''Operation Sindoor' Can't Be Commercially Exploited' : Plea In Supreme Court To Bar Trademark Registration Of Operation Sindoor

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court to bar the trademark registration of “Operation Sindoor”, the name given for India's military operations against the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan.The petitioner Dev Ashish Dubey has filed the writ petition against 4 applicants who made an application being Application TM-1 under Class 41 for the registration of the Trademark under the name...

Delhi Court Defers Pronouncement Of Verdict After Stenographer Left Threatening Suicide

A Delhi Court recently deferred pronouncement of verdict in a road accident case after the regular stenographer left the court threatening that he will commit suicide. JMFC Neha Garg of Karkardooma Courts recorded in its order that the judgment could not be dictated as the regular stenographer of the court left the court after threatening that he will commit suicide. The Court then relisted...

'You've Already Minted Enough': Supreme Court Rejects Noida Toll Company's Review Plea Against Judgment Refusing Toll On DND Flyway

The Supreme Court has dismissed Noida Toll Bridge Company Ltd.'s petition seeking review of the judgment whereby its plea to impose tolls on the commuters of Delhi-Noida Direct (DND) flyway was rejected.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan passed the order yesterday. The Court was considering two review petitions, one filed by NTBCL and another by Pradeep Puri (one of...

President Nominates Justice Surya Kant As Executive Chairman Of NALSA

The President of India has nominated Justice Surya Kant, judge of the Supreme Court, as the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority with effect from May 14, 2025.A notification in that regard was issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice announcing the President's nomination in exercise of powers under Section 3(2)(b) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987.As...

J&K High Court Issues Safety Directions For Border Courts Amid Cross-Border Shelling, Emphasises On VC Hearings & Securing Important Documents

As the tensions rise along the Line of Control with reports of continuous cross-border shelling in parts of Jammu & Kashmir, J&K High Court has stepped in with a set of urgent precautionary measures to safeguard judicial officers and court staff posted in high-risk areas.Acting on the escalating situation in Karnah, Kralpora, Uri, and Gurez, where artillery fire from across the border...

Supreme Court Calls On All High Courts To Furnish Report On Dates Of Pronouncement And Uploading Of Judgments

In continuation of an order passed earlier, the Supreme Court yesterday called on all High Courts to submit a report regarding dates of pronouncement and uploading of judgments."the Registrar Generals of all High Courts are directed to submit a further report giving full description of the dates of pronouncement of judgments and the dates when such judgments are uploaded", a bench of...

NDPS Act | In-Charge SHO Competent To Conduct Search In Absence Of Station House Officer : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that a search under the NDPS Act can be carried out by the In-Charge Station House Officer in the absence of the designated SHO of the Police Station. The bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice SVN Bhatti was hearing the challenge against the order of the Rajasthan High Court, which quashed an FIR for offences under Sections 8/18, 25 and 29 of the...

Disobedience Of Court's Orders Attacks Rule Of Law On Which Democracy Is Based : Supreme Court

"No one, howsoever high he or she may be, is above law," the Court said.

“Close Ties With Jamaat-e-Islami & JKLF”, CAT Srinagar Upholds Dismissal Of Kashmir University Professor

Underscoring national security concerns, the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Srinagar Bench, has upheld the dismissal of Dr. Altaf Hussain Pandith, a Professor at the University of Kashmir, under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution of India citing his close links with banned organisations Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).The Tribunal,...

Supreme Court Seeks Explanation From MP Sessions Judge For Ignoring Its Bail Order, Asks HC To Send Him For Training

The Supreme Court recently frowned upon the conduct of a judicial officer who overlooked the directions passed by the Apex Court in a bail matter. Terming the case to be 'shocking', it issued a show cause notice to the judicial officer as to why no strict view should be taken against him. The Court also requested the Chief Justice of the MP High Court to send the judicial officer, an...

'We Need To Have Crispier Petitions' : CJI Sanjiv Khanna Advises AoRs To Master Art Of Drafting

"Why don't you come and argue in the court yourself?" CJI asked the Advocates-on-Record

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Allahabad HC's Senior Designations Conferred In 2019

The Supreme Court on Friday (May 9) issued notice in a plea challenging senior advocate designations conferred by the Allahabad High Court in 2019.While issuing notice, the bench comprising Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan noted that the permanent committee of the High Court departed from the law laid down in Indira Jaising v. Supreme Court by reducing the total marks to 75 from...