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Bombay Lawyers Association Urges CJI BR Gavai To Grant Sanction To Lodge FIR Against Justice Yashwant Varma
The Bombay Lawyers Association (BLA) has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai requesting him to grant sanction to register a First Information Report (FIR) against Justice Yeshwant Verma of the Allahabad High Court, who has been in the news after a pile of 'unauthorised currency' was found at his official residence in Delhi. In the letter signed by Advocate...
Special Court Dismisses Plea Seeking "Strict Action" Against Rahul Gandhi, Cancellation Of Bail For "Delaying" Savarkar Defamation Trial
A Special MP/MLA Court recently dismissed an application seeking "strict action" against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and also cancellation of his bail, for purposely delaying the ongoing defamation case against him for his defamatory statements about right-wingh leader Vinayak Savarkar.Notably, Gandhi had got bail from the special court on January 10 this year. The special court had also...
NEET-PG 2025 Postponed, To Be Conducted In One Shift As Per Supreme Court's Order
Postponing the NEET-PG 2025 Exam, the National Board of Education has today clarified that the exam will be held in a single shift after the Supreme Court directed NBE not to hold the exam in two shifts as it will create arbitrariness.The official statement of NBE states : "Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in W.P. No. 456/2025 (Aditi & Ors Versus National Board of Examination in...
Can Courts Hear Disputes Arising Out Of Properties Which Are Covered By Pre-Constitutional Agreements Between Princely States And The Union? SC To Consider
The Supreme Court is set to consider the issue of whether disputes relating to the properties of erstwhile princely states mentioned under preconstitutional covenants are barred from the Courts' jurisdiction under Article 363. The bench of Justice PK Mishra and Justice AG Masih was hearing a plea by Jaipur's royal family members, namely, Rajmata Padmini Devi, Diya Kumari and Sawai...
Srinagar Court Orders FIR Against Man For Illegally Pronouncing Triple Talaq, Directs Police To Act On Wife's Complaint
In a significant development, the 1st Additional Munsif, Srinagar, has directed the Station House Officer (SHO), to register an FIR against the respondent under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, for the illegal pronouncement of instant triple talaq (talaq-e-biddat).The directions came in response to a application filed by the complainant Invoking...
Supreme Court Issues Notice On Son's Plea Against Mother's Detention By Assam Police For 'Push Back' To Bangladesh
The Supreme Court today issued notice on a habeas corpus petition assailing Assam Police's "illegal detention" of a woman amidst reports of widescale deportation to Bangladesh.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order after hearing Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on behalf of the woman's 26-year-old son (the petitioner)."Here, there is a bail order, civil appeal...
'Hisab-Kitab' Case | 'No Place For Hate Or Provocative Speech In Politics; It Harms Nation & Society': UP Court Convicts Abbas Ansari
Convicting Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari in connection with the 'Hisab-Kitab' hate speech case, a Court in Uttar Pradesh's Mau District last week observed that while the Constitution gives us the right to freedom of expression, this right is not unrestricted and that there is no place for hate or provocative speech in public service like Politics. Sentencing him to 2 years in jail,...
Supreme Court Allows Disabled Rape Survivor To Seek Medical Care From AIIMS
The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the Union Government and directed that the petitioner, who is a physically challenged woman and who was brutally gangraped, to seek immediate medical treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, or any suitable hospital."In case, learned senior counsel for the petitioner seeks immediate medical attention for the...
'Go To HC': Supreme Court Rejects Plea Challenging Assam Govt's 'Pushback Policy' To Tackle Infiltration From Bangladesh
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a writ petition challenging Assam government's 'push-back policy' for tackling infiltration from Bangladesh. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Satish Chandra Sharma heard the matter.During the brief hearing, Justice Sharma told Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde (for petitioner), "69 people are being deported, please go to the Guwahati High Court"....
Any Link Between Savarkar & Godse Family Is Not Necessary To Decide Defamation Case: Pune Court Rejects Rahul Gandhi's Plea
A special MP/MLA Court in Pune has rejected the application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claiming that Vinayak Savarkar had family relations with Nathuram Godse and thus the "maternal side" family tree of the complainant in the defamation case - Satyaki Savarkar, must be brought on record.Notably, Gandhi had in his application stated that Satyaki is the son of Savarkar's brother...