West Bengal Govt Constitutes Expert Committee To Examine Draft Uniform Civil Code Bill

The West Bengal Government has constituted a high-level expert committee to undertake a comprehensive examination and review of the draft Uniform Civil Code, West Bengal, 2026, according to a notification issued by the Judicial Department on July 10.The notification states that the committee has been constituted with immediate effect following a decision taken at the 6th meeting of the...

Thane Court Grants Bail To Shinde-Sena Corporator Ramesh Mhatre Booked For Assaulting Two Doctors

A Magistrate court in Kalyan on Tuesday (July 14) granted bail to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who was arrested after being accused of assaulting two doctors in a civic hospital in Dombivli in Thane. Judge KS Katkade granted bail to Mhatre on a surety of Rs 50,000.Advocate Mujahid Qazi appeared for the Corporator.A detailed order copy is awaited. It is alleged that, Mhatre a sitting corporator in Dombivli, along with several of his associates, had on July...

Delhi Court Rejects Advocate's Defamation Suit Against Media Over Coverage Of 2016 Patiala House Violence Involving Kanhaiya Kumar

A Delhi Court today rejected a defamation suit filed by advocate Vikram Singh Chauhan against Google, several media houses and journalists over their coverage of the 2016 Patiala House Court violence linked to the JNU controversy involving Kanhaiya Kumar.Senior Civil Judge Shruti Chaudhary of Patiala House Courts held that the plaint was ex facie barred by limitation.The Court...

Tahir Hussain Was Part Of Unlawful Assembly 'With Animus Against Hindus' That Murdered IB Staffer Ankit Sharma During Delhi Riots: Court

While convicting former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East Delhi riots, the Delhi Court on Monday held that Tahir Hussain was a member of an unlawful assembly which had assembled “with animus against Hindus” and shared the common object of rioting, arson, looting and causing harm to members of the Hindu community.Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma Courts added that the unlawful assembly...

Delhi High Court Bar Association To Abstain From Work Against Proposal To Raise District Courts' Pecuniary Jurisdiction

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) on Monday resolved to abstain from work on July 14 in protest against the proposed enhancement of the pecuniary jurisdiction of Delhi's District Courts from Rs. 2 crore to Rs. 10 crore.In a resolution passed today, the Association said the decision was taken in light of the view of the Full Court of the Delhi High Court regarding the...

Delhi Riots: Court Convicts Tahir Hussain, Others In IB Staffer Ankit Sharma Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Monday convicted former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain and other men 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. Hussain has bewn convicted for the offences under Section 188, 153A, 147, 148, 149, 365 and 302 of IPC. He...

“Magnanimity Not Weakness”: Srinagar Court Registers Suo Motu Case Against SSP For Repeated Failure To Execute Court Warrants

A City Judge at Srinagar has initiated suo motu criminal proceedings against the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Srinagar, holding that repeated and deliberate failure to execute court-issued warrants, despite being lawfully entrusted with them, may amount to a violation of statutory duties under the Jammu & Kashmir Police Act.Observing that police officers have no discretion to...

Former Advocates' Association President Urges Karnataka High Court To Commence Senior Advocate Designation Process After Five-Year Gap

Former President of the Advocates' Association, Bengaluru, A.P. Ranganatha has written to the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court seeking immediate commencement and completion of the process for designation of Senior Advocates, pointing out that nearly five years have elapsed since the last round of designations in 2021. In his representation dated July 11, Ranganatha urged the Court...

Lawyer Gautam Bhatia Wins CS' Ran Hirschl Prize For Best Article In Constitutional Studies

Advocate Gautam Bhatia has won Constitutional Studies' inaugural Ran Hirschl Prize for the Best Article in Constitutional Studies.The award has been given for his article titled Economic Inequality and the Separation of the Economic and the Political in Modern Constitutionalism, published in “Constitutional Studies” for December, 2025, issue.According to the platform, Bhatia's article is...

Delhi Court Rejects Muslim Man's Plea Against Re-Use Of Wife's Grave, Says No Proof Body Hasn't Decomposed

A Delhi Court has refused to restrain the re-use of a grave in the Shaheen Bagh graveyard observing that it would amount to creating a private right on the scarce public land which is utilized for the needs of the society as a whole and the Muslim populace in particular.District Judge Atul Ahlawat of Saket Courts dismissed an appeal filed by one M. Basharat Hussain challenging a trial court...

Bengaluru Court Grants Bail To Actor Prakash Raj Accused Of Holding Multiple Voter-IDs

A Bengaluru Court on Friday (July 10) granted bail to actor Prakash Raj over allegations that he holds multiple voter ID cards in four states including Karnataka.48th ACJM Jyoti Shantappa Kale allowed the bail application, subject to the condition that the actor furnishes a cash surety of Rs 4,000.The case pertains to a private complaint filed by advocate K Dilip Kumar, alleging that the...

"No Child Must Face Trauma Of Taking Birth In Prison Like Lord Krishna" : Nashik Court While Granting Bail To Nida Khan In TCS Case

Observing that no child must face the trauma and social stigma of taking birth in a prison like Lord Shri Krishna did, a Nashik Court recently granted bail to Nida Khan, the accused in the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) BPO Case of alleged sexual harassment and forced religious conversion. Additional Sessions Judge Kedar Joshi, in his order pronounced on July 6, noted that though there...