Reporters Collective & RTI Forum Move Supreme Court Challenging Digital Personal Data Protection Act

Digital news platform The Reporters' Collective and journalist Nitin Sethi have approached the Supreme Court of India, assailing key provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.The petitioners also challenge the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules 2025 notified in November last year.The petition contends that the DPDP Act substantially weakens...

Is Man Liable Under S.498A IPC For Cruelty To Live-In Partner? Supreme Court To Examine

The Supreme Court on Thursday is set to examine a significant legal question: whether a man in a live-in relationship, described as a “relationship in the nature of marriage”, can be prosecuted for cruelty under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 or the corresponding provision under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Section 85).A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and...

Supreme Court To Consider Amicus Suggestion For Professional Bail Bondsmen

The Supreme Court is set to explore whether bond surety can be outsourced to professional bail bondsmen, who will be operating under strict regulatory framework.In a case dealing with a Nigerian national named Chidiebere Kingsley Nawchara, who absconded after he was granted bail in an NDPS case and furnished a fake surety, the Supreme Court had appointed Senior Advocate Siddharth Luthra as...

M.P. State Legal Services Authority Conducts One-Day Community Mediation Orientation Programme; Four Centres E-Inaugurated

The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (MPSLSA) on February 12, 2026 organised a One-Day Community Mediation Orientation Programme for Para Legal Volunteers, Community Mediation Volunteers and, for the first time, law students. The programme also marked the e-inauguration of four Community Mediation Centres in Bhopal and Gwalior at the MPSLSA auditorium in Jabalpur.The event was...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 13, 2026

Links to today's reports :Supreme Court Permits Visually Impaired Candidates To Engage Scribes With More Than 10+2 Qualification For AIBE, CLAT ExamsTelecom Spectrum Community Resource, IBC Can't Determine Its Ownership & Control : Supreme CourtSupreme Court Dismisses P&H High Court's Petition Challenging HC Decision Quashing Compulsory Retirement Of District JudgeSupreme Court...

Judicial Leadership Suffers When Judges Pretend To Be Perfect : CJI Surya Kant

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Friday underscored that “judicial leadership suffers when judges pretend to be perfect,” urging members of the global judicial community to embrace humility and continuous learning as foundational principles of judicial office.Delivering special remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the 11th Biennial Meeting of Commonwealth Judicial Educators in New...

'Demoralising': Allahabad HC Judge Requests Removal From Bail Roster Following Supreme Court's Criticism Of His Order

Allahabad High Court judge Justice Pankaj Bhatia today passed an order requesting the Chief Justice NOT to assign him the Bail Roster in future. The move comes just 4 days after the Supreme Court termed one of his bail orders (in a Dowry Death case) as "most shocking and disappointing".Justice Bhatia said that the Apex Court's remarks had a "huge demoralising and chilling effect" upon him....

Lawyer Has Duty To Cross-Verify : Supreme Court On Petition Citing Fake Judgments

'Because of artificial intelligence, lawyers and the judges have an additional duty to see whether it is a real or deep fake, the Court said.

Manipur Violence| Supreme Court Seeks CBI's Status Report On Sexual Violence Cases; Proposes To Ask HC To Monitor Trials

In the matter relating to the sexual violence cases during the Manipur crisis, the Supreme Court today sought the status report from the CBI on the investigation so far. The Court also hinted at the possibility of re-assigning the case monitoring task from the Justice Gita Mittal Committee to the Manipur High Court. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing the issue...

Supreme Court Raps Rajasthan Authorities Over Illegal Sand Mining; Says Official Inaction Pushed Villagers To Violence

Expressing "anguish", the Court called for the names and designation of officers who were there at the time of the incident.

Acknowledge Dagar Brothers' Performance In 'Veera Raja Veera' Song : Supreme Court Urges AR Rahman

Without getting into the legal issues, the Court orally suggested that there should be "some acknowledgement".

CJI's Office Received 8630 Complaints Against Sitting Judges In Last 10 Years : Law Ministry

The office of the Chief Justice of India has received 8, 630 complaints against the sitting judges in the last ten years, as per the latest data shared in the Lok Sabha today.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's Matheswaran VS has asked the Minister of Law and Justice Arjum Ram Meghwal whether there is any mechanism whereby the Supreme Court maintain any record of complaints regarding corruption,...