Supreme Court offers death row convict facility in jail to grieve virtually for his deceased mother

Supreme Court offers death row convict facility in jail to grieve virtually for his deceased mother

Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Monday (August 26, 2025) offered a grieving death row convict the facility to virtually participate in the 13th day rituals and prayers for his departed mother, rather than allow him to make the journey from a Surat jail to the “Naxalite” … Read more

Supreme Court collegium recommends Justices Alok Aradhe, Vipul Pancholi for top court

Supreme Court collegium recommends Justices Alok Aradhe, Vipul Pancholi for top court

File image of Justice Alok Aradhe. Photo: Special Arrangement The Supreme Court collegium on Monday (August 25, 2025) recommended to the Centre the names of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Patna High Court Chief Justice Vipul Manubhai Pancholi for elevation to the top court. If the names are cleared by the Centre, … Read more

Misconceptions over Supreme Court order on feeding stray dogs addressed in Mysuru

Misconceptions over Supreme Court order on feeding stray dogs addressed in Mysuru

Animal welfare activists and care providers in the city met on Sunday to discuss misconceptions among the public on the recent Supreme Court order related to the feeding of stray dogs. The meeting was organised by People For Animals (PFA) in Mysuru, to dispel misconceptions, including the thought that the court had imposed penalties of … Read more

Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

Madras High Court imposes cost of ₹1 lakh for filing PIL against appointment of senior IAS officers as T.N. govt. spokespersons

J. Radhakrishnan, P. Amudha, Gagandeep Singh Bedi, and Dheeraj Kumar, all serving as additional Chief Secretaries, were appointed as the official spokespersons | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Madras High Court on Thursday (August 7, 2025) dismissed, with costs of ₹1 lakh, a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by an advocate, challenging the appointment … Read more

Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom’s distributor approaches Madras High Court seeking police protection for theatres in Tamil Nadu

Vijay Deverakonda-starrer Kingdom’s distributor approaches Madras High Court seeking police protection for theatres in Tamil Nadu

Madras High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights holder of Vijay Deverakonda starrer ‘Kingdom’ has approached the Madras High Court to restrain Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator S. Seeman and his followers from interfering with the screening of the movie in cinema halls on the alleged ground that … Read more

Chhattisgarh court grants bail to two Kerala nuns in human trafficking-conversion case

Chhattisgarh court grants bail to two Kerala nuns in human trafficking-conversion case

Members of the Christian community take part in a protest rally against the arrest of two Kerala nuns on allegations of forcible conversion and trafficking in Chhattisgarh, in Hyderabad, Thursday, July 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI A special court in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district on Saturday (August 2, 2025) granted bail to three persons, including … Read more

Appeals court reinstates case against X over child pornography video

Appeals court reinstates case against X over child pornography video

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled Friday that Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, must face a negligence claim for failing to promptly report child sexual abuse material to federal authorities. The court revived part of a lawsuit accusing X of becoming a hub for child exploitation, while … Read more

Supreme Court collegium recommends names for judgeship in six High Courts

Supreme Court collegium recommends names for judgeship in six High Courts

Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, including of Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta and Karnataka. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of several advocates and judicial officers for judgeship in six different high courts, … Read more

Consider watermelon cultivators’ plea for compensation, Madras High Court directs T.N. govt

Consider watermelon cultivators’ plea for compensation, Madras High Court directs T.N. govt

The judge pointed out that a public awareness campaign carried out by food safety officials to warn people against consuming adulterated watermelons had backfired, leading to monetary loss for the farmers who had not indulged in any such adulteration. (File photo) | Photo Credit: L. BALACHANDAR The Madras High Court on Wednesday directed the Tamil … Read more