Sanjay Sharma

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to appear before the Supreme Court to challenge the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state.

The petition, filed in the Supreme Court by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, described the Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's statement as spreading hatred and creating division between two communities. It refers to a statement made by Sarma in which he allegedly spoke about removing 4 to 5 lakh "Miya" voters from the electoral rolls.

The Supreme Court granted interim relief to the Delhi government in the private school fee regulation case after the government clarified that its new fee committee rules will not apply this academic year. The court left all legal questions open for consideration by the Delhi High Court.

The Supreme Court stayed evictions for around 250 Pakistan-born Dalit Hindu families in Majnu Ka Tila and stressed that citizenship alone isn't enough without dignified housing. The court has also directed the government to submit its response in four weeks.

The Supreme Court has granted bail to three accused of swapping blood samples in the 2024 Pune Porsche crash that killed two techies, Aneesh Awadhiya and Ashwini Koshta.

The case dates back to a newspaper advertisement published in November 2000. The allegation was that the advertisement was intended to defame Medha Patkar's Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), which opposed dam projects on the Narmada river.

Stray dog case: While hearing the states' submissions on compliance with its earlier directives, the Supreme Court expressed dissatisfaction, saying they appeared to be indulging in "storytelling."

The Supreme Court's observations came while hearing the plea of Shaheen Malik, an acid attack survivor, who challenged a trial court's acquittal of the accused in her case.

The court said that while it fully understood the trauma suffered by the victims and their families, the verdict had to be delivered "sans emotions" and strictly on the basis of evidence.

The National Green Tribunal has taken notice of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta's drowning in a waterlogged trench in Noida and issued notices to authorities over possible environmental law violations and delayed stormwater management.