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'Such Instances Rising': Solicitor General Cites Ketan Agarwal Death While Opposing Bail In Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder Case
During the hearing of the Meghalaya State's challenge to the bail of Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime suspect in the chilling 'honeymoon murder' of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta today cited Ketan Agarwal death case before the Supreme Court.The SG, appearing for the State of Meghalaya, stated that facts of the Raja Raghuvanshi case would shock the Court's conscience...
Ram Mandir Donation Theft Row | Faizabad Bar Files Police Complaint Seeking FIR Against Champat Rai, Temple Trustees
The Faizabad Bar Association has filed a formal police complaint seeking the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against key officials of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust over alleged theft of funds from the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The complaint explicitly names Trust's General Secretary, Champat Rai; Trust Member, Anil Mishra; and Gopal Rao, accusing them...
DMK Moves Supreme Court Against TN Minister's Statements On Karur Stampede, Objects To CM Vijay Meeting Families
The Organising Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), R.S. Bharathi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded in the pending proceedings relating to the Karur stampede case, urging the Court to restrain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, TN Minister Aadhav Arjuna and other accused persons from making public statements on the ongoing CBI investigation and to...
Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Sonam Raghuvanshi's Bail In Honeymoon Murder Case
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 3) refused to stay the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime suspect in the chilling May 2025 "honeymoon murder" of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, even though it prima facie expressed reservations with the High Court's judgment upholding the bail granted to her only on the ground of a typographical error in quoting a section in the...
"Main Nahi Maanta": On Judicial Courage
By Yesterday, during what had started as idle holiday viewing, I came across a four-part Netflix series on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the “Tokyo Trial”, convened by General Douglas MacArthur in 1946. Irrfan Khan, playing Justice Radhabinod Pal of British India, brought to life a figure I had known of vaguely but never seriously reckoned with: a judge who sat...
Compensation In Motor Accidental Death Cases: How It Is Calculated
In Shishupal @ Shish Ram And Ors. v. Surjeet And Ors. 2026, the Supreme Court recognised 'loss of domestic care' as an additional ground for compensation in Motor Accident Claims. By acknowledging the elevated status of a 'housewife' as a 'homemaker', the Court significantly increased the compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal from Rs. 8.43 lakh to Rs. 66.70 lakh for the...
Can't Say If Savarkar Was Released By British On Condition Not To Participate In Political Movements : Grandnephew To Court
Continuing his cross-examination before a special MP/MLA court in Pune, Satyaki Savarkar has stated he cannot say whether his granduncle and right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar was released from prison on condition to not participate in any political or revolutionary movement.Satyaki is being cross-examined in the criminal defamation complaint that he has filed against Congress leader...
Justice BV Nagarathna Appointed Chairperson Of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
The Chief Justice of India has nominated Supreme Court Judge Justice Bangalore Venkataramiah (BV) Nagarathna as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) with effect from June 29, 2026.This follows the retirement of Justice JK Maheshwari, who was heading the SCLSC earlier. As per convention, the third senior judge of the Supreme Court heads the SCLSC.The Supreme...
Delhi Court Reserves Verdict In Wrestlers' Sexual Harassment Case Against BJP's Brij Bhushan Saran Singh, Order Likely On August 3
A Delhi Court on Thursday reserved its final verdict in the case against BJP leader and former WFI Chief Brij Bhushan Singh alleging that he sexually harassed women wrestlers.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts will pass the order of conviction or acquittal on August 03. The verdict has been reserved after hearing the prosecution, the...
Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Manipur High Court's Extension Of Panchayat Election Deadline To October 16
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 2) declined to entertain a plea challenging the extension of the deadline for conducting Panchayat elections in the State of Manipur until October 16, 2026, observing that the High Court had already issued a specific direction requiring the State Election Commission to complete the electoral process within the stipulated period. A partial court working...