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Government will intervene to ensure Indian Super League is held: Centre to SC
The top court, in its October 15 order, asked the AIFF to adopt within three weeks Article 25.3 (c) and (d), which prohibit executive committee members of the national football body from holding office in a state association.
November 21, 2025HC directs Punjab govt to decide within a week incarcerated MP Amritpal Singh's plea on attending Parliament
Punjab Police had launched the crackdown after the February 23, 2023 Ajnala incident in which Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and guns, allegedly broke through barricades and barged into the police station on the outskirts of Amritsar city, and clashed with police for the release of his aides.
November 21, 2025Leaving with contentment having done what I could do for nation, says outgoing CJI B R Gavai
Justice Gavai was elevated as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court on November 14, 2003. He became a permanent judge of the high court on November 12, 2005. He became a SC judge on May 24, 2019.
November 21, 2025Maharashtra: Man sentenced to life imprisonment for raping minor girl in Nanded
The child was playing outside her home when Janole lured her into his house under the pretext of giving her money for chocolate. He then proceeded to subject her to brutal sexual assault, causing serious injury, according to court papers.
November 21, 2025SC seeks EC's response on fresh pleas challenging SIR exercise in Kerala, other states
On November 11, the top court sought separate responses of the poll panel on pleas filed by DMK, CPI(M), West Bengal Congress and Trinamool Congress leaders challenging the SIR of the electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal respectively.
November 21, 2025UP court sentences man to 25-year prison term in rape case
According to the prosecution, the minor girl had gone to a government hospital in Khejuri on March 23, 2023, to get medicines when Maurya kidnapped and raped her.
November 21, 2025Bereaved parents won't make false claim of railway accident to get compensation, says HC
Further, the Railways Act was a beneficial legislation, and hence circumstantial evidence can be considered while deciding whether an "untoward incident" on the tracks occurred or not, the HC said.
November 21, 2025Man with mental illness acquitted in knife attack on mother; court orders his treatment
Judge Agrawal said Shaikh’s conviction in a murder case was set aside by the Bombay High Court under Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code and slammed the police “failing to act on the obvious defence”.
November 21, 2025U'khand HC issues contempt notice over Bageshwar municipality acting EO appointment row
According to the petition, the situation worsened when another officer was appointed as the acting EO in Parihar's place, and he was transferred to the Haldwani Municipal Corporation.
November 21, 2025At least 33 bills await assent of governors, president in four Oppn-ruled states
In its unanimous opinion on the Presidential Reference, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice B R Gavai also held that "indefinite delay" by the governors will be open to "limited judicial scrutiny" and that deemed assent of bills cannot be granted by the apex court by using its plenary power under Article 142. Deemed assent would amount to virtual takeover of the role of a "separate constitutional authority," it said.
November 21, 2025HC prohibits tree felling in Bhopal without its nod, summons 7 officials
A communication dated October 30, 2025, from the executive engineer of the Vidhan Sabha Building Controller to the principal secretary of the Vidhan Sabha Secretariat stated that several trees were obstructing the construction of a residential complex, and were being removed, the newspaper report stated.
November 21, 2025Secretaries of local bodies given two weeks to remove unauthorised flags, banners
It also said that the question of recovering fines from the secretaries, as sought in the plea, would be considered by the court after the two-week deadline was over.
November 21, 2025HC stays proceedings against AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugam
This statement, made at the very outset, proves that the chairperson was not acting as an independent quasi-judicial authority but was proceeding with a predetermined and politically motivated agenda, he alleged.
November 21, 2025Jharkhand HC Chief Justice conducts surprise inspection of Premashray
Justice Chauhan also issued directions to ensure that no unnecessarily procedural hurdles are imposed on girls willing to return to their families, and their families are also willing to take them back.
November 21, 2025Kerala HC stays ECI order delisting UDF-affiliated political party
"There shall be an interim stay of operation of Order No F No 56/Delisting/2025/PPS-III issued by the Election Commission of India, to the extent the petitioner is taken off from the list of Registered Political Parties and marked as 'DELISTED RUPPs'," the court said.
November 21, 2025Telangana: Man gets death penalty for murdering wife, two children
According to the prosecution, the accused, a private employee, suspected the fidelity of his 25-year-old wife, who worked as a private school teacher. The couple quaralled over the issue.
November 21, 2025Highlights of SC opinion on Presidential reference
SC refused to accept the preliminary objections raised by opposition-ruled states like Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala to maintainability of Presidential Reference, saying the issues raised in it pertain to the very core and foundational modalities of the constitutional machinery.
November 21, 2025SC opinion on Presidential Reference draws mixed views from legal experts, Oppn leaders
"The 'deemed assent' granted by the apex court itself on the 10 Tamil Nadu bills via its Article 142 powers is likely void or significantly affected by the Constitution Bench's ruling that 'deemed assent' is impermissible," Dubey said.
November 21, 20257 convicted for 2022 murder in UP's Bulandshahr, sentenced to life imprisonment
The attackers first assaulted Idrees and later opened fire. As the victim tried to take refuge inside a mosque, the assailants followed him inside and shot him dead, the prosecutor said.
November 21, 2025Relatives of Maoist leaders Devji, Raji Reddy file habeas corpus petition in Andhra HC
According to reports, Devji, carrying Rs 1 crore on his head, created the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), and went on to become a key Central Committee member of the CPI (Maoist) and the politburo member of the Maoist party.
November 21, 2025Women's representation still weak in regulatory spaces: SC Judge
"The new commercial codes, new arbitration and mediation frameworks, laws related to data protection, cyber security, and digital marketplaces are helping remove bottlenecks to create a modern regulatory state that enables trust and growth. India has been re-archiving a fair and predictable dispute resolution system through arbitration and mediation," the apex court judge said.
November 21, 2025Court grants interim bail to Elgar Parishad case accused to appear for law exam
The court held that, considering the established pattern of granting permission to the same accused to appear for his law course examinations, the current application "deserves to be allowed".
November 21, 2025Ex-cop Sachin Waze moves court seeking quashing of money laundering case
"It is also an admitted fact that the applicant has neither intention nor knowledge of the further usage of the proceeds of crime nor participation in the money laundering allegedly done by the accused Anil Deshmukh," the plea said.
November 21, 2025It's healthy tradition for husband to give all assets to wife: Priya Kapur to Delhi HC
The court is also hearing arguments on an interim injunction application filed by Karisma Kapoor's children to restrain Priya Kapur from alienating Sunjay Kapur's assets. The children have questioned the authenticity of the purported will.
November 21, 2025Delhi 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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 21, 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.
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