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Delhi court sends 4 accused in Red Fort bomb blast to 10-day NIA custody
Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna sent the four accused to 10 days of NIA custody on the anti-terror probe agency's plea, seeking 15 days of custodial interrogation.
November 21, 2025Delhi HC quashes Covid drugs case against Gautam Gambhir
The Drug Control Department counsel opposed the plea, saying the plea was not maintainable as Gambhir had directly moved the high court instead of first moving the revisional court of sessions.
November 21, 2025SC accepts Centre's definition of Aravali Hills, bans grant of fresh mining leases
"We further direct that till the MPSM (Management Plan for Sustainable Mining) is finalised by the MoEF&CC through ICFRE (Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education), no new mining leases should be granted," it said.
November 21, 2025Allahabad HC asks all judicial officers in UP to mention injuries in judgments
"Whereas circular dated March 3, 2002 and circular dated March 3, 1982 of high court clearly directs the judicial officers to invariably reproduce in their judgments, the injuries from the injury reports of the injured persons. We hope and trust that the aforesaid circulars shall be complied with by all the judicial officers while writing their judgments," the court said.
November 20, 2025Governor can reserve bill passed again by assembly for president's consideration: SC
The top court was answering the Presidential Reference in which President Droupadi Murmu has sought the opinion under Article 143(1) of the Constitution to know from the court whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for exercise of discretion by the president while dealing with the bills passed by state assemblies.
November 20, 2025Allahabad HC refuses to quash FIR against accused in Bareilly violence case
The court disposed of the writ petition, granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the competent court for seeking appropriate remedies under the law.
November 20, 2025Presidential reference: SC rejects objections of opposition-ruled states
The top court said the perusal of April 8 verdict would reveal that at least some of the conclusions are in variance with earlier decisions, although the decision in State of Tamil Nadu, seeks to reconcile this departure from earlier precedents.
November 20, 2025Prez reference: Interpretation, working of constitutional text truly 'swadeshi', says SC
In a major verdict, the top court held that no timelines can be imposed on governors and the president to grant assent to bills passed by state assemblies, and governors do not have "unfettered" powers to sit on them for perpetuity.
November 20, 2025Presidential reference: SC says it cannot impose timelines for Governors, President to act on Bills, also can't grant 'deemed assent'
“It is impermissible for the Courts to undertake judicial adjudication over the contents of a Bill, in any manner, before it becomes law. Pertinently, discharge of its role under Article 143, does not constitute ‘judicial adjudication’,” it said.
November 20, 2025Actions of governors, President on Bills not justiciable: SC
“We find that such a conclusion belies logic. Taking this line of reasoning further, if the reservation of a Bill, or withholding and returning it to the Legislature, is justiciable, then the grant of assent too would necessarily have to be subject to judicial review. This opens another front to challenge a Bill, and the resulting legislation...," it said.
November 20, 2025Prez reference: Constitution does not allow deemed assent of bills, says SC
The apex court said governors have only three options - either to grant assent or refer the bills to the president or withhold assent and send them back to the assemblies for reconsideration under Article 200.
November 20, 2025Guv not bound by aid, advice of council of ministers in reserving bill for president's consideration: SC
The top court said a scenario wherein the council of ministers would tender aid and advice to the effect that the governor must return a bill for reconsideration, or reserve it for the president's assent, is not conceivable. Rather, the converse is inevitable, that is if the governor was bound by the aid and advice of the council of minister, all bills would be granted assent, rendering the option of referring to the president, or returning with comments, nugatory, it said.
November 20, 2025HC refuses to quash case against man accused of sexually assaulting wife who was minor
The court said this case does not involve only two young persons who chose to live together but their parents also stand arraigned under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act on the allegation that they facilitated a marriage involving a minor girl.
November 20, 2025HC stays proceedings against BJP leader for 'disclosing' identity in sexual assault case
In the high court, Kapoor’s counsel contended that the screenshots containing the FIR copy are not even legible, and it was impossible to ascertain the contents and name of the victim in it.
November 20, 2025Gyanvapi row: Plea over replacing cloth seal of 'wazukhana' to be heard on Dec 3
The Gyanvapi complex, located adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, has been at the centre of a long-running legal dispute between Hindu and Muslim parties over claims of the existence of a temple-like structure beneath the mosque.
November 20, 2025Delhi court sends four accused in Red Fort bomb blast to 10 days NIA custody
The four accused are Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather of Anantnag and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian in Jammu and Kashmir and Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
November 20, 202570-year-old man sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for raping minor granddaughter
The crime surfaced on June 15, 2021, when the victim's mother filed a complaint with Vairengte police alleging that her 10-year-old daughter had been repeatedly raped by her grandfather between 2017-2018.
November 20, 2025Man gets 20 year RI for raping 8-yr-old girl in Odisha’s Kendrapara
The court also directed the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) to initiate the process for Rs 6 lakh compensation to the survivor under relevant legal provisions, he said.
November 20, 2025Former AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy appears before CBI court in Hyderabad
The cases relate to investments made by various companies in his firms as quid pro quo for different favours bestowed on them during the tenure of his father late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy as Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh between 2004 and 2009.
