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Delhi Court refuses Mehmood Pracha’s plea for video footage of raid at his office

Pracha had earlier submitted that according to the law, Investigating Officer should have intimated the search and seized articles to the Magistrate concerned but did not.

Delhi HC asks SBI to maintain status quo on accounts of RCom, Reliance Telecom, Infratel

Justice Prateek Jalan passed the order on a plea by erstwhile directors of the 3 companies challenging a 2016 circular of RBI regarding declaration of accounts as fraud by banks.

SC to hear pleas against new farm laws, issues related to farmers protest on 11 January

The bench, which observed that there is no improvement regarding farmers' protests, was told by the Centre that healthy discussions are going on between the govt & farmers.

SC agrees to examine UP, Uttarakhand laws regulating religious conversions due to marriage

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde however refused to stay the controversial provisions of the laws and issued notices to both state governments on two different petitions.

CAA case comes up just thrice in 1 year in SC despite 140 pleas, including from UN body

The first petition against CAA was filed the day after Parliament passed it in December 2019. CJI-headed bench described it as a matter ‘uppermost’ on minds.

Court extends judicial custody of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam & others in UAPA case

Delhi court in November 2020 accepted the supplementary chargesheet and said that there is sufficient material to proceed against Khalid and Imam in northeast Delhi violence case.

HC issues notice to Punjab, Centre on Reliance Jio plea against telecom tower damage

In the petition, Reliance stated that in the past few weeks, over 1,500 of its telecom towers were damaged or rendered inoperative by miscreants crippling its mobile network in Punjab.

SC approves Central Vista project, but asks Centre to get prior approval from heritage panel

A three-judge bench by 2:1 majority held there were no infirmities in clearances granted for the project. 

With no Constitution bench set up yet, challenges to demonetisation now an ‘academic exercise’

Numerous petitions challenging demonetisation were filed in Supreme Court and various other courts. All of them were referred to 5-judge Constitution bench in Dec 2016, that is yet to be set up.

Judicial custody of Siddique Kappan, 3 others arrested on way to Hathras extended for 90 days

Defence counsel Madhuban Datt Chaturvedi said he would challenge the decision. He had opposed the extension contending that it was mandatory to release the accused after 90 days.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

Indian firm joins hands with US manufacturer to locally develop all-terrain vehicles for armed forces

Under joint venture, JSW Sarbloh Motors will indigenise and manufacture TX range ATVs in Chandigarh. The first India-assembled unit is expected by early 2026.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?