The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with a Madras High Court judgment directing filmmaker Gautham Vasudev Menon and others to repay Rs 4.25 crore, along with 12 per cent annual interest, to film production company R.S. Infotainment in a contractual dispute over an unmade Tamil film. A Bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice…
The Kerala Government has approached the Supreme Court against a recent order of the Kerala High Court that restrained the Kerala State Waqf Board from taking major policy and administrative decisions until the legality of its constitution is adjudicated. The appeal assails the High Court’s interim direction, which prohibits the Board from making significant policy…
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a writ petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) seeking comprehensive institutional reforms aimed at improving the professional environment and career progression of women advocates across the country. A Bench of the apex court sought responses from the Union Government, the Bar Council of India…
The Supreme Court admitted an appeal filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Minister Somnath Bharti challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Satish Upadhyay from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency in the 2025 Delhi Assembly elections. A Bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta granted leave to…
The Supreme Court has directed the Delhi Police to invoke the offence of attempt to murder against the accused in the alleged assault on advocate Pankaj Sharma, a lawyer practising before the apex court, while expressing serious dissatisfaction with the manner in which the investigation was initially conducted. A Bench of the Court observed that…
The Supreme Court considered a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) raising concerns over the expansion of urban local bodies into Scheduled Areas without a dedicated legal framework envisioned under the Constitution. The petition contends that the constitutional exclusion of Scheduled Areas from the operation of Part IX-A, which governs municipalities, cannot be diluted by the establishment…
The Delhi High Court has observed that while freedom of the press remains a foundational pillar of a democratic society, it cannot be invoked to justify irresponsible journalism, intimidation, or the dissemination of content capable of disturbing public order. The Court emphasised the need for the legislature to consider an appropriate regulatory framework for the…
Sharjeel Imam has moved the Delhi High Court seeking regular bail in the alleged larger conspiracy case linked to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. His appeal against the rejection of bail by the trial court is slated to be heard tomorrow. The matter is listed before a Division Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and…
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has called off its strike after receiving assurances from Delhi High Court Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal that its concerns over the proposed enhancement of the pecuniary jurisdiction of district courts would be duly considered. The decision was taken after a…
The Delhi High Court has held that the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) cannot retrospectively apply the new regulatory framework governing Clinical Psychology courses to students who had already enrolled under the earlier academic system with the legitimate expectation of pursuing an M.Phil. in Clinical Psychology and obtaining RCI…