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Supreme Court Hears Presidential Reference on Governors’ Powers Over State Bills: Can Courts Set Timelines for Assent?

3 Sep 20253 Sep 2025

In a crucial constitutional hearing today, September 3, 2025, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court of India delved into a Presidential Reference seeking advisory opinions on the powers…

Supreme Court Hears Plea Challenging Internet Shutdowns During Exams

On December 10, the Supreme Court heard a writ petition filed by the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), which sought regulation of internet shutdowns imposed during examinations to prevent cheating.…

Supreme Court to Pronounce Judgment on Petition Challenging Inclusion of “Socialist” and “Secular” in the Preamble

On November 2022, the Supreme Court of India reserved its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the inclusion of the words "socialist" and "secular" in the Preamble of the…

In the Rattan Lal murder case, the Delhi High Court denies bail to one accused but granted it to another

27 Sep 202127 Sep 2021

In response to the killing of head constable Rattan Lal during Delhi Violent clashes in February 2020, the Delhi High Court on Monday released on bail to one accused and…

PIL alleging unauthorized access of Aadhaar details by G-Pay

On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court sought responses from the Unique Identification Authority Of India (UIDAI) on a plea against Google Pay for alleged unauthorized operations that violated the privacy…

Swami Vivekananda advocated secularism long before Constitution of India was drafted

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said that Swami Vivekananda advocated secularism long before Constitution of India was drafted and his teachings put India back in the spotlight at a…

Response filed by Center before Madras High Court challenging IT rule 2021

The Madras High Court received Centre’s counter affidavit filed in response to petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021…

Centre defends the constitutionality of the new IT guidelines for 2021 against the pleas filed in Delhi High Court

In a response filed in response to a petition to the constitutional legitimacy of the new Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the central government…

Criminal complaint against Akshay Kumar concerning “Jolly LLB 2” movie

On 4th August, Rajasthan High Court dismissed a criminal complaint of defamation filed in the year 2017 against Actor Akshay Kumar concerning the movie Jolly LLB 2. The fact was,…

All types of couples to be provided with safe house: Delhi High Court

On Friday The Delhi High Court stated that a safe house has to be provided all type of couples - inter-faith, inter-caste or those belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community who…