Journalist Ajit Anjum Seeks To Intervene In Supreme Court Reference On Legislative Privileges

Legislative privileges must not be interpreted in a manner supplanting fundamental rights, the applicant argued.

Supreme Court Special Bench Criticises Manner Of CAPF Contempt Case Listing; Centre Says Request Was Made Before CJI

Justice Misra observed that the original bench ought to have been informed about the mentioning made before the CJI.

Delhi Court Convicts Man For Insulting Woman's Modesty By Questioning Her Child's Paternity

A Delhi court has convicted a man for insulting a woman's modesty by asking her “kaun se wale papa?” (which father?) after she told her crying three-year-old daughter, “dekho papa aa gaye, don't cry.”Judicial Magistrate First Class Moksha Bains of Tis Hazari Courts held that the remark, in the circumstances in which it was made, carried a sexually derogatory insinuation concerning...

Supreme Court Dismisses Review Petition Against Former Kerala Minister Neelalohithadasan Nadar's Acquittal In Sexual Harassment Case

The Supreme Court recently dismissed a review petition challenging its January order upholding the acquittal of Dr. A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar, former Forest Minister of Kerala, accused of outraging the modesty of a woman Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Sandeep Mehta dismissed the review petition in chambers, which challenged its January...

'Will Dismiss It' : Supreme Court On West Bengal Plea Against Interim Bail To Congress Nandigram By-Poll Candidate Milan Pradhan

The Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to list for urgent hearing a plea filed by the West Bengal Police challenging the interim bail granted by the Calcutta High Court to Congress candidate Milan Pradhan, who is contesting the Nandigram Assembly by-election.The matter was mentioned before the bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, with the State seeking listing of the challenge...

CAPF Contempt Matter Shifted To Special Bench Of Justice Misra & Justice Bhuyan

After a bench led by Justice Ujjal Bhuyan yesterday questioned the Supreme Court Registry for deleting the contempt petitions against the MHA Secretary over the IPS deputations in the Central Armed Police Forces, the matter has been listed before a special bench today.Notably, the Special Bench is headed by Justice Manoj Misra with Justice Ujjal Bhuyan as the puisne judge. The Special Bench...

LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 30 September 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...

Kerala Court Issues Contempt Notice To MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram For Allegedly Obstructing Advocate Commissioner

A Kerala court on Tuesday (September 29) issued notice to Perinthalmanna MLA Najeeb Kanthapuram under Contempt of Courts Act for obstructing the proceedings of a court-appointed advocate commissioner, who had arrived to take possession of a house.Smt. Saritha Raveendran, Chief Judicial Magistrate, Manjeri issued the show cause notice to the MLA and posted the case to be called on...

Hearing Of Accused Necessary When Cognizance Taken After BNSS Came Into Force, Though Complaint Filed Earlier: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court recently held that where a Magistrate applied judicial mind and found a prima facie case only after the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) came into force, cognizance is deemed to have been taken on that date. The accused, therefore, had to be heard first, as the proviso to Section 223 of the BNSS requires.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod...

Antilia Bomb Scare Case: Special Court Criticises NIA For 'Incompetence', Questions Why Statements Of Ambani Family Not Recorded

While ordering release of controversial cop Sachin Waze in the Antilia Bomb Scare Case, a special court on Tuesday (September 29) criticised the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for its 'incompetence' in handling the case by waiting for a 'Shubh Muhurat' to record statements of Industrialist Mukesh Ambani and his family members, whom the agency claims, the accused wanted to...

Curative Plea In Supreme Court Seeks Recall Of CEC Law Verdict Citing Justice SC Sharma's Son's Association With ECI

A curative petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking recall of the September 23 split verdict on the validity of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023. The plea comes in the wake of judicial propriety concerns arising from the discovery that the son of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, who...

Preventive Detention Can't Be Solely Based On Custodial Confession: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court today(September 29) held that authorities can't pass a preventive detention order solely relying on the confessional statement of the accused. It thereby quashed the detention of Mulla Afroz, who was accused of being the mastermind behind the 2024 Sambhal violence, under the National Security Act, 1980."Therefore, we are of the considered opinion that a confessional...