PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Scrutiny Of Central Delhi Internet Shutdown During CEC Protest

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking judicial scrutiny of the suspension of mobile internet services within a four-kilometre radius of the Janpath–Kartavya Path crossing in Central Delhi on October 9 and 10 during protest against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.Filed by advocate Narendra Kumar Goswami, the petition seeks production of...

Delhi Executive Magistrate Court Orders Release Of CJP Leaders Abhijit Dipke, Saurav Das & Ashutosh Ranka

Delhi's Executive Magistrate Court has ordered the release of CJP leaders Abhijit Dipke, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, its legal affairs head Ratna Singh told.The three CJP leaders were put under preventive arrest and were produced before the Court of Special Executive Magistrate, South West District, Delhi Cantt police station.They were detained by the Delhi Police from their flight...

LiveLaw Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) And Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Monthly Digest: September 2026

SUPREME COURT Supreme Court Explains S.69 BNS: No Offence Of Deceitful Sex By Breach Of Genuine Marriage Promise Case: Kunal Rameshbhai Kalyani v State of Gujarat & Anr. The Supreme Court has recently quashed an FIR registered under Section 69 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), which criminalises sexual intercourse for which consent was obtained by deceitful means,...

RJD MP Manoj Jha Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi Police Actions During Protests Against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

RJD MP Manoj Jha has approached the Supreme Court alleging disproportionate use of force by the Delhi police during the October 10 protests at Delhi against CEC Gyanesh Kumar and the Election Commission. Jha alleges that the police indulged in illegal detention/abduction/house arrests of unarmed protestors, student leaders, advocates, politicians and civilians, as well as "sexual harassment...

'Tired Of Going To Supreme Court, Lost Faith' : Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal

Sibal said that the only institution which can save the Constitution is the Supreme Court of India, but he has not much hope left in it.

Supreme Court Sunday Hearing Against Detentions & Curbs During Delhi Protests [Live Updates]

The Supreme Court will hold a special Sunday sitting today to hear a contempt petition against the closure of Metro stations and the cancellation of trains during anti-CEC protests yesterday.The Court will also hear a habeas petition filed by Sr Adv Menaka Guruswamy against the detention of political leaders.Bench : Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana @ 10.30 AM.Follow the page for...

Contempt Petition Filed In Supreme Court Against Delhi Police Commissioner Over Alleged Violence Against Civilians Amid CEC Protests

A contempt petition has been filed in the Supreme Court against Delhi Police Commissioner Anurag Kumar, IPS, alleging that Delhi Police personnel resorted to indiscriminate violence against citizens during the protests against the Chief Election Commissioner in the national capital on October 10, in violation of the principles laid down by the Court.Filed by advocate Aman Prasad, the...

CEC Protest: CJP Member Moves Supreme Court Seeking Release of Abhijeet Dipke, Saurav Das & Others Over Alleged Detention

Update at 1:01 am: The Advocates who filed the petition has clarified that the petition is not filed by the Cockroach Janta Party in its official capacity. As per latest developments, the petitioner Gaurav Bharti, has sought withdrawal.Cockroach Janata Party member has filed a habeas corpus petition in the Supreme Court seeking production and release of its founder Abhijeet Dipke,...

Menaka Guruswamy Files Habeas Petition In Supreme Court Against Detention Of Political Leaders During Delhi Protests

The Supreme Court will hear the matter in a special Sunday sitting tomorrow.

ED Moves Supreme Court Against Delhi HC Order Quashing Money Laundering Case Against NewsClick & Prabir Purkayastha

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's decision to quash the FIR registered against digital news portal NewsClick and its founder-editor Prabir Purkayastha over alleged irregularities in foreign funding.In a judgment delivered on May 29, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna of the Delhi High Court quashed the FIR registered by the...

Supreme Court To Hold Sunday Sitting To Hear Contempt Plea Over Closure Of Metro Stations & Train Cancellations In Delhi

The Supreme Court will hold a special sitting tomorrow (Sunday to hear the contempt petition which has been filed alleging that authorities continued to shut down Delhi metro stations and cancelled train services in violation of the Court's October 9 order, which directed that there should be no complete prohibition on transport services to handle the October 10 protests announced by CJP...

Questioning Govt On Public Issues Not Defamation, Politicians Must Accept Criticism In Democracy: Delhi Court

A Delhi court has observed that merely asking questions from the government, particularly from a person acting as a public representative, cannot amount to defamation, emphasising that politicians must be prepared to face criticism in a democracy.“Merely asking questions from another, especially from a person acting as a representative of the public in the Parliament, regarding any law...