The Supreme Court on Monday held that a telephonic conversation recorded secretly without the knowledge of the spouse was admissible as evidence in matrimonial proceedings. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma set aside a Punjab & Haryana High Court verdict, which held that recording a wife’s telephonic conversation without her…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by a former member of the banned organisation Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), challenging the latest extension of five-year ban on the group. On January 29, 2024, the Central government issued a notification to extend the five-year ban on SIMI, marking the ninth consecutive…
By Binny Yadav On July 1, a long-awaited ban on refuelling End-of-Life (EOL) vehicles in the capital came into effect—only to be paused within three days. In those 72 hours, the city was given a fleeting glimpse of what strict vehicular regulation might look like. But just as quickly, that window was slammed shut by…
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has pulled up the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for overreaching the Supreme Court’s directions in the matter related to the alleged use of adulterated ghee for preparing laddoos offered as prasadam at Tirumala Tirupati Temple. The single-judge Bench of Justice Harinath N reprimanded the CBI Director for nominating an…
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has stressed on the importance of legal fundamentals, saying that core subjects like the Constitution, the Code of Civil Procedure, the Contract Act, criminal laws and others formed the bedrock of a sound professional life. Addressing the 22nd Convocation of NALSAR University of Law on Friday, the CJI said…
Kanwar Yatra: Supreme Court to hear plea challenging QR code mandate for vendors on July 15 The Supreme Court will hear on July 15, a writ petition seeking stay on the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand government’s decision mandating all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display QR code stickers on their banners. The Bench…
By Inderjit Badhwar The surprise triumph of Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary is, on its face, a quintessentially American story: A young, second-generation immigrant defies the odds, unseats a seasoned political giant, and charts a path to power powered not by money, but by authenticity and grassroots mobilization. But to see…
By Kenneth Tiven Zohran Mamdani’s stunning victory in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City has stirred euphoria among young progressives and a firestorm of opposition from political elites—delivering all the emotional highs and ideological conflict of a feel-good political thriller, minus the Hollywood ending. At just 33, the Indian-American state legislator pulled…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday pleaded ‘not guilty’ in a criminal defamation complaint filed against him for passing alleged derogatory remarks against freedom fighter and right-wing leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar during his speech at London in 2023. Gandhi did not appear personally before the court. He moved an application through his lawyer Milind Pawar, seeking…
A Delhi court has sentenced a man to three-year imprisonment for promoting hatred against a particular minority community during the 2020 North East Delhi riots. While pronouncing the quantum of sentence, Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts, however, ordered the release of Lokesh Kumar Solanki as he had already spent more than three years…