Delhi Police Arrests Two Law Students Over Ruckus In Supreme Court

Delhi Police has arrested two Lucknow University law students in connection with the disruption of proceedings before the Supreme Court last week, during which one of them hurled abuses at the Chief Justice of India, flung case papers inside the courtroom and created a commotion.The accused have been identified as 24-year-old Prabal Pratap Singh, a third-year law student, and 23-year-old...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Consider Law Officers' Experience Towards 3 Year Practice For Judicial Service

The law officers have filed the plea seeking parity with law clerks, whose experience is to be counted towards the 3-year practice rule as per Supreme Court's judgment.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 14, 2026

Links to the reports of July 14 : Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over NCLT Appointment Delays & Infrastructure Issues'Mere Telephone Records Can't Prove Illicit Affair' : Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of Woman & 2 Men In Husband's Murder CaseSupreme Court Acquits Husband In Dowry Death Case, Criticises Mechanical Trial Of 17 In-LawsSupreme Court Upholds Lalu Prasad Yadav's...

Supreme Court Approves Guidelines On Judicial Sensitivity In Sexual Offence Cases; Directs All Courts To Follow

The Supreme Court today approved a report placed before it by the National Judicial Academy's Expert Committee containing guidelines on judicial sensitivity in sexual offense cases.Further, it directed all Courts in the country to strictly follow the expressions used in the approved guidelines/handbook.As per the order, the approved guidelines/handbook shall be uploaded on the websites of...

Supreme Court Seeks BCI Response On Plea To Regulate Advocates' Use Of Social Media For Advertising And Solicitation

The plea also seek the formulation of a digital ethics code for lawyers.

Savarkar Would Have Been India's First Prime Minister Had He Compromised With British: Grandnephew Tells Pune Court

Continuing his deposition before a special MP/MLA Court in Pune, Satyaki Savarkar on Tuesday said that his granduncle and right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, would have been appointed as a Prime Minister of India, had he co-operated with the then British regime. Satyaki is being cross-examined in the criminal defamation complaint that he has filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi...

Brinda Karat Seeks Review Of Supreme Court's Clean Chit To Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma In Hate Speech Case

CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its April 29 judgment which held that no cognizable offence was made out against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma over their alleged hate speeches during the 2020 Delhi Assembly election campaign.The review petition challenges the portion of the judgment in which the Court, after holding that prior...

West Bengal Govt Constitutes Expert Committee To Examine Draft Uniform Civil Code Bill

The West Bengal Government has constituted a high-level expert committee to undertake a comprehensive examination and review of the draft Uniform Civil Code, West Bengal, 2026, according to a notification issued by the Judicial Department on July 10.The notification states that the committee has been constituted with immediate effect following a decision taken at the 6th meeting of the...

Thane Court Grants Bail To Shinde-Sena Corporator Ramesh Mhatre Booked For Assaulting Two Doctors

A Magistrate court in Kalyan on Tuesday (July 14) granted bail to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who was arrested after being accused of assaulting two doctors in a civic hospital in Dombivli in Thane. Judge KS Katkade granted bail to Mhatre on a surety of Rs 50,000.Advocate Mujahid Qazi appeared for the Corporator.A detailed order copy is awaited. It is alleged...

Vice President Launches Ex-CJI BR Gavai's Book 'The Voice Of Justice : Justice Gavai Speaks'

C. P. Radhakrishnan, Vice-President of India, today formally released a book, 'The Voice of Justice: Justice Gavai Speaks ', at the Vice-President's Enclave, New Delhi. It features a curated collection of former Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai's speeches.The book launch was presided over by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and also saw the presence of Justice Vikram Nath. The book, edited...

Patna High Court Ruling That 'Attempt To Remove Salwar, Pressing Chest' Is Not Attempt To Rape Flagged Before Supreme Court

Senior Advocate Shobha Gupta today flagged before the Supreme Court a Patna High Court order which held that allegations of attempting to remove a woman's salwar and physically molesting by pressing her chest do not constitute 'attempt to rape'.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana were informed about the order during the hearing of the suo motu case taken...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Challenging Freeze On Lok Sabha Seat Allocation Based On 1971 Census

Supreme Court Allows Withdrawal of Plea Challenging Delimitation Amendments, Suggests Representation to AuthoritiesThe Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a public interest litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the 84th and 87th Constitutional Amendments governing the delimitation of Parliamentary and State Assembly constituencies, while suggesting that the...