Court News Updates

The petitioners termed the Act as an invasion into personal autonomy, free choice, freedom of religion and unlawful discrimination and hence, violative of the fundamental rights under Articles 14, 21 and 25 of the Constitution. On August 5, the Court had heard arguments in the plea.

The Orissa High Court has appreciated the district administration of Balasore for providing facilities to the inmates living in Leprosy home and requiring urgent medical attention.

The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for not following its September 26, 2018 order to provide all benefits of service to departmental candidates an...

The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on August 18, observed that for issuance of proceeding under Section 82 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the investigating officer has to s...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the petition of a married woman, seeking protection for herself and her live-in partner, stating that the woman entered into an unholy alliance without taking legal divorce and also failed to produce substantial material....

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Pollution Control Board, Jabalpur to carry out inspection to check whether pollution caused by the private respondent from their mines is being maintained within the permissible norms.

The Allahabad High Court came down heavily on the District Administration of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Police and the TB Sapru Hospital, over a 82-year-old Covid-19 patient, who got admitted to the hospital for treatment of Covid-19 and suddenly disappeared.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the District Judge, Anuppur to nominate one of the Counsels for undertaking the exercise of proceedings of elections of the District Bar Association, Anuppur.

The Delhi High Court bench dismissed the petition by a Commander in the Navy seeking anticipatory bail in relation to the FIR registered him on the complaint of the prosecutrix.

The Supreme Court has set aside the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment of three people, noting that investigation was faulty and not carried out with the intention of unearthing the truth, but for burying the same fathom deep, for extraneous considerations, while allowing the real culprits named in the FIR to escape.