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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court directed training for two district court judges -- Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) and the Sessions Court Judge of Karkardooma Court -- for a minimum of seven days at the Delhi Judicial Academy (DJA) over their flawed order granting bail to the accused in a '6 crore cheating case. The SC criticised the two judicial officers of the Karkardooma Court for not applying settled principles when granting and upholding bail in the case. The two-judge bench, ...Read More >
Delhi HC questioned the maintainability of IRS officer Sameer Wankhede's defamation suit against the Netflix series 'The Ba***ds of Bollywood'. Wankhede seeks an injunction for his alleged misleading portrayal, but the court specifically asked if the cause of action arose in Delhi. This query came despite arguments that the series was viewed and reactions emerged from the city. NEW DELHI: Delhi HC on Friday questioned maintainability of the defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Friday relaxed the bail conditions imposed on MLA Abbas Ansari in a UP Gangsters Act case and allowed him to travel outside the state with prior intimation to the investigation officers. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked Ansari to ensure trials in cases against him weren't delayed and directed him to cooperate in expeditious disposal of the cases. "...The petitioner is allowed to travel outside the state of UP, provided that he shall furnish the part ...Read More >
BHUBANESWAR: A curtain raiser of the KIIT Centre for International Arbitration and Mediation (KCIAM) was held here on Saturday, in which eminent judges, jurists and legal experts took part. Justice Sandeep Mehta of Supreme Court said it has the potential to act as a catalyst for change by offering world-class facilities, fostering collaboration, training future arbitrators and promoting research in best practices. "KCIAM will not only serve this region, but also contribute meaningfully to the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) Senior advocate R Venkataramani was on Friday re-appointed as the attorney general of India for two years, the law ministry said. Venkataramani has been re-appointed as the top law officer of the country effective October 1. His present three-year term ends on September 30. "The President is pleased to re-appoint Shri R Venkataramani, Senior Advocate, as Attorney General for India for a further period of two years with effect from 01.10.2025," the notification read. Ve ...Read More >
The HC had directed the Union Government to produce, through a special messenger, the official file after Additional Solicitor General of India SD Sanjay appeared through video conferencing on Tuesday and clarified that the file containing notings is available. He submitted that the said file can be produced if for perusal of the court as to whether the competent authority was informed that sanction for prosecution has been granted against Saxena in the context of issue of extension sought for. ...Read More >
The Supreme Court permitted green firecracker manufacturing. However, their sale remained banned in Delhi-NCR due to pollution concerns. Chief Justice BR Gavai emphasized a balanced approach. The court asked the central government to consult stakeholders for a solution. This decision aimed to prevent issues like illegal mining. The case will be heard again on October 8. Ahead of Diwali celebrations, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed manufacture of green firecrackers in Delhi but made it clear ...Read More >
The Supreme Court instructed Chhattisgarh police to preserve Katha Ramchandra Reddy's body. He was a Maoist commander. He died in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district. The court's order came after a plea alleging torture and a fake encounter. The High Court will decide the matter after its vacation. The petitioner seeks an independent investigation into his father's death. The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha ...Read More >
New Delhi: An individual who is in politics must be thick-skinned, but a distinction has to be made between satire and defamation, Delhi High Court said on Tuesday.Justice Amit Bansal made the observation while hearing an application by BJP functionary Gaurav Bhatia. The petitioner had sought the removal of "defamatory" content from social media over his appearance on a TV news show earlier this month, where he was reportedly seen wearing a kurta "without any pants/pyjama."Bhatia told the court ...Read More >
The Supreme Court on Thursday unveiled a fresh set of directions to tackle the mounting pendency of cheque bounce cases across the country -- over a million cases across Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata alone -- calling for their conclusion at the threshold stage wherever possible and directing that if an accused is willing to pay the cheque amount on the very first day, the matter should be disposed of immediately, without dragging on for years. A bench of justices Manmohan and NV Anjaria, while deci ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed late Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur to file the list of his assets in a sealed cover and suggested the parties involved in the property dispute before it, not to share details with the media. Justice Jyoti Singh took note of the consequent undertakings from the counsel appearing for all the parties, including Priya, aside from Sunjay's children with former wife and actor Karisma Kapoor. "Mr Rajiv Nayar (counsel for Priya Kapur) su ...Read More >
The Patiala House Court reserved its order on the anticipatory bail plea of Chaitanyananda Saraswati on Friday, who has sought protection from arrest in a case related to alleged financial irregularities. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Dr Hardeep Kaur reserved the order, after hearing the submissions, saying that the order will be pronounced in the evening or tomorrow, Saturday. Senior advocate Ajay Burman, counsel for Chaitanyananda Saraswati, submitted that an educational institution requir ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): Delhi's Patiala House Court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Chaitanyanand Saraswati. He had sought anticipatory bail in a case of alleged financial irregularities lodged against him. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Dr Hardeep Kaur dismissed the plea after hearing the submissions made by the counsel for the accused, counsel for the complainant and the Delhi police. An FIR has been lodged in connection with an alleged multi-crore fraud, for ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has allowed Priya Sachdev Kapur, widow of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, to submit a statement of assets in a sealed cover in the ongoing inheritance dispute, citing the need for confidentiality in handling sensitive financial documentation. The case arises from a partition suit filed by Karisma Kapoor's children, Samaira Kapur and Kiaan Raj Kapur, over their father's estate. The dispute revolves around the distribution of Sunjay Kapur's assets and the righ ...Read More >
