51+ min ago   (573+ words) Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday advised law schools against completely prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technological tools in classrooms, stressing that students must instead be taught to use such technologies in a supervised,…...

1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (491+ words) 16 Aug 2026 4:56 PM IST Sibal was speaking on the topic "The Two Strongest Pillars of Democracy are the Press and the Judiciary: Both Have Failed Us, Why?" at the Prem Bhatia Memorial Lecture. Speaking on the judiciary, he stated that it's…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago   (540+ words) 16 Aug 2026 5:15 PM IST The Supreme Court has reiterated that a legal representative of a person killed in a motor accident can maintain a claim for compensation even if the particular legal representative was not financially dependent on the deceased. The…...

3+ hour, 23+ min ago   (37+ words) 16 Aug 2026 3:00 PM IST The Constitutional Journey to the Collegium Why the Collegium May Hesitate to Disclose A Principled Middle Path Author is an Advocate practicing at Supreme Court of India. Views are personal....

5+ hour, 37+ min ago   (297+ words) The Gujarat High Court on Friday (August 14) orally asked the State to transfer the concerned senior police officer in Surat seen on video "parading and flogging" accused persons in public last month pending preliminary inquiry against him. The court was…...

6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (387+ words) The Court observed that where the petitioners, after witnessing the violence, separated themselves from the unruly mob and attempted to save the teachers being assaulted, they could not be treated as members of the unlawful assembly. Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked…...

9+ hour, 28+ min ago   (231+ words) 15 Aug 2026 11:25 PM The Supreme Court on Friday (August 14) dismissed a writ petition seeking directions to the Centre and States to frame a National Minimum Fire and Life Safety Compliance, Audit, Disclosure and Accountability Framework for high-risk public occupancy premises, including…...

5+ hour, 48+ min ago   (323+ words) 16 Aug 2026 12:35 PM IST A writ petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking to restrain interference with police investigation into the FIRs registered following the Jantar Mantar student protest of July 20. It may be recalled that the July 20 'Sansad…...

6+ hour, 20+ min ago   (169+ words) 16 Aug 2026 12:03 PM IST The Supreme Court has declared August 27, 2026 (Thursday) a holiday for the Court and its Registry following a request from the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA). The decision was approved by the Full Court, according to a circular…...

6+ hour, 27+ min ago   (1661+ words) 16 Aug 2026 11:55 AM IST The Supreme Court held that an appeal under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, confined exclusively to the grant of statutory benefits without challenging the determination or enhancement of compensation, would attract ad valorem court fees on a decretal…...