Court News Updates

The Allahabad High Court has observed that one cannot be prosecuted under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, merely for being a Director of the company. The Single-Judge Bench of Justi...

Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana has filed a reply stating on affidavit that neither any garbage dump exists at the site stated in the petition nor there is any proposal to construct a garbage dump at the said site.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the final hearing in the appeal preferred by State of Odisha challenging the order passed by Vansadhara Water Disputes Tribunal wherein the tribunal had allowed the State of Andhra Pradesh to construct Neradi Barrage on river Vansadhara and directed the state of Odisha to acquire 106acres of land and hand it over to AP for construction for a span of one year.

The degree of punishment is not the only criteria that can define the severity of a crime, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. Making arguments on the provisions of...

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi Police on a petition filed by JNU student Sharjeel Imam, challenging the Trial Court’s order denying him bail in a case pertaining t...

The Allahabad High Court has said that an application for anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC can be invoked by a person who has a "reason to believe that he may be arrested" for committing a "n...

A two-judge Supreme Court bench has granted bail to a 26-year-old co-accused in a gang rape case considering the fact that he had spent already 5 years in jail. The Court refused to accept the stand of the State that trial is at fag-end.  

Supreme Court division bench observed that a mere existence of vacancy per se will not create a right in favour of an employee for retrospective promotion when the vacancies in the promotional post is specifically prescribed under the rules, which also mandate the clearance through a selection process.

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Central Government to consider petitioners candidature if they remove their tattoos who participated in the 2018 Services Selection Board (SSB) recruitment p...

Goa Congress moves Supreme Court against Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar giving recognition to the Congress MLAs, who joined BJP through defection after the 2017 state Assembly elections