Supreme Court Stays Rajasthan High Court Order To Remove Liquor Vends Within 500 Mtrs Of Highways

The Supreme Court today stayed the Rajasthan High Court order which directed removal or relocation of all liquor shops falling within 500 metres of a state or national highway.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi (for petitioner) and Solicitor General Tushar Mehta (for State). Notably, the SG was supporting the...

WB SIR | Supreme Court Issues Directions To ECI To Ensure Transparent Verification Of Persons In 'Logical Discrepency' List

"See the strain and stress going on for the ordinary people, over 1 crore people are given notices," the Court observed.

Supreme Court Asks MP Govt To Decide On Sanction To Prosecute Minister Vijay Shah Over Remarks Against Colonel Sofiya Qureshi

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the State of Madhya Pradesh to take a decision within two weeks on granting sanction to prosecute Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah in the case over his objectionable remarks targeting Colonel Sofiya Qureshi.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Deepankar Datta and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the Special Investigation Team...

Bikram Singh Majithia Seeks Interim Bail Citing Threat To Life; Supreme Court Seeks Punjab Govt's Response

The Court will consider Majithia's interim bail plea on the next date.

Are UGC Guidelines Binding On University Not Receiving Govt Grants? Supreme Court To Decide

The Supreme Court recently asked the petitioner Madurai Kamaraj University and the Madurai Kamaraj University Constituent College and the respondent University Grant Commission(UGC) to file affidavit as to whether the petitioner University is receiving funds from the UGC or the State/Central Government. It has also asked the parties to specify whether the UGC Guidelines are mandatory or...

'Place IT Returns Of Last 5 Years Before Us, Show Income Source' : Supreme Court Pulls Up Petitioner In 'Frivolous' PIL

The Supreme Court recently asked a petitioner, who filed a Public Interest Litigation, to place on record his Income-Tax Returns for the last five years, along with an affidavit of the source of his income.This was after the Court formed a view that the petition was "frivolous" and was filed as a "publicity stunt.""Before we impose exemplary cost on the petitioner-in- person for filing...

Can Child Born To OCI Cardholders In India Be Regarded As 'Person Of Indian Origin'? Supreme Court To Decide

The Supreme Court recently issued notice in a special leave petition to examine whether "persons of Indian origin" could include children who are born in India to parents who were not citizens of India at the time of birth but were legally Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) cardholders.The SLP is filed against the order of the division bench of the Delhi High Court, which set aside the...

Rising Child Trafficking A Serious Concern In Jharkhand: Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad While Launching JHALSA Calendar, Annual Magazine

Jharkhand High Court judge Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad who is the Executive Chairman of the Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) released the JHALSA Activity Calendar–2026 and the JHALSA Annual Magazine “Nyay Dagar” (Special Issue–2025) on Friday (January 17). The programme, held at the JHALSA Auditorium, Nyay Sadan, saw the participation of DLSA Secretaries across...

Asking Accused To Appear In Every Appeal Hearing Unwarranted When Sentence Has Been Suspended : Supreme Court

Taking note of a practice in Haryana, the Court asked that its order be placed before Chief Justice of the High Court for intimation to district judiciary.

ASG Raja Thakare Appointed To Assist Lok Sabha Inquiry Committee On Justice Yashwant Varma

Additional Solicitor General of India, Raja Thakare, has been appointed to assist the three-member Inquiry Committee constituted as a part of impeachment proceedings against Justice Yashwant Varma of the Allahabad High Court.The Ministry of Law and Justice issued a notification yesterday for the engagement of ASG Raja Thakare to assist the Inquiry Committee to investigate into the grounds...

Kerala Court Denies Bail To MLA Rahul Mamkootathil In Third Rape Case

The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Thiruvalla on Saturday (January 17) denied bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who is charged with rape.Smt. Arundhathi Dileep observed:"The petitioner is a sitting MLA. The allegations levelled against him is serious and grave. Also, the petitioner is having similar antecedents. This is also every chance of witnesses being threatened or...

Constitutional Law: All India Annual Digest 2025

Supreme Court75 years into our republic, we cannot be seen to be so shaky on our fundamentals that mere recital of a poem or for that matter, any form of art or entertainment, such as, stand-up comedy, can be alleged to lead to animosity or hatred amongst different communities. Subscribing to such a view would stifle all legitimate expressions of view in the public domain which is...