Court News Updates

A single bench of Allahabad High Court while hearing a Criminal Misc Bail Application filed by Kamlesh Yadav and Another directed its Registrar General to lodge a First Information Report in the matter.

The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing on an appeal filed by the Election Commission of India, alleging that EVMs and VVPAT machines used in the assembly polls of six states were lying unused as they were preserved due to an order extending the limitation period for filing pleas, including election petitions, during the second wave of Covid-19.

The Supreme Court has upheld the Patna High Court's order to dismiss a 'Title' suit filed 54 years ago. The bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna, taking into account the evidence on record, found that the plaintiffs were not the owners of the property......

Piyush, the accused, is charged with hatching a conspiracy to kill Pramod alias Kamlakar with others. The accused is said to have had unnatural sex with Pramod as per a witness who has recorded this in his statement. The Madhya Pradesh High Court denied bail to Piyush. He has now moved the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict in a batch of connected matters, where the Court was considering if the National Green Tribunal had the power to take suo motu jurisdiction. The...

The Supreme Court has today reserved its order whether contempt proceedings should be initiated against Rajiv Dahiya, MD of Rajasthan-based NGO Suraz India Trust, for not complying with its order of depositing exemplary cost of Rs 25 lakh for casting "imaginary & scandalous accusations" on the judiciary.

A Rouse Avenue Court has denied bail to former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh's lawyer Anand Daga and arrested CBI official Abhishek Tiwari in connection with an alleged document leak case related to the ongoing probe against former Minister .

The Supreme Court found that there was non-compliance of Section 25F of the Industrial Disputes Act and the Labour Court had awarded reinstatement of the appellant with 25 per cent back wages. As already noted, it is this award, which was set aside by the High Court, and upheld in the Apex Court.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition filed by a retired Army personnel, alleging that the mechanism for awarding gallantry medals to armed forces personnel was arbitrary and unconstitutional.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Central Government Health Services (CGHS), New Delhi to consider and decide the representation of a petition, seeking direction to the state government to open three more dispensaries in Jabalpur for Defence Department Pensioners.