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On July 26, 2022, the Allahabad High Court denied bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. The bail was rejected by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court.

An application to withdraw the petition has already been filed by the Commission in the apex court and it is likely to be listed for February 19

Agreeing to examine the matter, a Supreme Court bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and Ahsanuddin Amanullah asked senior advocate Gaurav Agrawal to look into the issue and submit a report

The plea added that Revanth Reddy can directly influence the de facto complainant and officers by pressurising them to defer or resile from their earlier statements. It added that there is every possibility that the officers and de facto complainant will depose falsely under threat.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, examining whether states can sub-classify scheduled castes and scheduled tribes for grant of quota inside quota, on Wednesday said all SCs and STs may not be homogenous in terms of their sociological, economic, education and social status. “They (SCs and STs) may be a class for a certain purpose. But, […]

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for BRS leader, said that the interim relief was given on assurance of ED

The plea says it was filed as the "election was not held in a free and fair manner and there was a gross violation while counting of votes, with tampering of the ballot papers and then declaring them invalid, in the favour of BJP and against the alliance of AAP and Congress".

Participating in a session at the Jaipur Literature Festival, he also said the Supreme Court had missed in 2015-16 a "good opportunity" to frame guidelines on special leave petitions as it rejected a petition in this regard

He has been facing questioning from the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam.

Gyanvapi management moved the HC within hours of the Supreme Court refusing to hear their plea against the Varanasi district court's order and asking them to approach the HC

Lawyers representing the Masjid Committee moved the Supreme Court Registrar requesting for urgent hearing of its application seeking status quo at the mosque site.

A comprehensive set of judicial reforms is the best solution to address the systemic inadequacies

The CJI’s role as Chief Judicial Administrator cannot be dispensed with as the common man looks up to him for justice delivery

Hyderabad: There were times when an elected public representative could switch loyalties and continue in that elected post without much hassles. However, recent Supreme Court judgments and directions, especially after 2020, have targeted such practices, making it tough for an elected representative to continue in his or her post after defecting. It was in May […]

The Inner Ring Road scam case pertains to manipulating the master plan of Amaravati capital city, alignment of Inner Ring Road and the seed capital to allegedly offer undue enrichment to several companies during Naidu's tenure as chief minister.

Earlier, the top court had granted time till January 31 to the speaker to decide the disqualification pleas pertaining to the NCP MLAs who had switched sides to be part of the Eknath Shinde-led state government.

Attorney General R Venkatramani, representing Centre, countered the interim plea and said that there is no urgency at all.

The apex court was hearing an appeal by four police personnel against their 14-day sentence for contempt of court and violating guidelines about detaining and interrogating suspects.

Days after the Supreme Court dismissed convict applications for a surrender deadline extension, this development unfolds.

In a landmark verdict on January 8, the Supreme Court cancelled the Gujarat government's decision to grant remission to the 11 men who gang-raped Bilkis Bano and murdered seven members of her family.