The Supreme Court’s creche won’t open on time after all , announced the court’s registry in a notice, blaming a writ petition by advocate Anindita Pujari challenging the child care centre yesterday. The Indian Express reported that Pujari was: seeking direction to set up an “effective” creche that w...

The Supreme Court today issued notice to three students of Jindal Global Law School in Sonepat, Haryana, who are accused of sexually assaulting a junior BBA/MBA course student . The notice will be served on the three students - Hardik Sikri, Vikas Garg and Karan Chhabra - through jail superintendent...

The Supreme Court today issued notice to three students of Jindal Global Law School in Sonepat, Haryana, who are accused of sexually assaulting a junior BBA/MBA course student . The notice will be served on the three students - Hardik Sikri, Vikas Garg and Karan Chhabra - through jail superintendent...

Granting relief to Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai, who was stopped from flying to London in January, the Delhi High Court on Thursday quashed the ‘look out’ circular issued against her.

A Delhi court today granted protection from arrest until 27 March to environmentalist RK Pachauri, in a sexual harassment case. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi granted the interim protection to Pachauri while hearing his anticipatory bail application moved on health grounds. The court h...

A number of lawyers, academics and civil society members demanded the resignation of TERI director general RK Pachauri, who has been accused of sexually harassing a colleague. He has already stepped down as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and taken leave from TERI In...

A number of lawyers, academics and civil society members demanded the resignation of TERI director general RK Pachauri, who has been accused of sexually harassing a colleague. He has already stepped down as chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and taken leave from TERI In...

The Delhi high court today termed “inappropriate” the central government’s decision to prevent Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai from leaving India because she would project a negative image of the country at the international level. Justice Rajiv Shakdher said that there can be differences of opinio...

The Delhi high court today termed “inappropriate” the central government’s decision to prevent Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai from leaving India because she would project a negative image of the country at the international level. Justice Rajiv Shakdher said that there can be differences of opinio...

The central government told the Delhi high court Friday that Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai has been “involved in anti-national activities” and that was why she was offloaded Jan 11 at the airport here. Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain told the court that Pillai was offloaded on the basis ...

The Delhi high court Wednesday issued notice to the centre and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on a plea filed by Greenpeace staff member Priya Pillai, challenging her having been prevented from flying out of Delhi airport on 11 January. The Indian Express had reported last week that the Intelligence B...

The Delhi high court Wednesday issued notice to the centre and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) on a plea filed by Greenpeace staff member Priya Pillai, challenging her having been prevented from flying out of Delhi airport on 11 January. The Indian Express had reported last week that the Intelligence B...

The Supreme Court today quashed the two judge panel set up by the chief justice of the Madhya Pradesh high court to probe the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by a woman district judge against sitting judge of the high court, Justice SK Gangele. [Download judgment (PDF)] A bench of Justice ...

The Supreme Court today heard arguments by counsel in the allegation by a former Gwalior district judge that she was sexually harassed by a Madhya Pradesh high court judge SK Gangele. The order, uploaded on the Supreme Court website , stated: Arguments heard, which remained inconclusive. List for fu...

Scroll.in lists nine, mostly compelling, reasons for why convicted serial murdered Surendra Koli should not be hanged, including a lack of evidence, his apparent psychopathy, iffy confession and oher circumstances. Worth a read, at Scroll.in . Senior counsel Indira Jaising had obtained a stay on Kol...

In a pre-dawn order at the residence of future CJI HL Dattu with Justice AR Dave, the Supreme Court has stayed the execution of Surinder Koli, who was convicted of the so-called Nithari serial murders and rapes that took place in Noida from 2005. Senior counsel Indira Jaising obtained the one-week s...

The Supreme Court told KK Venugopal, the senior counsel for former Supreme Court Justice Swatanter Kumar, who is currently chairman of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), that Kumar should respond to an apex court transfer petition within four weeks, which was filed by one of his former interns who a...

Delhi law min under bar council lens: The Delhi Bar Council decided to meet today to discuss disciplinary action against Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti against whom reports of “tampering with evidence” as an advocate last year, emerged last week. Bharti meanwhile also faces an FIR relating to an ...

Additional solicitor general Indira Jaising has written an open letter to former Justice AK Ganguly with leaked details of the testimony of the intern alleging Ganguly had sexually harassed her. The letter was published by the Indian Express today and contains long passages from the intern’s confide...

Former Supreme Court Justice AK Ganguly continued insisting that he would not resign from his chair at the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC). Calls for him to step down grew meanwhile, with the Trinamool Congress, the BJP, Congress and additional solicitor general Indira Jaising asking for...