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The Supreme Court has issued sweeping directions to all States to constitute dedicated Special Investigation Teams (SITs) for probing suspected fraudulent motor accident insurance claims, after a matter concerning the identity of a vehicle allegedly involved in an accident exposed what the Court perceived as a potentially widespread and organised pattern of insurance fraud. A [] The post Supreme Court orders States to set up dedicated SITs to unravel fraudulent motor accident insurance claims ap

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to take a decision within two months on a representation seeking the constitution of the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission, envisaged under the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission Act. The petition raised concerns over the continued non-constitution of the statutory body despite the legislative framework having [] The post Delhi High Court asks Centre to decide plea for constitution of National Nursing and Midwifery Commission

A Delhi court has convicted Sukesh Chandrasekhar for impersonating a sitting judge of the Supreme Court in an attempt to influence a judicial officer and secure bail in a corruption case pending against him. Chief Judicial Magistrate Harshita Mishra of the Tis Hazari Courts delivered the judgment on August 20, holding Chandrasekhar guilty of offences [] The post Sukesh Chandrasekhar convicted for impersonating Supreme Court judge in bid to secure bail appeared first on India Legal .

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday clarified that Kshatriya Karni Sena president Dr Raj Shekhawat is free to move around, while stressing that any participation by him in a protest must be in accordance with the law. A Division Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the order while hearing a [] The post Delhi High Court says Karni Sena President free to move around, protest must be lawful appeared first on India Legal .

Former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain has approached the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau officer Ankit Sharma, who was killed during the 2020 Delhi riots. A Division Bench of the High Court is expected to take up Hussains criminal appeal next [] The post Delhi Riots: Tahir Hussain challenges conviction and life sentence in Ankit Sharma murder case appeared first on India Legal .

A Delhi court on Tuesday declined to stay the August 11 government order directing the Delhi Race Club to vacate its Lutyens Delhi premises within 15 days. The century-old Delhi Race Club, located on Central Golf Link Road opposite the official residence of the Prime Minister, had approached the court seeking interim protection against the [] The post Patiala House Court declines interim protection against Delhi Race Club eviction from Lutyens Delhi premises appeared first on India Legal .

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that a man who knowingly marries a woman with a child from her previous marriage cannot subsequently evade responsibility for the childs maintenance merely because he is not the biological father. The Bench of Justice Alok Mahra allowed a criminal revision challenging a Family Court order and held that [] The post Uttarakhand High Court: Man marrying a woman with a child cannot later evade maintenance obligations appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, who was recently convicted of rape by the Bombay High Court, to surrender before the jail authorities within two weeks. A Bench comprising Justice Alok Aradhe rejected Tejpals application seeking exemption from surrender and made it clear that his appeal against the conviction would [] The post Supreme Court directs former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal to surrender within two weeks in rape conviction case appeared first on I

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to journalist Abhishek Upadhyay in connection with a road-rage FIR registered in Uttar Pradesh, while issuing notice to the State Government on his plea seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. [] The post Supreme Court grants protection to journalist Abhishek Upadhyay over Ram Mandir donation expos, seeks UP response appeared first on

The Madras High Court on Tuesday warned that it may impose costs on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay and Sports Minister Aadhav Arjuna for seeking an adjournment to file applications seeking rejection of election petitions challenging their victories in the 2026 Assembly elections. The Single Bench of Justice V Lakshminarayanan stressed that the Court [] The post Madras High Court warns of costs over delay in filing pleas to reject election petitions gainst CM Joseph Vijay, sports minister

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to direct the reopening of the CBSE Class XII examination verification and re-evaluation portal for students who had raised concerns over evaluation of their answer sheets through the newly introduced On-Screen Marking (OSM) system. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice [] The post Supreme Court refuses to reopen CBSE Class 12 re-evaluation portal for OSM grievances appeared first on India Legal .

The Allahabad High Court has declined to interfere with the enforcement of a prescribed school uniform, dismissing a writ petition filed by a Muslim student who sought permission to wear a hijab or headscarf as an additional component of her institutional attire. The Court held that the petitioner had failed to establish, either on the [] The post Hijab not an essential religious practice, cannot override uniform code: Allahabad High Court appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court was informed that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has already issued notices to 20 rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MPs on petitions seeking their disqualification for allegedly defecting from the party. The disclosure was made by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta during the hearing of a plea filed by TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, who [] The post Supreme Court issues notice to 20 rebel Trinamool MPs in Abhishek Banerjees plea over disqualification appeared first on India Legal .

