Supreme Court judge Justice BV Nagarathna has called for greater solidarity among women lawyers, emphasising the need for sisterhood within the legal profession to address structural inequalities. Addressing the gathering at the launch of Senior Advocate Indira Jaising’s book “The Constitution is my Home,” Justice Nagarathna said the legal profession has historically been shaped by…
Activist and scholar Umar Khalid has filed an application in the Delhi High Court seeking interim bail in a case related to the larger conspiracy allegedly leading to the riots in North East Delhi in 2020, which left 53 people dead and more than 700 injured. The Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M Singh and…
A criminal contempt petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court against former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders Gopal Rai and Saurabh Bhardwaj, and journalist Saurav Das, alleging that they ran a coordinated online campaign against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, aimed at scandalising the judiciary and interfering with ongoing…
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in connection with an FIR registered over his alleged remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during an election rally ahead of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. The single-judge Bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya directed…
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to interfere with a notification issued by the West Bengal government restricting the slaughter of bulls, bullocks, cows, calves and buffaloes ahead of the upcoming Bakr Eid (Eid al-Adha) festival. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen dismissed a batch of petitions…
Navnidhi Sharma, father of deceased former Miss Pune Twisha Sharma, on Thursday approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to former district judge and Twisha’s mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, in connection with the case related to her death in mysterious circumstances. The petition challenged the May 15 order passed by…
The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Coimbatore, recently directed motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield and its authorised dealer Bharat Automotives to pay Rs 5.1 lakh compensation to a consumer after finding that a motorcycle sold to him continued to suffer repeated mechanical and electrical defects despite several repairs carried out under warranty. The Bench of President…
The Madras High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, used children for electoral campaigning during the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The Division Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan…
The Supreme Court has refused to pause proceedings in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin gas migration dispute between the Union government and the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)-led consortium. The three-judge Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi passed the orders on appeals filed by RIL, BP…
The Supreme Court on Thursday transferred a matrimonial and child custody dispute from Kerala to Ludhiana in Punjab after observing that language accessibility and effective participation in judicial proceedings cannot be presumed merely because parties may understand English. The Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the order while allowing a transfer…