The Delhi High Court has stayed the trial court verdict that ordered Hindustan Times and its former reporter Neelesh Misra to pay Rs 40 lakh as damages to a businessman over an allegedly defamatory news article. The single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna passed the interim order on Thursday on a petition filed by Hindustan…
Chief Justice of India Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Friday said the Supreme Court could not dictate the High Courts to consider lawyers practising in the Apex Court for appointment as judges as neither was superior to the other and both were equal courts under the constitutional scheme. Speaking during the function organised by the Supreme…
The Supreme Court issued a compelling directive to the Election Commission of India (ECI), mandating the public release of names and reasons behind the removal of approximately 65 lakh individuals from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The Court underscored that such proceedings must uphold fairness, given the grave risk…
In a significant judicial development, the Supreme Court of India has issued a directive to the Union Government to furnish a comprehensive response to a set of writ petitions seeking the reinstatement of full statehood for the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Bench, presided over by Chief Justice B. R. Gavai and Justice…
The Bombay High Court has set up a 12-member expert panel to examine the public health risks linked to pigeon feeding, in response to petitions challenging the BMC’s ban on the practice at public Kabutarkhanas. A bench comprising Justices Girish S. Kulkarni and Arif S. Doctor decreed that, although the court lacks the scientific expertise…
A petition filed in the Supreme Court of India has spotlighted what it calls a disturbing pattern of detaining Bengali Muslim migrant workers on unverified allegations of illegal entry into the country. The petitioner, the West Bengal Migrant Workers Welfare Board, alleges that laborers from the state are being indiscriminately apprehended—targeted purely on the basis…
In a defining judicial intervention, the Supreme Court on Thursday annulled the bail previously granted to Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa and actress Pavithra Gowda, along with five co-accused, in the high-profile Renukaswamy murder case. A bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan decisively overturned the December 13, 2024 Karnataka High Court bail order, asserting…
The Supreme Court has reserved its order on pleas challenging the August 11 order for ridding the streets of Delhi and the National Capital Region of all stray dogs and housing them in dog shelters to be maintained and operated by municipal bodies. The bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice NV…
A petition has been submitted to the Supreme Court contesting its August 11 directive that ordered the removal of all stray dogs from public spaces in Delhi NCR and their transfer to shelters. The plea contends that the sweeping relocation mandate is unworkable, breaches animal welfare laws, and threatens mass animal suffering due to inadequate…
The Supreme Court bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan on Monday had ordered the rounding up of stray dogs from all parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region of Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and Faridabad, and moving them to shelters to be built by the respective municipal agencies. The order which was posted…