MSHRC Takes Suo Motu Notice Of Pune Police Tying Accused To Vehicle Bonnet, Parading Them; Issues Notices To Top Officials

Observing that the Pune Police's style of working was like a 'Jungle Raj', the Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission (MSHRC) on Monday (August 3) initiated suo motu proceedings against the Police for allegedly tying three young boys on the bonnet of their vehicle, parading them on the streets of the city and further allowing private individuals to assault the boys with fists, batons etc. In what is said to be a first such instance in nearly a decade, a full coram of the MSHRC...

Provisionally Enrolled Advocates Can Practice Freely For 2 Years Pending AIBE, But Can't Vote In Bar Elections: BCI

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued a detailed clarification confirming that provisionally enrolled advocates are fully entitled to practice law immediately upon enrolment, without having cleared the All-India Bar Examination (AIBE), during the prescribed two-year period.The BCI clarified that advocates enrolled by State Bar Councils are entitled to practice law in its entirety during the prescribed two-year period, which includes signing Vakalat Namas and appearing before courts, without...

CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates Special Courts For UAPA, NDPS Cases And Fast-Track Court For NEET Paper Leak Cases In Delhi

Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Monday inaugurated Special Courts established at Delhi's Rouse Avenue Courts to try cases registered under UAPA, MCOCA, NDPS Act as well as a fast track court for cases concerning NEET-UG paper leak. The Special Courts have been set up by the Delhi High Court at Rouse Avenue Court Complex pursuant to the directions of the Supreme Court in “In Re: Creation of Special Exclusive Courts”. The new courts were inaugurated in the presence of Delhi High...

Courts Must Quash Criminal Cases Meant To Silence Dissent, Not Tell Citizens What They Should Say: Justice Abhay Oka

If we do not allow people to express displeasure by making peaceful protest, there won't be democracy, he said.

Woman Assaults Civil Judge, Advocates Inside Karnataka Courtroom; FIR Registered

A woman allegedly attacked a sitting civil judge on Thursday (July 30) and several advocates during ongoing proceedings at the JMFC Court in Sira in Tumakuru district of Karnataka.The accused person in the FIR allegedly entered the courtroom of Principal Senior Civil Judge during proceedings and slapped the judge, followed by attacks on multiple advocates.As per the complaint registered,...

BREAKING| Delhi Court Acquits Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh In Wrestlers' Sexual Harassment Case

A Delhi Court on Monday acquitted BJP leader and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Singh in a case alleging that he sexually harassed women wrestlers.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Ashwini Panwar of the Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order of acquittal.The judge has also acquitted co accused Vinod Tomar in the case.The verdict was reserved after hearing the prosecution, the complainants as well as the accused persons in length. The proceedings took place...

Delhi Court Discharges Ex-AAP MLA Naresh Balyan In Extortion Case, Flags Serious Lapses In Probe

A Delhi court has discharged former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan in an alleged extortion case, holding that the prosecution failed to establish prima facie that he was linked to an extortion racket allegedly run by gangster Kapil Sangwan.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal of Rouse Avenue Courts observed that the while the case was registered in July 2023, it reached...

Tahir Hussain, Others Get Life Imprisonment For Murder Of IB Staffer Ankit Sharma During Delhi Riots

A Delhi Court on Friday sentenced former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain to life imprisonment in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.Additional Sessions Judge Praveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts pronounced the order.The Court also sentenced other convicts, namely Javed, Anas, Nazim and Kasim, to life...

All-Women Law Officers' Team To Represent Karnataka Govt Before All-Women Judges At Dharwad Bench On August 1

In a historical development in women's representation in the judiciary, an all-women lawyer team is directed by the Advocate General to represent the State Government before the Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court, which will be presided over exclusively by women judges on August 1. This initiative was taken to celebrate International Women's Day. The allotment of law officers is...

Savarkar Wrote Book Questioning God's Existence & Religious Beliefs : Grandnephew Tells Court

In a development in the ongoing criminal defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday (July 30) Satyaki Savarkar, accepted before a special court in Pune that his grandfather and right-wing ideologue Vinayak Savarkar, wrote the 'controversial' book सावरकरांचे विवज्ञानविनष्ठ विनबंध (Savarkar's Science-oriented...

Delhi Court Grants Bail To Two Law Students Arrested Over Ruckus In Supreme Court, Deprecates Their Conduct

The Court cautioned them to act with restrain and docorum in Courts.

IBCMantra To Be Launched At Delhi High Court On August 4; Justice Vikram Nath To Lead Inaugural Ceremony

The IBCMantra, a free online commentary platform dedicated to insolvency and bankruptcy law, will be formally launched at the Delhi High Court on August 4, 2026, in the presence of Judges of the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court, senior members of the Bar, and legal practitioners.The platform, titled "IBCMantra – The Law and Practice of Insolvency and Bankruptcy", has been authored...