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Supreme Court to hear appeal potentially significant to wards of court awaiting discharge

Senior judges agree case raises issues of public importance and will make it priority hearing

Statutory remedy can’t be bypassed before writ jurisdiction: HC

The High Court of J&K and Ladakh Wednesday held that courts should ordinarily refrain from bypassing statutory forums when a complete appellate and revisional mechanism is avai...

Is Parliament the Only Authority Competent to Alter the Scheduled Castes List?

Allahabad High Court rules that only Parliament can amend the Scheduled Castes list and courts cannot treat unlisted castes as synonyms.

Supreme Court sets 3-month deadline for High Courts to pronounce judgments after reserving orders

The Bench held that the bail orders must be ideally pronounced the next day, and communicated to the jail the same day

High Court to accord farewell reference to CJ Arun Palli

Srinagar, May 30: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has scheduled a Full Court Reference on Monday to bid farewell to Justice Arun Palli, the Chief Justice of the High Court of...

HC dismisses bank’s plea against DRAT order

Judge Should Not Sit Like a Sphinx; Active Judicial Engagement Is Essential to Natural Justice: Madras High Court

Madras High Court holds judges must actively engage during hearings and cannot decide cases on unraised issues, upholding natural justice.

High Court overturns Chief Murinye’s summons against Riverton Academy owner, rules traditional leader cannot judge his o...

The High Court has dealt a blow to traditional leader Chief Murinye, setting aside a summons he issued against a private school operator and ruling that he could not preside over a...

RBI moves Madras High Court against order to transfer Swami Satyananda’s money to Italy

Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan entertain the appeal and stay the single judge’s order

Punishment Only Based on Clinching Evidence: HC

A panel of Justice Sam Koshy and Justice S. Chalapathi Rao answered favourably a writ plea filed initially by B. Srihari questioning recommendations to the government by the High C...

NGT lacks jurisdiction to deal with coastal aquaculture units, rules Madras High Court

The High Court, says, now, it shall take suo motu notice of the issue of shrimp hatcheries located on the coasts of Tamil Nadu

Supreme Court uses its special powers to quash Pocso conviction

Magistrate Cannot Revisit Surrogacy Eligibility Certificate at Parentage Stage: Madras High Court

Madras High Court limits Magistrate's role in surrogacy cases, holding that eligibility certificates cannot be re-examined.

High Court sharply criticises judge who dismissed ‘fish in a barrel’ speeding prosecutions

Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Bihar SIR tomorrow

Petitions had accused ECI of arbitrarily assuming powers to “determine citizenship” while overriding limitations clearly prescribed in parliamentary laws, rules and its own manual...

Supreme Court registers suo motu case over death of Twisha Sharma

A three-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M. Pancholi is scheduled to hear the matter on Monday (May 25)

Karnataka High Court notice on plea against SEC’s action of conducting parallel SIR in Mahadevapura assembly constituenc...

Madras High Court sets aside order appointing interim administrator for Chettinad Vidyashram school

Division Bench requests a single judge to rehear the issue and pass fresh orders after affording an opportunity to all the parties to file their counter affidavits

Supreme Court upholds SIR exercise as an advancement towards free and fair elections

Court says EC can verify citizenship status for inclusion or exclusion from the electoral roll; it directs poll body to refer the names of Bihar electors purged from the rolls to t...

HC reconstitutes Commercial, Appellate Division Benches

Srinagar, Jul 14: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has reconstituted Commercial Division and the Commercial Appellate Division Benches in its Srinagar and Jammu wings for heari...

CJs submit names for additional judges to JCP

LHC chief proposes five serving law officers; interviews to be held under amended rules

High Court reframes judges’ committees

Srinagar, Jul 14: The High Court of J&K and Ladakh Tuesday reconstituted all fifty-four Judges’ Committees redistributing administrative, judicial and policy-related responsibi...

Delhi HC Directs Mother to Pursue Custody Claim Before Family Court, Dismisses Habeas Corpus Petition

Delhi High Court declines habeas corpus plea in Singapore-India child custody dispute, emphasising child welfare and Family Court remedies.

HC Refuses to Quash Plaint Against Ponmudy for Derogatory Speech

He filed the petition since the George Town metropolitan court had taken cognisance of the complaint.