Court News Updates

The Allahabad High Court has recently appointed two Advocate Commissioners in Prayagraj to inspect the encroachment in Indira Bhawan located at Civil Lines and submit a report.

The Supreme Court today listed the petition for final hearing filed by Kavitha Lankesh, sister of journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead outside her home, challenging the judgment passed by the Karnataka High Court, which had quashed the charges under Karnataka Control of Organized Crime Act 2000 against accused Mohan Nayak.

The Supreme Court has granted another 4 weeks' time for the Centre to comply with the judgment and frame guidelines in the plea seeking ex-gratia assistance to the families of people who died due to Covid-19.

A man and a woman set themselves on fire just outside the Supreme Court, near its Gate Number D on Monday.

The Delhi High Court on Monday has directed the Centre to file its reply on a plea filed by a woman seeking directions to know the whereabouts of her husband who went to Saudi Arabia as a labourer and has been missing since 2020.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to a man convicted to life imprisonment in a double murder case on the basis of parity.

The Supreme Court on Monday continued its hearing on a batch of petitions seeking SIT/judicial probe into the reports of snooping using the Israel spyware Pegasus.

The Manipur High Court has disposed of a PIL, seeking constitution of separate Autonomous District Councils for the newly-created hill districts of Noney, Kangpokpi, Pherzawl and Kamjong, stating that the State Cabinet has already taken a decision on the same.

The Allahabad High Court has stayed the cancellation of selection of a constable serving as a permanent employee for more than four years in the UP Civil Police.

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed its displeasure to the Central Government on the Tribunal's Bill and issued notice to the Government for not appointing technical members in the Security Appellate Tribunal (SAT).