The Supreme Court of India clarified that courts may proceed with sedition cases under Section 124A IPC if the accused raises no objection, while hearing a plea by an accused jailed for 17 years whose appeal remains pending before the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to deregister the Aam Aadmi Party and bar leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak over alleged refusal to appear before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in court proceedings.
Anil Ambani filed a Rs 2 crore defamation suit before the Delhi High Court against Times of India, Economic Times and Press Trust of India over allegedly sensationalised reports concerning ongoing CBI and ED investigations.
A PIL before the Delhi High Court seeks action against the Election Commission of India to deregister the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders for refusing to join proceedings before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the excise case.
The United States Department of Justice sought dismissal of criminal charges against Gautam Adani, Sagar Adani and others before a New York federal court, stating it no longer wished to allocate prosecutorial resources toward continuing the case.
The Allahabad High Court held that incorrect judicial orders or heated courtroom exchanges between lawyers and judges do not constitute criminal contempt, observing that such incidents neither scandalise the court nor obstruct justice, while dismissing advocate Arun Mishra’s contempt petition.
The Gujarat High Court recommended criminal contempt proceedings against suspended Additional District Judge GR Soni, observing that his allegations against a senior judge amounted to interference with judicial proceedings and obstruction of justice, thereby constituting “criminal contempt”.
Supreme Court ended a decade-long dispute it called a “matrimonial battle of Mahabharata”, quashing 80 cases and ordering Rs.5 crore alimony after noting the lawyer-husband misused legal expertise to hinder his wife’s maintenance and custody proceedings for years.
The Delhi High Court framed criminal contempt charges against a Delhi advocate for scandalous allegations in court and a similar LinkedIn post. The court said he lowered its authority and interfered with judicial proceedings by uploading the post.
Supreme Court of India criticised a litigant after Surya Kant revealed in open court that the litigant’s father phoned his brother to question a judicial order. CJI Surya Kant remarked Stating, “Nobody dares to do this… I have dealt with such elements for 23 years.”
