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Uttarakhand HC seeks expert opinion on artificial rain to extinguish forest fires
The petition stated that although the government was using helicopters to extinguish fires, it was costly and not entirely effective. Instead, it suggested the formation of village-level committees for effective fire management.
November 25, 2025India Gate protest: 22 sent to judicial custody; cops claim pro-Hidma slogans raised
In the second case, Judicial Magistrate Sahil Monga sent the 17 accused persons, including 11 women, to three days' jail, saying the allegations against them were "serious".
November 25, 2025Chennai court awards lifer to three Bawaria gang members for murder of AIADMK MLA
On January 9, 2005, at 2.45 am, a five-member gang broke into his house in Thanakulam near Periyapalayam, shot Sudarsanam dead, attacked his wife and sons and looted 62 sovereigns of gold jewellery
November 25, 2025Allahabad HC pulls up trail court for 'lethargic' handling of 20-yr-old criminal case
Shrish Kumar Malviya, 73, is facing prosecution under Section 129 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, since 2005 (section 129 deals with electoral offences).
November 25, 2025SC sets aside Himachal Pradesh HC order, upholds govt’s cancellation of ePoS tender
Writing the first judgement as Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, on Monday held that the state government was well within its rights to cancel a Letter of Intent (LoI) issued to private firm OASYS Cybernetics Pvt. Ltd. It set aside a May 2024 order of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, which had restored the LoI in favour of the Chennai-based company.
November 25, 2025Profits from cricket betting constitute proceeds of crime under PMLA: Delhi HC
The high court passed the verdict dismissing a batch of petitions filed by several persons in an alleged Rs 2,400 crore international cricket betting racket from 2015, challenging the provisional attachment orders (PAOs) made over a decade ago by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
November 25, 2025Wife's pregnancy can't erase acts of cruelty, says Delhi HC; husband granted divorce
The family court rejected the divorce plea on the grounds that the husband had failed to prove cruelty and did not sufficiently rebut the dowry harassment allegations, and that the wife's miscarriage in early 2019 showed that the couple were in a harmonious relationship.
November 25, 2025Custodial violence and death a blot on system, country will not tolerate this: SC
While hearing a suo motu case concerning lack of functional CCTVs in police stations, a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta referred to its order passed in the matter and said 11 deaths were reported in police custody in eight months in Rajasthan.
November 25, 2025Uttarakhand HC rejects local BJP leader Madan Joshi's anticipatory bail plea
A division bench comprising Chief Justice G Narendra and Justice Subhash Upadhyay on Monday rejected the anticipatory bail pleas filed by Joshi, a local BJP leader from the Ramnagar area of Nainital district, and others.
November 25, 2025Protest at India Gate: Delhi court sends 17 agitators to 3-day judicial custody
The investigating officer further states that the accused persons refused to disclose their identity and did not cooperate during the investigation, and they were carrying posters in support of Madvi Hidma, and suspicion remains regarding their involvement in other unlawful activities
November 24, 2025Special judge for ACB cases refuses bail to Mumbai civil court clerk held for Rs 15 lakh bribe
Vasudeo was arrested two weeks ago for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh from a businessman in exchange for a favourable verdict in a land dispute case.
November 24, 2025Maharashtra minister's PA arrested for 'abetting' wife's suicide; in police custody till Nov 27
State Women's Rights Commission will follow up on the entire investigation. The commission is with the family of Palave, and it will continue to extend the support till the investigation is ongoing
November 24, 2025Bail granted to Chinnaiah arrested in Dharmasthala case
He was arrested on August 23 for alleged perjury and initially taken in to SIT custody before being sent to judicial custody in Shivamogga. The SIT's report states that claims by Chinnaiah may have been part of a conspiracy and notes the need for further judicial action.
November 24, 2025Protest at India Gate: Delhi court sends 17 protesters to 3-day judicial custody
Judicial Magistrate Aridaman Singh Cheema was hearing the case against the five students against whom an FIR was registered at Kartavya Path police station under various BNS provisions, including assault or criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
November 24, 2025SC to hear on Dec 1 plea of Hindu party in Krishna Janmabhoomi-Shahi Idgah mosque dispute case
The Supreme Court is already seized of a petition filed by the mosque committee challenging the May 26, 2023, order of the high court transferring to itself all matters related to the dispute pending before the Mathura court.
November 24, 2025India Gate protest: Demonstrators raising pro-Hidma slogans, Delhi Police tells court
Judicial Magistrate Aridaman Singh Cheema was hearing the case against the five students against whom an FIR was registered at Kartavya Path police station under various BNS provisions, including assault or criminal force on a woman with intent to outrage her modesty.
November 24, 2025Criminal law can't become platform for settling personal scores: SC
According to the dispute, in 1976, Inder Chand Bagri, who was owner of the disputed land decided to form a partnership firm with four other individuals – Bhagwandas Bagri, Ramkishan Bagri, Shyamsundar Bagri and Jagdish Prasad Bagri (complainant) with an aim to carry on business of construction of warehouses and godowns and subsequently letting them out to third parties.
November 24, 2025Justice Vikram Nath named NALSA executive chairman; Justice Maheshwari to head SCLSC
Justice Nath, who has been serving on the Supreme Court Bench since 2021, has previously held positions as the chief justice of the Gujarat High Court and a judge of the Allahabad High Court. He was the first chief justice of a high court in India to live-stream court proceedings on a YouTube channel.
