The West Bengal government has received a setback from the Supreme Court in the case of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s interference during the ED raid. Describing it as a serious matter, the court has issued a notice to the state government, the Chief Minister and top police officials. Besides, the FIR lodged by the police…
The Supreme Court on Thursday (January 15, 2026) termed as very serious the allegations of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that it faced obstruction from the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the raid on the office of ‘Indian Political Action Committee’ (I-PAC) and the premises of its director in the case related…
While hearing the raid case on the office of political consultancy firm I-PAC and the house of its co-founder Prateek Jain on Thursday (January 15, 2026), the Supreme Court judge reprimanded senior advocate Kapil Sibal. Kapil Sibal had appeared in the court to present the side of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. The court asked…
The Supreme Court granted bail to Aadya Prasad Tiwari, accused in the murder case of Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad chief Mahant Narendra Giri in 2021. The Supreme Court noted that the trial is likely to take time to complete. Giri, the president of the largest organization of saints in India, was found hanging at Baghambari…
The Supreme Court administration informed the Delhi High Court that it is neither aware of any complaint against the former Acting Chief Justice of Madras High Court relating to allegations of corruption or improper conduct, nor has it or the Chief Justice of India (CJI) received any such complaint. This statement was given by the…
The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday (January 15, 2026) the release of Thalapathy Vijay’s Tamil film ‘Jana Nayakan’. The film’s producer KVN Productions has challenged an interim order of the Madras High Court in the Supreme Court. The bench of Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice Augustin George Masih will hear this petition. This matter…
On Friday (January 9, 2026), the Supreme Court has reprimanded actress Sharmila Tagore on the issue of stray dogs. He opposed recent steps taken to deal with the stray animal problem and argued against adopting a one-size-fits-all approach to stray dogs. He gave arguments like forming an expert committee to find out aggressive and normal…
In an important intervention, the Supreme Court on Thursday (January 8, 2026) stayed the ongoing elections of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). The Supreme Court took serious note of allegations of fraud, back-dating of orders and manipulation of electoral lists against members of a sub-committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India…
The Supreme Court has reserved the order on the petition of Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Verma, who is embroiled in the cash scandal. Justice Verma has termed the formation of an inquiry committee by the Lok Sabha as wrong. He says that the proposal was presented in both the houses. In such a…
The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) to file a fresh report with additional details related to 1,806 ‘tainted’ candidates. The tainted candidates are among the 25,753 school appointees whose jobs were canceled following a Supreme Court order in April last year. Taking on record the report filed by…
