A Delhi Court has convicted Sukesh Chandrashekhar for calling up a judicial officer who was presiding over a corruption case lodged against him, then impersonating a Supreme Court judge and pressurizing the trial judge to grant him bail further threatening the judicial officer with adverse professional ramifications if bail wasn't granted. The allegation against Sukesh was that while in police…
The Supreme Court recently issued notice to the Delhi Police in a bail plea filed by co-accused Athar Khan in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots "larger conspiracy" case. A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M Pancholi issued notice in a special leave petition filed by Khan challenging the Delhi High Court's July 7 order denying him bail. He was also denied bail by the Trial…
Following an enthusiastic response to its inaugural edition, #ReclaimConstitution has announced the second edition of its national Constitution Quiz for students of Classes 8 to 12 across India. The quiz is designed to inspire young minds to engage with constitutional ideas, encouraging them to explore the debates and struggles that shaped our Constitution. The online preliminary round will be…
The Department of Legal Affairs under the Ministry of Law and Justice has issued new guidelines governing the empanelment of advocates as Panel Counsel representing the Union of India before the Supreme Court, High Courts, subordinate courts, tribunals and other forums. The guidelines were issued through an Office Memorandum dated August 20, 2026, from the Judicial Section of the Department of…
Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Saturday (August 22, 2026) proposed the creation of a BRICS+ Judicial Fellowship and a shared jurisprudence repository to strengthen judicial cooperation and institutional trust among BRICS+ jurisdictions, while introducing the concept of “Nyay Setu” as a bridge connecting diverse legal traditions across member countries. Addressing the inaugural…
The High Court of Gujarat , in collaboration with the Gujarat High Court Arbitration Centre (GHAC) , is set to organise GHAC Arbitration Week 2026 from 4 to 6 September 2026 at GIFT City Club, Gandhinagar , on the theme “ Building Gujarat's Institutional Arbitration Ecosystem ” and under the tagline " Three Days - Three Stakeholders - One Vision ". The opening ceremony is scheduled for September 3…
Senior legal delegations participating in the 11th BRICS+ Legal Forum held bilateral meetings at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on Friday, ahead of the formal inauguration of the Forum on August 22. The bilateral consultations, hosted by the Bar Association of India (BAI) , brought together representatives of participating BRICS+ jurisdictions for discussions on strengthening cooperation…
The Maharashtra Government on Friday (August 21) urged a Court in Mumbai to prosecute in asbentia (in their absence) the six absconding Pakistani nationals including the handlers of banned outfit 'Lashkar-e-Taiba' - Hafiz Saeed and Zaki-Ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the main masterminds behind the deadly 26/11 terrorist attacks in the city. Sessions Judge Satyanarayan Navandar has granted time till September…
National Green Tribunal, Central Zone Bench directed systemic removal of encroachments on central verges of roads in Bhopal using wire fencing, afforestation and geo-tagging and has further prohibited concretization in the green belt area. The tribunal further directed Bhopal's Collector and the Divisional Forest Officer to undertake a joint survey and demarcate entire recorded forest land within…
As many as 97 pending cases involving murder and other serious offenses have been 'recalled' from the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar in Muzaffarnagar district, days after he awarded 22 death sentences in 10 different cases over a 4-month period. The cases were recalled through an administrative order issued by Muzaffarnagar District & Sessions Judge Virendra…
The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court has got a newly constructed waiting facility for litigants. The facility was inaugurated by Chief Justice Arun Bhansali at Gate No. 8 of the court premises on August 20. The facility has seating arrangements for around 172 litigants and has been equipped with fans, drinking-water facilities and a utility block. The initiative was taken after the newly…
A Jammu Court has directed a preliminary inquiry into a complaint alleging that the incumbent BCCI President Mithun Manhas furnished different dates of birth in records connected with his cricket career and thereby obtained an advantage in participating in sub-junior and junior-level cricket tournaments. The Court has directed the Station House Officer, Police Station Nowabad, Jammu, to conduct…
An Ernakulam Court on Thursday (August 20) granted a temporary injunction restraining the release and circulation of web series “Anali” on the OTT platform JioHotstar, which is allegedly inspired by the Koodathayi murders. Third Additional Munsiff (RCC) Smt. Reeja R. Nair passed the order in a suit filed by Jollyamma Joseph @ Jolly Joseph, who is an undertrial prisoner accused of the murders.…
The Supreme Court has stayed the proceedings before the Special Court (Srinagar) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) against Tariq Ahmad Ganaie, after the petitioner raised the lack of prior sanction as required under Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC, now Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023). The provision mandates prior…
A Delhi Court on Wednesday remanded Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain to judicial custody in the corruption case related to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board. Special PC judge Dig Vinay Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order after the accused were presented in the court today. The judge also rejected Jain's application seeking to declare his arrest as illegal. Jain,…
