A complainant who was fined Rs 10,000 for asking the Delhi High Court to speed up a cheating trial has won in the Supreme Court, which held that a victim has the right to seek speedy trial like the accused, and can move the High Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, […]
Maharashtra has asked the Bombay High Court to turn away, at the threshold, the challenge to the Special Public Security Act, contending in an affidavit that the petitioners have no locus and that the State has the highest number of Maoist frontal organisations in the country. Mumbai: Defending the Maharashtra Special Public Security Act, 2025 […]
The Supreme Court has declined to entertain the Union’s challenge to a Calcutta High Court order that upheld the maintainability of public interest litigations alleging violation of the Forest Rights Act in the Great Nicobar Island project, and has asked the High Court to decide the matter at the earliest. New Delhi: The Supreme Court […]
The Allahabad High Court dismissed a plea against Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Maurya concerning an alleged fake degree, stating the petitioner lacked legal standing. The court emphasized that only those directly affected by a crime can initiate proceedings, referencing specific provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code related to reporting certain offences.
