Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath has once again made it clear that senior advocates will not be permitted to argue matters before his vacation bench, emphasizing the need to create opportunities for younger members of the Bar. During recent vacation proceedings, Justice Nath reiterated that this approach was adopted earlier as well and would…
The Delhi High Court has upheld the approval granted to a group housing project in Vasant Kunj and dismissed petitions filed by the Vasant Kunj Residents Welfare Association and a neighbouring educational institution challenging the legality of the proposed high-rise development. The single-judge Bench of Justice Shail Jain held that the project was in conformity…
The Delhi High Court has held that the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) relating to Units I and II of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu is exempt from disclosure under the Right to Information Act, 2005, holding that the document is protected by statutory exemptions concerning fiduciary relationships, national security interests and India’s…
The Central government on Monday cleared the appointment of four serving High Court Chief Justices and Senior Advocate V Mohana as judges of the Supreme Court, taking the Supreme Court’s effective strength to 37 judges against a sanctioned strength of 38. Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal announced…
The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) has pulled up news channel Aaj Tak and journalist Sudhir Chaudhary over a broadcast that advanced claims that the Taj Mahal was originally a Hindu temple, holding that the programme failed to meet the standards of neutrality and impartiality prescribed under the NBDSA Code of Conduct. The…
There are legal disputes, there are political battles, and then there are cases that become mirrors reflecting the anxieties, ambitions and contradictions of an entire nation. The Delhi Gymkhana Club case belongs firmly in the last category. At first glance, the dispute appears deceptively simple: the Union government wants back possession of 27.3 acres of…
By Kenneth Tiven Memorial Day in the United States is traditionally observed as a solemn occasion—a day to honour the nation’s war dead while also marking the unofficial start of summer. This year, however, President Donald Trump used the holiday to attack Republicans who disagree with him, dismissing critics as “fools who know nothing about…
By Sanjay Raman Sinha The Delhi High Court is currently hearing an intense legal contest over one of the most exclusive institutions in the national capital—the Delhi Gymkhana Club. At stake is the future of the Club’s sprawling 27.3-acre property in the heart of Lutyens’ Delhi, land originally granted on a perpetual lease in 1928….
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to author Madhu Purnima Kishwar in an FIR registered over a social media post allegedly containing defamatory and misleading content related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The single-judge Bench of Justice Aman Chaudhary dismissed the plea on Friday, holding that the material on…
The Supreme Court has refused to review its 2025 judgment, which made it compulsory for in-service school teachers to qualify the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) to continue in service and become eligible for promotion. The Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Manmohan on Friday rejected a batch of petitions filed by various State governments,…