Supreme Court Judge Justice B.V. Nagarathna has been appointed Chairperson of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987. She succeeds Justice J.K. Maheshwari and will lead the body responsible for providing legal aid to underprivileged citizens.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Assam Government on the bail plea of Shyamkanu Mahanta, an accused in the case linked to the death of Assam music icon Zubeen Garg. Mahanta, organiser of the North East India Festival in Singapore, approached the apex court after the Gauhati High Court rejected his bail plea.
The Supreme Court dismissed a journalist’s plea challenging a Delhi High Court order directing removal of social media posts accusing a co-passenger of sexual harassment, observing that publicly identifying someone online could harm reputation and amount to defamation, especially when consequences included suspension from employment.
Today, on 16th January, The Supreme Court extended interim protection to former Telangana SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao in the phone-tapping probe until March 10, observing custodial interrogation was already permitted and questioning the State’s insistence on continued incarceration without further justification.
