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Supreme Court Issues Notice On Ex-Army Officer's Plea For Supply Of Documents In Case Under Official Secrets Act For Book On RAW
The Supreme Court today issued notice on retired Major General VK Singh's challenge to a Delhi High Court order which allowed him inspection of documents relied upon by the CBI in the Official Secrets Act case against him, but not supply of those documents.To recap, the Official Secrets Act case was lodged against Singh pursuant to his publication of a book post-retirement alleging corruption...
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...
56 Former Judges Condemn Impeachment Move Against Justice GR Swaminathan, Call It Attempt To Browbeat Judiciary
Fifty-six former judges of the Supreme Court and various High Courts have issued a strong statement expressing “serious exception” to the move by opposition Members of Parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against Madras High Court judge Justice G.R. Swaminathan. The former judges have termed the attempt a “brazen effort to browbeat judges who do not fall in line with...
Supreme Court Forms Secondary Medical Board To Assess Passive Euthanasia Plea Of Man In Vegetative State
The Supreme Court on December 11 ordered the constitution of a Secondary Medical Board by the Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), for the purpose of evaluating whether passive euthanasia can be given to a 32-year-old man who has remained in a vegetative state for the past 12 years after falling from a building. The Court will hear the matter on 18th December.This...
Solicitor General Objects To Newspaper Article On Woman Deported To Bangladesh, Says "Attempt To Influence Supreme Court"
The Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta, today took strong exception to a news article published today about Sunali Khatun, a pregnant woman, who was deported to Bangladesh on suspicion of being a foreigner, and was later brought back by the Union Government, on humanitarian grounds.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a special leave petition filed by...
Reliance Capital Insolvency: NCLAT Issues Notice On SEBI's Challenge To Plan Clause Allegedly Shielding Subsidiary From Penalties
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal on Friday issued notice on SEBI's appeal challenging an NCLT Mumbai order that refused to recall or clarify a paragraph in the Reliance Capital resolution plan which, according to SEBI, is being misused to claim that all liabilities of the company's subsidiaries also stand extinguished. SEBI says this interpretation is being deployed by a...
Karur Stampede | 'Want Everything To Be Fair': Supreme Court Refuses To Modify Direction That Supervisory Committee Members Should Not Be From Tamil Nadu
In the Karur Stampede case, the Supreme Court today refused to modify its earlier direction that members of the Supervisory Committee constituted to monitor the CBI investigation not be natives of Tamil Nadu.A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi heard the matter."We want everything to be fair", remarked Justice Maheshwari after Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra raised concerns...
Actress Assault Case: Sessions Judge Honey Varghese Warns Media Against Distorted Reporting Of Court Proceedings
The Principal District and Sessions Court, Ernakulam on Friday (December 12) issued a warning to all the media personnels and lawyers present not to distort the court proceedings while reporting on the high-profile actress assault case.Smt. Honey M. Varghese, Principal District and Sessions Judge made the oral remark prior to conducting the hearing on the sentencing for those convicted in...
NCLT Chennai Defreezes Karti Chidambaram's Wife's Bank Accounts After SFIO Admits PAN Error
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Chennai on Friday ordered the defreezing of all bank accounts belonging to Dr Srinidhi Karti Chidambaram after the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) confirmed through its verification exercise that her accounts had been frozen because of an error. A coram of Judicial Member Jyoti Kumar Tripathi and Technical Member Ravichandran Ramasamy...
LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 11, 2025
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