Court News Updates

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Special Leave Petition preferred by the state of Uttarakhand against an order of the Uttarakhand High Court, observing that if a woman willingly allows a person, who is not her husband, to behave like her husband, then he cannot be prosecuted for rape.

The Supreme Court today has issued notice in a plea filed by a Nigerian national accused of duping a man to the tune of Rs 66, 99,400 after enticing him to purchase “Akigbara Seeds” which is allegedly used as an ingredient in medicine for cancer treatment.

The Uttarakhand High Court recently disposed of a PIL alleging irregularities committed by the agency in the construction of the new pipeline under the Jal Jeewan Mission scheme.

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Bar Council of India and the Supreme Court Bar Association after impleading them as party in a writ petition filed by the All India Association of Jur...

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to defer the NEET examination, scheduled to be held on September 12, stating that it cannot cause pain to 16 lakh students, who have already prepared for it, just for the convenience of a few students.

The Supreme Court has today directed the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad to identify a suitable timeline for rehabilitation of people from Khori Gaon. The Court has suggested the method that the provisional allotment be given in a week from the submission of application and if the eligibility is found suspect thereafter, the person may be evicted.

Supreme Court two-judge bench has issued notice in a plea filed by a student of final year BA (History)(Hons) who was removed from the “Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University,” for allegedly attempting to organise protests against Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA).

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a petition seeking to evict the farmers, who were agitating on Singhu border connecting Haryana to Delhi, leading to blockade of road and problems to the commuters.

The Madras High Court directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to prepare a catalogue of all captive elephants in the State. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice PD Audikesavalu passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Rangarajan Narasimhan.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court to expeditiously start hearing in the case related to the forced compulsory retirement of an IRS officer of the 1985 batch, who was compulsorily retired in 2019, in accordance with Fundamental Rule 56 (j).