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Chinese National Stayed In Jail For 5 Months Despite Bail After Embassy Refused Guarantee Certificate; Allahabad High Court Steps In
The Allahabad High Court last week modified the bail conditions imposed on a Chinese national accused in a GST evasion case after finding that she remained in jail for nearly five months despite being granted bail because the Chinese Embassy refused to issue a guarantee certificate sought under the original bail order. A bench of Justice Samit Gopal passed the order while allowing...
Karnataka High Court Asks State To Examine JJ Act Model For Care & Protection Of Vulnerable Senior Citizens
Emphasising that elderly care is a non-negotiable, the Karnataka High Court has directed the State Government to examine the feasibility of evolving a comprehensive statutory framework for identifying and protecting 'Senior Citizens in Need of Care and Protection', akin to the protection available for Juveniles under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.The...
NTA Has 24 Of 39 Permanent Posts Filled, Relies On 73 Contractual & 124 Outsourced Staff: Centre Tells Rajya Sabha
The Union Government has informed Parliament that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has only 24 of its 39 sanctioned permanent posts filled, with the remaining 15 lying vacant, even as the agency continues to conduct large-scale national entrance examinations across the country.In a written reply to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on July 22, 2026, Minister of State for Education...
Absence Of Injuries Despite Claim Of Violent Struggle: P&H High Court Acquits Man Convicted For Rape 22 Years Ago
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted an appellant convicted in rape case in 2004, holding that the cumulative effect of several infirmities in the prosecution evidence, including the complete absence of injuries despite the prosecutrix's claim of a violent struggle created a reasonable doubt sufficient to displace the conviction. [2026 LL (PH) 240]Justice Rupinderjit Chahal said,...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Backs Protest Against LADC Policy, Announces Suspension Of Court Work
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association (PHHCBA) has announced that work at the High Court will remain suspended on July 24, 2026 (Friday), in solidarity with advocates observing a hunger strike against the implementation of the Legal Aid Defence Counsel (LADC) Policy.In a notice dated July 23, 2026, the Executive Committee of the Association said it “expresses its...
Delhi High Court Designates Special Judge To Fast Track Paper Leak Cases
The Delhi High Court has designated Judge Anu Grover Baliga as the Special Judge at Rouse Avenue Courts as a fast-track court to exclusively deal with criminal cases arising out of paper leaks and the use of unfair means in public examinations.The designation has been made in furtherance of efforts to ensure the expeditious trial of offences relating to examination malpractices,...
PoP Idol Makers Support Ban On Immersion In Natural Water, But Tell Bombay High Court Their Right To Livelihood Can't Be Curbed
The artisans manufacturing Plaster of Paris (PoP) Ganesh idols on Thursday (July 23) told the Bombay High Court that while they support a ban on immersion of PoP idols in natural water bodies to prevent pollution, any restriction on their right to manufacture such idols would violate their right to livelihood.A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Kamal Khata has been hearing...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 23, 2026
Links to Reports of July 23, 2026 :Social Media Popularity Not Same As Credibility : CJI Surya Kant To New AoRs, Warns Against Overreliance On AI In DraftingSupreme Court Asks Union, CPCB To Explain Utilisation Of 'Environment Relief Fund'Law Students Can't Be Barred From Ongoing Academic Session Exams Over Attendance Shortage: Supreme Court Grants One-Time ReliefSupreme Court Metro...
AILET 2027 To Be Held On December 13, NLU-Delhi Opens Applications From August 7
The National Law University (NLU), Delhi has announced that the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2027 for admission to its Five-Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. programmes for the academic session 2027–28 will be conducted on December 13, 2026 (Sunday).As per the notification, the entrance examination will be held from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at centres across India.The university has...
NEET-UG 2026 : Bombay High Court Orders NTA To Produce Original Answer Sheets Of 3 Candidates Who Alleged Discrepancies In Results
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (July 23) issued notices to the Central Government and the National Testing Agency (NTA) in petitions filed by three NEET-UG aspirants, who have pointed out discrepancy in the results declared on July 16, wherein they were given lesser marks from what they had calculated from their OMR sheets and official answer keys.Sitting at the Aurangabad seat, a...
