On April 1, 2025, Justice Surya Kant, Supreme Court Judge and Chairman of the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee (SCLSC), conducted a virtual meeting with the Chairpersons of State Legal Services Authorities (SLSAs) and High Court Legal Services Committees (HCLSCs) across India. This meeting was a follow-up to a legal aid campaign initiated in January …
Senior Advocate Rishi Malhotra has recently faced scrutiny from the Supreme Court of India due to allegations of professional misconduct. On March 21, 2025, the Court issued a show-cause notice to Malhotra, questioning why his senior advocate designation should not be revoked. This unprecedented decision was made unanimously by the full court, convened by Chief …
Senior Advocate Rishi Malhotra Rebuked by Supreme Court for Misleading Statements Read More »
On April 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of India directed the Prayagraj Development Authority in Uttar Pradesh to pay Rs. 10 lakh as compensation to each of six individuals whose homes were illegally demolished, terming the act “inhuman and illegal.” The bench, comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, emphasized that such actions violate …
Lawyers at the Calcutta High Court are actively protesting the transfer of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma from the Delhi High Court to their bench. The Supreme Court Collegium recommended this transfer on March 27, 2025, and it was formalized by a central government notification on April 1, 2025. In response, the three main lawyers’ associations—the …
Calcutta High Court Lawyers Protest Transfer of Delhi Judge, Boycott Proceedings. Read More »
A Mumbai sessions court has sentenced two brothers, Uday Mandal (32) and Vikas Mandal (38), to life imprisonment for the 2015 murder of Anis Sayyed. The crime stemmed from the brothers’ disapproval of their sister’s relationship with Javed Shaikh. On May 11, 2015, an argument escalated when Anis tried to intervene in a confrontation between …
Brothers Get Life Sentence for Murder in Interfaith Relationship Dispute. Read More »
As of April 2, 2025, there is no specific news report indicating that the Bombay High Court has issued a ruling stating that arbitration pleas cannot be used to evict tenants. However, it’s important to note that in India, landlord-tenant disputes, particularly those governed by rent control laws, are generally considered non-arbitrable. This means such …
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As of April 2, 2025, there are no reports of heated exchanges involving the Supreme Court of India reprimanding an advocate for vexatious litigation. However, a notable incident occurred on July 23, 2024, during the NEET-UG 2024 proceedings. Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud had a heated exchange with advocate Mathews J. Nedumpara, who …
The Allahabad High Court has recently addressed multiple cases involving allegations of rape and illegal religious conversion, underscoring the judiciary’s commitment to thoroughly examining such serious charges. Case 1: Dismissal of Plea to Quash FIR Against 37 Individuals In February 2023, a Division Bench comprising Justice Anjani Kumar Mishra and Justice Gajendra Kumar dismissed a …
As of April 1, 2025, Maharashtra’s Right to Information (RTI) Commission faces a significant backlog, with over 100,000 appeals and complaints awaiting resolution. This backlog is primarily due to vacancies among Information Commissioners; currently, only four commissioners oversee all eight state benches. To address this issue, the Maharashtra government has proposed appointing four new information …
1L pending RTI cases in state activities seek faster remedy . Read More »
In legal proceedings, especially those involving public interest, courts often face the challenge of balancing individual reputations against societal benefits. A pertinent example is the defamation case of Van Liew vs. Eliopoulos, where the Massachusetts Appellate Court upheld a jury’s award of reputational and emotional distress damages. The court emphasized that the defamation had severely …
High court: In mass plaints, public intrest overrides reputation . Read More »