The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a special leave petition filed by news portal Cobrapost challenging a trial court order that permitted industrialist Anil Ambani to withdraw an earlier defamation suit with liberty to institute a fresh suit on the same cause of action. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant,…
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central government to place on record a comprehensive roadmap for restructuring and strengthening the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA), noting that recurring irregularities in the conduct of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) will continue unless clear institutional accountability is fixed within the examination framework. The Bench…
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to stay the Delhi High Court order permitting wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in the selection trials for the upcoming Asian Games, thereby allowing her to compete in the trials scheduled to commence on May 30. The Bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe issued notice on…
The Delhi High Court has held Google liable for trademark infringement in a commercial dispute filed by sanitaryware manufacturer Hindware over the use of its registered trademark “HINDWARE” as a keyword in Google’s AdWords advertising programme. The single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna rejected Google’s defence that it functioned merely as an intermediary under the…
The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed that no coercive steps be taken against actor-director Parambrata Chatterjee in connection with an FIR registered over alleged provocative social media posts related to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal. The interim protection was granted by the single-judge Bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee while hearing a…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a comprehensive set of binding directions to all High Courts across the country to address delays in pronouncement of reserved verdicts and ensure timely delivery of judicial decisions, particularly in matters concerning personal liberty, bail and criminal appeals. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted substantial relief to Reliance Industries Limited by setting aside findings of fraud and market manipulation recorded against the company in the 2007 Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) futures trading matter, while also quashing the disgorgement direction of Rs 447.27 crore imposed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)….
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the Shankaracharya of Jyotir Math (Joshimath) in Uttarakhand, in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh dismissed…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued a comprehensive set of directions and guidelines aimed at strengthening the identification, protection, rescue and rehabilitation mechanisms for victims of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation, while drawing a significant legal distinction between trafficking and voluntary adult sex work. The Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice SVN Bhatti…
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to the Union government and social media platform X (formerly Twitter) on a petition filed by Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke challenging the blocking of the organisation’s X account under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, on grounds of alleged national security concerns….