Category: Legal News

The Supreme Court in a reservation law case, issued notice on Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)’s plea challenging Patna High Court’s decision to quash the Bihar law to increase reservation for Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/STs) in the State from 50 per cent to 65 percent in public employment and […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in the bail plea filed by Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi excise policy case [Arvind Kejriwal v Central Bureau of Investigation].   A Bench of Justices Surya […]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a contempt of court notice to Wikipedia after ANI claimed that the platform had failed to comply with orders to disclose information on subscribers who made allegedly defamatory edits on ANI’s Wikipedia page.   Justice Navin Chawla took strong objection to Wikipedia’s conduct, stating,   “I will impose contempt…It is […]

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a public interest litigation (PIL) petition that called for the conduct of a social and caste-based census.   A Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti pointed out that it was a policy matter in which the top court was not inclined to interfere.   “What is this? This is […]

The Supreme Court in the Delhi excise policy case granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party communications-in-charge Vijay Nair who is an accused in the money laundering case arising out of the Delhi excise policy case scam [Vijay Nair vs Directorate of Enforcement].   A Bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti said that the ED has not been […]

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to quash a criminal defamation case against Shashi Tharoor, Congress Member of Parliament (MP) over a statement comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion.   Justice Anup Kumar Mendiratta passed the order rejecting Tharoor’s plea to quash the case. The Court vacated its interim order staying the proceedings and […]

The Supreme Court Collegium on Thursday recommended the name of advocate Tejas Karia (Tejas Dhirenbhai Karia) for appointment as a judge of the Delhi High Court.   Karia was recommended for the post by the High Court Collegium on October 25, 2023.   He is a Disputes Resolution Partner at law firm, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas. […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday took strong exception to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s comments on the recent order of the apex court granting bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha [Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy and ors v. State of Telangana and ors].   A Bench of Justices BR Gavai, Prashant Kumar Mishra and KV Viswanathan was miffed […]

The Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly on August 27 passed a Bill to raise the minimum women age of marriage from 18 to 21 years.   The Bill, Prohibition of Child Marriage (Himachal Pradesh Amendment) Act, 2024, seeks to amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.   “It is proposed to amend the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 […]

In a judgment of significant implications Supreme Court on Bail in PMLA cases said that the general principle of law that ‘bail is rule and jail is exception’ applies even to money laundering cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Supreme Court held on Wednesday while granting bail to one Prem Prakash, […]

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday told the Supreme Court that Arvind Kejriwal is likely to tamper with evidence and hamper its ongoing probe in the Delhi Excise Policy case, if he is released on interim bail [Arvind Kejriwal v. Central Bureau of Investigation]   The CBI stated the same in an affidavit in […]

A court in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly acquitted two men in a false religious conversion case and ordered action against police officials.   UP court recently ordered action against police officials for the false implication of two men in a case of forcibly converting people to Christianity.   Judge Gyanendra Tripathi acquitted the accused and said the case […]