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Minors are legally incompetent to enter contracts under Indian law, notes SC; says social media firms must frame their platforms in conformity with Indian law, and enforce an age threshold of 18 years for ‘membership’

The plea by Prasenjit Bose, petitioner in the West Bengal SIR case and chairperson of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee’s SIR panel, seeks a stay of further proceedings pursuant to the SIR undertaken in 20 States and Union Territories during the period of the proposed inquiry

The rival factions have four weeks to complete pleadings before the poll panel, which must then decide the matter within three months.

Thousands of appeals filed by voters against their exclusion from the State electoral roll were still pending

A Bench said only two of 54 prosecution witnesses have been examined since charges were framed in a 2017 kidnapping case, calling the prosecution “absolutely slack”

A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan also formed a judicial commission, led by former Supreme Court judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, to conduct a thorough inquiry in Uldepur, on the outskirts of Meerut, regarding the nature of land where these illegal residential colonies have developed

Bench reduces Meeran Haider’s mandatory police station appearances from twice a week to once weekly

A three-judge Bench also asks about the delay in the FIR and the missing CCTV footage from the Krishnalanka police station in Vijayawada, and says it will step in if needed once the High Court disposes of the pending petitions

Status report submitted by amicus curiae before Supreme Court reveals that backlog before Keralam’s district commissions has surged by nearly 76% since December 2023, and is nearly twice that of Karnataka and more than six times that of Tamil Nadu

A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said language-related reforms were already being considered administratively and could not be brought about through judicial orders.

Environmental organisations point out that the Collector was 'only carrying out' directives of Supreme Court and High Court

Tejpal surrendered before a Goa court on September 14, to serve his 10-year rigorous imprisonment sentence

Justice B.R. Gavai’s remark was in response to a plea to direct the Union government to invoke emergency powers and ‘protect’ the State of West Bengal from violence

Chief Justice Kant had said the government could use the time to come up with incentives for the children to embrace the study of a third language in school

If someone was running a resort or a commercial complex or having a shopping mall there or having immoral or illegal activity there, we would have thrown them out, said the CJI

A total ban on alcohol only succeeds in sending the liquor trade underground, increasing the prevalence of unregulated, lethal brews, says the top court

The court passes guidelines regarding important aspects and steps to prevent hooch tragedies and for effective implementation of the policies

Nilekani task force may submit report by September-end; court asks when reforms will be implemented on ground 

‘Chennai should not alienate Delhi, and vice versa, too,’ Justice Nagarathna, heading a Bench comprising Justice A.G. Masih, addressed both governments

The Bench asked the Manipur State Legal Services Authority to see that the FIRs are investigated expeditiously and the safety of internally displaced persons staying in relief camps, besides their dignity, is ensured

Advocate Prashant Bhushan said the electoral authorities have not disclosed, though the rules require, the names of the people to whom they are disclosing notices.

Revanth Reddy’s counsel submits that in 2015, before the Prevention of Corruption Act was amended in 2018, offering a bribe was not an offence under the Act

A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said falsely imputing statements as part of oral submissions made by lawyers in court was also wrong

Kerala High Court decision of August 2026 allows Kashi Matadhipati Samyamindra Tirtha to continue execution proceedings for recovery of gold, silver ornaments and paraphernalia belonging to Kashi Math Samsthan from Raghavendra Tirtha

The Supreme Court was hearing a contempt plea filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, who alleged that the Secretary did not take any action on his representation

Supreme Court has prohibited construction of residential buildings within 40 metres and commercial ones within 75 metres from the central line of national highways

The West Bengal government, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, argued that Mr. Roy’s answers were proving evasive and his custodial interrogation was necessary to the investigation.

The court said it would intervene only if the Executive’s exercise of discretionary powers were found to be grossly disproportionate

Petition highlights urgent need for standardized investigative protocols and dedicated courts to combat systemic failures in child kidnapping cases

The Supreme Court on September 10, 2026 rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Sumit Roy in the Salboni land scam case where West Bengal govt land was allegedly sold and the sale proceeds deposited in the party’s account