Reservation Above 50% | NUJS Protests | Cap On Ticket Prices | Chandni Chowk Illegal Constructions [VIDEO]

Today on Courts Today by LiveLaw, we cover key developments including the Supreme Court examining SC reservation limits under the Special Component Plan, student protests at NUJS over the VC, the Telangana phone tapping case, concerns over the Supreme Court's growing bail docket, a stay on Karnataka's fixed movie ticket price rule, Chandni Chowk sealing orders, Adani Power's SEZ...

Supreme Court Imposes Rs 50K Cost On Bar Council Of Maharashtra & Goa For Entertaining Frivolous Complaint Against Advocate

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 24) imposed a cost of Rs 50,000/- on the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa for entertaining a frivolous complaint against an advocate.The cost has to be paid to the advocate who faced the proceedings.A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta passed the order while the appeal filed by the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa...

Delhi High Court Quashes NHAI Notification Prescribing CLAT-PG Score As Criteria For Lawyers Recruitment

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a PIL challenging National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) August 11 notification which made CLAT-PG scores a basis for recruiting lawyers. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the recruitment criteria based on the impugned notification is quashed.While reserving the verdict on September 18, the...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Interim Injunction Against AR Rahman In Copyright Infringement Suit Over 'Veera Raja Veera' Song

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside an interim injunction order granted in favour of veteran Indian classical singer Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar in his suit alleging copyright infringement of his “Shiva Stuti” composition by music composer A.R. Rahman and other producers in Tamil film Ponniyan Selvan 2 song "Veera Raja Veera.”A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar...

Defrauded Money Not Taxable Income Of Company Or Director, Would Constitute Proceeds Of Crime Under PMLA: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that defrauded money is not a taxable income of a company or its director but would constitute proceeds of crime under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that to treat such amounts as taxable income recoverable by the Income Tax Department, prior to the conclusion of the PMLA trial or adjudication, would be...

Supreme Court Orders Forced Eviction Of Tenant Who Defied Undertaking To Vacate, Warns Him Of Jail

The Supreme Court ordered the forced eviction of a tenant from premises in Salem, Tamil Nadu, after finding him guilty of willful disobedience of the undertaking given to vacate the premises.A bench of Justice J.K. Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi directed the Principal District Munsif, Salem to take possession with police assistance and to take the 84-year-old tenant named Selvaraju...

Making Interim Bail Of Accused 'Absolute' Due To Illegal Arrest Not Valid, Renders Subsequent Lawful Arrest Impossible: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that making absolute an order of interim bail granted to an accused on a finding that his arrest was illegal would make it impossible for the investigating agency to arrest him subsequently in a lawful manner. It found that such orders are wrong and have no legal effect.Justice A. Badharudeen observed that a finding of illegal arrest would relegate an...

Madras High Court Issues Notice On TN Minister Panneerselvam's Plea Challenging Proceedings In Disproportionate Asset Case

The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Cuddalore, in the pleas filed by Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Minister, MRK Panneerselvam, challenging the proceedings initiated against him in connection with disproportionate asset cases. Justice N Satish Kumar has ordered notice in the plea and dispensed...

Indore Truck Rampage: MP High Court Seeks CCTV Footage From Entry Points; Keeps Status Report In Sealed Cover

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (September 23) directed the state government to submit CCTV footage of cameras installed at the entry point of a residential area in Indore wherein a truck had reportedly entered during peak evening hours ploughing into several pedestrians resulting in the death of three persons. The court further directed its registry to keep the status report filed...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Alleging Discrepancies In 2025 JEE (Main) Exam, Says NTA's Claim Prevails When No Technical Error

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea filed by a candidate alleging discrepancies in the conduct of Joint Entrance Examination (Main) Exam 2025, observing that the claim of National Testing Agency (NTA) must take precedence over his case where there is no manifest technical error. Justice Vikas Mahajan rejected the plea filed by one Shashank Shekhar Pandey, holding that "no prima facie...

“Existential Crisis In Himalayas”: Supreme Court Poses Queries To Himachal Govt On Zoning, Deforestation, Mining, Constructions, Etc

The Supreme Court directed the State of Himachal Pradesh to file comprehensive and verified responses on a wide range of issues concerning its fragile ecology and environmental conditions, in the wake of unprecedented monsoon rains that wreaked havoc across the State earlier this year.The order was passed on September 23, in Suo Motu case initiated by the Court following the...

Wife's Repeated Absence From Matrimonial Home, Subsequent Institution Of Multiple Complaints Amounts To Cruelty: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife's repeated absence from the matrimonial home and subsequent institution of multiple complaints against the husband and his family members amounts to cruelty. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that the persistent deprivation of conjugal companionship constitutes an extreme form of cruelty....