A new three-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will hear review petitions challenging the Court’s July 2022 judgment in Vijay Madanlal Choudhary v. Union of India, which upheld the constitutional validity of several provisions conferring wide powers on the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). The Bench will comprise…
The Supreme Court has held that police cannot independently register an FIR or act as the primary investigating authority for offences under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (PC & PNDT Act). A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice N Kotiswar Singh ruled that the Appropriate Authority constituted…
The Karnataka High Court has appointed two advocates as Court Commissioners to accompany a hereditary priest to the Chamundeshwari Temple in Mysuru and ascertain whether he faces any obstruction in performing his religious duties, following apprehensions that the temple administration may not comply with an earlier judicial direction. The order came in a petition moved…
A court in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra after she repeatedly failed to appear before it in an alleged hate speech case despite being served summons. The 3rd Judicial Magistrate at Krishnanagar directed immediate issuance of the warrant and fixed August 28, 2026, for…
By a 6:3 majority, the nine-judge Bench examined the correctness of the expansive interpretation accorded to Section 2(j) of the Industrial Disputes Act in the 1978 decision. While the majority found that certain facets of the celebrated “triple test” required refinement, it declined to unsettle disputes already pending before courts, tribunals, labour authorities and other…
The Supreme Court has directed District Collectors across the country to identify all Bulk Waste Generators (BWGs) within their jurisdictions within six weeks and warned that continued non-compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 could lead to coercive measures, including temporary disconnection of electricity or water supply. A Bench of Justice SVN Bhatti and…
A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee was hearing a plea filed by advocate Md. Danish Farooqui, who alleged that police officials had issued blanket oral directions to religious institutions, including mosques and temples, requiring the removal of loudspeakers. The petition further claimed that mosque authorities had been subjected…
The Allahabad High Court has held that a person who visits a brothel as a customer cannot be prosecuted under Sections 3, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, merely for paying money for personal gratification. A Bench of Justice Dr. Gautam Chowdhary observed that a customer who pays for sexual gratification…
The Kerala High Court has directed the Bar Council of Kerala to publish the names of 1,157 advocates enrolled between 2010 and 2021 who have not cleared the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) and were found to be practising without a valid Certificate of Practice (CoP). A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to take instructions on whether Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that have failed to remove pornographic content misusing actor and politician Jaya Bachchan’s name can be de-registered. Justice Jyoti Singh was informed by Bachchan’s…