Bengaluru Advocates Association Writes To Karnataka High Court CJ Opposing State's Proposal To Establish Circuit Bench At Manguluru

The Advocates' Association Bengaluru (AAB) has written to Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru opposing a State Government proposal to establish a high court bench at Mangaluru for Coastal Districts, stating that the proposal without conducting stakeholder consultation or an empirical study is "wholly unwarranted and premature"."It is widely reported in the media that the...

National Green Tribunal Allows Ayodhya Bypass Expansion Project In Bhopal With Strict Environmental Safeguards

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has disposed of Original Application No. 53/2026-PB titled “Nitin Saxena vs National Highway Authority of India & Others” concerning the proposed felling of trees for the Asharam Tiraha to Ratnagiri Tiraha Ayodhya Bypass expansion project in Bhopal.The matter was heard by a Bench comprising Justice Prakash...

Two Trademark Applications Filed For 'Cockroach Janata Party'

Two trademark applications have been filed for the phrase “Cockroach Janata Party,” a satirical social media movement that emerged following recent remarks by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during a Supreme Court hearing.The hashtag #CockroachJanataParty gained traction on social media after the Chief Justice, while hearing a matter last week, made an observation comparing the...

Advs Rini Mehra & Tanvi Sharma Win Kapila & Nirmal Hingorani Foundation Pegasus Scholarship 2026

The Kapila & Nirmal Hingorani Foundation has announced the recipients of the Kapila & Nirmal Hingorani Foundation Pegasus Scholarships, 2026, awarding the prestigious opportunity to two young advocates following a competitive selection process that drew a large number of applications.The Foundation said Ms. Rini Mehra, Advocate, and Ms. Tanvi Sharma, Advocate, have been selected for...

Bar Council Elections: BCI Seeks Supreme Court's Permission To Co-opt Women Candidates Who Were Eliminated At Last

The Bar Council of India has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking approval for the proposal on 10% women's representation in State Bar Councils (beyond the 20% elected women members) through co-option of the highest-polling women candidates in the state bar council elections. The BCI has proposed that the women candidates who narrowly missed election in the State Bar Council polls...

Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case | Bhopal Court Denies Parents Application For Second Autopsy

The Bhopal Court, on Wednesday (May 20), has partly allowed the application filed by the parents of Twisha Sharma, rejecting their prayer for a second post-mortem by AIIMS or any other certified medical body, but accepted their prayer for preservation of the body under -80 degree Celsius. Judicial Magistrate of First Class Anudita Gupta further directed the police officials to find such...

Court Acquits Four Men In Delhi Riots Case, Says “Dangerous” To Rely On Police Witnesses

A Delhi Court yesterday acquitted four men in a 2020 North-East Delhi riots case relating to alleged burning of an auto-rickshaw and vandalism of a shop, observing that it would be “dangerous” to rely upon the testimonies of the police witnesses.Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts said that the two police witnesses, on whose testimonies the prosecution...

Advocate Mohammed Shah Appointed As Additional Advocate General Of Kerala

The newly-elected UDF government has appointed Advocate Mohammed Shah as the Additional Advocate General of Kerala.Shah was an elected Member of the Kerala Bar Council from 2018 to 2026.On Monday, the government had announced its decision to appoint Senior Advocate Jaju Babu as the Advocate General and Advocate T. Asaf Ali as the Director General of...

Telangana SLSA Conducts Rescue Operation; Over 500 Bonded Labourers Rescued From Brick Kilns In Nizamabad

The Telangana State Legal Services Authority (TSLSA), Hyderabad, in coordination with the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Nizamabad, conducted a bonded labour rescue operation at Degaon and Maghidi villages of Armoor Mandal in Nizamabad District on May 19, 2026.According to the press release issued by Ch. Panchakshari, Member Secretary, TSLSA, two bonded labourers — Thupakula...

Former Gujarat High Court Judge Justice Biren Vaishnav Takes Oath As State's Lokayukta

Former Gujarat High Court judge Justice Biren Vaishnav was sworn in as the Lokyukta of the State at ceremony held at Gandhinagar last Wednesday (May 13). Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office to Justice Vaishnav at Gandhinagar's Lok Bhavan, in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel, Assembly Speaker Shankarbhai Chaudhary and Deputy Chief Minister Harsh...

Bengaluru Court Remands Gameskraft Founders To 14-Day Judicial Custody In Money Laundering Case

A special court at Bengaluru on Tuesday (May 19) remanded the founders of gaming company Gameskraft Technologies— Deepak Singh, Vikas Taneja and Prithvi Raj Singh, to 14 days of judicial custody in a money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate.The development comes two weeks after the platform founders were remanded to ED's custody on two separate occasions by the same...

Right To Privacy Doesn't Survive After Death, Legal Heirs Can Administer Deceased's Digital Estate: Gujarat Court

A Civil Court in Gandhinagar has held that the right to privacy of a deceased person does not survive after their death and the legal heirs can administer the deceased's digital estate.In doing so the court held that "digital data" of a deceased party stored on Apple's 'iCloud account' constitutes a valuable digital asset forming part of the deceased's estate, which would fall...