Four Decades Later, a Srinagar Court Awards Compensation for 1985 Bomb Blast
Advocate Tawseef Manzoor Bhat contributed to this story. When 2nd Additional District Judge Swati Gupta delivered her judgment on August 20 in Srinagar, she brought...
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NHRC Intervenes in Sidhi Gang Rape Case, Demands Answers from Madhya Pradesh Police
The National Human Rights Commission has stepped in after reports surfaced of a brutal gang rape in Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh, involving a 20-year-old woman. The...
Bribe-Tainted Banker Loses Final Battle: Supreme Court Upholds SBI’s Decision to Remove Employee
The country’s highest court has sent out a firm reminder: writ courts are not playgrounds for revisiting disciplinary inquiries unless due process itself has been...
Supreme Court Warns: PILs Not a Battlefield for Warring Officers
The Supreme Court has drawn a hard line against the misuse of Public Interest Litigations, declaring that they cannot be converted into a proxy warzone...
Supreme Court Expands Accessibility Mandate: CLAT Must Now Offer Assistive Tech for Visually Impaired Candidates
The Supreme Court has made it clear—equal access to legal education begins at the entrance gate. Extending its earlier directions on the All India Bar...
Punjab & Haryana HC Slams Lax Policing in Drug Cases, Orders List of Absconding Accused
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has pulled up Haryana Police for dragging its feet in narcotics cases, directing the state’s top cop to prepare...
Lawyers’ Strike in Kolkata: Courtrooms to Fall Silent After Alleged Police Brutality
A storm is brewing in Kolkata’s legal circles. On August 22, lawyers at the Calcutta High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal’s Kolkata Bench (CAT)...
Kerala High Court Comes Down Hard: ₹10 Lakh Fine on Thrissur BJP Councillors and Their Counsel for “Agenda-Driven” Case
The Kerala High Court has delivered a sharp rebuke to six BJP councillors from Thrissur and their lawyer, slapping them with a total penalty of...
Delhi Court Declines FIR Demand Against Art Gallery Over MF Husain Works
The bid to launch a police investigation into Delhi Art Gallery for exhibiting paintings by the late artist MF Husain has been turned down, with...
Delhi Courts to Fall Silent: Lawyers Announce Two-Day Strike Over Police Deposition Order
Delhi’s courtrooms are set to go quiet on August 22 and 23 as the Coordination Committee of All District Bar Associations has called for a...
Supreme Court Warns Against Shortcut Justice: Splitting Charges Can’t Defeat Section 195 CrPC Safeguard
The Supreme Court has drawn a clear line in the sand: offences under Sections 172–188 of the IPC—those dealing with disobedience or contempt of lawful...
Kerala High Court: Police Protection Not a Shortcut for Property Feuds
A family quarrel over the right to shut a gate has traveled all the way to the Kerala High Court, but the judges made it...