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US to deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits

US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Thursday announced the return of the “public charge” rule for immigrants. Immigrants must already demonstrate that they will not become public charges, or persons who depend on the government for subsistence, but the new rule will expand the range of public benefits that immigration officials may consider when […] The post US to...

US federal judge rules border phone searches of Palestinian American violated Fourth Amendment

A federal judge ruled Thursday that US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents violated the Fourth Amendment rights of Osama Abu Irshaid, the executive director of American Muslims for Palestine, when they searched his cell phones twice in a US international airport in 2024. The court did not find that the searches amounted to First […] The post US federal...

Rights group condemns abduction of government critics by Uganda military

Human Rights Watch on Thursday raised concerns surrounding the arbitrary detention of government critics by the Ugandan military, stating that the authorities hold the individuals in undisclosed locations and subsequently transfer them to civilian authorities for politically motivated prosecutions. The organization said the detentions form part of a broader campaign against opposition figures, lawyers, journalists, […] The post Rights group...

International civil liberties coalition defends ICC amid US dismantling efforts

The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) on Friday released a statement defending the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the announcement of a campaign by the United States Department of State that seeks to systematically paralyze the court. The network reiterated that the court, created by the Rome Statute, is an independent and impartial judicial […] The post International...

Marco Rubio announces visa restriction policy targeting members of ‘far-left terrorist’ groups

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Thursday a new visa restriction policy barring foreign nationals affiliated with what the administration describes as “far-left terrorist” organizations from entering the US. The policy targets foreign nationals who have engaged in or materially supported acts of terrorism, violent crime, economic sabotage, or assisted far-left networks with any […] The post Marco Rubio...

Delhi HC Puts First and Third Saturday Court Sittings on Hold; Committee to Review Proposal

Delhi High Court has deferred the implementation of its decision declaring the first and third Saturdays as court sitting days and has constituted a committee to reconsider the proposal. The post Delhi HC Puts First and Third Saturday Court Sittings on Hold; Committee to Review Proposal appeared first on SCC Times.

Read why Karnataka High Court refused to entertain Article 227 plea against ex parte injunction order

“…the petitioner, instead of availing the statutory remedy available to him, has chosen to file a petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India.” The post Read why Karnataka High Court refused to entertain Article 227 plea against ex parte injunction order appeared first on SCC Times.

Promotional Reels, Client Testimonials, Legal Influencers: BCI Issues Digital Conduct Rules for Legal Community

BCI has issued a comprehensive circular on social media conduct, digital ethics, court decorum and professional responsibility, directing State Bar Councils and law colleges to ensure immediate implementation and sensitisation. The post Promotional Reels, Client Testimonials, Legal Influencers: BCI Issues Digital Conduct Rules for Legal Community appeared first on SCC Times.

“Traitor” Posters Outside Harbhajan Singh’s Residence Did Not Establish a Threat to Life: Punjab and Haryana HC Declines to Security Cover

The Security Review Committee had assessed Harbhajan Singh's threat perception on 3 March 2026, nearly two months before he left the Aam Aadmi Party. Punjab & Haryana HC held the timing was coincidental, not retaliatory and that his Y+ CRPF cover and State's undertaking of local deployment adequately addressed his security concerns. The post “Traitor” Posters Outside Harbhajan Singh’s Residence...

Foreign counsel cannot examine witnesses before Advocate Commissioner in execution of Hague Convention Letter of Request: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court held that foreign lawyers cannot examine witnesses before an Advocate Commissioner appointed for execution of a letter of request issued by a foreign court under the Hague Convention. The recording evidence before a Commissioner is a litigious function forming part of the practice of law in India and falls within an area reserved exclusively for advocates...

₹94 Crore ITC Fraud Alleged, Fictitious Suppliers, No Stock Records, Yet Telangana HC Grants Anticipatory Bail; Says Gravity of Economic Offence Alone Cannot Justify Arrest

The Court held that although allegations of fraudulent availment of Input Tax Credit under the CGST Act constitute serious economic offences, arrest cannot be made as a matter of course. Where the investigation is primarily based on documentary evidence already in the custody of the authorities and custodial interrogation is not shown to be indispensable, anticipatory bail deserves to be...

