Malegaon Blasts : Special Court Rejects Argument That ATS Wanted To Implicate RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat

The special NIA court in Mumbai while acquitting all the seven accused including Pragya Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit from the 2008 Malegaon Blasts case cited the differing theories of the Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the weak testimonies of witnesses forcibly 'obtained' by the ATS sleuths and the failure of the prosecution to bring on record...

Heart Of Justice Must Remain Human; Automated Systems Can't Replace Human Touch : Justice Surya Kant

Justice Surya Kant, Judge of the Supreme Court, opined that technology can never replace the human element in the justice delivery system as the haert of justice will always remain human."While we reimagine legal aid through technology, let us not forget: technology is only a tool. The heart of justice must remain human," Justice Surya Kant said today while delivering the RC Lahoti...

BREAKING | Bengaluru Court Sentences Former MP Prajwal Revanna To Life Imprisonment In Rape Case

A Special Court in Bengaluru today sentenced Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna to life imprisonment after he was convicted in the first rape case registered against him at the Holenarasipura Rural Police Station of Hassan District.On Friday Additional City Civil And Session Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat had also convicted Revanna in the rape case for all chargesThe...

Employer Has Duty To Reasonably Accommodate Employee Who Acquires Disability During Service : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Friday (Aug. 1) reiterated that an employee who acquires a disability during service must be protected by an employer by providing suitable alternate employment, unless no such post exists in their organization. Holding thus, the bench comprising Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar granted relief to a bus driver employed with the Andhra Pradesh State Road...

Chhattisgarh NIA Court Grants Bail To Two Kerala Nuns Arrested Over Allegations Of Conversion & Trafficking

A Special NIA Court in Bilaspur granted bail to two Kerala Christian Nuns Preethy Mary and Vandana Francis who were arrested on allegations of unlawful religious conversion and human trafficking of three women from Narayanpur last week by the Chhattisgarh police.They were arrested from the Durg railway station last week on July 25 and have been under judicial custody since then. They were...

'Alleged Acts Not Part Of Official Duty': NIA Court Rejects Col Purohit's Sanction Plea, Says Charges Though Unproven Not Baseless

The special NIA Court while acquitting all the accused in the 2008 Malegaon Blast case, particularly Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) Prasad Purohit, held that just because the prosecution failed to prove its case against him, it cannot be said that the serious allegations against him were 'baseless or without foundation' and therefore junked his argument that the prosecution should have...

Supreme Court Sets Aside Bail Condition Requiring Husband To Resume Conjugal Life With Wife & Maintain Her With Dignity

The Supreme Court recently set aside the Jharkhand High Court's decision to impose a pre-arrest bail condition that the accused shall resume conjugal rights with his wife and maintain her with dignity and honour as his lawful wife. The bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih called out the imposition of such a condition not traceable to Section 438 (2) Cr.P.C. “The...

Supreme Court To Consider Whether Temporary Disability Certificate Bars Persons With Disabilities From PWD Reservation

The Supreme Court recently directed the Respondents to keep two seats vacant under the visual disability quota for the first year MBBS course in a plea filed by two students with visual disabilities. The two students, with 40% visual disability in eyes, were disallowed admission in medical colleges in Jammu & Kashmir despite qualifying NEET-UG on grounds that their disabilities...

NIA Court Says Pragya Thakur Had Taken Sanyas, No Evidence Of Conscious Possession Of Explosive-Laden Bike; But Rejects Her Torture Claim

While acquitting the seven accused from the 2008 Malegaon Blast Case, particularly former parliamentarian and BJP leader Pragya Singh Thakur, the special NIA court held that the prosecution failed to prove that she was in 'conscious' ownership of the explosive-laden LML Freedom motorcycle just before the blast. Special Judge AK Lahoti even refused to accept the theories of the...

Supreme Court Asks Justice UU Lalit-led Committee To Independently Select VCs for 15 West Bengal Aided Universities

The Supreme Court on Friday modified its previous directions regarding the appointment of Vice Chancellors in West Bengal and entrusted former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and the Selection committee headed by him with the responsibility of independently determining the most suitable candidates for appointment to 15 universities. “Justice Lalit and members of his selection committee are...

Supreme Court Directs Power Ministry, Regulators To Draw Up Joint Action Plan For Reduction Of Power Sector Emissions

The Supreme Court recently (July 22) directed the Ministry of Power to convene a joint meeting with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) to prepare a coordinated action plan to reduce carbon emissions from the power generation sector. The Court ordered the three bodies to file a joint affidavit within four weeks detailing the...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : August 1, 2025

Links of Supreme Court reports published today :Failure To File Affidavit With S.156(3) CrPC Plea Is Curable Defect If Done Before Magistrate's Order : Supreme Court ReiteratesAdvocate Withdraws PIL In Supreme Court To Bring Political Parties Under POSH Act; Seeks To Challenge Kerala HC Judgment'Whenever New Court Is Set Up, Lawyers Oppose; Courts Aren't Just For Lawyers, But For Litigants'...