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Supreme Court flags 'double standards' over bail, delayed trials in Maharashtra

July 11, 2026 7:15 am

The bench, dismissed the bail plea and said it will consider the state’s explanation as to why such delays were happening and sought a counter-affidavit from it.

Adultery no longer a crime': Jharkhand High Court reinstates dismissed constable

July 08, 2026 2:59 pm

The case pertains to Bharat Pathak, who joined the JAP as a constable in 2007.

'No value for human lives': Bombay High Court pulls up BMC over open manholes

July 06, 2026 9:28 pm

Court slams Thane civic body's 'insensitive approach' over compensation.

The Patna High Court has been closely monitoring the investigation into the disappearance of Sanoj Kumar, a 31-year old Dalit man, leading to the arrest of seven accused. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

‘Please don't call me... they are beating me up’: How Patna High Court scrutiny keeps focus on missing Dalit man

July 06, 2026 8:08 pm

A frantic phone call on August 13 was the last Sanoj Kumar's family heard from him. Last week, after months of sustained Patna High Court monitoring, five people -- including excise personnel -- were arrested

Meta and Google said to the Delhi HC that proactive monitoring of alleged unlawful content would be “impracticable, if not impossible”, owing to the “huge volume” of content uploaded on its platforms. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

‘Impossible’ to monitor billions of posts: Google, Meta say they're not 'super censors'

July 07, 2026 4:54 am

The companies were responding to a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking proactive monitoring of ‘unlawful content’ on social media platforms by intermediaries.

A son won a ₹2-crore medical negligence payout after a 12-year legal battle over his mother's removed kidney. (Image Generated with AI for representation)

Wrong kidney removed, now Rs 2 crore payout: How Aligarh family waited 12 years for justice

June 26, 2026 1:17 pm

After a surgeon removed Shanti Devi’s healthy kidney instead of the diseased one in 2012, her family spent more than a decade navigating medical inquiries, regulatory proceedings and consumer court litigation before the NCDRC ordered Rs 2 crore compensation

Tarun Tejpal complainant was subjected to trial-like scrutiny over drinking, smoking, views on sex: Goa government to High Court

Tarun Tejpal accuser was grilled over drinking, views on sex: Goa to court

June 20, 2026 6:13 am

In 2021, a sessions court in Goa acquitted Tejpal of all charges, observing that the complainant “did not demonstrate any kind of normative behaviour” that a victim of sexual assault “might plausibly show”. The Goa government challenged the acquittal.