Court News Updates

The Supreme Court has termed the Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying the arrest of former DGP Sumedh Singh Saini in all pending cases as well as cases likely to be registered against him as “shocking”.

Gauhati High Court division bench disposed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Dulal Bora taking a plea that the light bullet proof jackets being given to the policemen in Assam are of a poor quality.

A two-judge Supreme Court bench had adjourned the matter filed by a 70 years old murder convict who has been languishing behind the bars for more than 16 years without remission.

The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned to July 4 its hearing on a plea seeking prohibition and control on production, distribution and consumption of intoxicating drinks and drugs in the national capital.

The Supreme Court on Friday disposed of the plea seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to issue Covid-19 norms to all political parties against physical rallies in the wake of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa. 

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a plea filed by the National Testing Agency against the order of the division bench of the Madras High Court, which had stayed the investigation into discrepancies found in NEET-UG candidate OMR sheet uploaded on its website but remitted the matter back to single judge for adjudication and vacating the stay after hearing parties. 

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the claim of gratuity sought by the petitioner shall not be rejected only on the ground that the "Option Form" has not been filled by the petitioner's wife.

The Delhi High Court has opined that the offence under Section 33 of the Delhi Excise Act, 2009, which has been alleged against the petitioner, is not made out from the facts and circumstances of the instant case, and that the quantity of liquor that has been seized from the residence of the petitioner, falls within the maximum permissible limit specified under Rule 20 of the Delhi Excise Rules, 2010.

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its happiness over the steps taken by the Centre for evacuation of Indian students stranded in the war-torn country of Ukraine. 

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed the petition filed for the protection of Mukhtar Ansari's sons, Umar Ansari and Abbas Ansari.