Plea In Supreme Court Challenges BNSS Provisions Allowing Judicial Officers To Head Directorate Of Prosecution

A practising lawyer has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 20(2)(a) and 20(2)(b) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 which allow judicial officers to be appointed as Director of Prosecution, Deputy Director of Prosecution or Assistant Director of Prosecution. The plea contends that the impugned provisions blur the constitutionally mandated separation between the judiciary and the executive, and erode prosecutorial...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Rent Control & Eviction

Rent Control & Eviction - Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025 Appellate Authority's Error - The Appellate Authority's reversal of the Prescribed Authority's findings was unsustainable, as it failed to provide convincing reasons to dislodge the evidence-based conclusion of bona fide need. The assumption that the landlord had substantial business interests was not supported by...

Should News Reports Be Deleted On Discharge Of Accused? Supreme Court To Examine Scope Of 'Right To Be Forgotten'

The right to privacy doesn’t include the right to erase history, the news portal argues.

'Humiliating': Allahabad High Court Sets Aside Single Judge's Order Asking Student To Display 'Won't Misbehave With Girls' Placard

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday set aside a direction passed by a Single Judge asking a rusticated university student to stand at the university gate for 30 minutes (for 30 days) carrying a placard with the message that he would "never misbehave with any girl". Terming the direction as unjustified and humiliating, a bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra added that such a punishment would leave a "permanent scar" on the student's character. Briefly...

Supreme Court Directs Madhya Pradesh Bar Council Elections By April 30

The elections will be monitored by a panel headed by former P&H HC CJ Justice Ravi Shankar Jha.

Delhi Court Denies Bail To Olympian Wrestler Sushil Kumar In Sagar Dhankar Murder Case

A Delhi Court on Friday denied bail to Olympic wrestler Sushil Kumar in relation to the case of murder of 27-year-old former junior national wrestling champion Sagar Dhankar in May 2021.Additional Sessions Judge Sushil Kumar of Rohini Courts rejected the bail plea noting the seriousness of allegations leveled against the Olympian and the fact that his bail was cancelled by the Supreme Court in August last year. “…this Court is not inclined to allow the bail application filed by applicant/accused...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Advocate's Writ Petition Seeking Intra-Court Appeal Against His Contempt Conviction

The Supreme Court today refused to hear a writ petition by Advocate Mathew J Nedumpara seeking directions to allow an intra-court appeal against his 2019 conviction in a criminal contempt case. The Court noted that a writ petition could not be maintainable for challenging a coordinate bench's decision. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a writ petition...

High Court Refuses To Revise Final Result Of Delhi Judicial Services Exam 2023, Says Interference May Open Floodgates

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking revision of the final result of Delhi Judicial Services Examination, 2023, observing that judicial interference may open floodgates, leading to cascading consequences and rendering the process unworkable.A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla said that Courts must exercise restraint and accord due...

Child Custody Guidelines | Delhi High Court Refers PIL For 'Parenting Plan' To Administrative Side; Committee To Decide On Policy

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked a PIL petitioner, who sought the formulation of structured 'Child Access and Custody Guidelines' and a 'Parenting Plan', to approach the HC on its Administrative Side for policy formulation regarding the issue. A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia thus disposed of a PIL plea filed by the Ayushman Initiative...

Delhi High Court Calls For Integration Of Non-FIR Complaint Data, Pending & Decided Court Cases On NCRB Portal

The Delhi High Court has called for integration of data of complaint cases which do not result in FIRs as also cases which are pending or decided by the competent Courts on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) portal. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain asked the Director of NCRB as also DDG of National Informatics Centre (NIC) to file status reports...

Noida Techie Death Case | Allahabad High Court Orders Immediate Release Of 'MZ Wiztown Planners' Director

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of Abhay Kumar, director of MZ Wiztown Planners, who was arrested last month in connection with the drowning of software engineer Yuvraj Mehta in a waterlogged pit near a construction site in Uttar Pradesh's Noida. A Bench of Justice Siddhartha and Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay observed that his arrest was carried out...