'Demoralising': Allahabad HC Judge Requests Removal From Bail Roster Following Supreme Court's Criticism Of His Order

Allahabad High Court judge Justice Pankaj Bhatia today passed an order requesting the Chief Justice NOT to assign him the Bail Roster in future. The move comes just 4 days after the Supreme Court termed one of his bail orders (in a Dowry Death case) as "most shocking and disappointing".Justice Bhatia said that the Apex Court's remarks had a "huge demoralising and chilling effect" upon him....

Lawyer Has Duty To Cross-Verify : Supreme Court On Petition Citing Fake Judgments

'Because of artificial intelligence, lawyers and the judges have an additional duty to see whether it is a real or deep fake, the Court said.

Manipur Violence| Supreme Court Seeks CBI's Status Report On Sexual Violence Cases; Proposes To Ask HC To Monitor Trials

In the matter relating to the sexual violence cases during the Manipur crisis, the Supreme Court today sought the status report from the CBI on the investigation so far. The Court also hinted at the possibility of re-assigning the case monitoring task from the Justice Gita Mittal Committee to the Manipur High Court. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the issue...

Supreme Court Raps Rajasthan Authorities Over Illegal Sand Mining; Says Official Inaction Pushed Villagers To Violence

Expressing "anguish", the Court called for the names and designation of officers who were there at the time of the incident.

Acknowledge Dagar Brothers' Performance In 'Veera Raja Veera' Song : Supreme Court Urges AR Rahman

Without getting into the legal issues, the Court orally suggested that there should be "some acknowledgement".

CJI's Office Received 8630 Complaints Against Sitting Judges In Last 10 Years : Law Ministry

The office of the Chief Justice of India has received 8, 630 complaints against the sitting judges in the last ten years, as per the latest data shared in the Lok Sabha today.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Matheswaran VS has asked the Minister of Law and Justice Arjum Ram Meghwal whether there is any mechanism whereby the Supreme Court maintain any record of complaints regarding corruption,...

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Rehabilitation Plan For Children With Disabilities Leaving Institutional Care After Majority

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a PIL seeking formulation of a comprehensive transition plan for rehabilitation and social re-integration of children with disabilities who leave institutional care on attaining majority. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, stating that it was not inclined to entertain the petition under Article 32.Briefly put, the...

Supreme Court Dismisses P&H High Court's Petition Challenging HC Decision Quashing Compulsory Retirement Of District Judge

The Supreme Court however appreciated that the HC CJ chose to file the SLP against a decision given by the CJ on the judicial side.

'Not Yielding Desired Result', Supreme Court Flags Lapses In Enforcing Solid Waste Management Rules

The Court directed the impleadment of senior Union and State officials as party respondents, to ensure implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules

Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail To Film Director Vikram Bhatt's Wife In Cheating Case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Shwetambari Bhatt, wife of film director Vikram Bhatt, who is lodged in Central jail in Udaipur in connection with a multi-crore fraud case.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order while issuing notice on the petition filed by Shwetambari Bhatt and Vikram Bhatt challenging the...

Telecom Spectrum Community Resource, IBC Can't Determine Its Ownership & Control : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today held that the ownership and control of telecom spectrum cannot be determined by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), since it is a common good. A bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Atul Chandurkar held that the spectrum is a material resource of the community in the Constitutional sense. Hence, the spectrum must benefit the common good, so its control...

Guwahati Court Restrains Congress Leaders From Making Defamatory Statements Against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

In a significant interlocutory order in a high-profile defamation dispute, the Civil Court in Guwahati, presided over by Civil Judge (Senior Division) No. 1, Nayanjyoti Sarma, on 12 February 2026 restrained senior Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel and Jitendra Singh from making any “defamatory statements” against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma pending further hearings...