Bombay High Court Quashes SC/ST Act Case Against Marathi TV Channel Over Use Of Objectionable Word Against Mahar Community

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (December 23) while quashing the First Information Report (FIR) lodged against Marathi TV Channel 'Star Pravah' for referring to a Scheduled Caste's name in one of its serial's episodes, held that mere use or reference to the name of a caste or tribe cannot constitute an offence under the stringent Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of...

100 Important Supreme Court Judgments Of 2025 - Part 2 [26-50]

26. Student Suicides | Supreme Court Constitutes National Task Force To Address Mental Health Concerns In CollegesCase Details: Amit Kumar & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 341The Supreme Court (March 24) directed the formation of the National Task Force to address the mental health concerns of students and prevent the rising number of suicides in...

'Undermines Woman's Dignity' : Supreme Court Bar Association Condemns Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's Act Of Pulling Down Woman's Hijab

The SCBA also condemned the remarks of Union Minister Giriraj Singh and UP Minister Sanjay Nishad

Can't Protect Unauthorised Construction Saying It's Compoundable Violation : Supreme Court Rejects Plea Against Demolition

"People are crazy. They can tomorrow encroach upon roads and say it's compoundable", remarked CJI Surya Kant.

The Collegium Must Grow Up: Why Judicial Appointments Cannot Depend On Chance

India's judicial appointments system rests on an irony it has never fully confronted. It is a structure devised to insulate the judiciary from executive whim, yet it remains acutely vulnerable to internal accident. Who sits in the collegium on a given day, who has retired a week earlier, and who is technically present but practically excluded can make the difference between elevation and eclipse. That is not constitutional design. It is institutional improvisation.The collegium system was...

Past Employment With Party Does Not Make Arbitrator Ineligible: J&K&L High Court Reaffirms

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday reiterated that an arbitrator does not become ineligible merely because he was employed by one of the parties in the past. The court held that past government service, by itself, does not indicate bias under the Arbitration and Conciliation Act unless it is shown that the arbitrator has a continuing business relationship or had advised...

Palghar Mob Lynching: Bombay High Court Denies Bail To 4 Accused

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant bail to four men booked in the infamous Palghar Sadhu Lynching case wherein two monks and their driver were killed by a mob which misunderstood them to be thieves. Single-judge Justice Dr Neela Gokhale denied bail to Rajesh Dhakal Rao, Sunil @ Satya Shantaram Dalvi, Sajanya Barkya Burkud and Vinod Ramu Rao.The judge while denying bail,...

RGNUL National Moot Court Competition On Consumer Protection Laws 2026, [Cash Prize Rs 1.00L]: Register By 15 Jan

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, situated in Patiala, was established by the State Legislature of Punjab by passing the Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Act, 2006 (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2006).About OrganisersThe RGNUL Moot Court Committee (RMCC) is one of the leading and most active committees here at RGNUL. The committee has been known for organizing various moots and related activities. The committee also facilitates the allotment of various national...

[Advertisement ] Online Short-Term Certificate Course On India's New Labour Codes By Rajiv Gandhi School Of Intellectual Property Law [Starts 31st January, 2026]

The Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSoIPL), IIT Kharagpur, in association with the Centre of Excellence in Public Policy, Law & Governance (CoEPPLG), is organizing an online short-term certificate course on India's New Labour Codes. The course is designed as a cross-disciplinary, cohort-based learning experience, focusing on both the legal framework and public policy, compliance, and governance perspectives.IIT Kharagpur (1951) is the first IIT and an Institute of...

“Lacking Material Documents, Grounded In Ambiguity”: J&K&L High Court Dismisses Mehbooba Mufti's PIL On Transfer Of Undertrial Prisoners

Reaffirming the constitutional limits of Public Interest Litigation, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a PIL filed by PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, holding that the petition was “lacking material documents and grounded in ambiguity” and rested on incomplete, vague and unsubstantiated assertions.The Division Bench comprising Chief...

Anticipatory Bail Applications Maintainable Even For Offences Punishable With 7 Year Sentence Or More: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has clarified that a Sessions Court having jurisdiction to decide an anticipatory bail application is duty-bound to adjudicate the same on merits by either allowing or rejecting it, and cannot dispose of such an application without doing either. The Court further clarified that there is no statutory bar on entertaining anticipatory bail applications merely because the...

Justice Yashwant Varma| UP police's blot| BSIV and AQI| CBI Lokpal and Mahua Moitra| National Herald

This week's Courts wrap tracks India's legal fault-lines: Parliament's SHANTI nuclear overhaul, CCI's scrutiny of IndiGo's market conduct, and Supreme Court rulings on life sentences, child trafficking evidence, satire and free speech, a Noida lawyer's custodial assault plea, stray dogs and pollution measures. It ends with the Delhi High Court's insistence on strict procedure in sanctioning...