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NEET-UG : Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Pleas Concerning NEET-UG 2026 Ahead Of June 21 Retest
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to hear pleas seeking urgent hearing of issues arising out of the NEET re-test scheduled for June 21, observing that all matters concerning the examination are already listed before a Bench headed by Justice PS Narasimha.The matter was mentioned before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant by counsel appearing for NEET candidates.When a plea relating to the...
Delhi High Court To Hear Today Plea Against Fake News On Judges & Law Minister Participating In London Badminton Tournament
The Delhi High Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea concerning the circulation of false information claiming that members of the judiciary and the executive had jointly participated in a badminton tournament in London.The petition has been filed by the Badminton Association of India, whose counsel mentioned the matter before Justice Tejas Karia for urgent listing."There is a fake...
How Can CID Question Lawyer On Case Being Argued By Him? Kalyan Bandopadhyay Writes To Calcutta HC Bar Association Over Cop's Call
Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay has written to the Secretary of the Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court alleging that an officer of the West Bengal CID contacted him seeking permission to interrogate him in connection with a criminal case in which he had appeared as counsel before the High Court.In his letter, Bandopadhyay urged the Bar Association to take appropriate steps...
Kerala Court Refuses To Refer Nivin Pauly's 'Ramachandra Boss & Co' & 'Malayali From India' Film Disputes To Arbitration
The Munsiff Court, Ernakulam on June 12 rejected a petition filed by producer Listin Stephen and M/s Magic Frames seeking to refer to arbitration the disputes raised by Nivin Pauly and M/s. Pauly Junior Pictures LLP relating to the films 'Ramachandra Boss & Co' and 'Malayali From India'.Sri. Nanda Krishna M., I Additional Munsiff dismissed Stephen's petition filed under Section 8 of...
"Rival TMC Faction Secured Greatest Numerical Strength": Calcutta HC Refuses Stay On Appointment Of Ritabrata Banerjee As LoP
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday refused to grant interim relief to senior Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in his challenge to the appointment of a rival faction leader, Ritabrata Banerjee, as the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, holding that no prima facie case had been made out for an injunction. (2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 251)Justice Krishna...
Why Supreme Court Urged Haryana To Amend Compassionate Appointment Rules In Cases Involving Alleged Murder Of Govt Employees
The Supreme Court recently urged the Haryana Government to examine and rectify a “significant anomaly” in the Haryana Civil Services (Compassionate Financial Assistance or Appointment) Rules, 2019, after noting that the scheme suspends compassionate financial assistance during criminal proceedings relating to the death of a government employee but contains no similar restriction...
Telegram Ban Challenged : Live Updates From Delhi High Court Hearing
Telegram has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the decision of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to ban the messaging platform till June 22 to address apprehensions of circulations of fake NEET question papers. The re-examination of the NEET is to take place on June 21. The government has also ordered the platform to disable the message-editing feature until...
LiveLaw Explainer | What Are Principles Of Promissory Estoppel
The Supreme Court has comprehensively restated the principles governing the doctrine of promissory estoppel, holding that governmental assurances are not empty declarations and that the State cannot arbitrarily withdraw promises on which citizens have acted to their detriment.In a judgment concerning the withdrawal of industrial incentives, the Court observed that promissory estoppel is...
West Bengal Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Ordering Premature Release Of TADA Convict In 93 Bowbazar Blast Case
The State of West Bengal has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court direction allowing the premature release of a life-term convict in the 1993 Kolkata (Bowbazar) blast case.The State's counsel mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. The counsel submitted that the State's Sentence Review Board had recommended against the release of...