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
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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
The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to an “ex-parte” and “sweeping gag order” passed by a Bengaluru civil court restraining media outlets from publishing any defamatory material. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) declined to hear a challenge to an “ex-parte” and “sweeping gag order” … Read more
Rakshanda Rashid’s daughter Fatima Sheikh had told The Hindu earlier that her mother was taken to the Attari border in Punjab by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and expelled from the country on April 28. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Thursday (July 10, 2025) sought a response … Read more
The NCB was directed to recover the cost from its personnel involved in the process of drafting and filing the government appeal. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 3, 2025) refused to intervene with an order directing the Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) to pay ₹1 lakh cost in … Read more
The Kerala High Court expressed dissatisfaction with the state government’s stance of not proceeding with the legislation to ban black magic, sorcery and other inhuman practices. The state told the High Court that it has decided not to pass such a law, and this decision was taken by the state cabinet— which means it is … Read more
The Kerala High Court has held that the police have no right to knock on the doors of suspected persons or history-sheeters or “barge” into their houses at night under the guise of surveillance. The ruling by Justice V.G. Arun came on a plea by a man accused of threatening police officers from discharging their … Read more
Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the GHMC authorities to release a pet dog Ares which was detained by them following a complaint that it attacked a person. The judge, passing order in a writ petition filed by the pet owner E.B. Dakshinamurthy, directed the petitioner to shift the dog … Read more
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by former member of Parliament Subhash Ramrao Bhamre of the Bharatiya Janata Party, who challenged the election of Shobha Dinesh Bacchav from the Dhule Lok Sabha Constituency last year. The order was made available on Monday. Mr. Bhamre had secured the … Read more