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The Gujarat High Court has declined to interfere with the order imposing a cost of 25,000 on Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the proceedings seeking disclosure of Prime Minister Narendra Modis educational degree, holding that no ground has been made out to warrant interference with the earlier judgment. A Division Bench [] The post Gujarat High Court declines to order disclosure of PM Modis degree,retains Rs 25,000 cost imposed on Kejriwal appeared first on India Legal

The Delhi High Court has held that a marriage claimed to be valid under Muslim personal law cannot, by itself, provide immunity from prosecution under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) or the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), where the wife was below 18 years of age. Justice Sanjeev Narula dismissed [] The post Delhi High Court: Muslim personal law cannot shield sexual intercourse with wife below 18 from POCSO appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition challenging the Bombay High Court judgment upholding the acquittal of 22 accused, including 21 police personnel, in the 2005 encounter case involving Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and aide Tulsiram Prajapati. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi [] The post Sohrabuddin encounter case: Supreme Court issues notice on plea challenging 22 acquittals appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to bring to finality, within four months, the dispute between rival factions of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) concerning the partys name and its reserved Flowers & Grass election symbol. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya [] The post Supreme Court grants Election Commission 4 months to adjudicate Trinamool Congress name, symbol dispute appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL seeking a probe into the alleged routing and rerouting of funds through overseas entities into the Indian equity market, including transactions involving Adani Group entities. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana declined to entertain the plea [] The post Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking probe into alleged offshore fund routing, Adani transactions appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment on the implementation of front-of-pack warning labels (FOPL) for packaged foods high in sugar, salt, sodium and fats. A Bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran heard arguments on whether the labelling regime should be mandatory or voluntary, the implementation timeline, consultation process and nutritional [] The post Supreme Court reserves judgment on front-of-pack warning labels for packaged foods appeared first on India Legal .

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Central governments decision to impose a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on specified Unified Payments Interface (UPI) person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions exceeding Rs2,000. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana, however, directed the Centre to file an affidavit [] The post Supreme Court refuses to stay MDR on UPI transactions above Rs 2,000, seeks Centres affidavit appeared first on In

A Delhi sessions court on Monday issued notice to former BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on an appeal filed by four women wrestlers challenging his acquittal in a sexual harassment case. Special Judge Digvinay Singh of the Rouse Avenue Court also issued notice to co-accused Vinod [] The post Delhi Court seeks response from Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on wrestlers challenge to acquittal appeared first on India Legal .

A plea has been moved before the Supreme Court alleging that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar took several decisions concerning the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) without the concurrence of the other members of the poll panel. The petition questions the legality of decisions and directions allegedly issued without approval of the [] The post Plea in Supreme Court alleges CEC Gyanesh Kumar took ECI decisions without full commission approval appeared first on India

The Supreme Court has initiated suo motu proceedings over a series of rape incidents reported in Delhi and the National Capital Region, raising concerns over the safety of women and children in public spaces and the effectiveness of the existing law-enforcement mechanism. A Bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran took note [] The post Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of recent rape cases in Delhi-NCR, seeks systemic response appeared first on India Legal .