BrahMos Espionage Case: Supreme Court Issues Notice On UP Govt's Appeal Against Acquittal Of Former Engineer

The Supreme Court recently (July 13) issued notice on an appeal filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh challenging a Bombay High Court judgment acquitting former BrahMos Aerospace engineer Nishant Agarwal of charges of cyber-terrorism and espionage.Although the trial was conducted in Nagpur and the appeal against conviction was decided by the Bombay High Court, the Uttar Pradesh government...

BREAKING | Delhi High Court Allows Shifting Sonam Wangchuk To Medanta Hospital, Cites Need For Continuous Monitoring

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday proposed shifting activist Sonam Wangchuk from Safdarjung Hospital to Medanta Hospital, noting a broad consensus among government and private doctors that he requires continuous medical monitoring in view of his ongoing hunger strike. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 669] A division bench comprising Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was hearing an...

'This Is Gunda Gardi, What Authority Did You Have?': Uttarakhand High Court Slams Police For Detaining Politician En Route CJP Sansad March

The Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday (July 21) orally questioned the State Police as to under what authority it had detained Uttarakhand Parivartan Party (UPP) president Prabhat Dhyani en route to the Cockroach Janta Party's march towards Parliament in Delhi on Monday. At the outset the counsel for the State submitted before a division bench of Justice Ravindra Maithani and Justice...

Honeymoon Murder Case: Supreme Court Suggests Sonam Raghuvanshi Surrender, Questions Delay In Raising Plea Of Non-Supply Of Arrest Grounds

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) suggested that Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, surrender and face trial while questioning why she had not raised the plea of non-supply of grounds of arrest at the earliest opportunity. The Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice PB Varale was hearing the Meghalaya government's challenge to the bail granted...

Appeal Against Refusal To Shift Sonam Wangchuk To Private Hospital : Live Updates From Delhi High Court Hearing

Sonam Wangchuk's wife Gitanjali Angmo has preferred an appeal before the Delhi High Court challenging single judge's refused to pass any interim order allowing Wangchuk to be shifted to a private hospital of his choice. Follow this page for live...

'Not A Matter For Us': Supreme Court Defers Hearing On Plea Seeking SoP For Time-Bound Probe In Exam Paper Leaks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) expressed its reluctance about entertaining a public interest litigation seeking a “Standard Questionnaire and Special Investigation Procedure” to ensure time-bound investigations in cases involving question paper leaks.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe orally remarked “It's not a matter for us [to...

Supreme Court Deletes Direction On Supervision Of Kerala Waqf Board By Govt Official, Asks HC To Decide Plea Expeditiously

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) deleted Kerala High Court's direction that the State Waqf Board shall function under supervision of the government's Joint Secretary/Additional Secretary of government.The court passed the order in the Board's plea challenging the Kerala High Court's order restraining it from taking major policy decisions over absence of 2 non-Muslim members. The Apex...

1996 Samleti Bus Bomb Blast: Supreme Court Orders Fresh Trial Of Death Row Convict Citing Ineffective Legal Representation

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) set aside the death penalty of Dr. Abdul Hameed, who was convicted in the 1996 Samleti Bus Bomb Blast involving an IED which detonated on a passenger bus travelling from Agra to Bikaner near Samleti village, killing 14 persons and injuring 37 others.The bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta set aside the 2019 Rajasthan High...

LiveLaw Supreme Court Half-Yearly Digest 2026 - Arbitration and Conciliation Act

A party at fault cannot be permitted to set up a bar of non-performance of prerequisite obligations to exclude the operation of an arbitration clause - If a party's conduct such as failing to adhere to strict timelines for Engineer decisions or Adjudicator recommendations disables preceding steps, those procedural prerequisites are deemed waived. [Relied on M.K. Shah Engineers &...

Third Supreme Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Surendra Gadling's Bail Plea In 2016 Gadchiroli Arson Case

The Supreme Court today (July 21) ordered that the bail plea of lawyer-activist Surendra Gadling in the 2016 Gadchiroli arson case should be heard by a bench not comprising Justice Shree Chandrashekhar.The matter was listed before a bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar. At the outset, an advocate on behalf of Additional Solicitor General SV Raju (for...

Shiv-Sena UBT Moves Supreme Court Against Lok Sabha Speaker Approving Merger Of Its 6 MPs With Shinde Sena

Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) against Lok Sabha Speaker approving merger of its 6 Members of Parliament with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. The matter was mentioned by senior advocate Devadatt Kamat before a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant seeking urgent listing of the plea. As the court asked about the urgency, Kamat...

'Don't Drag Court Into This': Delhi High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of PIL Alleging Excessive Police Force During CJP Parliament March

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court alleging excessive force was used by the Delhi Police on protesters during yesterday's Parliament march of the Cockroach Janta Party. The matter was mentioned by a lawyer before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Teias Karia. Refusing urgent listing of the matter for today,...