DMK Moves Supreme Court Against TN Minister's Statements On Karur Stampede, Objects To CM Vijay Meeting Families

The Organising Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), R.S. Bharathi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking to be impleaded in the pending proceedings relating to the Karur stampede case, urging the Court to restrain Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, TN Minister Aadhav Arjuna and other accused persons from making public statements on the ongoing CBI investigation and to...

Dressing Pet Dog As Lord Krishna Out Of Devotion Not Offence Under S.298 BNS: P&H High Court Quashes FIR

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a woman for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by dressing up her pet dog as Lord Krishna and posting its images on WhatsApp, holding that the essential ingredients of the offence under Section 298 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) were not made out. [2025 LiveLaw (PH) 218]Section 298 criminalizes injuring...

Supreme Court Bar Association Condemns Threats Against MP Judge Tabassum Khan After Cow Vigilantes' Conviction

The SCBA sought action against those issuing threats and inciting hatred against the Judge.

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Expeditiously Decide Plea Seeking Removal Of Dhruv Rathee's YouTube Video On Hindu Deities

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed Union Government's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to decide expeditiously within 15 days on whether to remove a video uploaded by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee on Hindu deities, which is alleged to be defamatory and hurting religious feelings. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 615]Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma directed the GAC to decide the appeal filed by lawyer...

Supreme Court Refuses To Stay Sonam Raghuvanshi's Bail In Honeymoon Murder Case

The Supreme Court on Friday (July 3) refused to stay the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime suspect in the chilling May 2025 "honeymoon murder" of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, even though it prima facie expressed reservations with the High Court's judgment upholding the bail granted to her only on the ground of a typographical error in quoting a section in the...

MP High Court Takes Suo Motu Notice Of Threats To Judge After Lynching Case Verdict, Directs Protection

"Such activities directly hampers the judicial independence and fearless working of our Judicial Officers," the Court said.

Horse Trading Going On In Entire Maharashtra; If You Have FIRs, Switch Sides, There Is 'Washing Machine', Says Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (July 2) orally commented that "horse trading" was going on in the entire State of Maharashtra, and that a political leader can get the criminal cases against oneself closed by joining the "washing machine", in an oblique reference to the ruling party.Justice Madhav Jamdar was hearing a petition filed by one Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary (49), the...

"Main Nahi Maanta": On Judicial Courage

By Yesterday, during what had started as idle holiday viewing, I came across a four-part Netflix series on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the “Tokyo Trial”, convened by General Douglas MacArthur in 1946. Irrfan Khan, playing Justice Radhabinod Pal of British India, brought to life a figure I had known of vaguely but never seriously reckoned with: a judge who sat...

Motor Accident Claims | Supreme Court Lays Down Law On Using ITRs To Assess Victim's Income

For bringing in a consistency in the mode of calculation of a deceased's annual income for determining the motor accident compensation claims, the Supreme Court has laid down comprehensive guidelines for assessing the annual income of victims in motor accident compensation cases, drawing a clear distinction between salaried employees and self-employed persons. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol...

'Citizens Being Made Slaves Of Indian Govt; If People Protest, Cases Slapped', Says Bombay High Court

"Petitioner has just raised slogans like BJP Government Murdabad, Amit Shah Murdabad... Why citizens can't raise such slogans? Why externment orders for such slogans?" Court asked.

Justice BV Nagarathna Appointed Chairperson Of Supreme Court Legal Services Committee

The Chief Justice of India has nominated Supreme Court Judge Justice Bangalore Venkataramiah (BV) Nagarathna as the Chairperson of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC) with effect from June 29, 2026.This follows the retirement of Justice JK Maheshwari, who was heading the SCLSC earlier. As per convention, the third senior judge of the Supreme Court heads the SCLSC.The Supreme...

Citing AI-Generated Fake Precedents Is Advocate Misconduct; Judgments Based On Them Are Void : Supreme Court

It will be a serious lapse on the part of the judges to rely on such non-existent precedents, the Court cautioned.