'Tamil Nadu A Vibrant State, People Well Versed Even Without TV Channels': Supreme Court Refuses Plea For District Information Channels

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 15) refused to entertain a plea seeking the establishment of District Revenue Information Channels across Tamil Nadu, observing that the issue lay squarely within the executive's policy domain. During the hearing, the Court orally remarked that Tamil Nadu was a "very vibrant State" whose people were well-informed even without dedicated television...

Supreme Court Questions Laws Barring Persons With More Than 2 Kids From Local Elections, Cites Declining Fertility Rates

The Supreme Court yesterday (July 15) questioned the rationale of the policy barring of persons having more than two children from contesting elections to the Panchayat and other local bodies in Maharashtra.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe was hearing a matter regarding disqualification incurred by a former Sarpanch at the Kakoda Gram Panchayat, Mangala...

Registered Sale Deed Does Not Require Proof Of Attestation As Per Section 68 Evidence Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 14) has ruled that the proviso to Section 68 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 has no application to a registered sale deed, since the law does not mandatorily require a sale deed to be attested by witnesses.“The proviso to Section 68 stipulates that it shall not be necessary to call an attesting witness in proof of the execution of any document, not being...

Delhi Police Arrests Two Law Students Over Ruckus In Supreme Court

Delhi Police has arrested two Lucknow University law students in connection with the disruption of proceedings before the Supreme Court last week, during which one of them hurled abuses at the Chief Justice of India, flung case papers inside the courtroom and created a commotion.The accused have been identified as 24-year-old Prabal Pratap Singh, a third-year law student, and 23-year-old...

PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Hospitalisation, Force-Feeding Of Sonam Wangchuk Amid Indefinite Hunger Strike

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking urgent medical intervention for climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar. The plea has been filed by lawyer Rakesh Kumar Saini. Saini seeks urgent directions to the Central Government and the Delhi Government to shift Wangchuk to a hospital and administer...

Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Consider Law Officers' Experience Towards 3 Year Practice For Judicial Service

The law officers have filed the plea seeking parity with law clerks, whose experience is to be counted towards the 3-year practice rule as per Supreme Court's judgment.

Highest Ever Death Penalties Confirmed By A High Court : Read Reasons In 2008 Ahmedabad Blast Verdict

While confirming the death penalty imposed on 38 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case—the highest number of death sentences confirmed by a High Court in a single judgment—the Gujarat High Court held that the convicts had shown “no remorse” for their actions and displayed “scant regard for the rule of law.”Bombs went off in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008, at various...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 14, 2026

Links to the reports of July 14 : Supreme Court Takes Suo Motu Case Over NCLT Appointment Delays & Infrastructure Issues'Mere Telephone Records Can't Prove Illicit Affair' : Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal Of Woman & 2 Men In Husband's Murder CaseSupreme Court Acquits Husband In Dowry Death Case, Criticises Mechanical Trial Of 17 In-LawsSupreme Court Upholds Lalu Prasad Yadav's...

Supreme Court Approves Guidelines On Judicial Sensitivity In Sexual Offence Cases; Directs All Courts To Follow

The Supreme Court today approved a report placed before it by the National Judicial Academy's Expert Committee containing guidelines on judicial sensitivity in sexual offense cases.Further, it directed all Courts in the country to strictly follow the expressions used in the approved guidelines/handbook.As per the order, the approved guidelines/handbook shall be uploaded on the websites of...

Supreme Court Seeks BCI Response On Plea To Regulate Advocates' Use Of Social Media For Advertising And Solicitation

The plea also seek the formulation of a digital ethics code for lawyers.

Brinda Karat Seeks Review Of Supreme Court's Clean Chit To Anurag Thakur, Parvesh Verma In Hate Speech Case

CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its April 29 judgment which held that no cognizable offence was made out against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma over their alleged hate speeches during the 2020 Delhi Assembly election campaign.The review petition challenges the portion of the judgment in which the Court, after holding that prior...

LiveLaw Daily | SRK's Mannat, Lalu's fodder scam, CBSE Language Policy, Indian Kanoon & more

Catch up on today's biggest court stories, including Shah Rukh Khan's Mannat, Lalu Prasad Yadav, the CBSE three-language policy, the Right to Be Forgotten, and other major Supreme Court and High Court developments from across India's courts....