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'They Have Embraced Freedom' : Omar Abdullah & Wife Agree To Dissolve Marriage, File Application In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was today informed that Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah and his estranged wife Payal Abdullah have agreed to part ways and have filed an application invoking Article 142 of the Constitution seeking dissolution of their marriage on mutual consent.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal submitted before a bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe...
Supreme Court Directs All States/UTs To Constitute 'Board Of Visitors' For Prison Oversight
The Supreme Court yesterday (July 30) passed an order directing the States and Union Territories to set up Board of Visitors (BoVs) in each district, to be headed by the Principal District Judge of that district, as per the Model Prison Manual, 2026. A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran was hearing a suo moto case regarding discrimination based on caste,...
'How Is UAPA Attracted Just Because Mob Burnt Police Station?' : Supreme Court Asks Uttarakhand Govt In Haldwani Violence
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Uttarakhand government's plea challenging the bail granted to Abdul Malik, an accused in the 2024 Haldwani violence case, while expressing serious reservations over the invocation of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in the case.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana declined...
Supreme Court Restrains MHADA From Issuing Work Order For Bandra Redevelopment Project
The Supreme Court recently directed that no work order shall be issued for the proposed MHADA cluster redevelopment project at Bandra Reclamation till 13th August while seeking responses from the State of Maharashtra and other respondents in a batch of petitions challenging the redevelopment scheme.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta directed the respondents to file...
Savarkar Wrote Book Questioning God's Existence & Religious Beliefs : Grandnephew Tells Court
In a development in the ongoing criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday (July 30) Satyaki Savarkar, accepted before a special court in Pune that his grandfather and right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, wrote the 'controversial' book सावरकरांचे विवज्ञानविनष्ठ विनबंध (Savarkar's Science-oriented...
LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts- 31 July 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...
Reconsider Blanket Ban On Sharing Of Court Clips : RTI Activists Tell Supreme Court
The National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) co-convenor Anjali Bhardwaj and transparency activist Amrita Johri have moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene in the pending case concerning regulation of live-streaming and dissemination of court proceedings, contending that restrictions on sharing official court recordings should be narrowly tailored and must not...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 30, 2026
Links to the reports of July 30 :Paper Leak Protests : Bihar Congress Leader Moves Supreme Court Seeking Details Of FIRs Against Students & Restraint On Coercive ActionsSupreme Court Upholds Constitutionality Of Sentences Of Imprisonment For Remainder Of Natural Life Without RemissionSupreme Court Directs States Without Commissioners Under Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Act To...
Supreme Court Asks Karnataka Govt To Consider Suggestions Of INTACH & IIT-Roorkee On Preservation Of 2 Mysuru Heritage Buildings
The Supreme Court was today(July 30) informed that the State of Karnataka has decided to restore two 19th-century heritage buildings, the Devaraja Market building and Lansdowne Building in Mysuru.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran was informed by Dr Aditya Sondhi, Senior Advocate (for the petitioner journalist). The Court was further informed that the State...
Rape-Murder Of Ghaziabad Girl | Private Hospitals Which Denied Treatment To Victim 'Criminally Negligent', Says Supreme Court
In the rape and murder case of a 4-year-old girl in Ghaziabad, where an SIT probe was directed, the Supreme Court today orally observed that the private hospitals which denied the minor victim treatment while she was alive were "criminally negligent".The Court was further informed that the SIT has recommended in its report action against the two private hospitals as well as the Station...
Challenge To Election Commissioners' Law : Supreme Court Reserves Order On Larger Bench Reference
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the preliminary issue of whether the batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and Term of Office) Act, 2023 should be referred to a larger Bench.A Bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma...