Delhi High Court Upholds Order Dissolving Ad-Hoc Committee To Manage Ski And Snowboard India's Affairs

The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld a Single Judge's decision quashing the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) move to appoint an ad-hoc committee to manage the affairs of Ski and Snowboard India. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia dismissed the appeal filed by the Indian Olympic Association, while modifying the impugned order on the...

Can Courts Be Rigid In Barring Post-Facto Environmental Clearances Absolutely? Supreme Court Asks In Vanashakti Review

The Supreme Court on Monday questioned whether courts could adopt a rigid rule barring ex post-facto environmental clearances altogether, and if the legislature or a delegated law-maker could be treated as completely denuded of power to provide for such a regime.A bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul Pancholi was hearing a writ petition filed by...

Dying With Dignity: India's Evolving End-Of-Life Jurisprudence

A Constitutional Question at the Edge of MedicineEvery generation must eventually confront a difficult question: how should the law respond when medicine can prolong life but cannot restore it?The Supreme Court's recent proceedings in Harish Rana v Union of India bring that question into sharp constitutional focus. Harish Rana suffered a catastrophic brain injury in 2013 after falling from the fourth floor of his accommodation while he was a young engineering student. The injury left him in what...

RIMAC 2026 Inaugurated At Bengaluru, Marks 30 Years Of Ramaiah College Of Law

The inauguration of Ramaiah International Moot and ADR Conference (RIMAC )2026 was held on 21st March 2026 at Hilton, Manyata Business Park, marking 30 years of academic excellence at Ramaiah College of Law. The conference, a flagship initiative of the institution, brings together distinguished members of the Judiciary, Government, Academia, and the legal profession to deliberate on contemporary developments in Arbitration, Mediation and other forms of dispute resolution.The ceremony was...

Section 195 CrPC Bars Cognizance Without Complaint By Public Servant, Not FIR Or Investigation: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that Section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not prohibit registration of FIR or investigation into offences under Sections 172 to 188 IPC, but only bars the Court from taking cognizance in the absence of a complaint by the concerned public servant, and such objections are to be considered at the stage of charge or...

Calcutta High Court Allows Vishva Hindu Parishad's Plea For Ram Navami Rally, Caps Participants At 500

The Calcutta High Court has permitted the Vishva Hindu Parishad to organise a Ram Navami rally in Howrah on March 26, 2026, allowing it to follow the same route as the previous year, while imposing a series of restrictions to ensure maintenance of public order.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing a writ petition filed by the Vishva Hindu Parishad seeking directions upon police authorities...

Bombay High Court Orders Probe Into 'Shocking' Failed MTP Case After Newborn Allegedly Starved To Death In Hospital

The Bombay High Court was recently 'aghast' to note a 'shocking' incident wherein a Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) on a minor rape victim failed, resulting in the birth of a baby girl of nearly 26 weeks, who was 'starved to death' by the doctors at the District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra's Satara.Sitting at the Kolhapur seat, a division bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar and Justice...

'ECI Cannot Act Arbitrarily Under Article 324': Calcutta HC Told In Plea Against Transfer Of 79 Top Cops, Bureaucrats Ahead Of State Polls

The Calcutta High Court on Monday heard a petition challenging the Election Commission of India's “unprecedented” transfer of senior bureaucrats in West Bengal following the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of Assembly elections.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the election notification was issued on March 15 at 3 PM,...

Magistrate Recorded 4-Yr Old Rape Victim's Statement In Front Of Accused : Rohatgi Tells Supreme Court

The Court was also informed that the IO in the case (a lady officer) got suspended for taking bribe in another POCSO case.

Environment Clearance Certificate Not Mandatory During Land Acquisition For NHAI Projects, Needed For Construction: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has recently observed that obtaining an environment clearance certificate is not compulsory during the acquisition of land for projects for National Highways. As per the Environment Impact Assessment Notification dated September 14, 2016, obtaining an environment clearance was mandatory for all projects and activities in the nature of expansion of National...

Don't Blame Bench Or Bar: Allahabad High Court Flags 'Obnoxious' Litigant Tactic To Stall Appeal Hearings After Getting Bail

The Allahabad High Court has strongly called out and condemned the "obnoxious tendency" among litigants to secure bail in criminal appeals and subsequently instructing their lawyers not to appear for final hearings.The Court remarked that in seminars, when the causes of delays in Courts are debated, the role of the litigants is mostly discounted, and the litigant is seen as a helpless man in...

Meghalaya High Court Acquits Woman In Husband & Son's Murder Case, Flags Defective Confession & Weak Evidence

The Meghalaya High Court set aside conviction of a woman, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her husband and for causing grievous injury to her minor daughter. The Court held that the prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, particularly in a case resting entirely on circumstantial evidence.A Division Bench of Justice Revati Mohite...