The Union government has formally extended the tenure of Senior Advocate R. Venkataramani as the Attorney General of India, allowing him to continue as the nation’s top law officer for an additional two years. Venkataramani, who assumed office in October 2022 after the retirement of K.K. Venugopal, was initially appointed for a three-year term set…
Green firecrackers can be manufactured in Delhi but can’t be sold in the capital and parts of the adjoining National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court ordered on Friday. Though green firecrackers are said to be less polluting and thus friendly to the environment, the Apex Court said its sale cannot be allowed in Delhi…
The Delhi High Court has awarded ₹5 lakh in damages to TV Today Network over defamatory remarks made on Twitter against the channel and its senior journalist, Rajdeep Sardesai. The posts, published in 2020 after Sardesai’s interview with Rhea Chakraborty, accused him of accepting bribes, labelled him with derogatory slurs, and even drew disparaging comparisons…
Former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has firmly countered allegations that the judiciary is an impediment to the country’s developmental vision of Viksit Bharat. Speaking at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai, he responded to observations made by Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, who had described the judiciary…
The Supreme Court has upheld JSW Steel’s resolution plan for Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL), dismissing various appeals that had sought to invalidate it. A bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai, together with Justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Vinod Chandran, rejected arguments challenging the ₹19,700-crore plan, holding that the delays in execution could…
The Delhi High Court has asked former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede to explain how his defamation suit, filed in connection with a Netflix series referencing Aryan Khan, can be maintained in the national capital. The matter came up before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, who directed Wankhede to amend his pleadings and demonstrate how…
By Shivendra Pratap Santosh Singh On April 30, 2025, the Supreme Court delivered a clear and humane message in a world where essential transactions, services and civic participation are increasingly digital, exclusion from digital systems can amount to a denial of the right to life with dignity. The Court took up two Public Interest Writs filed…
By Ritti Changani Gender inequality did not start at a single point in time but emerged gradually, with early evidence pointing to the Neolithic period (around 10,000-12,000 years ago) as a time when it began to take shape due to the shift from nomadic lifestyles to settled agricultural societies, leading to new concepts of ownership…
Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath took the Delhi Metro to the Faculty of Law in Delhi University’s North Campus to deliver a lecture on Tuesday. This is being credited as a first for a sitting Supreme Court judge to take public transport for commuting. Justice Nath boarded the Yellow Line from Rajiv Chowk station…
The Delhi High Court has denied regular bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed Hussain’s bail application in FIR 65 of 2020 registered at Dayalpur Police Station, stating, “The…