The Supreme Court directed States and High Courts to decide on raising District Judges’ retirement age to 61, indicating it will soon consider a uniform retirement age of 62.
The Supreme Court cancelled Sonam Raghuvanshi’s bail in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, holding she was not entitled to remain at liberty during trial, and directed the prime accused to surrender before the authorities within three weeks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced fast-track courts for paper leak cases, assuring swift trials and stringent punishment. He reaffirmed that protecting students’ welfare and future remains the government’s top priority, warning that those jeopardising youth will face strict action.
A PIL in the Delhi High Court seeks an NIA probe into the July 20 ‘Sansad Chalo’ march over the alleged NEET paper leak, alleging violence, attacks on journalists and foreign funding.
The Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR against a student who called a classmate “pretty” in an Instagram DM, holding that Gen Z lingo in a private chat cannot be criminalised.
Lucknow University indefinitely suspended two law students arrested by the Delhi Police over the alleged disruption of Supreme Court proceedings. The students have also been barred from entering the campus pending disciplinary proceedings against them.
The Supreme Court directed AIIMS, New Delhi, to constitute a medical board to examine Asaram’s health in his interim bail plea. The board must submit its report within a week in the minor rape case linked to his ashram.
The Supreme Court suggested that Sonam Raghuvanshi surrender and face trial in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case. It also questioned why she delayed raising the plea alleging non-supply of the grounds of arrest at the earliest stage.
The Calcutta High Court granted interim relief to TMC MP Mahua Moitra in a hate speech case, directing that no coercive action be taken against her till October 5 or further orders, subject to her full cooperation with the investigation.
