Supreme Court Grants Bail To Former RG Kar College Principal Sandip Ghosh In CBI Case

The Supreme Court on October 15 granted bail to Sandip Ghosh, former RG Kar Medical College Hospital at Kolkata, who was chargesheeted in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case involving alleged financial irregularities at the college and manipulation of merit scores to accommodate undeserving candidates.A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and Justice Prasanna B Varale allowed Ghosh's...

Supreme Court Asks ECI To Produce Video Records Of Vote-Counting In 2023 Sringeri Assembly Election

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 14) rebuked the Election Commission of India for not maintaining the records of the vote counting in Karnataka's Sringeri Assembly Constituency in an appeal filed by Congress member TD Rajegowda. Rajegowda had approached the Supreme Court after he was unseated as the MLA pursuant to the Karnataka High Court's direction to recount votes, which resulted...

'If No Concrete Steps Taken, We Will Sit On Dharna' : Supreme Court To Centre On Lack Of Pedestrian Crossing Near Delhi HC

The Supreme Court today (October 16) again reiterated its concern over the absence of a pedestrian crossing at the Delhi High Court and orally warned that, if no action is taken at the next hearing, the judges will have to come and stage a dharna (protest) near it until it's done.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice KV Viswanathan said this on the lack of basic...

Rules On Airfare Pricing Finalised, To Be Published Within Two Weeks: Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Union Government informed the Supreme Court on Friday (October 16) that rules to regulate airfare pricing have been finalised and received administrative approval, and would be published within two weeks.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice R Mahadevan and Justice Aparesh Singh was hearing a PIL filed by S. Laxminarayanan concerning arbitrary and exorbitant airfare pricing by...

Twisha Sharma Death | Supreme Court Stays Trial, Issues Notice On Father's Plea To Transfer Case To Delhi

The Supreme Court today stayed the ongoing trial before a Bhopal sessions court in the unnatural death case of Twisha Sharma.A bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), her husband Samarth Singh and mother-in-law Giribala Singh on a plea by her father seeking transfer of the proceedings from Madhya Pradesh to...

No Basis To Fear That SIR-Deleted Voters Will Be Giving False Declaration If They Apply Through Form-6 : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition filed by two voters whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls after they could not complete the enumeration process during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the national capital.A Division Bench comprising Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Aditi Choudhary said that the apprehension of the voters, of being accused of making a...

Give Mahua Moitra Circuit House Accommodation As Per Protocol After She Gives One Day's Notice: Supreme Court To West Bengal Authorities

The Court modified the District Magistrate's letter which required her to give 3/4 day notice.

There's Stark Non-Compliance With Direction For Cadre Review Of CAPFs, Says Supreme Court

The Supreme Court yesterday orally said that there seems to be a "stark" non-compliance with its Sanjay Prakash judgment(2025), where directions were issued for the Centre to take cadre review within the Central Armed Police Forces within 6 months. A special bench comprising Justice Manoj Misra and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan was hearing contempt petitions filed alleging non-compliance with the...

Supreme Court Issues Contempt Notice To Nikhil Wagle & Sanjay Raut Over Remarks Against CJI

"Courts have never lagged behind in protecting rights. If you still keep condemning, it's very unfortunate," CJI Surya Kant said.

'Is Valorem Court Fee Without Cap Valid?' : Supreme Court To Examine Kerala Court Fee Hike On KHCAA Plea

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a petition filed by the Kerala High Court Advocates' Association (KHCAA) challenging the steep increase in court fees in Kerala, including the imposition of ad valorem court fees without an upper ceiling.A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice on the limited aspect of examining the validity...

Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Application Alleging Rahul Gandhi Pushed Pregnant Journalist During October 12 March

The Supreme Court on Friday (October 16) agreed to hear an application alleging that Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi pushed a woman journalist, who was three months pregnant, inside the Court premises on October 12 march when he and other opposition leaders marched to the Supreme Court to file a petition against the Election Commission of India.Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia mentioned...

CJP Tiranga Protest | 'If NDMC Order Is Disproportionate, We'll Act' : Supreme Court On Traders' Plea Against Delhi Central Park Shutdown

"If there is a loss of business, and we hold that it is unlawful to your clients, we will exercise our powers under constitutional tort jurisdiction," J Bagchi said.