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Pathetic, 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.
November 26, 2025MP court orders confiscation of Rs 71 lakh assets of panchayat employee
A Lokayukta police official said raids were conducted at Hanif Khan's premises in 2014 following a complaint of corruption, and assets disproportionate to his legitimate income were unearthed.
November 26, 2025Bar indispensable in upholding sanctity of Constitution: CJI Surya Kant
"That is an area we definitely need to introspect and see what best can be done to ensure that the right people get elected to Parliament," Singh said.
November 26, 2025Court issues notice to CBI on Rabri Devi's plea seeking transfer of graft case to another judge
The plea, submitted by Rabri Devi before the Principal District and Sessions Judge submitted, “The applicant (Devi) is having a bonafide and reasonable apprehension that fair and impartial justice will not be rendered by the Special Judge and that the conduct of the Special Judge during the proceedings in all cases appears to be unduly inclined towards the prosecution and bias which can be seen from number of instances of the case proceedinds/order”.
November 26, 2025Accept land tax from Munambam residents: Kerala HC to state govt
In the villages of Cherai and Munambam in Ernakulam district, residents have alleged that the Waqf Board was unlawfully claiming their land and properties, despite them holding registered deeds and land tax payment receipts.
November 26, 2025SC sets up medical board at Noida hospital to explore passive euthanasia for 31-yr-old
"The petitioner is not on any life-support system and the petitioner is surviving without any external aid. While the court sympathises with the parents, as the petitioner is not terminally ill, this court cannot intervene and allow consideration of a prayer that is legally untenable," it had said.
November 26, 2025UP court sentences man, three sons to life imprisonment for 2017 murder
The tension resurfaced on June 15, 2017, when Kedar Yadav, along with his sons Radheshyam, Raghu and Ghanshyam, attacked Om Prakash, his wife Nirmala, and their son Abhishek with sticks and an axe.
November 26, 2025Gujarat: Three men get 20-year RI in ATS drug seizure case
Special court judge V A Buddha, hearing cases pertaining to the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, sentenced Nadir Hussain (30), Umar Hussain (34) and Imran Maniyar (29), all residents of Mandvi in Kutch district, to 20 years in jail and Rs 2 lakh fine after they were arrested in possession of heroin.
November 26, 2025HC vacates stay on Hemant Soren's appearance before MP-MLA Court
The high court was hearing a petition filed by Soren, challenging an order of personal appearance issued by the MP-MLA court special judge.
November 25, 2025Odisha court sentences man to 10-year imprisonment for abducting, raping minor
Bhubaneswar POCSO Court judge Saroj Kumar Sahoo also ordered the convict, Badal Pilei, to pay a fine of Rs 3,000, failing which he will remain in prison for another three months, government advocate Rajiv Sasmal
November 25, 2025Court sentences man to life imprisonment for killing wife
Third Additional District and Session judge, Bhubaneswar, Himanshu Sekhar Mallick, sentenced Dillip Bagh to life imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him.
November 25, 2025SC raps UP for 'colonial-era' practice of giving bureaucrats' spouses ex-officio posts
The bench was hearing a petition filed by CM Zila Mahila Samiti, Bulandshahr, a women's self-help group, which challenged the practice after the wife of the district magistrate was made the ex-officio president of their samiti.
November 25, 2025Celina Jaitly moves court against 'narcissistic' husband; accuses him of domestic violence, cruelty
The 47-year-old actor claimed she has suffered severe emotional, physical, sexual and verbal abuse by her husband because of which she was forced to flee her home in Austria and return to India.
November 25, 2025