Release Of Report Unclogging The Docket By Supreme Court

The Report 'Unclogging the Docket: Tackling Short, Infructuous and Old Cases' has been released by the Centre for Research and Planning, Supreme Court that shares transparently the sum total of the pendency project carried out at the Court between November, 2024- May, 2025.Previously, older cases and certain case categories (e.g. MACT matters and workmen compensation) have been streamlined...

'Even God Of Cricket Endorsing Such Apps' : Plea In Supreme Court To Ban Betting Apps & Their Celebrity Endorsements

The Supreme Court today called for the Union government's response on a public interest litigation seeking banning/regulation of online and offline betting apps on the ground that they amount to 'gambling'.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh passed the order, after hearing evangelist Dr KA Paul (petitioner), who contended that betting on online/offline platforms has resulted in...

Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Punjab & Haryana Civil Judge Recruitment Of 2010

The Supreme Court recently refused to interfere in the challenge to the recruitment of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in Punjab & Haryana for the year 2010, considering the lapse of 15 years. The Court declined to interfere in the issue as it held that "now in the year 2025, the clock cannot be turned back by appointing judicial officer after 15 years or grant consequential reliefs at...

NEET PG 2025| Supreme Court To Hear Next Week Plea Against Conducting NEET-PG In Two Shifts

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear in the last week of May, the plea challenging the decision of the National Board of Examination (NBE) to conduct the NEET PG 2025 exams in two shifts. The Counsel for the petitioners mentioned before the bench of CJI BR Gavai and Justice AG Masih for an urgent listing of the matter, considering that the exams would soon commence in June. He said, "This...

'Abuse Of Process' : Supreme Court Quashes UP Gangster Act FIR Against SHUATS University Director

The Supreme Court today (May 23) quashed the two first information reports registered against Vinod Bihari Lal, the Director of Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS), Prayagraj, under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986. It stated that the said FIRs were nothing but an abuse of the process of law. "It cannot...

'Will Set Aside SCBA Election If Satisfied Of Allegations' : Supreme Court On Plea Alleging Irregularities

In a plea alleging irregularities in the recently concluded elections of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), the Supreme Court today indicated that it will set aside the elections if satisfied that the allegations have merit.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh by Senior Advocate Dr Adish Aggarwala.The mentioning was pursuant to an...

Judge Should Be Firm & Strict, Never Try To Become Popular : Justice Abhay S Oka In Retirement Speech

Judge should not hesitate to offend anyone, Justice Oka said.

Supreme Court Refrains From Sentencing POCSO Convict After Noting That Victim Is Now Married To Him & Didn't See It As Crime

The Court noted that victim suffered from legal process, was judged by society, abandoned by her own family and had become emotionally attached to the accused.

Delhi Court Issues Notice To Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman In Defamation Case By AAP Leader's Wife

A Delhi Court yesterday issued notice to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a criminal defamation case filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Somnath Bharti's wife.ACJM Paras Dalal of Rouse Avenue Courts issued notice to Sitharaman for June 12, at 12:30 PM. “Matter is at the stage of cognizance and in compliance of first proviso to section 223 BNSS, the proposed accused is to be...

No Legal Or Contractual Obligation On Restaurant To Provide Gravy With Porotta & Beef Fry: CDRC Ernakulam

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (DCDRC), Ernakulam recently passed an order dismissing a complaint filed by a journalist against a restaurant (Persian Table) for not providing gravy when he ordered porotta and beef fry.Factual backgroundThe complainant stated that the food was dry and uncomfortable to eat since there was no gravy provided by the restaurant even upon...

Senior Advocate Adish Aggarwala Moves Supreme Court Challenging SCBA Election Results 2025

Senior Advocate Dr Adish C Aggarwala, who had contested for the post of President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, has filed an application in the Supreme Court challenging the SCBA 2025 election results on the ground of alleged irregularities.Aggarwala mentioned the matter before a bench led by Justice Surya Kant today, saying that about 200 additional votes were polled...

Delhi Court Upholds Right To Privacy, Rejects Husband's Plea For Hotel CCTV Footage Over Allegations Of Wife's Affair

A Delhi Court has rejected a plea filed by a husband, Major in the Indian Army, seeking CCTV footage of a hotel over the allegations that his wife was having an affair with a man, also a Major, and was with him there. Civil Judge Vaibhav Pratap Singh of Patiala House Courts upheld the right to privacy of the wife and her alleged lover, observing thus:“…. the right to privacy and to be...