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No prosecutor for CBI's corruption case against Anil Deshmukh for over 6 months; court sees red
According to the CBI, Deshmukh, an NCP (SP) leader and then home minister, collected Rs 4.7 crore from various bars and restaurants in Mumbai through assistant police inspector Sachin Waze.
November 27, 2025Chhattisgarh liquor scam: Ex-excise commissioner got Rs 50 lakh per month from syndicate, claims EOW
The ED had arrested Chaitanya Baghel, son of former CM Bhupesh Baghel, in July this year, and apprehended former minister and Congress MLA Kawasi Lakhma in January.
November 27, 2025Indian Constitution not merely a legal document, but a living promise: SC judge
"We stand today in a new age, a new age of freedoms and equality, a new age of technology, unlike all other earlier machine ages and this has opened up challenges which are also new but our Constitution and our governance systems are resilient enough to meet all these challenges," he said.
November 27, 2025Constitution Day: CJI Kant seeks national judicial policy to minimise unpredictable verdicts
According to Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, it is the beauty of the Constitution that the three wings - the judiciary, the executive and the legislature - are independent of each other and at the same time, there is internal checks and balances.
November 27, 2025CJI Kant bats for uniform national judicial policy, says time ripe to reinforce predictability
The CJI said "the Indian Constitution has guided us" from the uncertain steps of a young nation finding its footing to the confident stride of a country now counted among the world's largest economies.
November 27, 20252018 Kathua rape-murder: Prime accused withdraws revision bail plea
Besides the two cases, she has handled numerous matters in various courts including the Supreme Court, high courts of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Haryana, and Delhi, and National, State and District Consumer Protection Tribunals over the past two decades.
November 27, 2025Defamation case against Rahul: Hearing in UP court deferred to Dec 8 due to lawyer's death
The court then directed the plaintiff to present evidence. Witnesses have been presented continuously since then. So far, only one witness has been cross-examined.
November 27, 2025Unregulated online gaming apps have links to terror financing, money laundering: Centre to SC
The top court had in September transferred to itself all matters from the high courts across the country challenging the new enactment.
November 27, 2025SC summons Delhi DoE secretary on plea seeking closure of schools due to pollution
During a brief hearing, the bench was informed that the schools were closed for longer periods in 2022, 2023 and 2024 keeping in mind the toxic air quality.
November 27, 2025Wankhede's plea against web series lacks Delhi jurisdiction: Red Chillies to HC
The plea submitted that the series disseminates a misleading and negative portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies, eroding public confidence in law enforcement institutions.
November 27, 2025Court rebukes CBI for decade-long delay in returning seized cash after closure of case
On the CBI's prayer that the cash should be deposited with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the court said "there is no hitch in considering" it.
November 27, 2025SC seeks HMT response on Kerala’s plea for taking possession of 27 acres for Judicial City
The high court had ruled that the land allotted to HMT could not be subjected to ceiling proceedings under the Kerala Land Reforms Act, as it was originally government land allotted after the statutory cutoff dates.
November 27, 2025Pathetic, you uprooted 40 fully-grown trees for access road to BJP office: SC to Haryana govt
The court had called the chief administrator of the HSVP and asked him to remain personally present before it with the entire record. It had asked the HSVP to explain the circumstances in which 40-plus trees were felled in the name of development and what was done with those trees.
November 27, 2025Actor Shilpa Shetty moves HC seeking protection of her `personality rights'
"The misuse of the actor's image and identity has reached a point where legal intervention became imperative," advocate Khan said, adding that no platform has the right to weaponise her identity for clandestine commercial gain.
November 27, 2025Plea that SIR of electoral rolls wasn't held earlier not ground to challenge: SC
The CJI responded that Assam is a unique case with foreigners tribunals established under special statutes, and that such determinations were limited to "D-voters" those marked as doubtful.
November 27, 2025Man sentenced to 25 years in jail for raping minor in UP's Ballia
Superintendent of Police Omveer Singh said after hearing the arguments of both sides, Special Judge (POCSO) Pratham Kant held Patel guilty and sentenced him to 25 years of imprisonment. He also slapped a fine of Rs 26,000 on the convict.
November 27, 2025HC grants interim injunction in favour of US-based Tesla, bars Indian firm from using trademark
The court also found that the Indian company appeared to be leveraging Tesla Inc’s reputation, particularly by adopting the name ‘Tesla Power USA’.
November 27, 2025DNA tests cannot be directed in routine manner: Allahabad HC
According to the petitioner, he was married to the woman in April 2008 and she lived at her matrimonial house for only one week. It was his case that the wife was a graduate and a teacher in an Inter College and she did not want to live with him because he was an "illiterate villager".
