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Gandhi Jayanti and the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri were observed at the Supreme Court of India today with judges and members of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) paying floral tributes to the two national leaders. The commemorative programme at the Supreme Court complex witnessed the participation of members of [] The post Supreme Court observes Gandhi Jayanti, speakers also pay tribute to Lal Bahadur Shastri appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with a judgment of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directing the Railway authorities to consider the claim of a deceased employees grandson for appointment on compassionate grounds. A Bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Vijay Bishnoi dismissed the challenge instituted by the Union of India and the [] The post Supreme Court declines to interfere with direction to consider grandson for Railway compassionate appointment appeared first on India

A Buddhist activist has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Union Governments directions prescribing the singing and playing of the complete six-stanza version of Vande Mataram at specified official occasions, contending that the mandate has implications for secularism, religious freedom and constitutional fraternity. The writ petition has been filed by BD Borkar, a Nagpur-based Buddhist [] The post Buddhist activist challenges Centres six-stanza Vande Mataram mandate before Supreme Court ap

The Delhi High Court has upheld the validity of rules allowing elderly parents and senior citizens to approach the District Magistrate (DM) for eviction of children or legal heirs from their property in cases involving non-maintenance or ill-treatment. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia held that Rule 22(3)(1) [] The post Delhi High Court upholds law allowing senior citizens to seek eviction of children from their property appeared first on India L

A Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in New Delhi has ordered the framing of charges against separatist leader Yasin Malik and six others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case concerning alleged foreign funding routed through hawala channels to finance secessionist and subversive activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The accused [] The post NIA Court orders framing of PMLA charges against Yasin Malik, six others in alleged hawala funding case appeared first on I

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a plea filed by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) challenging the freezing of four of its bank accounts by the West Bengal Police following a complaint by a member of the partys rebel faction. A Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale refrained from [] The post Supreme Court declines to interfere with freezing of Trinamool Congresss four bank accounts appeared first on India Legal .

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to Mohd Shahzad Kamal, an accused in a National Investigation Agency (NIA) case alleging his involvement with the ISIS-affiliated Harkat-Ul-Harb-E-Islam terror module, after he remained incarcerated for more than five years. A Division Bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Arun Bhardwaj allowed Kamals appeal against the Special [] The post Delhi High Court grants bail to alleged ISIS-linked operative after five years in custody appeared first on

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the execution of death sentence awarded to Ahmed Bawa @ Abbu Abubakar Barelvi, one of the 38 convicts sentenced to capital punishment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Augustine George Masih passed the order while hearing Barelvis [] The post Supreme Court puts Ahmed Bawa Barelvis death sentence on hold in Ahmedabad blasts case appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has held that judges should refrain from imposing their personal views or value judgments on morality while deciding bail applications or conducting criminal trials. A Bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S Chandurkar made the observation while setting aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that had denied bail to [] The post Supreme Court: Judges should not impose personal moral views while deciding bail pleas appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the manner in which contempt petitions alleging non-compliance with its directions on deputation of IPS officers to Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) were removed from the cause list of a regular bench and listed before a special bench. A bench of Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan took [] The post Supreme Court questions sudden transfer of listed CAPF deputation contempt pleas to special bench appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Wednesday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh Police over alleged irregularities in a criminal investigation. A Division Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva observing that it might as well direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over all investigations in the State. The Court made [] The post We might as well disband UP police: Supreme Court expresses disquiet over investigation conduct appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed strong dissatisfaction with the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) over what it described as an inadequate response to the implementation of the statutory 25% admission entitlement for economically weaker section (EWS) children in private unaided schools. A Bench comprising Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe [] The post Supreme Court questions NCPCRs role in implementing 25% RTE quota,directs chairperson and director to a

The Supreme Court has notified the Advocates-on-Record (AOR) Examination for December 2026, with the examination scheduled to be conducted in New Delhi on December 19, 20, 22 and 23. The examination notification has been issued by the Registrar (J) and Secretary, Board of Examiners for the AOR Examination, in accordance with Rules 5(i) and 5(ii) [] The post Supreme Court announces December 2026 AOR examination; Applications open till October 15 appeared first on India Legal .

Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Wednesday inaugurated the Supreme Courts Monthly Lecture Series on Law, Justice and Legal Education along with the Annual Supreme Court Nyaya Shiksha Samman, envisaging both initiatives as institutional platforms for sustained engagement with legal scholarship, jurisprudential thought and the evolving contours of law. Addressing the inaugural programme, [] The post CJI Surya Kant calls for dialogue between courtroom and classroom as Supreme Court laun

The Supreme Court, in association with the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), has launched a monthly lecture and dialogue series titled The Constitution as a Charter of Opportunity: Democracy, Enterprise and Inclusive Nation-Building,for which the first lecture was delivered by by Prof Dr Ranbir Singh, NLU, Delhi In his address, Prof. Singh proposed viewing the [] The post Supreme Court launches monthly lecture series on Constitution as charter of opportunity appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on the Union governments plea seeking the challenge to the law governing appointments of Election Commissioners and Chief Election Commissioners be referred to a larger bench. The bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma differed on whether the challenge to the Chief Election [] The post CEC Act: Judges split over reference to Constitution Bench; Justice Datta junks judges appointing judges theory, calls for perman

The Delhi High Court has declined to interfere with the bail granted to former National Stock Exchange (NSE) Managing Director and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna in the case concerning alleged illegal interception of telephone conversations of NSE employees. Justice Madhu Jain dismissed the Central Bureau of Investigations plea questioning the trial courts decision to release Ramkrishna [] The post Delhi High Court dismisses CBI challenge to Chitra Ramkrishnas bail in NSE phone tapping case appeared firs

A sitting elected member of the Bar Council of India (BCI) has urged the Supreme Court to keep incumbent BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra away from the office and the ongoing electoral process until the statutory body is reconstituted. N Manoj Kumar, who was elected to represent the Bar Council of Kerala in the BCI [] The post BCI member, raises electoral interference concerns to Supreme Court, seeks Chairman Manan Kumar Mishras recusal appeared first on India Legal .

The Delhi High Court has rejected a challenge by a 16-year-old international show-jumping athlete to her non-selection for the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) 2026, holding that there was no material to establish that an eight-month selection window had been prescribed by the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI). A Single Judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta [] The post Delhi High Court upholds Equestrian selection process for Youth Olympic Games appeared first on India Legal .

A petition seeking registration of an FIR against former High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma in connection with the alleged cash-at-home controversy was mentioned before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday, with the petitioner seeking urgent listing of the matter. Advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara, representing the petitioner, stated that the Supreme Court Registry [] The post FIR plea against Former Judge Yashwant Varma mentioned before CJI Surya Kant appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on September 21 ordered a fresh investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the 2012 rape and murder of a 17-year-old girl in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, observing that the manner in which the case was investigated by the local police, Karnataka CID and CBI shocks the very conscience of the court. A [] The post Dharmasthala rape-murder: Supreme Court orders fresh SIT probe, says earlier investigation deeply offends the courts sense of justice appeared first on India L

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by former Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Vishakha Raut challenging her disqualification as a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) councillor following the invalidation of her Other Backward Class (OBC) caste certificate. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed that [] The post Supreme Court issues notice on former Mumbai Mayor Vishakha Rauts disqualification as BMC councillor appeared first on India

The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Cauvery Nadhi Rakshna Samiti seeking reallocation of 70 TMC of Cauvery river water from Tamil Nadus share to Karnataka, observing that the inter-State dispute is already being litigated by the two States before the appropriate forums. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta [] The post Cauvery water dispute: Supreme Court rejects societys plea seeking 70 TMC reallocation rom Tamil Nadu to Karnataka appeared first on India Legal

