The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Mohammad Kashif in a money laundering case involving allegations that he impersonated a close aide of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Union ministers to extort money from people. A Bench comprising Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh set aside the Allahabad High Court order…
The strike called by lawyers across Delhi’s district courts on Monday came to an end after the Delhi High Court intervened in the matter and ordered the transfer of the judicial officer at the centre of the controversy. The protest had been announced by the Coordination Committee of All District Court Bar Associations, Delhi, following…
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the counting of votes for the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) elections following allegations that ballot papers had been tampered with during the election process. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi also transferred a batch of petitions raising allegations of irregularities in…
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja is likely to hear on Tuesday the suo motu criminal contempt proceedings initiated against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and others. The Bench headed by Justice Chawla presently deals with matters relating…
The Delhi excise policy case pending before the Delhi High Court, in which several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia are accused, will now be heard by Justice Manoj Jain. The matter was reassigned after Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who had earlier been hearing…
The Supreme Court on Monday observed that bail should remain the rule and jail the exception even in cases under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), while expressing serious reservations about an earlier ruling by another Bench that denied bail to activist Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots case. A Bench of Justice BV…
President Droupadi Murmu has promulgated the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026, increasing the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court of India from 34 to 38, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The Ordinance, notified in the Gazette of India on May 16, amends Section 2 of the Supreme Court…
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant issued a clarification on Saturday after widespread outrage over his controversial “cockroach” remarks, asserting that his observations were distorted by sections of the media and were never intended as an attack on India’s unemployed youth. In the response, the CJI said he was pained by reports suggesting that he…
By Inderjit Badhwar There are moments when political messaging transcends politics and becomes a reflection of national anxiety. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal for voluntary austerity belongs to that category. Governments routinely ask citizens to conserve resources, buy domestic products or moderate consumption during difficult periods. But Modi’s appeal carried unusual specificity and urgency….
By Annunthra Rangan Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rarely framed economic discipline in such personal terms. In a striking public appeal, Modi urged Indians to voluntarily embrace restraint for the coming year: avoid extravagant gold purchases for weddings, reduce foreign holidays and destination celebrations, use public transport and carpooling more frequently, consume less fuel and…