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Delhi Court Reserves Verdict On Plea Seeking FIR Against Sonia Gandhi For Inclusion In Voter List Prior To Acquiring Indian Citizenship
A Delhi Court on Wednesday reserved order on a plea seeking FIR against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for getting her name added in the electoral rolls of 1980, three years before getting Indian citizenship, allegedly by using forged documents.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vaibhav Chaurasiya of Rouse Avenue Courts reserved the verdict in the plea filed by Vikas Tripathi seeking...
Delhi Court Orders NDTV Journalist Gargi Rawat To Pay ₹10K As Damages To Abhijit Iyer Mitra In Defamation Case
A Delhi Court on Monday directed NDTV journalist and news anchor Gargi Rawat to pay Rs. 10,000 as damages to commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra in a defamation suit filed by him in 2019. While Mitra sought Rs. 20 lakh as damages for loss of his reputation, District Judge Satyabrata Panda awarded only Rs. 10,000 damages to him noting that he was "no stranger" to the controversy and had himself,...
Bengaluru Court Directs Prison Authorities To Provide Basic Amenities To Actor Darshan Accused In Murder Case
A session court on Tuesday directed jail authority to provide basic minimum amenities as prescribed by the Karnataka State Government in the Karnataka prisons and Correctional Services Manual-2021, to actor Darshan who has been arrested in the Renukaswamy Murder Case. Additional Session Judge Irappanna Pavadi Naik said “Jail Authorities are directed to treat Accused No.2, 6, 7, 11 and...
J&K&L High Court Donates ₹54.40 Lakh To CM's Relief Fund To Aid Those In Flood-Ravaged Areas
In the wake of the recent devastating cloudbursts and flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir, the High Court of J&K and Ladakh has contributed Rs 54,40,500 to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund (CMRF) to support rehabilitation and welfare efforts for affected families affected by the recent floods in the region.The contribution follows an order issued on 29 August 2025 by the Office of the...
Supreme Court Hearing-Presidential Reference On Timelines For Bills' Assent-DAY-9 : Live Updates
A 5-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court will hear today the Presidential Reference by President Droupadi Murmu on 14 questions on the power to assent on Bills, including whether Court can fix timelines for the President/Governor to decide on Bills. The Presidential Reference, made under Article 143, came a month after Supreme Court's judgment in Tamil Nadu Governor's matter,...
Supreme Court Seeks CEC Report On Proposed Mhadei Tiger Reserve, Orders Goa To Maintain Status Quo In Area
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to examine the issue of notifying Goa's Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining areas as a tiger reserve and submit a report within six weeks.A bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai, Justice K. Vinod Chandran, and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar also ordered the State of Goa to maintain status quo in respect of the areas which...
Delhi Court Refuses To Order FIR Against Maulana Over 'Derogatory' Remark Against Hindu Deity During Panel Discussion
A Delhi Court has recently refused to order FIR against Maulana Sajid Rashidi, Chairman of All India Imam Organization, over allegedly inflammatory and derogatory remark made by him against a Hindu Deity during a panel discussion on Times Now news channel in October last year. Additional Sessions Judge Navjeet Budhiraja of Saket Courts upheld rejection of a plea filed by lawyer Amita...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : September 9, 2025
Links of today's Supreme Court reports :Electricity Act | Supreme Court Dismisses Discom Appeals, Affirms All Purchasers Must Share Coal Shortage Costs EquallySupreme Court Seeks Responses Of HC Legal Services Committees & Jail Superintendents On SCLSC's Suggestions For Timely Filing Of AppealsChhattisgarh Police Files Closure Report In FIR Against Swami Ram Dev Over Anti-Allopathy...
Presidential Reference : Karnataka, Kerala & Punjab Argue In Supreme Court Against Giving Governors Power To Withhold Bills Indefinitely
States of Karnataka, Kerala and Punjab concluded their arguments today in the ongoing Presidential Reference relating to timelines for assent to bills, arguing that the constitutional scheme under Article 200 does not provide for the Governor to exercise discretion. While Senior Advocate KK Venugopal (for Kerala) emphasised that the Governor can't be allowed to exercise discretion in such...
'Attempt To Cover-up Poor Prosecution': Supreme Court Criticises States For Not Challenging Acquittals In PC-PNDT Cases
The Supreme Court today questioned as to why States are not filing appeals against acquittals of offenders in Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act cases.A bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and R Mahadevan was hearing a PIL where direction has been sought for strict compliance with Rule 18A(5)(vi) of the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition...
'Why Bureaucrats Should Decide Landowner Compensation?': Supreme Court Asks Union To Revisit Provisions Of National Highways Act
While questioning the provisions allowing bureaucrats to determine compensation for land acquisition, the Supreme Court yesterday asked the Union to "revisit" certain provisions of the National Highways Act, 1956.The Court orally observed that the 1956 Act leaves adjudication of compensation up to the executive, even though acquisitions under other laws, such as the Land Acquisition Act,...