The Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 27, 2026) adjourned till April 21 the hearing on the petition of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, in which they have challenged the order refusing to quash the defamation case filed against them for their alleged comments regarding deletion of names…
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the demand of allowing all the devotees into the sanctum sanctorum of Mahakal temple in Ujjain. The petitioner had said that only VIPs are allowed to enter the sanctum sanctorum. The Supreme Court refused to hear the petition and said that it is not the job of the…
On the matter of allowing VIPs to enter the sanctum sanctorum of Mahakal temple in Ujjain, Chief Justice Surya Kant said that there are no VIPs in the premises of Mahakal temple, but filing such a petition is not right. He said that the motive of the petitioner also does not seem to be Shraddha….
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (January 22, 2026) rejected the petition filed by Congress leader Rajeev Gowda seeking cancellation of the FIR registered against him. This case pertains to alleged abusive language and threats over phone to the woman Municipal Commissioner regarding the removal of a banner in Sidalghatta town. A bench headed by…
The Supreme Court has refused to stop the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from investigating the seized mobile phones in the political consultancy firm I-PAC raid case. This mobile phone belongs to I-PAC officer Jitendra Mehta, which was seized by ED in the raid on January 8. ED had called Jitendra Mehta to the headquarters on Friday…
The Supreme Court has organized a fierce class of a lawyer on Friday (January 23, 2026). A notice of contempt was issued against the lawyer for having a heated argument with the judge of the Jharkhand High Court, with which he reached the Supreme Court. According to the report of NDTV, Advocate Mahesh Tiwari had…
On Thursday (January 22, 2026), the Supreme Court reserved its decision on a PIL demanding other methods of death penalty instead of capital punishment. The petition has described hanging as a painful and cruel method and has advocated adopting methods like lethal injection, shooting or using the electric chair. In the last hearing, the court…
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 22, 2026) refused to pass an order on a PIL seeking directions to prepare and implement SOPs to prevent stampedes during large public gatherings, including religious events, political rallies and yatras. The bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi was hearing the…
The Supreme Court has rejected the demand for a ban on calling the BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) team as ‘Team India’. Terming the petition as futile, the court also reprimanded the petitioner. Calling it a waste of judicial time, the court also warned of imposing heavy damages on the petitioner. In…
Both puja and namaz will be held on the day of Basant Panchami in the Bhojshala complex of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Supreme Court has decided that a limited number of devotees will go to the Bhojshala premises between 1 pm to 3 pm. They will be given a separate place for namaz. Activities related…
