The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday apprised the Allahabad High Court that it has expanded the scope of the Judicial Commission set up to investigate the factors that led to a stampede on January ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the bail petition of a minor, observing that the juvenile, booked for four identical cases, could not escape the clutches of law on the grounds of his age. Terming ...

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the governments of Assam and Maharashtra on a petition filed by YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani seeking transfer of an obscenity case registered against him in ...

A recent report revealed that the Supreme Court in 2024 commuted five death sentences to life imprisonment. Is the apex court’s approach signalling a shift in India’s approach to capital punishment?

Taking jurisprudence a step further, the apex court has upheld that an individual can be held guilty of culpable homicide even if the actual victim was not the intended target. This decision ...

The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the National Medical Commission (NMC) guidelines on eligibility to pursue the MBBS course, specifically the requirement to have ‘both hands intact,’ needed ...

The Supreme Court has observed that the Andhra Pradesh Government Order (GO) barring non-Hindu vendors from participating in temple shop lease auctions could not be acted upon, since this Court has ...

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the levy of sales tax on set-top boxes (STBs), ruling that the transfer of the right to use these devices constitutes a taxable sale under the Karnataka Value Added ...

The Delhi High Court has adjourned to March 12, a writ petition seeking directions to the Central government to replace the word India in the Constitution with ‘Bharat’ or ‘Hindustan’. The ...

The criminal proceedings should be based on specific allegations and credible evidence rather than broad, vague accusations ...

A special MP/MLA court in Pune has granted ‘permanent exemption’ from appearance to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed against him for making derogatory remarks against ...

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Additional Chief Secretary, Public Health Department, to file an affidavit explaining why provision was not made for filling up posts ...