Saket District Court has reserved its order on businessman Samir Modi's bail plea. This is regarding an alleged rape case. Delhi police opposed the bail. The order is expected on September 25. Samir Modi's judicial custody was extended until October 6. He was detained at the airport after a Look Out Circular was issued. The court conducted an in-camera hearing. Saket District Court on Tuesday reserved its order on the bail plea of businessman Samir Modi in an alleged rape case after hearing arg ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district. The matter came up for hearing before a bench comprising justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih. The petitioner filed the plea before the apex court through advocate Satya Mitra. Both Katha Ramchandra Reddy and Kadari Satyanarayana Reddy were killed in the encounter on September 22. Senior ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday allowed certified manufacturers to produce green crackers on the condition that their sale is not carried in Delhi-NCR without approval. A bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai also asked the Centre to take a fresh look at the absolute ban on the manufacture of firecrackers in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The bench, also comprising Justices K Vinod Chandran and N V Anjaria, directed the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate C ...Read More >
Mumbai: Telugu actor Nagarjuna has expressed gratitude to the Delhi High Court for offering protection to his personality rights. Nagarjuna, who previously approached the court against the misuse of his identity on the digital platforms, took to his X handle and wrote, "Grateful to the Hon'ble Delhi High Court for protecting my personality rights in today's digital age." He also mentioned his legal team and added, "The vital legal strategy and arguments were led by Senior Counsel Mr. Vaibhav G ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 26 (ANI): Telugu actor Nagarjuna has expressed gratitude to the Delhi High Court for offering protection to his personality rights. Nagarjuna, who previously approached the court against the misuse of his identity on the digital platforms, took to his X handle and wrote, Grateful to the Honble Delhi High Court for protecting my personality rights in today digital age. He also mentioned his legal team and added, The vital legal strategy and arguments were ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 26 (ANI): Telugu actor Nagarjuna has expressed gratitude to the Delhi High Court for offering protection to his personality rights. Nagarjuna, who previously approached the court against the misuse of his identity on the digital platforms, took to his X handle and wrote, "Grateful to the Hon'ble Delhi High Court for protecting my personality rights in today's digital age." He also mentioned his legal team and added, "The vital legal strategy and argument ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the state government not to initiate any adverse action against senior IAS officer Smita Sabharwal, based on the findings of the Justice PC Ghose Commission report, until further orders. The matter was adjourned to October 7 for further hearing. Extending the protection earlier granted to former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, former minister T Harish Rao, and former chief secretary Shailendra Kumar Joshi, a bench comprising Chief Jus ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said it would hear former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar's plea against conviction and life-term imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case post Diwali break. The apex court's break begins October 20 following which it will resume work on October 27. Justices J K Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi, while hearing the matter, asked the counsel for the parties to specify about the allegations, testimony of witnesses and findings by the trial court and the high cou ...Read More >
Arvind Kejriwal vacated his official residence at 6, Flagstaff Road in October 2024. New Delhi: Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be allotted an appropriate government residence within 10 days. Appearing virtually, Solicitor General Mehta assured Justice Sachin Datta, "He (Kejriwal) will be allotted the appropriate accommodation within 10 days from today. You may record my statement." The ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 23 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that an individual who is in politics has to be "thick-skinned" but a distinction has to be made between satire and defamation. Justice Amit Bansal made the observations while hearing an application by BJP leader and senior advocate Gaurav Bhatia seeking the removal of "defamatory" content from social media over his appearance on a TV news show earlier this month, where he was reportedly seen wearing a kurta "without any pants/pyjama" ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the stand of several states on pleas seeking a stay on their respective anti-conversion laws. While issuing notices to the states, a bench of Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran made it clear that it will consider the prayer for staying the operation of such laws once the replies were in. The bench then granted four weeks to the states for their responses and allowed the petitioners to file rejoinders two weeks therea ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): The mortal remains of Navjot Singh, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, who died in a BMW accident on September 14, were taken for the last rites on Tuesday. Singh had been riding a two-wheeler along with his wife when the vehicle collided with them. The accused, Gaganpreet Kaur, who has been remanded to two days' judicial custody, filed a bail plea claiming the crash was "wholly accidental" and unintentional. Also Read | Narendra Modi Birthday W ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) B.R. Gavai, has recommended appointments to the Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka High Courts. The apex court Collegium has approved the proposal for the appointment of judicial officers Geetha Kadaba Bharatharaja Setty, Muralidhara Pai Borkatte, and Tyagaraja Narayan Inavally as Judges of the Karnataka High Court. In its meeting held on Monday, the SC Collegium also recommended the names of two ad ...Read More >
New Delhi: In the Vantara Wildlife Centre case of Jamnagar, Gujarat, the Supreme Court has asked if someone wants to keep an elephant and does so by following all the rules, then what is wrong with it? The court said this while completing the hearing of the case on Monday, September 15, 2025. However, the court has not passed any order yet. The report of the Special Investigation Team was also presented in today's hearing. A PIL was filed in the Supreme Court demanding a thorough investigation ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday made it clear that the publication of final voter list being prepared by the poll body as part of the special intensive revision (SIR) in Bihar will not inhibit SC from striking it down 'if it finds any illegality in the process'. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi verbally observed, "if we find any illegality (in the SIR), we will definitely strike it down" regardless of the finalisation of the revised list. SC also refused to modify its ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: SC Monday said its ruling on petitions challenging the validity of the special intensive revision (SIR) of Bihar electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls in the state would apply in same rigour to EC's decision for SIR across states from next year.As a litany of petitioners through their counsels competed to identify one or the other fault in the SIR process in Bihar, a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, which has passed many interim orders, including treating Aadhaa ...Read More >
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