India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Mandates States Establish District Board of Visitors For Effective Prison Reform Oversight

Supreme Court Mandates States Establish DistrictBoard of VisitorsFor Effective Prison Reform OversightIn a significant move aimed at fortifying transparency and eliminating systemic discrimination within the correctional system, theSupreme Court of Indiahas issued a stern directive requiring ...

31 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules Elevators Are Common Carriers Upholding Three Crore Compensation For Lift Death Accident

Supreme Court Rules Elevators Are Common Carriers Upholding Three Crore Compensation For Lift Death AccidentIn a landmark judgment clarifying the legal status of vertical transit, theSupreme Court of Indiahas ruled that passenger elevators must be legally categorized ascommon carriers. This d...

30 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Observes Eight Lakh Income Limit For EWS Quota Appears Prima Facie Reasonable

Supreme Court Observes Eight Lakh Income Limit For EWS Quota Appears Prima Facie ReasonableThe Supreme Court of India recently turned its attention once again to the complex framework governing reservation benefits for the Econo...

29 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Rajasthan

Rajasthan High Court Quashes Section 175 IPC Case Against Police Officer For Procedural Lapse

Rajasthan High CourtQuashesSection 175 IPCCase Against Police Officer ForProcedural LapseIn a significant ruling, theHigh Court of Judicature for Rajasthanhas set aside proceedings initiated against a Station House Officer (SHO) for failing to produce a case diary underSection 175 of theIndia...

27 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Questions Union Government Over Inadequate Establishment Of Special Courts For Criminal Trials

Supreme Court Questions Union Government Over Inadequate Establishment Of Special Courts For Criminal TrialsThe Supreme Court of India has once again placed the spotlight on the critical intersection between administrative policy and the ground-level implementation o...

27 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Proposes Special Courts For Manipur Violence Cases While Ordering Expedited Investigation Status Reports

Supreme Court Proposes Special Courts For Manipur Violence Cases While Ordering Expedited Investigation Status ReportsIn a significantjudicial interventionaimed at addressing the legal aftermath of the ethnic violence that gripped Manipur inMay 2023, theSupreme Courtof India has formally prop...

24 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Directs Bihar Government To Clear Ganga Bank Encroachments Within Six Weeks Today

Supreme Court Directs Bihar Government To Clear Ganga Bank Encroachments Within Six Weeks TodayTheSupreme Court of India, led by Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K.V. Viswanathan, has delivered a stern directive to theBihar government, ordering the immediate removal of allunauthorized struc...

24 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Permits Processing Four Hundred Industrial Applications In The Taj Trapezium Zone Area

Supreme Court Permits Processing Four Hundred Industrial Applications In The Taj Trapezium Zone AreaTheSupreme Court of Indiahas issued a landmark order fundamentally recalibrating the regulatory environment within the Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ). By modifying its earlier restrictive mandates, t...

24 Jul 2026

India - High Court of Rajasthan

Compassionate Appointment Limited to Listed Disabilities: Rajasthan High Court

Compassionate Appointment Limited to Listed Disabilities: Rajasthan High CourtIn a significant ruling, the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan at Jodhpur has reaffirmed that compassionate appointment is a

16 Jul 2026

India - Supreme Court

Supreme Court Assures Protection to Teachers Over CBSE Language Policy

Supreme CourtAssures Protection to Teachers Over CBSE Language PolicyIn a significantjudicial interventionaddressing the friction betweenadministrative policy mandatesand academic stability, theSupreme Courtof India has taken a proactive stance regarding the implementation of theCentral Board...

15 Jul 2026