The Supreme Court has today issued notice to Central Government on a petition filed on behalf of well-known public interest lawyer, Prashant Bhushan regarding non-issue of full-validity passport to him. (Prashant Bhushan v Union of India & Anr). The Supreme Court has asked the government to file its reply within three weeks.

The Supreme Court was urged today to initiate contempt of court proceedings against three lawyers who were caught in an India Today sting operation claiming that they had beaten JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar for three hours in police custody and would inflict more harm on him.

The Delhi high court today asked the app-based cab service provider Uber to apprise it of the number of the new diesel taxis it has added to its fleet after court’s order that no diesel-based cabs will be included by taxi service providers. “File an affidavit with respect to new diesel taxis you hav...

The Supreme Court collegium has transferred four Delhi high court judges to other high courts.

The proceedings in Court number 3 during the hearing of item number 53 today were full of suspense.

Women can now manage the Hindu Undivided Family’s [HUF] property and affairs if they are the eldest alive member of the HUF, ruled the Delhi high court in a landmark judgement on Monday, reported HuffPost . Justice Najmi Waziri broadened the definition of the “Karta” in the HUF, by applying the year...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) TS Thakur, and justices Anil R Dave and Jagdish Singh Khehar, will hear the section 377 curative petition today at 3pm in the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed a Delhi high court order quashing the 60 percent admission quota for the wards of Group A officers of the All India Central Services in elite Sanskriti schools. An apex court bench headed by Justice Anil R Dave, however, said the quota will also cover the childre...

The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued notice to the central and city governments and the Delhi Commission for Women on a plea seeking expedition of cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, which deals with issue of child sexual abuse. A division bench of C...

The Delhi high court sought a reply from the union government and the Rajghat Samadhi Committee on a citizen’s public interest litigation challenging the deficient upkeep of Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial in Delhi, reported the [ http://www.ptinews.com/news/6979261\_HC-seeks-Centre-reply-on-maintenance-o...

The Delhi high court ordered the Delhi government’s “road safety” committees to hear two Delhi lawyers on the efficacy of “box junctions”, and to consider introducing these box junctions on Delhi’s roads if convinced about their effectiveness.

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hold an urgent hearing of a plea challenging the Delhi high court’s order allowing, on trial basis, the odd-even policy for private cars for 15 days here. Declining to hold an early hearing of the plea, the bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur wondered if...

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday told Delhi high court that the defamation suit filed by union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against him and five other AAP leaders was a classic instance of “political vendetta” against them for speaking up against the “malaise of corruption” in the DDCA Jai...

The Delhi high court on Wednesday reserved its order on a plea filed by a female research analyst who has accused environmentalist RK Pachauri of sexual harassment to cancel the bail granted to him. Justice SP Garg posted the matter for order on 28 January. However, metropolitan magistrate Shivani C...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), that raises many public interest matters before the apex court and Delhi high court, to create a mechanism that inspires confidence that the suits filed by it were really in public interest centric and not a proxy f...

The Delhi high court on Monday asked the central government to file a response on a PIL seeking to declare a provision in the penal law unconstitutional as it discriminates against married women sexually assaulted by their own husbands. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant N...

A court here on Monday allowed the plea of Bhartiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy seeking some documents to support his National Herald case against Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi. Metropolitan magistrate Lovleen allowed the plea of Swamy seeking some documen...

The odd-even scheme is a policy decision and was introduced based on the opinion of experts, the Delhi high court said today, while refusing to interfere with the Aam Aadmi Party government’s pet project to curb air pollution. A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said i...

Two very important cases related to the power to appoint teachers and rules on when special leave petitions (SLPs) should be entertained, are scheduled to be heard by two Supreme Court’s constitution benches today under CJI TS Thakur’s new constitution bench schedules.

The Delhi government on Friday told the Delhi high court that it may extend the odd-even scheme beyond the planned 15 days trial period, after the court had on Wednesday asked the government why the scheme could not end after only a week of trial . A division bench of chief justice G Rohini and Just...