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday extended interim protection to Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee, directing the investigating authorities to refrain from adopting any coercive measures against him in connection with three FIRs registered in the aftermath of the political transition in West Bengal on May 4. Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the order while entertaining [] The post Calcutta High Court extends interim protection to Abhishek Banerjee in three FIRs, rules out need for

The Calcutta High Court on Monday stayed the arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra by a Krishnanagar court in connection with an alleged hate speech case. A Division Bench comprising Justice Debangsu Basak and Justice Aryak Dutta directed that no coercive action be taken against Moitra pursuant to the warrant. Her challenge [] The post Calcutta High Court stays arrest warrant against TMC MP Mahua Moitra in hate speech case appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has been approached by Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee seeking an expeditious decision on disqualification proceedings concerning 20 rebel MPs. Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha leader Abhishek Banerjee has approached the Supreme Court seeking a direction for an expeditious decision on petitions seeking the disqualification of 20 party [] The post Trinamool Congress moves Supreme Court for disqualification of 20 rebel MPs appeare

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpals application seeking exemption from surrendering in connection with his appeal against his conviction and 10-year sentence in the 2013 rape case. The issue arose after the State of Goa objected to the continuation of Tejpals appeal without proof of surrender. Appearing [] The post Supreme Court reserves order on Tarun Tejpals plea to skip surrender appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday resumed monitoring the CBIs investigation into allegations of irregularities and corruption in the award of public contracts in Arunachal Pradesh to firms allegedly linked to Chief Minister Pema Khandus family. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing a miscellaneous application concerning compliance with the Courts [] The post Supreme Court resumes monitoring CBI probe into Arunachal Pradesh contract allegations involving Pema Khandus fami

The NALSAR convocation controversy raises a larger constitutional question: can the Bar Council of India, entrusted with regulating the legal profession, exercise powers that Parliament never gave it? The post When the Regulator Crosses the Line appeared first on India Legal .

With the November mid-terms approaching, Donald Trump is confronting a volatile test of his second-term presidencyfrom the war with Iran and an increasingly transactional foreign policy to economic anxiety at home and a growing perception that disruption itself has become the governing strategy The post Twelve Weeks to a Reckoning appeared first on India Legal .

A petition that began with unpaid salaries of consumer commission members has evolved into a searching examination of Indias consumer justice architectureand now intersects with a larger debate over tribunal independence, vacancies and accountability The post From Unpaid Salaries To A National Audit Of Consumer Justice appeared first on India Legal .

The states first ethanol plant was meant to turn corn into opportunity. Instead, villagers say it turned their wells dry, their fields unproductive and their neighbourhood unliveableraising a stark question about the hidden environmental cost of the states bio-fuel ambitions The post The Plant That Drank a Village Dry appeared first on India Legal .

Seven years after the abrogation of Article 370, the National Conference MP says the fight for its restoration is far from overand accuses his own party of abandoning its original position in favour of statehood The post Article 370: The Battle Over a Dark Chapter appeared first on India Legal .

The State has a duty to facilitate religious pilgrimages, but that duty cannot come at the cost of a childs constitutional right to education. When schools are closed while the administration itself celebrates a procession from the skies, questions of constitutional balance inevitably arise The post When Devotion Meets the Duty to Educate appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Kerala governments response to a plea by death-row convict Muhammed Ameer-Ul-Islam seeking transfer from a Kerala prison to a jail in Assam to be closer to his wife and aged parents. A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu was hearing the plea seeking Ameer-Ul-Islams transfer [] The post Supreme Court seeks Keralas response on death-row convicts plea to shift to Assam jail appeared first on India Legal .

When does parliamentary privilege protect the business of democracyand when can it become a shield against criminal accountability? The apex court is preparing to revisit a constitutional question that goes to the heart of probity in public life The post Privilege Under The Microscope appeared first on India Legal .

