled that such exclusion was discriminatory and violative of…
The Central Government has appointed Acting Chief Justices to the High Courts of Punjab and Haryana, Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, following the elevation of their respective Chief Justices to the Supreme Court of India. The appointments come in the wake of the elevation of Justice Sheel Nagu, former Chief Justice…
A special CBI court in Bhopal on Tuesday remanded Twisha Sharma’s husband, Samarth Singh, and her mother-in-law, retired district judge Giribala Singh, to 14 days of judicial custody in connection with the alleged dowry death of the 33-year-old woman. The accused were produced before the court after the expiry of their five-day custodial interrogation by…
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday reserved its verdict on the anticipatory bail plea filed by Kumbh Mela fame Monalisa Bhosle and her husband, Mohammed Farmaan Khan, in connection with a criminal case registered by the Madhya Pradesh Police over allegations that Bhosle was abducted and that she was a minor at the time of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday welcomed its first woman judge in more than five years with the swearing-in of Senior Advocate V Mohana, whose elevation has increased the number of serving women judges in the Apex Court to two. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant administered the oath of office and secrecy to Justice…
The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Delhi High Court alleging large-scale irregularities and procedural deficiencies in the On-Screen Marking (OSM) system recently introduced by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for evaluating examination answer sheets. Filed through Advocates Rishav Ranjan, Ajay Chhikara, Omar Hoda,…
The Supreme Court has held that where rival factions within a society dispute the authority to exercise voting rights attached to shares held in a company, the validity of the vote must be determined on the basis of lawful authorisation under the society’s governing documents and the applicable statutory framework, and not merely on the…
The Supreme Court moved closer to its sanctioned strength of 38 judges on Tuesday as five newly appointed judges were sworn in during a ceremony held at the Apex Court. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant administered the oath of office to Justice Sheel Nagu, Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva, Justice Arun Palli…