Two All India Trinamool Congress leaders, including a sitting MLA, approached the Calcutta High Court seeking protection from coercive police action over criminal cases registered after West Bengal Assembly election results, with Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya agreeing to hear the petitions Thursday.
The Supreme Court of India refused to entertain a PIL seeking directions regarding protection, preservation, regulation and audit of Sikh religious and heritage properties nationwide, while hearing petitioner Charanjeet Singh, who personally argued for judicial intervention before the Court.
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.
The Supreme Court of India extended the deadline for conducting long-pending elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and newly created Greater Bengaluru municipal corporations till August 31, while warning that no further extension would be granted thereafter.
The Delhi High Court sentenced Gulshan Pahuja to six months’ imprisonment and a Rs 2,000 fine for criminal contempt, observing that he showed “no regret,” continued making scandalous submissions against the judiciary, and was “neither repentant nor deserving of any mercy.”
The Allahabad High Court criticised the National Human Rights Commission for allegedly accepting the police version “as gospel truth” while closing the 2009 custodial death case of disabled man Nahar Singh, also known as Sneh, in 2011.
A local advocate sought intervention from Surya Kant and the Madhya Pradesh High Court over the suspicious death of Twisha Sharma, alleging dowry harassment and requesting an independent investigation after representations made by her father, Navnidhi Sharma.
The Karkardooma Court refused interim bail to Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case, rejecting his plea seeking temporary release to care for his ailing mother and attend the Chehlum ritual of his deceased uncle.
The Kerala High Court ruled that a registered homeopathy practitioner cannot enrol as an advocate unless her medical registration is cancelled, with Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas upholding the Bar Council of Kerala decision refusing dual professional registration.
A Supreme Court of India PIL filed under Article 32 seeks directions restricting Aadhaar use strictly to identity verification, alleging its expanding application in administrative and electoral processes exceeds legally permitted limits and raises concerns regarding misuse, governance practices, and constitutional safeguards for citizens’ data.
