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Supreme Court Collegium Clears Six Bombay High Court Additional Judges for Permanent Appointment
The Supreme Court Collegium has approved a significant recommendation for the elevation of six Additional Judges of the High Court of Bombay to the position of Permanent Judges. The decision reflects an important step in the judicial appointment process under the Indian Constitution, strengthening the permanent…
High Courts Cannot Issue Administrative Directions While Deciding Bail Pleas: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India examined a legal issue arising from a long-pending cheating and forgery case registered in 2002 at Police Station Hamirpur, Uttar Pradesh. The accused, Rambalak, was facing allegations under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, and 471 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. The case reached the higher…
Teacher’s Suspension Over Alleged Social Media Remarks Against Minister Quashed: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court dealt with a matter concerning the suspension of a government school teacher who was accused of making objectionable comments on social media against a minister and the education department. The Court examined whether the suspension order was legally valid under the Rajasthan Civil Services…
‘Institutional Failure’ CBI Probe Ordered into Missing Videos in Alleged Custodial Death of Disabled Man: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court examined a Public Interest Litigation concerning the custodial death of a disabled man inside a police lockup in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh. The case relates to Nahar Singh, who allegedly died on 9 May 2009 while in police custody at Dannahar Police Station. The police had claimed that the death…
YouTuber-Advocate Gulshan Pahuja Sent to Jail for Contempt, Court Says He Continued Attacking Judiciary: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has sentenced YouTuber and advocate Gulshan Pahuja to six months’ simple imprisonment in two criminal contempt cases after observing that he continued making scandalous remarks against the judiciary even during the court proceedings related to punishment. The Court held that the contemnor showed…
Man Acquitted in Wife Burn Death Case Due to Contradictory Dying Declarations: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently acquitted a man who had earlier been convicted in the burn death case of his wife after finding major contradictions in the dying declarations and serious flaws in the prosecution evidence. The Court held that the trial court failed to properly examine important evidence placed…
Transport Unions Restrained from Going on Indefinite Strike, State Directed to Hold Meeting with Representatives: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on May 19, 2026 restrained the Joint Action Committee of various road transport trade unions from proceeding with an indefinite strike that was scheduled to begin from the next day. The Court passed the interim order while hearing a public interest litigation filed over the possible impact of…
Divorce Granted to Husband After Wife Arranged Daughter’s Marriage Without Informing Him: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently granted divorce to a husband after holding that the wife’s act of arranging the marriage of their daughter without informing him caused severe mental agony and amounted to mental cruelty under Section 13(1)(i-a) of the Hindu Marriage Act. The Court observed that a father being excluded…
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of 19 Judges to Madras High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of 19 persons as judges of the Madras High Court. The recommendation was made during the Collegium meeting held on May 18, 2026. The decision includes the elevation of advocates as well as judicial officers to strengthen the judge strength of the High Court.…
Man Acquitted in Wife Burn Death Case Over Contradictory Dying Declarations: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a criminal appeal filed by Anup Agarwala against the acquittal of Piyotosh Biswas in a cheque bounce case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The judgment was delivered by Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das on May 18, 2026, in CRA 94 of 2014. The case…