November 20, 2025Intellectuals terrorists more dangerous than those working on ground: Delhi police in SC
"The ultimate intention is regime change. CAA protests were a red-herring, the real purpose was regime change, create economic deprivation and create chaos across the country. The riots were deliberately made to coincide with the visit of US President Donald Trump. These so-called intellectuals are more dangerous than the ground-level terrorists," Raju said.
November 20, 2025SC stays Haryana STF's probe against Delhi lawyer in murder case
"However, instead of respecting the independence of the Bar, the investigating agency has sought to criminalise the petitioner's professional association with his clients, thereby undermining the rule of law and the sanctity of the advocate-client relationship," the plea said.
November 20, 2025Man gets 5 yrs RI for establishing physical relationship with minor under false promise of marriage
The court also ordered the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) of Kandhamal to pay Rs 1 lakh to the family of the victim as compensation.
November 20, 2025Thane MACT awards Rs 27.9 lakh compensation to kin of bus driver killed in collision
The victim, Shankar Jagannath Sable (28), was driving a state transport bus at Pen in the neighbouring Raigad district on July 17, 2011, when a truck collided with the vehicle. Sable succumbed to his injuries on August 10, 2011.
November 20, 2025Doctors, engineers engaging in anti-national activities: Delhi police in SC
Khalid, Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, and Rehman were booked under the UAPA, the stringent anti-terror law, and provisions of the erstwhile IPC for allegedly being the "masterminds" of the 2020 riots, which left 53 people dead and over 700 injured.
November 20, 2025SC raises retirement age of MP judicial officers from 60 to 61 years
On October 27, the top court had sought responses from the Madhya Pradesh government and the high court registry on a plea challenging the refusal to enhance the retirement age of judicial officers in the state from 60 to 61 years.
November 20, 2025Remarks against Army: SC extends stay on trial court proceedings against Gandhi
The trial court summoned Gandhi as an accused for facing trial for the alleged offence of defamation. Gandhi's advocate Pranshu Agarwal argued that the allegations appeared to be fabricated, just by reading the complaint.
November 20, 2025Six get life imprisonment in 2022 murder case in UP's Meerut
Special Judge Chandra Shekhar Mishra convicted six accused -- Ombeer, Satendra alias Pintu, Jitendra alias Pinka, Amandeep alias Anchit, Sainder Kaur and Preeti -- and sentenced them to life imprisonment under various sections of IPC, Additional District Government Advocate Neeraj Som.
November 20, 2025Will consider transferring RG Kar case to Delhi or Calcutta HC: SC
The panel said state laws had adequate provisions to address minor offences besides serious ones under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
November 20, 2025Kerala HC orders major upgrade of facilities for Sabarimala pilgrims
A public, multilingual grievance portal must be activated on the official Sabarimala website. Most of these measures must be implemented within three weeks.
November 20, 2025Delhi court sends gangster Anmol Bishnoi to 11-day NIA custody
Underlining that the NIA’s plea seeking custody was “based on reasonable and justifiable grounds”, the judge allowed 11 days’ custodial interrogation of the accused. Responding to the court’s queries, Anmol denied the allegations and confirmed that he received a copy of the arrest memo. The accused also said that he engaged an advocate of his choice, and verified that his medical examination was conducted.
November 20, 2025Prez reference: SC judgement on question over fixing timeline for guvs' nod to clear bills on Thursday
In May, President Droupadi Murmu exercised powers under Article 143(1) of the Constitution to know from the top court whether timelines could be imposed by judicial orders for exercise of discretion by the President while dealing with the bills passed by state assemblies.
November 20, 2025Why shouldn't CBI probe, SC asks Haryana govt in case where Delhi lawyer was arrested
In the course of his professional duties, the petitioner has represented several clients in criminal cases between 2021 and 2025, including persons alleged to have connections with one Kapil Sangwan @ Nandu. All such representations were undertaken purely in the discharge of his professional obligations and in conformity with the Advocates Act and the standards of professional ethics.
November 20, 2025On Azam Khan's plea, court bars transfer of SP leader, son outside Rampur jail without permission
The case was lodged in 2019 at Rampur's Civil Lines police station by BJP leader Akash Saxena under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security), 468 (forgery for cheating), 471 (using forged document) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy).
November 20, 2025Court grants interim protection from arrest to 2 accused in Medikabazaar `fraud' case
The complainant has accused the management of creating an ESOP trust in January 2025 without proper approvals, followed by a Rs 15 crore loan from the company to the trust to buy shares at heavily undervalued rates, allegedly diluting each founder's stake by around 13 per cent.
November 20, 2025ACB opposes bail plea of court clerk held in bribery case; says he may destroy evidence
The police pointed out that Vasudeo and Kazi were observed to have frequent WhatsApp calls even outside office hours and the arrested accused has not provided a satisfactory explanation.
November 20, 2025Cal HC grants bail to former WB secondary education board prez in school jobs scam case
Appearing for Ganguly, senior advocate Sandipan Ganguly submitted that so far as the vulnerable witnesses are concerned, eight of them have already been examined by the trial court.
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