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Anjel Chakma Murder : Supreme Court Asks Attorney General To Examine Plea Seeking Guidelines Against Racial Violence
The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of a public interest litigation seeking guidelines to curb identity-based and racial violence against persons from the North-East, requesting the Attorney General for India to examine the issues raised.The plea was filed in the wake of the alleged racially motivated murder of Tripura youth Anjel Chakma in Uttarakhand last December. The petitioner,...
Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala Court Grants Bail To Senior Thantri Kandararu Rajeevaru
The Court of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Kollam on Wednesday (February 18) granted bail to Rajeev Thantri @ Kandararu Rajeevaru in the Sabarimala gold theft case. A detailed order is awaited.Dr. Mohit C.S., Special Judge passed the order.Thantri Rajeev is arrayed as the 13th accused in the case relating to the misappropriation of gold from the doorframes of the Sreekovil in...
'ED Has Been Weaponised', 'No, ED Was Terrorised' : Exchange In Supreme Court Plea Against Mamata Banerjee
In ED's case against West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and others over the IPAC office search, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju today submitted before the Supreme Court that the agency has been "terrorized".The remark was a response to a submission by Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra that the agency must justify its "weaponization". "It [ED] has not been weaponized, it has been terrorized",...
'No Foreign Expressions ' : Supreme Court Calls For Guidelines Rooted In Indian Social Fabric To Sensitise Judges On Sexual Offences
The Supreme Court has directed the National Judicial Academy to frame comprehensive draft guidelines to inculcate sensitivity and compassion in judicial handling of sexual offence cases, stressing that such norms must reflect India's social fabric and not be borrowed from foreign jurisdictions.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice NV Anjaria...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 17, 2026
Links to today's reports :'We Understand Political Battles' : Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Quashing Of SC/ST Case Against Telangana CM Revanth Reddy2007 CRPF Camp Attack Case : Supreme Court To Hear UP Govt's Appeal Against Acquittal Of 4 Death Row Convicts'No Disability Pension For Brain Stroke Caused By Smoking' : Supreme Court Rejects Ex-Army Officer's ClaimActress...
No Conversion Angle In Suicide Of Tamil Nadu School Girl In 2022 : CBI Informs Supreme Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation has submitted before the Supreme Court the chargesheet filed by it in the case relating to the suicide of a school girl at a Christian missionary-run school in Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu in 2022.The death of the girl had hit the headlines nationwide following allegations that she resorted to suicide following pressure from the school to convert...
'National Security Paramount': Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal Of BSF Officer For Cattle Smuggling Across Indo-Bangladesh Border
The Supreme Court recently refused to interfere with the dismissal of a Border Security Force Sub-Inspector convicted by a General Security Force Court for facilitating illegal cattle smuggling at the Indo-Bangladesh border.A bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Prasanna B. Varale observed that when national security is paramount, infractions by officers manning the borders cannot be...
Kerala Court Rejects Former MLA Antony Raju's Plea To Quash Conviction In Evidence Tampering Case
The District and Sessions Court, Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday (17 February) rejected the application filed by former MLA Antony Raju to quash his conviction in the Evidence Tampering case.Smt. Nazeera S Principal District and Sessions Judge, Thiruvananthapuram, dismissed the plea moved in his appeal against conviction. As a consequence, Raju will not be able to contest the upcoming...
'Classic Case Of Suicidal Hanging' : Supreme Court On Alleged Political Murder During 2018 West Bengal Post-Poll Violence
The Supreme Court today(February 17) heard a writ petition filed by Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia as petitioner in person, alleging political murders by the members of the ruling Trinamool Congress in the State of West Bengal after the 2018 Panchayat elections. He has sought an independent investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI). The Court has allowed him to file a...
Supreme Court Asks UP DIG To Go Before Hyderabad Forensic Lab For Voice Comparison With Hate Speech Clip
The Supreme Court recently directed the Telangana Forensic Sciences Laboratory to submit before it in a sealed cover the report on the forensic analysis of the voice sample and the alleged audio clip of an Uttar Pradesh Police officer who is accused of making anti-Muslim remarks.The Court directed Uttar Pradesh DIG Sanjeev Tyagi (earlier Superintendent of Police, Bijnor) to be present before...
Fodder Scam | Supreme Court To Hear CBI's Appeal Against Suspension Of Lalu Prasad Yadav's Sentence On April 22
The Supreme Court will hear in April a batch of appeals against the order of the Jharkhand High Court suspending the sentence of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and other convicts in the fodder scam case.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice N Kotiswar Singh kept the matters for final disposal on April 22, 2026.Additional Solicitor General SV Raju submitted that the...