Supreme Court Seeks Responses Of IITs Kharagpur & Delhi On Student's Plea Seeking Transfer For Mental Healthcare

The Supreme Court on Friday (September 26) issued notice to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, on a petition filed by a student seeking transfer to IIT Delhi.The petitioner, a Scheduled Caste student who is in need of mental healthcare treatment, seeks transfer to IIT-Delhi so that he can stay with his parents and avail treatment at the All India Institute of Medical...

Urgent Need To Streamline Process Of Requiring Income Certificates Under National Overseas Scholarship Scheme: Delhi High Court

Delhi High Court Bats For Streamlining Process Of Requiring Income Certificates Under National Overseas Scholarship Scheme

Contractual Dispute Between Rehabilitation Council Of India & Organisers Of Aptitude Test Cannot Stall Admissions: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has refused to stall the admissions of specially abled candidates to diploma courses amid a contractual dispute between the examining body— Rehabilitation Council of India and a private entity— which won the tender to organise the exam.Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that staying admissions would directly impact the academic and professional futures of thousands...

Mediation Should Not Remain Confined To Legal Profession, Must Be Cultivated As A Community Practice: CJI Gavai

Delivering the inaugural address at the 2nd National Mediation Conference held in Bhubaneswar on September 27, 2025, Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai underscored the need to cultivate mediation as a practice beyond the legal profession, extending into community life as a means of resolving disputes peacefully and collaboratively.Highlighting the Mediation Act, 2023, the CJI noted that...

'Social Media Intoxication' Among Police : MP High Court Says Use Of Mobile/Social Media By Police Guards On Duty Must Be Curbed

In a police personnel's plea against compulsory retirement given for sleeping under influence while on guard duty, the Madhya Pradesh High Court flagged growing mobile/social media 'intoxication' among the 'uniform clad departments' suggesting that presence of police personnel on social media be checked while they are on duty. The bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Pushpendra...

Supreme Court Weekly Digest [September 10 - 14, 2025]

Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) - Section 482 - Anticipatory Bail - Hierarchy of Courts - The concurrent jurisdiction of the Sessions Court and the High Court for anticipatory bail under Section 482 of BNSS does not mean a person can directly approach the High Court, bypassing Sessions Court - The Hierarchy of Courts demands that a person seeking pre-arrest bail should not...

Delhi High Court Says ED's Approach Of Not Arresting Main Accused 'Arbitrary', Grants Bail To Others

The Delhi High Court has granted bail to three men in a money laundering case, while saying that the approach of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in not arresting the main accused with graver role was “manifestly arbitrary.”“Having not arrested an accused who appears to have a graver role than the applicants and not even arraigned a person named to have facilitated in arranging the...

Use Of Another Company's Registered Trademark As Trade Name Amounts To Infringement: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that under Section 29(5) of the Trade Marks Act, the use of a registered Trade Mark as a Trade Name itself amounts to infringement of the registered Trade Mark.Justice Tejas Karia thus granted interim injunction in favour of global integrated security company 'G4S' and restrained '4GS', also engaged in providing security services and registered with...

Employees Compensation Act Does Not Bar Lok Adalat From Adjudicating Compensation Claim Upon Employee's Death: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that Permanent Lok Adalats can settle or adjudicate the claims for compensation against employers upon the death of employees. It found that the bar under the Employees Compensation (EC) Act do not apply to the proceedings under Section 22C of the Legal Services Authorities Act.Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim was considering an appeal preferred by the parents of...

Delhi High Court Upholds 20 Year Jail Term For Father Convicted For Repeatedly Raping Minor Daughter

Conduct Violated Sacred Familial Trust: Delhi High Court Upholds 20 Yr Jail Term For Father Convicted For Repeatedly Raping Minor Daughter

Denial Of Re-Testing Of Seized Goods Must Be Occasional And Recorded In Writing: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that re-testing of seized goods is a trade facilitation measure, not to be denied in the ordinary course. Justices M.S. Sonak and Advait M. Sethna stated that "...Ultimately, such denial must be only occasional and that too, on reasonable grounds to be recorded in writing. The guidelines emphasised that this facility of re-testing is nothing but a...

Mediation Subtracts Bitterness, Divides Burdens & Adds Hope To Broken Human Relations : Justice Surya Kant

At the 2nd National Mediation Conference held in Bhubaneswar on Saturday, Supreme Court judge Justice Surya Kant highlighted the transformative role of mediation in delivering justice that goes beyond court verdicts. Speaking at the inaugural session, he drew inspiration from the historic soil of Kalinga, remarking that true strength lies not in force but in dialogue that heals, restores,...