1600 for Trusted Calls, 140 for Promotions: TRAI Clears the Air on Designated Number Series

Amid reports causing confusion, TRAI has clarified the distinct use of 1600 series numbers for trusted communications and 140 series numbers for promotional calls. The post 1600 for Trusted Calls, 140 for Promotions: TRAI Clears the Air on Designated Number Series appeared first on SCC Times.

Call for Submissions | Campus Law Centre, DU’s Journal for Legal and Policy Research (CLC-JLPR) invites submissions for Vol. 2

Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi has invited submissions for Volume 2 of the Campus Law Centre — Journal for Legal and Policy Research (CLC-JLPR), welcoming original contributions from students, academicians, and practitioners across law and allied disciplines. The post Call for Submissions | Campus Law Centre, DU’s Journal for Legal and Policy Research (CLC-JLPR) invites submissions...

5,393 Elderly and Terminally Ill Prisoners Identified by NALSA. Supreme Court Says the Criminal Justice System Needs Systemic Recalibration; Issues Comprehensive Directions

While issuing comprehensive directions, the Court noted that these proceedings called for a systemic recalibration of criminal justice system, wherein vulnerability is not treated as an afterthought, but as a constitutionally significant determinant for humane treatment of prisoners. The post 5,393 Elderly and Terminally Ill Prisoners Identified by NALSA. Supreme Court Says the Criminal Justice System Needs Systemic Recalibration; Issues...

Cyber Fraud Investigation Needs Real-Time Coordination: MP HC Impleads MHA, Telecom Department, RBI & 3 State DGPs To Fix the System

The Court found that the existing mechanism, whereby information is sought through multiple agencies and forwarded from one authority to another before any effective field action is undertaken, results in avoidable delay. Such procedural movement of files and requests enables the perpetrators to remain several steps ahead of the investigating agencies. The post Cyber Fraud Investigation Needs Real-Time Coordination: MP...

Centre Nominates New Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Member to National Commission for Minorities

Ministry of Minority Affairs has nominated Harjit Singh Grewal as Chairperson, S. Munawari Begum as Vice-Chairperson and Glenn E Souza Ticlo as Member of the National Commission for Minorities. The post Centre Nominates New Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Member to National Commission for Minorities appeared first on SCC Times.

Johnny Brown, Justice Jackson’s father, passes away at 80

Sonam Wangchuk Protest : Law On Hunger Strikes & Judicial ApproachOn the 20th day of the hunger strike

On the 20th day of the hunger strike over exam paper leaks, Ladakhi activist Sonam Wangchuk was forcefully shifted by the Delhi Police from the Jantar Mantar protest site to a hospital. The Police fell back on a Delhi High Court order, which directed the authorities to monitor...

Nirmohi Akhara Moves Supreme Court Seeking Restructuring Of Ayodhya Ram Mandir Trust As Public Trust, Forensic Audit Of Finances

Nirmohi Akhara Moves Supreme Court Seeking Restructuring Of Ayodhya Ram Mandir Trust As Public Trust, Forensic Audit Of Finances

Supreme Court's 'Delhi Metro' Judgment Caused Extensive Damage To Arbitration In India: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Supreme Court's 'Delhi Metro' Judgment Caused Extensive Damage To Arbitration In India: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Supreme Court Recommends IBC Amendment To Protect MSMEs, Says Small Operational Creditors Need Fairer Repayment Mechanism

Supreme Court Recommends IBC Amendment To Protect MSMEs, Says Small Operational Creditors Need Fairer Repayment Mechanism

SCAORA Submits Recommendations On Supreme Court's Draft AI Regulations, Raises Concerns

SCAORA Submits Recommendations On Supreme Court's Draft AI Regulations, Raises Concerns

All India Bar Exam-XXI Results To Be Declared Today, 65.92% Candidates Qualify

All India Bar Exam-XXI Results To Be Declared Today, 65.92% Candidates Qualify

Know The Law | Which Documents Require Mandatory Proof Of Attestation? Supreme Court Explains

