Tamil Nadu Govt Moves Supreme Court Against Madras High Court Order Banning Cow Slaughter

The State argued that the High Court's order went beyond the scope of the petition and contradicted the applicable legislation.

US Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Strikes Down Trump's Executive Order

The US Supreme Court on Monday held that the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to children born in the United States irrespective of whether their parents are in the country unlawfully or only temporarily, striking down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to deny such citizenship.In a 5-4 constitutional ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts authored the...

MP Judge Faces Communal Attack After Convicting Cow Vigilantes In Lynching Case

A judge in Madhya Pradesh has come under severe communal attack after she delivered a verdict convicting cow vigilantes in a lynching case.Earlier this month, Tabassum Khan, Additional District and Sessions Judge of Narmadapuram district, had sentenced 7 men to life imprisonment for lynching Sheikh Lala Nazir Ahmed, a truck driver, in 2022, over suspicions of cow smuggling.On the day of the verdict, the families of the convicts had held protests, attempting to block the police vehicle from...

Supreme Court Directs Status Quo On Ethanol Supply Allocation For 2025-26 As BPCL Says HC Order Will Affect E20 Policy

The Supreme Court today ordered status quo with regard to ethanol supply allocation for the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2025–26.A partial Court working days bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Sheel Nagu passed the order, after hearing Attorney General R Venkataramani (for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd) and Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave (for respondents).The AG contested a...

Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain PIL For Probe Into Bharat Bhushan Tiwari Encounter Killing In Bihar

The Court allowed the petitioner to approach the Patna High Court.

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Asaram Bapu's Plea Against Rape Conviction, Refuses To Suspend Sentence For Now

The bench observed that it will consider sentence suspension only if there is any grave threat to the health of the octogenarian prisoner.

US Judge Refuses To Immediately Dismiss Adani Indictment, Seeks Detailed Explanation From DOJ

A US federal judge has declined to immediately dismiss the criminal indictment against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and other accused persons, directing the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide a fuller explanation for its decision to abandon the prosecution, reported the Reuters.In an order passed last week, Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the US District Court for the Eastern District of...

Why Ayodhya Lawyers' Refusal To Represent Accused In Ram Mandir Donation Theft Case Violates Law

In the wake of alleged embezzlement of donations received by the Shree Ram Janmbhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust for Ayodhya's Ram Mandir, the Faizabad/Ayodhya Bar Association in Uttar Pradesh recently passed a resolution restraining its members from representing the accused.The resolution stated that none of its members would represent persons arrested in connection with the alleged...

"Even Death Penalty Would Not Be Adequate": Pune Court Awards Death Sentence To 65-Yr-Old For Rape, Murder Of 3 Yr-Old Girl

A special court in Pune on Monday (June 29) handed down death sentence to a 65-year-old man convicted for raping and killing a three-year-old girl, after considering his antecedents of outraging modesty of his grand-niece and a village woman and even sexually assaulting animals. Special Judge SR Salunkhe held that the instant case was a 'rarest of rare' as the accused - Bhimrao Prabhakar...

Indian Concept Of 'Dharma' Predates Common Law; Rule Of Law & Judicial Independence Not Western Imports : CJI Surya Kant

Courts must remain vigilant guardians of constitutional supremacy, the CJI said.

AI Should Assist Judges, Not Replace Human Decision-Making: Justice N. Kotiswar Singh At CIEC Brussels Dialogue

Justice N. Kotiswar Singh, Judge of the Supreme Court, on Monday said that while Artificial Intelligence has significant potential to improve judicial administration, the responsibility of judging must remain exclusively with human judges. He emphasized that constitutional values, judicial independence, empathy, fairness, and human wisdom cannot be replicated by machines, and that AI should function only as an assistive tool rather than a substitute for judicial reasoning or the Rule of...

Ketan Agarwal Murder Case: Pune Court Extends Police Custody Of Fiance, Friend Till July 03

A Pune Court on Monday (June 29) extended the police custody of Ketan Agarwal's fiancée and her friend, who are accused of pushing him into a deep gorge off Lohagad Fort, till July 3. As per PTI report, the accused Siya Goyal and Chetan Chaudhary were produced before the court today wherein the prosecution argued the need for investigating certain aspects. On June 23 the court had remanded...