Supreme Court Seeks Delhi Police Status Report On Probe Into Assault Of SC Advocate

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought a status report from the Delhi Police regarding the investigation into the alleged assault of a Supreme Court advocate in the national capital.The Court directed that the status report, along with details of the action taken on the victim's second complaint alleging threats to withdraw the FIR, be filed by a police officer not below the rank of...

Supreme Court Upholds Lalu Prasad Yadav's Sentence Suspension In Deoghar Fodder Scam, Urges HC To Decide Appeal In 6 Months

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to interfere with the Jharkhand High Court's order suspending the sentence of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Deoghar fodder scam case, while requesting the High Court to decide his pending criminal appeal within 6 months.A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale was hearing the Special Leave Petition filed by the State...

Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over NCLT Appointment Delays & Infrastructure Issues

The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu case over the delays in the appointment of members in National Company Law Tribunals and infrastructure issues.The suo motu case, titled "In Re : Appointment of Judicial and Technical Members and Inadequate Infrastructure in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and Ancillary Issues" was registered on May 19, following the April 29 judgment in...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 13, 2026

Links to the reports of July 13.Supreme Court Rejects Regularisation Claims Of 361 West Bengal Madrasah Staff'Citizenship Status Must Be Determined Through Fair Process': Supreme Court Sets Aside 27 Foreigner Declarations By Assam Tribunals'You Can't Insult Students & Get Away' : Supreme Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Professor In Kerala Student Suicide CaseSupreme Court Stays Madras...

Supreme Court Appoints Justice L Nageswara Rao To Mediate Dispute Between Industrialist Babasaheb Kalyani, Sister Sugandha Hiremath

The Supreme Court today referred for mediation a long-standing family dispute between industrialist Babasaheb Neelkanth Kalyani and his sister Sugandha Hiremath to former SC judge-Justice L Nageswara Rao.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana requested Justice Rao to take up the matter, to explore the possibility of an amicable settlement between the...

Supreme Court Stays Madras High Court Order Quashing Appointment Of 17 Personal Assistants To Judges

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Madras High Court's July 1 judgment which had set aside the appointment of 17 Personal Assistants (PAs) to Judges after holding that the entire selection process was arbitrary and without consideration of merit.The Madras High Court had found that the authorities relaxed the Madras High Court Service Rules to accommodate in-service candidates who did...

Advocate Moves Supreme Court Seeking Police Protection After Alleged Assault At Delhi Home

An advocate practising before the Supreme Court has approached the Court seeking police protection, transfer of investigation and directions to invoke more serious provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in an FIR registered over an alleged assault on him at his Delhi residence.The writ petition has been filed by advocate Pankaj Sharma through advocate Tarun Gupta. According to...

Delhi High Court Bar Association To Abstain From Work Against Proposal To Raise District Courts' Pecuniary Jurisdiction

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) on Monday resolved to abstain from work on July 14 in protest against the proposed enhancement of the pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi's District Courts from Rs. 2 crore to Rs. 10 crore.In a resolution passed today, the Association said the decision was taken in light of the view of the Full Court of the Delhi High Court regarding the...

"Which Advocate Discloses True Income?" Supreme Court Questions Scrutiny Of Lawyer's Earnings In Civil Judge Recruitment Case

"How are the earnings as an advocate relevant for judicial service selection?" the Court asked.

Delhi Riots: Court Convicts Tahir Hussain, Others In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain and other men in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts pronounced the order. Hussain has bewn convicted for the offences under Section 188, 153A, 147, 148, 149, 365 and 302 of IPC. He...

'Issue Of Public Importance': Supreme Court Asks Authorities To Consider Suggestions On Pornography Ban For Minors

The Supreme Court today disposed of a PIL seeking prohibition on minors' access to pornographic content and restriction on the watching of such content in public places. It gave the petitioner liberty to place the plea before the competent authority as a representation.Noting that the issue raised was of "paramount public importance", the Court impressed upon the concerned authorities to give...

“Magnanimity Not Weakness”: Srinagar Court Registers Suo Motu Case Against SSP For Repeated Failure To Execute Court Warrants

A City Judge at Srinagar has initiated suo motu criminal proceedings against the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, holding that repeated and deliberate failure to execute court-issued warrants, despite being lawfully entrusted with them, may amount to a violation of statutory duties under the Jammu & Kashmir Police Act.Observing that police officers have no discretion to...