The Law and Society Committee (LawSoc) of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru, has decided to call off the proposed screening of filmmaker Lalit Vachanis documentary Prisoner No. 626710 is Present, centred on jailed activist Umar Khalid. The student committee communicated the decision to the NLSIU student community after discussions with the [] The post NLSIU student committee cancels Umar Khalid Documentary screening citing threats of criminal action, harassment appea

The Supreme Court has directed private universities across the country to place extensive financial and operational information on record, making it clear that institutions imparting higher education cannot be operated as profit-making entities. A Bench comprising Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice N.V. Anjaria, in an order passed on September 17, directed the Union Government, States [] The post Supreme Court directs disclosure of financial, admission and operational details by private un

The Delhi High Court on Monday inducted seven judicial officers into its Bench, taking its present strength to 50 judges against a sanctioned complement of 60. Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya administered the oath of office to the newly appointed judges at a ceremony held at the High Court. The elevations bring substantial experience from [] The post Seven new judges take oath in Delhi High Court, Bench strength rises to 50 appeared first on India Legal .

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge has moved the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings pending against him over alleged remarks concerning the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Kharge has challenged the June 27, 2026 order passed by the Bengaluru Special Court dealing with criminal cases involving sitting and former MPs and MLAs, whereby [] The post Priyank Kharge moves Karnataka High Court to quash defamation case over alleged remarks against RSS appeared

The Delhi High Court has scheduled September 30 for hearing the bail challenges filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University scholar Umar Khalid and activist Sharjeel Imam in connection with the case concerning the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Dinesh Bhatt deferred [] The post Delhi Riots UAPA case: Delhi High Court to hear Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam bail pleas on September 30 appeared first on India Le

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has approached the Calcutta High Court again seeking protection after allegedly facing another egg-pelting attack by rival political workers in her constituency, Krishnanagar. The matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya on Monday morning. Moitras counsel, Advocate Arka Kumar Nag, told the Court that despite an earlier order directing [] The post Mahua Moitra moves Calcutta High Court again after fresh egg-pelting attack appeared first on

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to cancel the bail granted to a murder accused who, after his release, posted a social media video stating that money and power can get you anything in this country. A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Augustine George Masih and Justice Sandeep Mehta dismissed an appeal filed by [] The post Supreme Court refuses to cancel bail of murder accused over money and power social media post appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court has held that the Revised Guidelines for Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities, 2016 are mandatory and legally enforceable. A Bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra set aside the National Green Tribunals July 5, 2024 order and restored the Environmental Clearance (EC) and Consent to Establish (CTE) [] The post Supreme Court upholds 2016 Bio-Medical Waste Guidelines, restores environmental clearance for UP facility appeared first on India Leg

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to constitute a special Bench to hear an application moved by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) challenging a direction requiring it to establish shelter homes for stray cattle across the country. The application was mentioned before a Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices [] The post Supreme Court to constitute special bench to hear NHAI plea against stray cattle shelter direction appeared first on India Legal .

Trinamool Congress founder and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought urgent listing before the Supreme Court of her challenge to the Election Commission of Indias interim decision to freeze the partys name and its reserved Flowers & Grass election symbol. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned the matter before a Bench headed [] The post Mamata Banerjee seeks urgent Supreme Court hearing against ECI freeze on TMC name, flowers & grass symbol appeared first on India Le

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday called for stronger people-centric and community-based approaches to climate adaptation, stressing the importance of traditional knowledge and local communities in building climate resilience. Addressing the valedictory session of the National Green Tribunals (NGT) international conference on The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics in New Delhi, President Murmu said the [] The post President Murmu calls for community-based climate adaptation, emphasises

The Supreme Court is playing an increasingly significant role in reshaping Indias environmental jurisprudence by moving beyond a human-centred approach and recognising the intrinsic value of nature, Justice B.V. Nagarathna said on Sunday.Addressing the valedictory session of the International Conference on The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics, organised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) [] The post Supreme Court driving shift towards ecocentric environmental jurisprudence: Justice N