Court News Updates

Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh, while stating that the petition was nothing but a publicity stunt, held that a chosen government was in place to do the needful in this matter.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has recently imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on a petitioner while dismissing his PIL contending that certain beneficiaries have given false affidavits and are siphoning off public money and have been given benefit under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in District Burhanpur.

The Bombay High Court has recently issued notice on a PIL drawing attention to the neglect of destitute senior citizens, who are mainly living on the streets, by the state government and the Central ...

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said that it will later pass a detailed order in this regard.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the constitution of an independent inquiry committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate the security breach that occurred during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Punjab on January 5. The Supreme Court will release the names of the chairman and other officers in a detailed order.

The Supreme Court today agreed to urgently hear a PIL seeking its intervention in the matter pertaining to hate speeches delivered in December last year in  Haridwar by one Yati Narsinghanand and the other in Delhi by Hindu Yuva Vahini.

The Supreme Court has observed that a mere “common intention” per se may not attract Section 34 IPC, sans an action in “furtherance”. It stated, “When we speak of intention it has to be one of crimin...

The Uttarakhand High Court has recently observed that the petitioner, being an advocate, should not have filed a frivolous PIL regarding any specific instance of mismanagement of UGC funds. The Di...

The Allahabad High Court has allowed the bail application of a woman in the case of a girl's murder. A single-judge bench of Justice Rahul Chaturvedi passed this order while hearing a Criminal Misc B...

The Uttarakhand High Court recently disposed of a PIL seeking a direction to the respondents not to acquire/ take over the premises of Naveen Mandi Sthal, Bagwara, Rudrapur, Udham Singh Nagar for the...