November 26, 2025Kerala HC issues guidelines on display of treatment rates, providing aid in pvt hospitals
The court also directed the state government to publicise the effective content and directions in the judgement through the media for a month in Malayalam and English.
November 26, 2025Allahabad HC slams GST authorities for cancelling registration without assigning reasons
Underlining the severity of cancelling a trader's GST registration, the court described such an action as virtually announcing the "economic death" of a business entity in a regime where registration is the gateway for issuing tax invoices and availing or passing on input tax credit. Once the registration is cancelled, the taxpayer is effectively disabled from participating in the formal supply chain, even as past tax liabilities, returns and obligations continue, the judges pointed out.
November 26, 2025SC asks CEC to conduct on-ground survey of Hauz Khas Deer Park to ascertain its carrying capacity
"Instead, DDA may develop and implement a non-commercial public outreach programme, which shall include periodic educational visits for school and college students, guided nature walks in collaboration with recognised environmental NGOs, and biodiversity awareness campaigns, in order to foster a culture of ecological sensitivity and civic participation in conservation efforts," it said.
November 26, 2025SC expresses concern over judgements being overturned by succeeding benches
Recently, a Constitution bench headed by former CJI Gavai held that governors cannot indefinitely sit on bills passed by state legislatures while answering a presidential reference that questioned whether courts could fix deadlines for constitutional authorities.
November 26, 2025Kerala HC denies pre-arrest bail to cashew businessman in money laundering case
In his plea for anticipatory bail, Babu had claimed that he had been falsely implicated in the case as a counterblast to a crime registered against an ED officer by the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), Ernakulam, on his complaint.
November 26, 2025Mother of martyred Agniveer moves HC against denial of `full' benefits to family
"The scheme created an arbitrary and unreasonable classification between Agniveers and regular soldiers without any intelligible differentia," it said.
November 26, 2025Delhi HC seeks Centre's reply to Indian origin British academic's plea against blacklisting order
"The respondents' actions smack of arbitrariness and high-handedness, reflecting an utter disregard for the rule of law in a free and democratic society," the plea said.
November 26, 2025Pontiff acquitted in first POCSO case; court finds no grounds for conviction
The case triggered state-wide attention, leading to multiple rounds of investigation, arrest of the seer, and parallel allegations involving individuals connected to the Matha’s administration.
November 26, 2025School jobs case: Court asks Partha, others to follow bail norms, or face cancellation
Apart from Chatterjee, the other accused persons in the case include former West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) chairman Subires Bhattacharya, former chairman of SSC's advisory committee S P Sinha and former West Bengal Board of Secondary Education president Kalyanmoy Ganguly.
November 26, 2025SC exempts three accused from surrender in Rs 3,500-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor scam
The prosecution alleged a political-business nexus, highlighting manipulation in liquor procurement between 2019 and 2024 (during the previous YSRCP government), suppression of popular brands, preferential orders to new labels and systematic receipt of kickbacks.
November 26, 2025CJI mulls virtual-only hearings in SC due to pollution, says felt unwell when he went for walk
As per the Central Pollution Control Board, an AQI between zero and 50 is considered "good", 51 and 100 "satisfactory", 101 and 200 "moderate", 201 and 300 "poor", 301 and 400 "very poor", and 401 and 500 "severe".
November 26, 2025Court reserves order on Engineer Rashid's plea for interim bail or custody parole to attend LS
The court had earlier granted Rashid custody parole between July 24 and August 4 to attend the Monsoon session of Parliament.
November 26, 2025Top foreign judges take part in Constitution Day celebration at Supreme Court
The Constitution Day, also known as the National Law Day, is celebrated on November 26 every year to mark the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1949.
November 26, 2025Country has right to bring back offenders evading law, says SC
The state's counsel had argued in the high court that the petitioner is not only facing prohibition cases but is also allegedly involved in serious offences relating to forgery, smuggling, and money laundering, for which the Enforcement Directorate has already taken cognisance.
November 26, 2025Employees of Chandrapur power plant move HC demanding regularisation of service
The petitioners sought directions to the company and state government for regularization of their service and grant of related benefits.
November 26, 2025Sabarimala gold missing case: Kerala court grants Padmakumar''s custody to SIT for two days
After Padmakumar's custody was granted to the SIT, the vehicle transporting him for medical examination was briefly blocked outside the court complex by BJP protestors. The police quickly removed the protestors.
November 26, 2025Court acquits man in 2019 murder case; cites lack of evidence
There was "hardly any evidence that would connect the accused as being the author of the crime," the judge said while acquitting the man.
November 26, 2025Top judges from abroad take part in Constitution Day celebration at Supreme Court
The Constitution Day, also known as National Law Day, is celebrated on November 26 every year to mark the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1949.
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