November 24, 20252023 train firing case: Sacked RPF constable seeks bail, claims suffering from delusional disorder
The accused is suffering from extreme mental strokes, and he is a partial mental patient/mentally challenged, who sometimes becomes whimsical and goes into the loop of illusions, and the accused is suffering from delusional disorder
November 24, 2025SC seeks response from Union ministries on plea of retired IPS officers’ body challenging pension clause
Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to comply with the judgment dated 20.03.2024, passed by the High Court of Delhi, which was upheld by this honourable court dated 04.10.2024 in SLP (Civil) No... and direct the respondents to remit the pension to the petitioners from 2006 as directed by the high court, including payment of all arrears as per the court's directions, in a time-bound manner
November 24, 2025NIA court directs CJM to take action on alleged custodial torture in jail
The Superintendent of Viyyur High Security Prison filed a statement stating that Manoj did not have any serious injuries at the time of transfer and that no medical treatment was therefore given.
November 24, 2025Delhi HC sets aside rule of different retirement age for Coast Guard officers
In the absence of any factor which indicates a rational nexus between fixing of different ages of superannuation for officers of the rank of commandant and below and officers above the rank of commandant in the Coast Guard, we are constrained to hold that Rule 20(1) and 20(2) of the 1986 Rules, insofar as it fixes different ages of superannuation, is unconstitutional and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution," a bench of justices C Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla said
November 24, 2025India Gate protest: Delhi court sends five demonstrators to 2-day judicial custody
The FIR has been registered under relevant sections of BNS including 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 221 (obstructing public servants in discharge of duties) and 223 (disobedience to a lawful order from a public servant).
November 24, 2025Maharashtra minister's PA arrested for 'abetting' wife's suicide; in police custody till Nov 27
In their police complaint, Palve's family alleged that Garje had an extra-marital affair, and she caught him chatting with another woman on a mobile phone.
November 24, 2025Man sentenced to death for murdering pregnant woman in Kerala's Alappuzha
According to the prosecution, Prabeesh was in a relationship with both Anitha, a mother of two children, and Rejani, who was also married.
November 24, 2025Sonam Wangchuk's detention: SC adjourns wife's plea to December 8
Wangchuk was detained under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) on September 26, two days after violent protests demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status for Ladakh left four people dead and 90 injured in the Union territory. The government had accused him of inciting the violence.
November 24, 2025'Phansi ghar' row: Kejriwal, Sisodia not cooperating with privilege committee, says Assembly Secretariat to HC
The 'phansi ghar' was inaugurated in the presence of Kejriwal and Sisodia inside the assembly complex on August 22, 2022, when they were serving as Delhi chief minister and deputy chief minister, respectively. While Kejriwal was the chief guest, the then deputy speaker Rakhi Birla was the guest of honour, and Goel presided over the ceremony.
November 24, 2025CJI Surya Kant says no to oral mentioning of cases, hears 17 cases on first day
The bench led by Justice Kant heard an appeal challenging an Allahabad High Court decision refusing to order the removal of a lawyer, the husband of a judge, from the post of standing counsel for the Uttar Pradesh government.
November 24, 2025Two, including CPI(M) candidate convicted in crude bomb attack case in Kannur
The case relates to an incident in August 2012, when a crude bomb was hurled at policemen in Payyannur following the arrest of CPI(M) leader P Jayarajan in a criminal case.
November 24, 2025SC issues notice on plea concerning cash donations received by political parties
"Thus, with the advent of UPI revolution in the country, permitting exemption of income received by way of contribution in cash below Rs 2,000 under section 13A(d) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, can no more be justified and is manifestly arbitrary and has no nexus to the object of maintaining transparency in the funding of political parties," it said.
November 24, 2025Delhi HC seeks Centre, CBI, ED's response on Christian Michel's plea challenging extradition provision
The ED, in its chargesheet filed against Michel in June 2016, had alleged that he received 30 million euros (about Rs 225 crore) from AgustaWestland.
November 24, 2025Rape case: Misuse of criminal justice machinery calls for condemnation, says SC
The bench said in such cases, physical intimacy that occurred during the course of a functioning relationship cannot be retrospectively branded as instances of offence of rape merely because the relationship failed to culminate in marriage.
November 24, 2025Delhi tribunal awards over Rs 35 lakh compensation to family of youth killed in 2022 accident
In a judgment dated November 18, the tribunal said, “The claimants have successfully proved on a scale of preponderance of probabilities that the deceased sustained fatal injuries in road accident at the detailed time and place due to rash and negligent driving of offending vehicle.”
November 24, 2025Rabri Devi alleges bias, seeks transfer of CBI, ED cases to another court
The plea claimed there was "a reasonable apprehension of bias" and that in the interest of justice, the cases needed to be transferred to another court of competent jurisdiction.
November 24, 2025Ex-CJI Gavai leaves official car for successor Surya Kant at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Justice Kant was appointed the next CJI on October 30, and will remain in the post for nearly 15 months. He will demit office on February 9, 2027, on attaining the age of 65.
November 24, 2025CJI Kant to head SC collegium after predecessor Gavai demits office
Even though Justice Kant has a tenure of nearly 15 months as CJI, the collegium will undergo only one change when Justice Maheshwari retires on June 28, 2026. Justice PS Narasimha will become a member of the collegium. After CJI Kant retires, Justice JB Pardiwala will enter the collegium.
November 24, 2025