India’s justice delivery system is facing one of its most serious backlogs in recent years, with more than 4.8 crore cases currently pending in district and subordinate courts, a Union Minister informed Parliament. The disclosure has reignited national concern over the mounting pressure on the lower judiciary, which handles the vast majority of the country’s…
The Bombay High Court on Thursday ordered the release of former Delhi University (DU) professor Hany Babu, who was arrested in July 2020 in connection with the Elgar Parishad Maoist links case. The Division Bench of Justice AS Gadkari and Justice Ranjitsinha R. Bhonsale declined the National Investigation Agency (NIA)’s request for a stay of…
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of measures to ease the severe workload and coercive pressures faced by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) deployed for the Election Commission of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that statutory obligations…
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Registrar Generals of all 25 High Courts to submit data on the status of acid attack cases pending trials in different courts across the country. The Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi expressed its strong displeasure over the pendency in acid attack…
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended till April 22 the interim protection granted to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi against criminal defamation proceedings over his alleged derogatory remarks concerning the Indian Army during the 2022 Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma directed that the stay on further proceedings…
The Calcutta High Court has overturned the single-judge order that had invalidated the appointments of nearly 32,000 primary school teachers in West Bengal, offering long-awaited relief to thousands whose service had been thrown into uncertainty. A Division Bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra held that the sweeping cancellation of appointments could not…
The Delhi High Court has taken a stern view of a public interest litigation that sought to fast-track the Red Fort blast trial by imposing a six-month deadline and requiring continuous judicial monitoring. The PIL, filed by Dr. Pankaj Pushkar, requested the formation of a committee to supervise each stage of the proceedings and submit…
The Supreme Court has strongly criticised the Income Tax Department for filing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in a matter that the Court said was already conclusively settled in earlier rulings. Terming the appeal frivolous and unnecessary, the Bench observed that the Department’s practice of repeatedly challenging issues that have attained finality only adds to…
The Madras High Court has refused to lift the interim injunction that prevents the upcoming film Good Bad Ugly from using three popular Ilaiyaraaja compositions. Justice N. Senthilkumar dismissed the producers’ request to vacate the earlier restraining order, holding that the legendary composer’s rights over his musical works cannot be bypassed without proper authorization. The…
The Tamil Nadu government has filed a fresh application before the Supreme Court seeking to withdraw the order that transferred the investigation into the Karur TVK stampede to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). This marks a significant shift in the State’s approach to the case, which has remained politically and legally sensitive since the…