WB Assembly Passes 'Public Safety Act' Providing For Detention Up To One Year, Property Seizure For 'Anti-Social Activities'

The West Bengal Assembly on Monday passed the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026, a legislation that significantly expands the State's powers to deal with organised crime by providing for preventive detention of alleged "goondas" for up to one year, externment orders, and seizure and confiscation of properties linked to anti-social activities.The Bill, popularly referred to as the "Goonda Bill", was passed with 176 members voting in favour and 41 against,...

West Bengal Assembly Passes Bills To Restructure OBC Reservation, Removes 77 Communities From List Following 2024 Calcutta HC Verdict

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday passed two Bills overhauling the State's Other Backward Classes (OBC) reservation framework by removing 77 communities from the OBC list and restructuring the reservation regime in line with the directions issued by the Calcutta High Court in 2024.The legislation amends both the West Bengal Backward Classes (Other than Scheduled Castes and...

AMMA Row: Kerala Court Directs Police To Register FIR On Actor Ansiba Hassan's Complaint Against Tini Tom

The Judicial First Class Magistrate VIII, Ernakulam on Tuesday (June 30) directed the Kadavanthra police station to register a complaint based on Drishyam-actress Ansiba Hassan alleging Tini Tom of abusing her with words like 'Jihadi', etc. Smt. Kavya Soman, Magistrate passed the order yesterday in a private complaint filed by Ansiba before the Magistrate, following the refusal of the police to register a case against Tom.Perusing the police report, the Magistrate noted:"The report itself...

Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case: MP Court Extends Judicial Custody Of Giribala Singh, Samarth Singh; CBI Seeks Voice Samples

A Bhopal Court, on Tuesday (June 30), extended till July 14, the judicial custody of retired Judge Giribala Singh and her son Samarth Singh who are booked in a case involving dowry harassment and death of model-actress Twisha Sharma.Twisha, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead at her matrimonial home in Bhopal on May 12. An FIR has been lodged under BNS Sections 80(2) (dowry death), 85 (cruelty) and 3(5) (common intention) and Sections 3 (giving or taking dowry) and 4 (demanding dowry) of the...

MP Judge Faces Communal Attack After Convicting Cow Vigilantes In Lynching Case

A judge in Madhya Pradesh has come under severe communal attack after she delivered a verdict convicting cow vigilantes in a lynching case.Earlier this month, Tabassum Khan, Additional District and Sessions Judge of Narmadapuram district, had sentenced 7 men to life imprisonment for lynching Sheikh Lala Nazir Ahmed, a truck driver, in 2022, over suspicions of cow smuggling.On the day of...

"Even Death Penalty Would Not Be Adequate": Pune Court Awards Death Sentence To 65-Yr-Old For Rape, Murder Of 3 Yr-Old Girl

A special court in Pune on Monday (June 29) handed down death sentence to a 65-year-old man convicted for raping and killing a three-year-old girl, after considering his antecedents of outraging modesty of his grand-niece and a village woman and even sexually assaulting animals. Special Judge SR Salunkhe held that the instant case was a 'rarest of rare' as the accused - Bhimrao Prabhakar...

AI Should Assist Judges, Not Replace Human Decision-Making: Justice N. Kotiswar Singh At CIEC Brussels Dialogue

Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Judge of the Supreme Court, on Monday said that while Artificial Intelligence has significant potential to improve judicial administration, the responsibility of judging must remain exclusively with human judges. He emphasized that constitutional values, judicial independence, empathy, fairness, and human wisdom cannot be replicated by machines, and that AI should function only as an assistive tool rather than a substitute for judicial reasoning or the Rule of...

Ketan Agarwal Murder Case: Pune Court Extends Police Custody Of Fiance, Friend Till July 03

A Pune Court on Monday (June 29) extended the police custody of Ketan Agarwal's fiancée and her friend, who are accused of pushing him into a deep gorge off Lohagad Fort, till July 3. As per PTI report, the accused Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary were produced before the court today wherein the prosecution argued the need for investigating certain aspects. On June 23 the court had remanded...

Ayodhya Ram Mandir Donation Row | Faizabad Bar Association Resolves Not To Represent Accused

The Faizabad/Ayodhya Bar Association today passed a resolution stating that none of its members will represent the 8 accused arrested in connection with the alleged misappropriation of donations for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The resolution adds that if any Bar member still wishes to represent the accused, they must submit an application and deposit a contribution (sahyog dhanrashi) of ₹5...

'Child's Dignity Was Shattered': Odisha Court Sentences Tutor To 20-Years Imprisonment For Sexually Abusing Minor Boy

A POCSO Court in Odisha held a home tutor guilty of repeatedly sexually assaulting his student–a minor boy, and sentenced the former to 20 years rigorous imprisonment remarking that the child who should have spent his time in cheerfulness was dealt with animal passion and his dignity was shattered. In doing so the court remarked that the testimony of the boy, who had come forward at the risk...

Bengaluru Court Summons Home Minister Priyank Kharge In Defamation Case Over Remarks Against RSS

A Bengaluru Court on Saturday (June 27) took cognizance of a private complaint alleging that Karnataka Home Minister and Congress Leader Priyank Kharge made defamatory remarks against the RSS. The court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bengaluru city while taking cognizance of offence under Section 356 BNS (criminal defamation) against Kharge and Congress leader Mohammed Haris...

P&H High Court Judge Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu Passes Away

Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu, a sitting Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, passed away in the early hours of Sunday, June 28, 2026. He breathed his last at 2:50 a.m., as per an official communication issued by the Protocol Branch of the High Court.“With profound grief and sorrow, it is informed that Hon'ble Mr. Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu, Judge of this Court, left for his...