Science reveals the laws through which creation works. Spirituality asks whoor whatlies beyond those laws. Between the measurable universe and the immeasurable Reality stands the human being: the one who seeks not merely to understand creation, but ultimately to know the Knower The post When Science Falls Silent, the Self Awakens appeared first on India Legal .

By Keshav Ranjan I. Introduction: The judiciary is the guardian of the Constitution and the final arbiter of disputes in a democratic society. Its authority rests not only on the correctness of its judgments but also on the confidence that citizens place in its independence and impartiality. One of the important mechanisms that protect this [] The post The Discipline of Recusal: Preserving Judicial neutrality and Institutional faith appeared first on India Legal .

Institutions are not peripheral supports erected around economic growth but the very architecture upon which enduring prosperity is constructed, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said on Saturday, as he called for greater jurisprudential engagement and judicial cooperation among BRICS+ nations. Delivering the inaugural address at the 11th BRICS+ Legal Forum, organised by the Bar [] The post Strongest Economies will be those whose Courts honour promises: CJI at BRICS+ legal forum appeared first o

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday delivered a deeply personal farewell to Justice Sanjay Karol, describing his retiring colleague as a judge whose contribution to the law extended beyond the pronouncements he authored and into the human realities that judicial institutions are often called upon to confront. Speaking at the ceremonial Bench convened [] The post CJI hails Justice Sanjay Karol as a Judge who saw what the Law would overlook appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing allegations of misappropriation and irregularities concerning donations collected for the construction of the Ayodhya Ram Mandir to consider suggestions placed before it by litigants and other bonafide, public-spirited citizens. The bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice [] The post Ram Mandir donation theft case: Supreme Court directs SIT to consider suggestions fro

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has called upon Indias National Law Universities to move beyond merely adapting to technological change and instead assume a leadership role in determining how artificial intelligence and emerging technologies reshape the legal profession and justice delivery system. Addressing the Second Edition of the Vice-Chancellors Conclave at National Law University, [] The post CJI Surya Kant calls on Law schools to lead Indias Legal-Tech transformation, warns against bli

By Kenneth Tiven US President Donald Trumps exit from a NATO gathering in Ankara, Turkey in early July became a badly written political thriller film starring the US president. In retrospect it was foolish holding a NATO meeting in Ankara with Trump in attendance, while he is simultaneously waging war with neighbouring Iran. The distance [] The post Escape From Ankara appeared first on India Legal .

The apex courts intervention in the All India Judges Association case strikes at a persistent administrative misconception: the district judiciary cannot be governed by the same yardsticks as the executive The post A Judge Is Not A Government Servant appeared first on India Legal .

A document written in the aftermath of Partition and freedom has become far more than a rulebook: it is the moral architecture through which Indians understand liberty, equality, justice and the idea of India itself The post The Soulful Constitution appeared first on India Legal .

From acquittals overturned in high-profile criminal cases to the Supreme Court revisiting its own rulings, a growing pattern of reversals raises a difficult question: where does judicial correction end and uncertainty begin? The post When Judgments Are Reversed, What Happens to Judicial Certainty? appeared first on India Legal .

As society changes, the law must respond to new realities without surrendering constitutional principle. The apex courts latest ruling on live-in relationships marks another step in that evolutionrecognising that, in certain marriage-like relationships, the absence of a formal marriage cannot by itself deprive a woman of protection against cruelty The post When Marriage Is Not The Only Shield appeared first on India Legal .

The Central Government informed the Supreme Court that it has agreed in principle to formulate a policy providing railway travel concessions to acid attack survivors, particularly to facilitate their travel for medical treatment. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing a plea filed by [] The post Supreme Court backs rail travel concessions for acid attack survivors, Centre to frame policy appeared first on India Legal .

President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Act, 2026, increasing the sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 judges, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The legislation received presidential assent on August 11 and has since been notified in the Gazette of India. [] The post President Droupadi Murmu assents to law raising Supreme Court judge strength from 34 To 38 appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has scheduled final hearing of a long-pending constitutional reference concerning the scope of legislative privilege under Article 194 and its interplay with the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a). A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana, while issuing [] The post Legislative privilege vs Free Speech: Supreme Court to hear 2003 Tamil Nadu Assembly action under Jayalalithaa regime b