Doctors Assault Case: Bombay High Court Cancels Shinde Sena Corporator Ramesh Mhatre's Bail; Urges Doctors To Withdraw Strike Call

Nirmohi Akhara moves Supreme Court for reconstituting Ram Janmabhoomi Trust, restoration of 1950 and 1982 idols

Why I stopped drafting contracts like fortresses

Commonwealth training models for Senior Counsel: What the BCI can actually use

4 NLUs listed with expired BCI approval ahead of July 31 deadline

Saturday special sitting: Bombay High Court stays bail of Shiv Sena's Ramesh Mhatre in doctors assault case

Pointless to celebrate arbitration weeks if court verdicts, policies undermine arbitration: Justice Ujjal Bhuyan

Protest Is Hallmark Of Democracy: Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Farmer For Hunger Strike

Protest Is Hallmark Of Democracy: Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Farmer For Hunger Strike

How To Prove A Will As Genuine? Supreme Court Explains Tests

How To Prove A Will As Genuine? Supreme Court Explains Tests

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Know The Law| When Can A Right Be Waived? Supreme Court Explains

Know The Law| When Can A Right Be Waived? Supreme Court Explains

Supreme Court Criminal Law Digest: June 2026

Recovery Of Dead Body Not Necessary For Murder Conviction : Supreme Court

Art. 226 | High Courts Cannot Reweigh Evidence Or Interfere With Factual Findings In Certiorari Jurisdiction : Supreme Court

Supreme Court Urges Railways To Prevent Overcrowding In Trains, Suggests Dropping 'Second Class Passenger' Term

'Evaded Payment For 16 Years': Kerala High Court Rejects Cop's Appeals Against Compensation Award To Lawyer He Assaulted

Chhattisgarh High Court Increases Accident Compensation By ₹37 Lakh, Says Victim's IT Returns Cannot Be Discarded During Calculation

MP High Court Quashes Termination Of Employee After 28 Years Of Service, Orders State To Regularise Him On Direct Recruitment Post

Delhi High Court suspends two district judges for alleged misconduct

Singapore Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon to retire in February 2027 after over 14 years in office

AIBE XXI results: 65.92% of candidates pass after qualifying marks cut by 3

Shocking delay in murder trial prompts Supreme Court to grant bail to accused who spent 9 years in jail

Impose extra tax on liquor, cigarettes: Supreme Court on fund shortage for toilets in courts

US Attorney denies contradiction in DOJ bid to drop Adani case; says he attended meetings but Deputy AG took final call

NCDRC transfers case to Odisha after West Bengal State Commission member alters order uploaded online

Delhi High Court refuses to close case against married man accused of rape on false promise of marriage

Recalling the lawyers who shaped India - Raju Ramachandran's 14 Lawyers: Portraits from the Bar

Meet the 11 newly designated women Senior Advocates of Delhi High Court

Karnataka continues overhaul of law officers representing it before High Court

Death of homemaker in motor accident: Karnataka HC enhances compensation by ₹43 lakh

Legal Notes by Arvind Datar: Governments must speak with one voice

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas connects Dixon Technologies - vivo JV

DSK Legal, Khaitan & Co act on Sunsure Energy securing ₹262 crore project finance from FMO, Axis Bank

Himachal Pradesh HC refuses to quash FIR over distribution of Rampal’s books containing views against Hindu gods

After Disqualifying Beasley Allen, Johnson & Johnson Sets Sights on Other Talc Lawyers

After Disqualifying Beasley Allen, Johnson & Johnson Sets Sights on Other Talc Lawyers

Barrett Faces MAGA Backlash Despite Conservative Track Record

UPDATE: Professor Can't Keep Fed. Judge From Starting Monday as Univ. of Kentucky's Next Law Dean

7th Circuit Sends Wake-Up Call to TCPA Litigants. Is SCOTUS Next?

Meet Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz: Trump Nominee Rises to Federal Bench in South Florida

Impossible To Satisfy Every Litigant, Judge's Morality Should Be Governed By Sensible Sections Of Society: Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad Retires