Waqf Tribunal Can't Entertain Claims Over Properties Not Specified In 'List Of Auquf' Or Not Registered Under Waqf Act : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (January 28) ruled that Waqf Tribunals have jurisdiction only over properties notified in the “list of auqaf” or registered under the Waqf Act, and not over disputes concerning unregistered properties.A bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran set aside the Telangana High Court's judgment, which affirmed the grant of an injunction by the Waqf...

MNLU Mumbai Establishes Forensic Training Laboratory On Republic Day

Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai (MNLUM) has established a Forensic Training Laboratory on the occasion of Republic Day, 26th January 2026, in the presence of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey.The initiative is in consonance with the vision and mission of MNLUM, which emphasises interdisciplinary learning, socially relevant research, and capacity-building for effective justice delivery. The event was also attended by Dr. Prakash Chaudhary, Registrar, MNLU Mumbai, and Dr....

[Advertisement]CBIL, NLU Odisha Announces Single Credit Course On Negotiable Instruments Act

The Centre for Banking and Insurance Laws, National Law University Odisha, has announced a Single Credit Course on Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, scheduled from 11th February 2026​ to 25th February 2026.About the Resource Person:The resource person for the course is Prof. (Dr.) Dolly Jabbal, a distinguished academic in the fields of Banking Law and Property Law, with over 19 years of teaching and academic leadership experience at National Law Universities. She is the author of three books...

Supreme Court Redraws The Tax Line On Amalgamations

The Supreme Court's judgment in Jindal Equipment Leasing Consultancy Services Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax (2026) Livelaw (SC) 37 arrives with a seeming contradiction. It simultaneously widens the net of business-income taxation while raising the evidentiary drawbridge the Revenue must cross to haul it in. This is its defining feature. The decision performs a decisive...

RGNUL, Punjab Conducts Mediation Training Programme In Collaboration With MCPC, Supreme Court Of India

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab in collaboration with the Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC) of the Supreme Court of India is organizing a 40 Hour Mediation Training Programme from January 27 to January 31,2026. The programme will have daily sessions from 9:30AM to 6:00 PM. The Training Programme is being organised in view of the enactment of the Mediation Act 2023 and in recognition that Law Universities play a critical role in developing future mediation...

Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Child For Driving Car With Blue Beacon And 'Judge' Sign As JJ Act Inquiry Exceeded Time Limit

The Calcutta High Court has quashed proceedings initiated under the Juvenile Justice Act against a child driving a four-wheeler with a blue beacon and a dashboard sign reading "judge", after noting that the inquiry had remained inconclusive beyond the four months prescribed under Section 14(2) of the JJ Act.The bench of Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee observed,"The consequence of the failure...

Delhi High Court To Form Committee To Monitor Illegal Activities And Deficiencies In Chandni Chowk Area

The Delhi High Court today said that it will form an Oversight Committee to monitor and remove the deficiencies and illegal activities in city's Chandni Chowk and surrounding areas.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia orally observed,"...authorities are also not moving as they ought to...as we had proposed earlier, we'll form a Committee...what we propose...

SIR | Lack Of Formal Appeals Doesn't Mean There Were No Wrongful Deletions : Yogendra Yadav To Supreme Court

Political activist Yogendra Yadav told the Supreme Court today that the lack of formal appeals against deletions during the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls does not mean that there were no wrongful exclusions. Yadav said that in Bihar, many wrongfully excluded voters had to include their names as new voters on the rolls by filing Form 6 applications.Yadav, who is one of...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: BNSS & Cr.P.C

BHARATIYA NAGARIK SURAKSHA SANHITA, 2023, (BNSS) and The CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, 1973, (CrPC) - Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 Section 2(1)(h). Complaint Section 2(d) Cr.P.C. - Definition of Complaint - Judicial vs. Executive Magistrate - As per Section 2(d) of CrPC, a complaint refers to an allegation submitted orally or in writing to a Magistrate with the intent...

Citizenship Row | 'Abuse Of Process' : Lucknow Court Rejects BJP Worker's Plea Seeking FIR Against Rahul Gandhi

An ACJM Court In Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow today rejected a plea seeking an FIR against Leader Of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, over his alleged British citizenship.In its order, ACJM Alok Verma remarked that the petition was an abuse of process of law and that the Court has no jurisdiction to decide on nationality/citizenship of any person."The petition is abuse of process of law, which...

'At Least Final Report Should Be There': Kerala High Court Says FIRs In Other Rape Cases Not Antecedents Against MLA Rahul Mamkootathil

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 28) reserved its verdict in the anticipatory bail plea preferred by Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in rape and miscarriage case.Subsequent to the registration of the present crime, two other complaints alleging him of rape have been filed by two different women, which the prosecution argued has to be taken as criminal antecedents.Dr. Justice...

High Court Asks Delhi Govt To Bridge Digital Gap In Access To Online Welfare Schemes

The Delhi High Court today asked the Delhi government to take steps for enhanced accessibility of online government facilities, such as registration for housing welfare schemes, so as to ensure that services can be easily availed by persons not adept with technology, senior citizens, persons of disadvantaged groups, etc.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia...