56+ min ago  (428+ words) 29 April 2026 10: 11 AM IST The Supreme Court recently observed that in cases of head-on collisions, courts cannot attribute the entire blame to one driver without undertaking a careful and comprehensive scrutiny of the conduct of all parties and the surrounding circumstances....

15+ hour, 7+ min ago  (646+ words) The present episode raises a very important question: Can two-thirds of legislators, acting on their own, manufacture a merger under the Tenth Schedule? Logic Behind the Tenth Schedule This was not merely a question of political opportunism. It struck at…...

18+ hour, 33+ min ago  (249+ words) Justice Jobin Sebastian, while issuing notice on the doctor's petition seeking the quashing of the proceedings, ordered that the summons be deferred till May 22. The proceedings arise from a private complaint filed before the Thrissur Magistrate by the SN Oushadashala…...

16+ hour, 25+ min ago  (236+ words) A bench of Justice Vikram Nath, Justice Sandeep Mehta and Justice Vijay Bishnoi issued the directions while hearing appeals against the judgment of the Patna High Court confirming their death sentence. The Court stayed the execution of the death sentence…...

14+ hour, 2+ min ago  (223+ words) 28 April 2026 9: 05 PM IST The Bombay High Court recently adjourned a long-pending defamation suit to the year 2046, observing that the dispute reflects an "ego fight" between the parties that unnecessarily burdens the judicial system. Justice Jitendra Jain, while passing the order…...

13+ hour, 13+ min ago  (279+ words) 28 April 2026 9: 54 PM IST During the ninth day of the Sabarimala reference, the Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court orally commented that Article 25(2)(b) of the Constitution, which allows the making of laws to throw open Hindu public temples to all…...

16+ hour, 52+ min ago  (350+ words) The Himachal Pradesh High Court allowed an appeal and held that a woman, though not a legally wedded spouse, would be entitled to family pension, having lived in a long cohabiting relationship with the deceased employee. The appellant, Umawati, claimed…...

16+ hour, 47+ min ago  (326+ words) The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that criminal liability of company officials cannot be presumed merely on the basis of their designation, such as Managing Director or Director. The Court reiterated that, for invoking vicarious liability under Section 34 of the…...

13+ hour, 38+ min ago  (422+ words) 28 April 2026 11: 59 AM The Supreme Court has stayed a Bombay High Court judgment which had upheld the release of about 193 acres of land at Manpada, Thane from acquisition as "private forest" and had cleared the way for the landowner's claim for…...

15+ hour ago  (315+ words) A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi upheld the Delhi High Court's decision affirming the curtailment of the appellant's tenure by the respondent authorities, noting that although the appointment specified a five-year term, it was expressly…...