At the IPI India Award 2025 event, BV Nagarathna said media freedom suffers more from economic and regulatory pressures than censorship. She warned, “A press outlet may be legally free… yet economically constrained,” highlighting threats to independent journalism.
A Special Court in Bengaluru accepted the Lokayukta police’s closure report in the MUDA land allotment case, giving a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife, and two others.
The court, however, allowed further investigation to continue against other accused and posted the matter for February 9.
The Bombay High Court questioned whether the rule of law truly exists in Maharashtra, strongly criticising the failure to arrest a minister’s son in a criminal case. The court asked if the Chief Minister is “so helpless” that even ministers’ children continue to evade the police without consequences.
The Bombay High Court has directed its registry to assign Satish Salian’s petition regarding his daughter Disha Salian’s suspicious death to the appropriate division bench. Salian seeks a CBI investigation and an FIR against Aaditya Thackeray, alleging a politically motivated cover-up after her death in June 2020.
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The Bombay High Court directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to respond to Shiv Sena member Suraj Chavan’s plea challenging his arrest related to a khichdi supply scam. Ordered to appear on November 14, Chavan argues his arrest violated his rights and lacked proper legal justification, claiming speculative accusations without credible evidence.
A petition filed in the Supreme Court seeks to establish a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the Badlapur encounter case involving Akshay Anna Shinde, who was allegedly killed in a fake encounter. Concerns over political influence on investigations and requests for enhanced police transparency through body cameras are central to the plea.