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HC NewsCalcutta High Court Holds Urgent Sunday Sitting to Hear Demolition Challenge
The Calcutta High Court convened an urgent Sunday sitting to consider a writ petition filed by Leaps and Bounds challenging the demolition of its property at Amtala, which houses the party office of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee.
SC NewsSupreme Court Bars Employer from Defeating Compassionate Appointment Claim Through Delay
The Supreme Court has held that an employer cannot rely on its own delay in processing an employee’s application for voluntary retirement on medical grounds to deny a dependent’s claim for compassionate appointment.
SC NewsSupreme Court Clarifies Use of Deceased Witness’s Testimony Against Absconding Accused Under Section 299 CrPC
The Court held that earlier recorded testimony of a witness who has since died may be relied upon in a trial where the accused had absconded during the original proceedings, provided the requirements of Section 299 CrPC are fulfilled.
HC NewsDelhi High Court Declines Interim Relief for Private Hospital Transfer of Sonam Wangchuk
The court held that the government's decision to move the activist from the protest site to Safdarjung Hospital was not arbitrary and that no immediate direction was required.
SC NewsSupreme Court Clarifies Scope of High Court Power Under Article 226
The Supreme Court has explained that High Courts may go beyond the pleadings when exercising writ jurisdiction under Article 226, but only in exceptional circumstances where the record shows a clear legal entitlement and a technical denial would perpetuate injustice.
HC NewsDelhi High Court Declines to Quash Rape Case Based on False Promise of Marriage
The Delhi High Court has refused to close criminal proceedings against a married man accused of rape and unnatural intercourse after allegedly inducing a woman into a sexual relationship on the pretext of marriage. Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed that the matter requires a full‑fledged trial and upheld the trial court’s framing of charges under Sections 376(2)(n) and 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
NewsSonam Wangchuk's Wife Seeks Transfer from Safdarjung Hospital, Alleges Illegal Detention
Dr Gitanjali Angmo approaches the Delhi High Court to shift her husband from a government facility to a private hospital, claiming he is being held against his will under the pretext of medical care.
SC NewsSupreme Court Grants Bail to Murder Accused After Nine Years of Incarceration
The Supreme Court granted bail to Liakat Ali, who had spent over nine years in jail awaiting trial for a 2017 murder, citing the shocking delay in proceedings and the presumption of innocence.
HC NewsDelhi High Court Suspends Two District Judges Pending Disciplinary Inquiry
The Delhi High Court has placed two district judges under suspension while it initiates disciplinary proceedings against them on allegations of misconduct.
SC NewsNirmohi Akhara Seeks Supreme Court Intervention for Restructuring of Ayodhya Ram Mandir Trust
The Akhara has moved the Supreme Court praying for a reconstitution of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust as a public trust, a forensic audit of its finances and restoration of its traditional role in temple rituals.
HC NewsKerala High Court Dismisses Police Officer's Appeals Against Compensation Award to Assaulted Lawyer
The Kerala High Court has rejected two second appeals filed by a police officer who was directed to pay compensation to a lawyer he assaulted in 2010, holding that the appeals raise no substantial question of law and are devoid of merit.
HC NewsDelhi Court Grants Bail to Khurram Parvez and Irfan Mehraj in UAPA Terror Funding Case
Principal and Sessions Judge Pitamber Dutt of Patiala House Court passed the bail order for the two accused in the 2020 NIA case.