The Madras High Court has ruled that the salary details of High Court judges are liable to disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, holding that such information cannot be withheld under the exemption provisions of the statute since judges are paid from the Consolidated Fund of India. The Bench of Justice M. Dhandapani…
The Delhi High Court has directed the removal of an additional 39 short videos and five English-language videos relating to Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation in a defamation suit filed by the Foundation against Tamil media outlet Nakkheeran Publications and others. The Single Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad modified an interim injunction granted on March 19, 2026,…
The Calcutta High Court has held that a Voter Identity Card, Aadhaar card, PAN card, bank account or record of rights cannot, by themselves, constitute conclusive proof of Indian citizenship while dismissing a habeas corpus petition filed by the uncle of a man detained after his name was deleted from the electoral roll during the…
The Karnataka High Court on Friday suspended the life sentence awarded to former Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and eight other convicts in the 2016 murder of BJP leader Yogesh Gowda, directing that they be released on bail pending the disposal of their criminal appeals. The Division Bench of Justice Mohammad Nawaz and Justice G. Basavaraja…
The Noida Police have registered a Zero FIR against a woman accused of making abusive and objectionable remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar over the alleged NEET paper leak. Since the alleged incident took place within the territorial jurisdiction of Delhi Police, the case has been transferred to…
The Delhi government has directed that no adverse legal action be taken against students who participated in the NEET-UG protests in the national capital, initiating the process to withdraw 13 FIRs registered in connection with the demonstrations. The benefit, however, has been restricted to protesters with no criminal antecedents, in compliance with the Supreme Court’s…
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed that the bail appeal filed by former JNU student Umar Khalid in the alleged larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots be heard along with the pending bail plea of co-accused Sharjeel Imam on August 27. A Division Bench comprising Justices Prathiba M. Singh and…
The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Government to take into account the recommendations made by the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee while carrying out restoration work on Mysuru’s historic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building. A Bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K….
The Delhi High Court is set to hear a bail appeal filed by former JNU student Umar Khalid in the alleged larger conspiracy case connected with the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Khalid has challenged the trial court’s order rejecting his third regular bail application. The appeal assails the July 4 order passed by the Karkardooma…
The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) has moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta High Court’s refusal to grant interim relief against the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) decision to freeze three of its bank accounts in a money laundering case. The special leave petition assails the High Court’s interim order declining to stay the ED’s debit…