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LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts- 01 August 2026
LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...
Foreign National Can't Be Deported Without Acceptance By Home Country, Union Tells Supreme Court
The Union Government has informed the Supreme Court that a foreign national whose nationality is unverified cannot be deported unless the person's home country confirms the nationality and agrees to accept them, stating that the deportation process cannot even be initiated without nationality verification.The submission was made in an affidavit filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in...
Student Injured In NEET-UG Protest Seeks Supreme Court Directions For Mandatory Police Name Badges, Uniform Crowd-Control SOP
An IIT Patna student who claims to have been injured during the police action at the July 20 "Sansad Chalo" protest in New Delhi has moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for a uniform crowd-control protocol and mandatory identification of police personnel deployed at protests.“The presence and participation of unidentified persons in the use of coercive force against citizens...
President Grants Assent To Amendment Enhancing Punishments For Unfair Means In Public Examinations
The President of India on Friday (July 31) granted assent to the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Act, 2026, which was passed by the Parliament last week, introducing stricter penalties for examination malpractices, mandating time-bound investigations and trials, and providing for Special Fast Track Courts to deal with offences under the law.The Act amends the...
Supreme Court Stays CIC Order Holding NSE Amenable To RTI Act
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in an appeal filed by the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE) challenging the Delhi High Court's judgment holding that it is a "public authority" under Section 2(h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.The High Court had upheld a 2007 order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing that the NSE be treated as a public authority...
Rohini Sindhuri IAS Approaches Supreme Court Against Karnataka HC Direction To Sanction Probe In Cloth Bag Scam
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on Karnataka IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri's petition challenging the Karnataka High Court's order directing the State to grant sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act to investigate the officer in the alleged 'eco-friendly cloth bags procurement' scam.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu issued notice...
Indians Died In Russia-Ukraine War : Supreme Court Directs MEA To Aid Families To Bring Mortal Remains & Claim Compensation
The Supreme Court today directed the Union of India to carry out DNA profiling so as to bring back and hand over to the concerned families the dead bodies of Indian nationals who died fighting the Ukraine war as part of Russian Forces.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was dealing with a writ petition filed by the family members of 26 Indians, who...
Tahir Hussain, Others Get Life Imprisonment For Murder Of IB Staffer Ankit Sharma During Delhi Riots
A Delhi Court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain to life imprisonment 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.The Court also sentenced other convicts, namely Javed, Anas, Nazim and Kasim, to life...
All-Women Law Officers' Team To Represent Karnataka Govt Before All-Women Judges At Dharwad Bench On August 1
In a historical development in women's representation in the judiciary, an all-women lawyer team is directed by the Advocate General to represent the State Government before the Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court, which will be presided over exclusively by women judges on August 1. This initiative was taken to celebrate International Women's Day. The allotment of law officers is...
Supreme Court Stays Senthil Balaji's Arrest In TASMAC Corruption Case, Asks Him To Cooperate With Probe
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the arrest of former Tamil Nadu Minister and present MLA V Senthil Balaji in the case registered by the Tamil Nadu Vigilance over alleged corruption in the TASMAC, subject to the condition that he cooperates with the investigation.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the interim order while hearing Balaji's...