FIRs Can Continue Against Borrowers Despite Setting Aside Of Their Loans' Classification As Fraudulent : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today held that merely because the classification of bank accounts as fraudulent was set aside on technical grounds, the criminal proceedings and FIRs initiated against the account holders for the offence of fraud cannot be quashed.Observing so, the Court restored various criminal proceedings initiated by the Banks against borrowers.The bench of Justice MM Sundresh and...

Supreme Court Seeks Report On States/UTs' Implementation Of Organ Transplant Act; Enquires Steps Taken To Remove Gender Disparity In Transplants

How many govt hospitals are equipped to perform multi-organ transplants, the Court has asked.

Karnataka Court Orders Action Against Police Officer For Registering False Murder Case, Fabricating Evidence

A session court in Mysuru has directed registration of complaint against a police inspector, Prakash.B.G, for filing a false case against a man by accusing him of murdering his wife, who was later found to be alive.Session Judge Gururaj Somakkalavar noted that the inspector fabricated evidence, including witness statements and filed a chargesheet before the court. Remarking that the...

Supreme Court Orders Status Quo On Demolition In Ahmedabad Slum Area

Considering a litigant's plea that demolition action was being carried out in a slum area of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, despite a Court protection being in place, the Supreme Court today ordered that status quo shall be maintained at the site till the next date of hearing.For context, the matter was mentioned yesterday before the Supreme Court, when the Court granted protection against demolition...

Delhi High Court Judges Speak On Importance Of Literature And Reading In DHCWLF Literary Club Event

Delhi High Court judges, Justice Jasmeet Singh and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju, on Friday spoke about the importance of reading in the legal field for lawyers, judges and law students.The judges were speaking at an event organized by Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum (DHCWLF) Literary Club to explore two books- Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh and Liberty After Freedom, authored by...

Delhi Court Refuses To Issue Notice To Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi In National Herald Money Laundering Case For Now

A Delhi Court on Friday refused to issue notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case for now.Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Courts observed that such an order cannot be passed till the Court is fully satisfied. The judge said that certain documents were missing in the chargesheet (prosecution complaint) filed...

Waqf Registration Not A New Requirement; 2025 Amendments Only Regulatory, Won't Affect Religious Rights : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Union Government, through its Ministry of Minority Affairs, has filed a preliminary affidavit in response to the petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act 2025, refuting the arguments that the law was violative of the fundamental rights guaranteed under the Constitution.The Centre maintained that the amendments are only for the regulation of the secular aspect regarding the management...

Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Case Against HDFC Bank Official Over Auction Sale

The Supreme Court recently quashed a criminal case against an official of the HDFC Bank, after noting that he was not the "authorised officer" when the auction sale in question was held.The criminal case, alleging the offences of cheating and forgery, was filed in Tamil Nadu over the allegation that the Bank had sold in auction a property which was previously acquired by the Tamil Nadu...

Invalided Soldier Presumed To Be Disabled Due To Military Service; Entitled To Disability Pension : Supreme Court

The burden is on the Army to prove that the disability was not due to military service, the Court said.

Supreme Court Dismisses Punjab Govt's Plea Against Bail Of Akali Leader Bikram Singh Majithia In NDPS Case

The Supreme Court today(April 25) dismissed the petition filed by the State of Punjab challenging the bail granted to Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia in a drug case. A bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Aravind Kumar, while refusing to interfere with the regular bail granted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, directed that neither the Special Investigation...

'Is This How You Treat Freedom Fighters?' : Supreme Court Slams Rahul Gandhi For Comments Against Savarkar, Stays Defamation Case

"Let him not make irresponsible statements about the freedom fighters," the Court said.

Bombay High Court Directs Mumbai Police Not To Arrest Kunal Kamra In FIR Over Alleged Remarks On Eknath Shinde But Probe May Continue

The Bombay High Court today (April 25) directed the Mumbai Police to not arrest comedian Kunal Kamra in the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against him, following his satirical video and "gaddar" comment purportedly made against Maharashtra's Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Shriram Modak said the agency should go to Chennai (close to Villupuram...