The Delhi High Court is currently hearing a crucial set of petitions in the ongoing excise policy case, a matter that continues to draw significant legal and political attention. The proceedings focus on the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) challenge to a trial court order that discharged several accused, including former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind...
In a significant development concerning transgender rights in India, the Supreme Court has issued a notice on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment legislation. The case raises important questions about the scope, implementation, and impact of the law on the rights and dignity of the...
The Union Law Ministry has officially confirmed that Justice Surya Kant will assume charge as the 53rd Chief Justice of India (CJI) on November 24, 2025, following the retirement of Justice B. R. Gavai on November 23. The appointment was made in accordance with the established judicial tradition, where the outgoing Chief Justice recommends the...
Nearly five years after actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death shocked the nation, his family has decided to legally challenge the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which concluded that there was no foul play involved in the case. According to the family’s legal representatives, they intend to file a protest petition...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by the BJP’s Telangana unit challenging a high court order that quashed a defamation case against Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy related to his speech during the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India BR Gavai and Justices K...
The Delhi High Court on Monday quashed the Central Information Commission (CIC)’s 2016 order that had directed Delhi University to allow inspection of records of all students who cleared the BA exam in 1978, the year Prime Minister Narendra Modi graduated. The judgment, delivered by a bench headed by Justice Sachin Datta, ruled in favour...
In a significant ruling, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held that taunting a husband over his unemployment during a financially difficult period amounts to mental cruelty and can be a valid ground for divorce under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The judgment came in a case involving a 52-year-old lawyer from Durg, where the High...
The Supreme Court of India has directed the Election Commission (EC) to allow voters, whose names were deleted during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll in Bihar, to submit their claims online. The court has instructed that Aadhaar cards or any other acceptable documents should be recognized for this purpose. The directive...
The Allahabad High Court has granted significant relief to Abbas Ansari, the disqualified MLA from Mau Sadar and son of late gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, by overturning a lower court’s order in a hate speech case on Wednesday. Following the verdict, Abbas Ansari’s assembly membership will now be reinstated. Ansari was earlier convicted by the Mau...
The Bombay High Court has set aside a magistrate’s order that issued notice to HDFC Bank Managing Director and CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan in a defamation complaint filed by the trustee of Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust. Justice S.M. Modak, in an oral order delivered on August 5, held that the magistrate erred by issuing the...