Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Supply Of Complete Copies Of Times Of India Newspaper To Paper Buyers

The Supreme Court today dismissed a public interest litigation seeking directions to the Union and Times of India for supply of complete copy of the daily newspaper to all paper buyers.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing petitioner-in-person Gouri Shanker Rathore.Briefly put, the petitioner sought a direction to the respondents for supply of...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Search Powers Under S.132 Income Tax Act (S.247 New Act)

Pointing out that judicial review was available over reasons for search, the Court refused to accept that the provision was unconstitutional.

'Why Hurt Jain Sentiments?' Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Research On 'Tamasic' Nature Of Onion & Garlic

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up an advocate who filed a petition seeking directions to conduct a research on whether onion and garlic had 'tamasic' or 'negative' content.Dismissing the petition as frivolous, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi rebuked the lawyer, who appeared as party-in-person, for filing such a PIL."Why do you want to...

West Bengal SIR : Plea In Supreme Court Challenging Exclusion From Final Electoral Roll

Some persons from West Bengal have filed petitions in the Supreme Court challenging their exclusion from the voters' list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process.Senior Advocate Menaka Guruswamy mentioned the petition(s) before the Chief Justice of India for urgent hearing. CJI Surya Kant however wondered if the Supreme Court can sit in appeal over the decision of the...

Kerala Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To 'Manjummel Boys' Director Chidambaram In Sexual Assault Case

The District and Sessions Court, Ernakulam on Saturday (March 7) granted anticipatory bail to Manjummel Boys fame film director and screenwriter Chidambaram S. Poduval.Sri. K.K. Balakrishnan, District Judge passed the order granting bail to Chidambaram on conditions.The prosecution allegation is that in the first week of May, 2022, Chidambaram trespassed into the bedroom of the de...

Bar Council Elections : BCI Moves Supreme Court Challenging FIR Against High Powered Committee

The Bar Council of India has approached the Supreme Court challenging an FIR registered against the High Powered Committee overseeing the elections of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Kerala.Senior Advocate Manan Kumar Mishra, Chairperson of the BCI, mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. Mishra said that the FIR was lodged at the instance of an...

Arbitral Tribunal Can't Grant Pre-Award & Pendente Lite Interest When Contract Prohibits It : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has ruled that pre-award interest or pendente lite interest cannot be granted by a arbitral tribunal in form of a compensation when the contract expressly prohibits it.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Vipul M Pancholi set aside that part of the Allahabad High Court's order, which had upheld the grant of pre-award interest to the Respondents in a form of compensation...

Liquor Policy Case | CBI Challenge To Discharge Of Kejriwal, Sisodia : Live Updates From Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court will hear today CBI's revision plea challenging the discharge of Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and all other accused in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam. On February 27, special judge Jitendra Singh, in strong words, had rapped CBI for lapses in investigation and said that the “voluminous chargesheet” has many lacunae not supported by...

Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi Declares ₹ 2800 Crore Assets, Income In Last 5 Years Over ₹ 1500 Crore

Congress Rajya Sabha candidate and senior Supreme Court advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi has disclosed assets worth over Rs 2,860.36 crore jointly held by him and his wife in the election affidavit filed for the Rajya Sabha polls from Telangana, as reported by The New Indian Express.As per the affidavit, his income for the five-year period exceeds Rs 1,516 crore.His declared income was over Rs...

14.8% Women Judges In High Courts; P&H HC Has Highest Number

Women continue to remain significantly underrepresented in India's High Courts, forming only a small proportion of the overall judicial strength across the country.According to data released by the Ministry of Law and Justice on February 6, 2026, there are 116 women judges out of a total working strength of 781 judges across the High Courts, accounting for roughly 14.85% of the sitting High...

Consider Women Advocates Practising In SC For Elevation : CJI Surya Kant Urges High Court Collegiums

The elevation of women judges should not be an exception but must become a norm, the CJI said.

Former NUJS Vice-Chancellor & Eminent Legal Scholar Professor M.P. Singh Passes Away

Professor Mahendra Pal Singh, a distinguished constitutional law scholar and former Vice-Chancellor of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), passed away on March 7, 2026, at the age of 85.Born on July 15, 1940, Prof. Singh was widely regarded as one of India's leading scholars of constitutional and administrative law. Over several decades, he taught and held...