Will Bring Back Pregnant Woman & Son Deported To Bangladesh : Centre Undertakes In Supreme Court

The Central Government undertook before the Supreme Court on Wednesday to bring back Sunali Khatoon, a pregnant woman who was deported to Bangladesh, and her 8-year-old son (Sabir) to India on humanitarian grounds.Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta made this statement before a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi."On humanitarian grounds,...

Supreme Court Issues Notice on BCI Appeal Against Kerala HC Ruling That State Bar Council Lacked Power To Continue Disciplinary Action After March 2024

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed by the Bar Council of India challenging the Kerala High Court judgment which held that the Kerala Bar Council cannot continue disciplinary proceedings after May 6, 2024 during its extended term. The High Court had concluded that, in the absence of a duly constituted council, the disciplinary proceedings initiated against Kerala...

LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: December 02, 2025

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Divorced Muslim Woman Entitled To Recover Gifts Given To Husband At Marriage : Supreme Court

The Court said that it must adopt a construction which secures the dignity and financial protection of a Muslim woman post her divorce.

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : December 2, 2025

Links to today's reports :Karur Stampede Case: Tamil Nadu Govt Urges Supreme Court To Vacate Interim Order Transferring Probe To CBISupreme Court Stays Madhya Pradesh HC Order Questioning Legal Proficiency Of Sessions JudgeSupreme Court Stays Trial Against Ex-Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa In POCSO Act Case'Has Indian Govt Declared Rohingyas As Refugees?Should Intruders Be Given Red Carpet...

160 Criminal Appeals Being Listed Daily : Allahabad High Court To Supreme Court On Steps To Reduce Backlog

The Supreme Court was recently informed that the Allahabad High Court is listing a substantial number of pending criminal appeals each day in an effort to address its backlog. At the High Court's Prayagraj bench, at least 100 criminal appeals are being listed daily from a pending stock of 2,036 cases. At the Lucknow bench, a minimum of 60 criminal appeals are being taken up every day from the...

ECI Cannot Conduct Citizenship Test Under The Guise Of SIR: Petitioners Tell Supreme Court

The petitioners challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process argued before the Supreme Court today that the Election Commission of India has no authority to determine a person's citizenship under the guise of the SIR exercise.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a batch of pleas assailing the SIR initiated across several...

Supreme Court Directs Reservation Of Five Posts For Women In Upcoming HCBA Nagpur Elections

The Supreme Court yesterday directed reservation of one post of Vice President, the post of Treasurer and three posts of Executive Members in the upcoming elections of the High Court Bar Association, Nagpur will for women members.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi noted that the office bearers of the Association had agreed to earmark these five posts for women...

Police, Courts Must Act As 'Initial Filters' To Avoid Prosecutions With No Reasonable Prospect Of Conviction: Supreme Court

"The fundamental principle is that the State should not prosecute citizens without a reasonable prospect of conviction, as it compromises the right to a fair process.”

Umar Khalid's Speech Played During Bail Hearing; 'These Are Students Who Agitated On Certain Issues', Sibal Tells Supreme Court

Playing accused Umar Khalid's Amravati speech in the open Court today, Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal remarked that advocating for the Gandhian way of civil disobedience can't amount to conspiracy, and no public interest would be served in keeping an academic incarcerated for years for an agitation, which may have raised certain issues, rightly or wrongly. "I ask myself the question. An...

Maharashtra Slum Areas Act | State's Power To Acquire Land Subject To Owner's Preferential Right : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 2) dismissed a plea seeking compulsory acquisition of a 2,005-square-metre plot reserved as a Recreational Ground (RG) in Malad, Mumbai. The Court emphasized that the state's power of compulsory acquisition cannot be invoked to override a landowner's preferential statutory right to redevelop slum-affected property as per the Maharashtra...

TVK's Negligence, Vijay's Delay & Unruly Cadres Led To Karur Stampede : Tamil Nadu Govt Tells Supreme Court

The Tamil Nadu Government, in an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, has attributed the Karur stampede tragedy to a series of “reckless, negligent and uncoordinated actions” by the organisers and cadres of the TVK party, led by actor-politician Vijay. The State maintained that the police acted with “exemplary courage and discipline”, and that the tragedy was caused not by...