Man Attempts Suicide By Setting Himself On Fire Outside Bombay High Court, Sustains 55% Burn Injuries

A regular Monday afternoon outside the Gate No. 4 of the Bombay High Court witnessed chaotic scenes after suddenly 53-year-old man started sloganeering against an advocate and the Collector of Kankavli city and soon poured petrol on his person and set himself ablaze.The Police personnel stationed in the High Court, rushed to help the man identified as Prakash Sawant and somehow managed to douse the fire. He was immediately taken to the nearby Gokuldas Tejpal (GT) Hospital. According to doctors,...

Price-Fixing Circulars: CCI Holds Three Maharashtra Liquor Associations Guilty Of Cartelisation

The Competition Commission of India CCI) has held that three liquor merchants' associations operating in Maharashtra engaged in anti-competitive practices by issuing circulars prescribing prices, margins and other commercial terms, illegally distorting competition in the liquor retail market. In an order dated December 11, 2025, a coram led by Chairperson Ravneet Kaur, along with Members...

National Lok Adalat In Chhattisgarh Records Resolution Of Over 55 Lakh Cases

In an effort to champion accessible and swift justice, Justice Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice, High Court of Chhattisgarh and Patron-in-Chief, Chhattisgarh State Legal Services Authority (CGLSA), conducted a comprehensive virtual inspection and assessment of the year's fourth and final National Lok Adalat proceedings across all 23 districts of the state.Connecting virtually from the High Court, the Chief Justice closely monitored the proceedings and held interactions with all the Principal District...

AILET 2026 Concluded: Easy to Moderate Paper, Cut-off Likely Around 120/150

The AILET 2026 examination for admission to NLU Delhi was successfully conducted, with the paper being easy to moderate in overall difficulty and closely aligned with the difficulty level observed last year.Overall Difficulty LevelThe paper was balanced and manageable, with no major surprises in terms of structure or question types. Most sections were scoring for well-prepared...

Messi India Tour | Kolkata Court Remands Organiser Satadru Dutta To 2 Weeks Police Custody After Salt Lake Stadium Chaos

A Bidhannagar court on Sunday refused bail to Satadru Dutta — the promoter and chief organiser of the Lionel Messi “G.O.A.T. India Tour” event in Kolkata — and remanded him to 14 days' police custody in connection with the chaos and vandalism that erupted at Salt Lake Stadium during the Kolkata leg of the tour.Dutta was detained at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport...

4th National Lok Adalat Strengthens Access To Justice With Resolution Of 2.59 Crore Cases

The National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) successfully organised the 4th National Lok Adalat of 2025 on 13 December 2025, marking another significant milestone in strengthening access to justice through consensual dispute resolution. The National Lok Adalat was conducted across High Courts, District Courts, Tribunals, Consumer Forums, and Permanent Lok Adalats in 26 States and 8...

Prosecution Failed To Prove Conspiracy By Dileep In Actress Assault Case: Kerala Court

While acquitting actor Dileep of all charges in the 2017 actress rape and abduction case, the Ernakulam Sessions Court held that the prosecution failed to prove conspiracy by Dileep in the case.The case refers to the abduction and sexual assault of an actress in a moving vehicle in the outskirts of Cochin on February 17, 2017, wherein videos of her assault were also taken. The prime...

National Lok Adalat At Punjab & Haryana High Court Disposes Of 303 Cases, Awards Over ₹13.36 Crore

As part of the nationwide initiative of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), a National Lok Adalat was organised today at the Punjab and Haryana High Court, in coordination with the High Court Legal Services Committee (HCLSC).The Lok Adalat was held under the overall supervision of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Patron-in-Chief of the High Court Legal Services Committee, and...

President Asks Justice Nisha Banu, Who Hasn't Abided By Transfer Order, To Join Kerala High Court By Dec 20

The President has directed Justice Nisha Banu to assume charge at the Kerala High Court on or before December 20, 2025. It may be noted that the Centre had notified her transfer from the Madras High Court to the Kerala High Court on October 14, 2025. In a notification issued on December 12, the centre said"The President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, is pleased to...

NGT Disposes Application In Gandhi Sagar Talab (bhilwara) Sewage Diversion Matter; Directs Timely Completion Of Ongoing Project

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Central Zone Bench, Bhopal, has disposed of Original Application No. 220/2024(CZ) filed by Babulal Jajoo concerning the inflow of untreated sewage into Gandhi Sagar Talab, Bhilwara, Rajasthan.Background of the CaseThe Applicant alleged that untreated domestic sewage was freely entering the Gandhi Sagar Lake, causing pollution and environmental degradation....

BREAKING | Kerala Court Sentences Six Convicted In Actress Assault Case To 20 Years Imprisonment

The Principal District and Sessions Court, Ernakulam, on Friday (December 12) sentenced all six accused, including the prime accused Sunil N.S. @ Pulsar Suni, to 20 years of imprisonment in the Actress Assault case.Judge Honey M. Varghese delivered the sentence after convicting the accused in the previous hearing."This case has created a sensation but the court should bear in mind that...

J&K Court Rejects Bail Of Eight Police Personnel Accused Of Custodial Torture Of Constable

The Principal District & Sessions Judge, Kupwara has dismissed the bail applications of eight police personnel accused of illegally detaining and torturing a constable at the Joint Interrogation Centre (JIC) Kupwara. The Court held that the applicants had failed to demonstrate any legal or factual basis warranting their release and emphasised that the stage of proceedings did not...