Madras High Court questions the CBI and Bureau of Immigration's practice of treating Look Out Circulars as confidential, remarking that India "does not follow a Kafkaesque trial" and that a person affected by adverse proceedings has a right to know why.
Hearing a contempt petition over delay in proceedings against a former minister and IAS officers accused of favouritism in municipal tenders, Madras High Court remarks that it is "very difficult" to get corruption cases registered against powerful men in the country.
Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra's DGP to personally explain why the Deputy Chief Minister's son was not made an accused in a case over 40 acres of government land in Pune acquired by his firm at far below market value, despite records showing him as a company director.
Bombay High Court declines to pass any pre-emptive order against Maratha quota leader Manoj Jarange-Patil's planned "March to Mumbai," holding it cannot restrain a protest merely on apprehension and that "State machinery is capable of handling all these situations."
Bombay High Court deprecates a Pune-only, 12-day blanket ban on alcohol sale during Ganesh Chaturthi as irrational and warns it would flood hospitals with distressed habitual drinkers, prompting the Collector to cut the ban down to two days.
Twelve OCI-cardholding young cricketers challenging BCCI's Indian-passport requirement for domestic tournaments are directed by Bombay High Court to make the Central Government a party, with the Centre asked to state its position given the decision's potential "wide ramifications."
Bombay High Court voices sharp displeasure at an 18-year delay in implementing a 2008 state policy promising ownership housing to Mumbai's municipal sanitation workers, holding the law does not permit discriminating against the "most exploited, marginalized" rung of the municipal workforce.
Hearing a PIL against statutory schemes that "provincialise" teachers without a fair, competitive recruitment process, Supreme Court issues an interim order barring appointment of any teacher in schools or colleges who lacks the qualifications prescribed under the RTE, NCTE and UGC frameworks.
Supreme Court stays a Delhi High Court judgment upholding the reinstatement of IAS officer Rinku Dugga, who was compulsorily retired after Thyagaraj Stadium was allegedly emptied for her to walk her dog, and issues notice on the Centre's challenge.
Supreme Court declines to stay Bombay High Court contempt proceedings against Maharashtra's Law Department Secretary over an alleged courtroom outburst blaming the High Court for delayed judicial appointments, while restraining a final contempt order until September 28.
Hearing petitions challenging the marital rape exception, Supreme Court questions whether a husband can be prosecuted for rape of his wife before the constitutional validity of the exception is itself decided, referencing a Karnataka High Court ruling that the exception is not absolute.
Supreme Court directs three National Green Tribunal members whose tenure was expiring to continue in office until fresh appointments are made, after the NGT Bar Association warned the Tribunal's functioning could otherwise be affected, and asks the Centre to expedite appointments to other vacant tribunal posts.