Former Punjab & Haryana High Court Justice VK Jhanji Passes Away

Justice VK Jhanji, former judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and former Acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, passed away on February 23, 2026. He was 81.According to an announcement issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association, his cremation will take place at 4:30 pm at the Cremation Ground, Sector 25, Chandigarh.Born in 1944, Justice Jhanji...

UP Police Invoke Serious POCSO Charges Against Swami Avimukteshwaranand In Late-Night FIR, Hours After Special Court Order

The Uttar Pradesh Police on late Saturday (February 21) night lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, Mukudanand Brahmachari and others, invoking stringent provisions of the POCSO Act and BNS over alleged sexual abuse of minors during the recent Magh Mela. The FIR was lodged at the Jhunsi Police Station in Prayagraj at 23:37 hours, just...

Tirpuati Laddu : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With AP Govt's One-Man Committee Inquiry Over Ghee Adulteration

The Court noted that the committee was examining administrative lapses and was not overlapping with the criminal investigation.

CJI Justice Surya Kant Launches “Nurturing the Future of the Judiciary” E-Souvenir Of Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy

Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant digitally launched the e-souvenir of the Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy titled “Nurturing the Future of the Judiciary” at a felicitation programme organised by the High Court of Chhattisgarh in Raipur.Supreme Court judges Justice P.S. Narasimha and Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra attended as guests of honour. Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh...

'Don't Misbehave In My Court, You've Seen Me In Chandigarh' : CJI Surya Kant Warns Advocate

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant today rebuked Advocate Mathews Nedumpara for making reckless submissions and warned him that strict action will be taken if "he continued to misbehave."During the mentioning round, Nedumpara mentioned a petition filed challenging the collegium system and seeking the restoration of the National Judicial Appointments Commission.CJI Surya Kant said that there was...

NEET-PG Cut Off Reduction Won't Affect Doctors' Competence As They Already Qualified MBBS : Centre To Supreme Court

Defending the cutoff reduction for NEET PG 2025, the Centre has submitted before the Supreme Court that NEET-PG does not certify minimum competence, which is established by the MBBS qualification, but is merely a filtering mechanism for allocation of limited postgraduate seats.“NEET-PG is not to certify minimum competence which stands established by the MBBS qualification itself of...

AG To Hear Sanction Petition Seeking Contempt Action Against Congress' VD Satheesan For Remarks On Kerala High Court Ex-CJ

The Advocate General's Office has issued a notice of hearing in the sanction petition preferred by Advocate Ramees P.K. to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Leader of the Opposition, V.D. Satheesan.As per the notice issued to the petitioner, the sanction petition is posted for hearing on March 3, 2026 at 4.00 p.m. He is to appear before the Advocate General, either in person...

Supreme Court Asks MHA Committee To Meet Once In 3 Months To Address Issues Faced By People From North East

The Supreme Court recently asked the Monitoring Committee, set up to address the issues of racial discrimination and other grievances faced by the North-Eastern community, to meet at least once in three months. It has also asked the committee to take cognisance of all issues, including those reported in any newspaper.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kumar and Justice K Vinod Chandran passed...

JHALSA Acts On Report Of Woman, Minor Son Burnt Alive On Witchcraft Allegations; Grants Interim Financial Assistance

The Jharkhand State Legal Services Authority (JHALSA) has taken cognizance of a newspaper report concerning the alleged burning to death of a woman and her minor son in Chaibasa on suspicion of witchcraft, and the grievous burn injuries sustained by her husband.The Executive Chairman, JHALSA, Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, directed immediate intervention in the matter. Acting on these...

Law Firms Generating Unnecessary Litigation By Drafting Confusing Arbitration Clauses Is Professional Misconduct : Supreme Court

Why can’t the terms be simplified to avoid confusion? CJI asked.

Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: January 2026

SUPREME COURT Supreme Court To Examine If UP Gangsters Act Is Repugnant To Section 111 Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Case Details: SIRAJ AHMAD KHAN & ANR. v. STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ANR.|Writ Petition (Criminal) No.452/2024 The Supreme Court recently asked the State of Uttar Pradesh to respond to the issue of repugnancy between various provisions of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters...

“Widen Law, Make It More Intelligible”: CJI Urges Young Graduates To Keep Law Accessible

At the Eighteenth Convocation Ceremony of National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur on February 21, 2026, the Chief Justice of India urged graduating law students to ensure that the legal system becomes more accessible and understandable, cautioning against allowing law to become an exclusive domain guarded by complexity and jargon.Delivering the convocation address titled “From Fortress to...