The Supreme Court reprimanded the UP government's "lawless" demolitions of homes for a road-widening project, citing lack of due process, and ordered compensation for affected residents.
The petitioner had alleged that his arrest was influenced by a family dispute involving his estranged wife, who had previously filed a marital cruelty case against him.
The four accused, Vicky Kumar Gupta, Sagar Pal, Mohammad Choudhari and Harpal Singh, allegedly opened fire outside Salman Khan's Galary Apartment in Bandra West in April this year.
The Kerala High Court quashed the case against director Sreekumar Menon, ruling that abusive words alone do not insult a woman's modesty. The case was filed by a Malayalam actress over incidents during the filming of 2018 movie Odiyan.
The top court asked the Centre to complete the exercise of amending the Motor Vehicles (MV) Act, 1988 at the earliest to accommodate the change necessitated by its order.
The court criticised the arresting officer for failing to apply the law properly and for not providing a valid reason or informing the petitioner of the grounds for arrest.
Hanmantrao Marotrao Vanale challenged the rejection of his nominations for Maharashtra assembly elections due to an insufficient number of proposers' signatures. Vanale's nomination had only eight proposers instead of the required ten.
Two Supreme Court judges, Justices BV Nagarathna and Sudhanshu Dhulia, disagreed with Chief Justice DY Chandrachud's strong observations on Justice VR Krishna Iyer's 1978 stance on property acquisition.
The Chhattisgarh High Court has reprimanded the state energy department officials for negligence after three elephants, including a calf, were electrocuted in Raigarh district.
BJP leader Pragya Thakur faces a bailable warrant against her after failing to appear before the trial court since June 4 in connection with the 2008 Malegaon blasts case.
The petitioners allege that these externment orders, issued by the Solapur Sub-Divisional Magistrate, are politically driven and intended to prevent them from participating in the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections.
The Supreme Court has lifted the Rajasthan High Court's pause on criminal proceedings against former Congress minister Shanti Dhariwal and three officials in the Ekal Patta corruption case.
Arunkumar Devnath Singh is alleged to have swapped the blood sample of his son, as the minor was found in a drunken state after the car being driven by another minor killed two people in Pune on May 19.
The Bombay High Court dismissed Aakifahmed Dafedar's plea against his nomination rejection in Bandra West, citing incomplete documentation filed after the deadline.
A constitutional bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Hrishikesh Roy, Justice BV Nagarathna, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, Justice JB Pardiwala, Justice Manoj Misra, Justice Rajesh Bindal, Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, and Justice Augustine George Masih delivered the judgement.
Kerala High Court ruled that taking images of women in public spaces does not constitute voyeurism, clarifying that such actions only apply when privacy is reasonably expected. The decision arose from a case involving a man, accused of photographing a woman outside her home while making inappropriate gestures.
Following the PM's visit to the CJI residence, opposition parties led by the Congress and a section of lawyers had raised concerns over propriety and separation of powers between the judiciary and the executive.
In a big relief to madrassas in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madrassa Education Law and set aside an Allahabad High Court verdict quashing it on the ground that it was violative of the principle of secularism.
In a big relief to madarsa in Uttar Pradesh, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the constitutional validity of the 2004 Uttar Pradesh Board of Madarsa Education Law and set aside an Allahabad High Court verdict quashing it on the ground that it was violative of the principle of secularism. The high court erred in holding that the law was violative of the principle of secularism, said a bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.
This comes after the Supreme Court sought clarification from Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena, who is also the chairperson of Delhi Develpment Authority (DDA), and the then DDA vice chairman, regarding contradictory statements from them on the felling of trees in the Ridge area.
