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Supreme Court Disposes Plea Against Netflix Film 'Ghooskhor Pandat' After Director Agrees To Change Name
The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of a petition filed against the Netflix movie 'Ghooskhor Pandat' after its director, Neeraj Pandey, informed by way of an affidavit that the objectionable title will be changed.The director further stated that the new title has not been finalised yet. The petition was filed on the ground that the film's title was derogatory towards the entire...
Supreme Court Stays Madras HC Order Halting TN Waqf Board's Functioning For Not Including 2 Non-Muslims & 2 Other Members
The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 19) stayed the order of the Madras High Court which halted the functioning of the Tamil Nadu State Waqf Board on the ground that the mandate of including two non-Muslim members, nominating a Bar Council member, and a person with professional experience was not followed.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice...
Recognising Single Mother As 'Complete Parent' Is Not Charity: Bombay High Court Orders Removal Of Father's Name From Child's School Record
Recognition of a single mother as a complete parent for a child's civic identity is not an act of charity; it is constitutional fidelity and also reflects the movement from patriarchal compulsion to constitutional choice, from lineage as fate to dignity as right, the Bombay High Court observed recently while ordering modification of a minor girl's school records, by removing her father's name...
Supreme Court Grants Bail To Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt & Wife In Cheating Case Over Movie Deal, Sends Parties To Mediation
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to film director Vikram Bhatt and his wife Shwetambari Bhatt in an alleged multi-crore cheating case over a dispute regarding the making of the biopic of the late wife of Ajay Murdia, owner of Indira IVF.Bhatt and his wife were arrested from Mumbai by the Rajasthan Police last December and were lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail. Last week, the Supreme...
Motor Accident | Insurer Be Asked To 'Pay & Recover' If Deceased Was Gratuitous Passenger In Goods Vehicle : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court recently held that even if an insurance company is not liable to pay compensation in an accident involving a passenger in a goods vehicle, it can be directed to first pay compensation to the claimants and then recover the amount from the vehicle owner, if the vehicle was hired for carrying goods and travel was only incidental.A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and...
Advise SC Judges Against Passing 'Stigmatic' Orders: Oudh Bar Association Urges CJI To Expunge Remarks Against Justice Pankaj Bhatia
The Oudh Bar Association (Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench) has addressed a formal representation to the Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, raising serious concern regarding 'repeated adverse remarks concerning the Allahabad High Court Judges. The Association has urged the CJI Surya Kant to advise all accompanying Judges of the Supreme Court to avoid passing stigmatic orders and...
Anil Ambani Files Affidavit In Supreme Court, Undertakes Not To Leave India & To Cooperate With ED-CBI Probe
Industrialist Anil Ambani has filed an affidavit before the Supreme Court undertaking that he will not leave India without prior permission of the Court and will fully cooperate with the ongoing investigation by the Directorate of Enforcement and the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group companies.The affidavit has been filed in response to the...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : February 18, 2026
Links to today's reports :Is There 'Deemed Sanction' To Prosecute If Decision Delayed? Supreme Court Refers To Larger Bench'No Foreign Expressions ' : Supreme Court Calls For Guidelines Rooted In Indian Social Fabric To Sensitise Judges On Sexual OffencesCompensation To Victim Not Substitute For Punishment In Grave Offences : Supreme Court'Erroneous': Supreme Court Sets Aside HC Verdict...
Supreme Court Asks 'Baba Khatarnak' To Approach Authorities With Plea To Protect Ganga From Sewage
The Supreme Court recently refused to entertain a plea seeking directions to curb the sewage waste disposal into the Ganga River and around Manikarnika Ghat. The court has allowed the petitioner to approach the authorities or the High Court. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul Pancholi was hearing the writ petition filed by a monk named 'Baba Khatarnak' who...
Degrees Obtained Before University Was Declared Defunct Remain Valid : Supreme Court
In a significant relief to Bihar-based librarians whose services were terminated solely because the university from which they obtained their degrees was later declared defunct, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (February 18) ordered their reinstatement, holding that degrees earned when the governing law was in force and recognized cannot be invalidated due to subsequent legal developments. A...