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All India Judicial Service will help integrate India into one nation: Former CJI Chandrachud

21 Feb 2025
In a strong push for judicial reforms, former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud has emphasized the need to establish an All India Judicial Service (AIJS) to ensure a more robust a...
 

1984 Anti-Sikh Riots: Court reserves order on quantum of sentence against former Congress Sajjan Kumar

21 Feb 2025
On Friday, a Court in Delhi reserved for February 25 the order on the quantum of sentence against Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. During the hearing, a compla...
 

Delhi HC in Delhi Riots case: Speedy trial is for the accused, but not at the cost of fair trial

21 Feb 2025
The Delhi High Court has reaffirmed the primacy of a fair trial over the mere expedition of proceedings, emphasizing that a speedy trial cannot come at the cost of justice. The Court made this observa...
 

Supreme Court directs Police to complete probe against MLA Abbas Ansari within 10 days

21 Feb 2025
On Friday, the Apex Court directed the Uttar Pradesh police to complete the probe against MLA Abbas Ansari in a case under the Gangsters Act within 10 days. A bench of Justices Surya Kant &amp...
 

Defamation Case: Court acquits former Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari

21 Feb 2025
On Thursday, a Court in Delhi dismissed a defamation complaint against former Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari in a criminal defamation case filed by a businessman, noting that the complaina...
 

India's Got Latent row: Youtuber Ashish Chanchlani moves Supreme Court seeking quashing of FIR in Guwahati

21 Feb 2025
Youtuber Ashish Chanchlani has moved the Supreme Court seeking to quash or transfer to Mumbai an FIR registered in Guwahati in connection with a case of allegedly promoting obscenity in an online show...
 

Jindal Global Law School launches K.K. Luthra & Nirmal Luthra Centre for Comparative Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Studies on the World Day of Social Justice

21 Feb 2025
 Union Law Minister Shri Arun Ram Meghwal says Philanthropy is key for social and legal equality through the justice system.  On the momentous occasion of the World Social Justice Day, Ji...
 

BCI urges lawyers to end strike after govt assures positive action on Advocates Bill 2025

20 Feb 2025
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has called upon the legal fraternity to refrain from any strikes or protests concerning the proposed Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2025, following positive assurances from...
 

Something very disturbing: SC stays Lokpal’s order on complaints against HC judges

20 Feb 2025
The Supreme Court has stayed the controversial January 27 order of the Lokpal, which had asserted its authority to entertain complaints against sitting High Court judges. The apex court termed the Lok...
 

Tribunal, instead of taking a holistic view, tried to find out smaller inconsistency to throw out the claim, HC quashes order rejecting compensation; Read Judgment

20 Feb 2025
Recently, the Gujarat High Court emphasised that the tribunal must adopt a sensitive and pragmatic approach, ensuring just and fair compensation to the victims of road accidents. While hearing an...
 

Court junks Satyendra Jain’s defamation case against Bansuri Swaraj

20 Feb 2025
On Thursday, a Court in Delhi dismissed a criminal defamation complaint filed by AAP leader Satyendra Jain against BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj. Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal dismissed...
 

Plea of not receiving a signed copy of award cannot be raised for the first time in appeal under Section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, Read Judgment

20 Feb 2025
Recently, the Gujarat High Court, while hearing a batch of appeals filed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) against the dismissal of its applications under Section 34 of the Arbitratio...
 

SC raises concerns over Senior Advocate designation criteria, calls for a more transparent process

20 Feb 2025
The Supreme Court on Thursday, February 20, raised serious concerns regarding the existing process for the designation of lawyers as Senior Advocates. Highlighting key issues in the framework laid out...
 

Delhi HC seek Lieutenant Governor and Police replies on Juvenile Justice Compliance PIL

20 Feb 2025
The High Court of Delhi has sought responses from the Lieutenant Governor and the Delhi Police regarding a public interest litigation (PIL). The PIL aims to ensure that e...
 

SC directs Centre to remind States, UTs to establish Baby Care Facilities in Public spaces

20 Feb 2025
On Wednesday, the Apex Court directed the Central Government to issue a reminder to the Chief Secretaries of all States & Union Territories (UTs) to set up separate baby care facilities for w...
 

‘Mere verbal abuse or vague allegations of threats are not sufficient to secure a conviction under Section 506 of the IPC,’ Read Order

20 Feb 2025
"Empty threats do not mean that the case under Section 506 IPC is made out", ruled the Andhra Pradesh High Court while examining the procedural and substantive aspects of criminal law, parti...
 

'If the marriage has failed, that is not the end of life for both', Supreme Court tell Young Couple

20 Feb 2025
The failure of a marriage does not mark the end of life, the Supreme Court told a young couple while urging the estranged partners to move forward rather than engage in prolonged legal battles. A b...
 

Mahua Moitra moves Supreme Court against 2023 law provision on Chief Election Commissioner, Election Commissioners appointments

20 Feb 2025
TMC MP Mahua Moitra has moved the Supreme Court against the provision of the 2023 law over the appointments of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) & the Election Commissioners (ECs). A bench...
 

Corporator Murder Case: Supreme Court denies bail to Arun Gawli

20 Feb 2025
On Thursday, the Apex Court denied bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case. Gawli, who is undergoing life imprisonment for the 2007 mur...
 

Non-filing of a cross objection against a finding of the lower Court does not absolve the appellate court from the duty to examine it, Read Judgment

20 Feb 2025
Recently, the Andhra Pradesh High Court held that “mere possession of a valid sale agreement does not automatically entitle a party to specific performance, especially when there is evidence of...
 

Rahul Gandhi Citizenship row: High Court asks status of Subramanian Swamy's representation to Govt

20 Feb 2025
On Wednesday, the High Court of Delhi asked the Centre to apprise it of the status of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's representation given to the Ministry of Home Affairs over Rahul Gandhi's In...
 

Delhi HC seeks railways' response over stampede: Why do tickets sold exceed coach capacity?

20 Feb 2025
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday took a strong stance against the Indian Railways, questioning its practice of selling excess tickets beyond the seating capacity of train coaches. This came in respon...
 

High Court pulls up Meerut District Magistrate for delay in paying compensation to acid attack Victim

20 Feb 2025
The High Court of Allahabad has come down heavily on the district magistrate of Meerut for not taking necessary steps to pay compensation to an acid attack victim. The Court has directed the distri...
 
 

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