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1. 'File Defamation Case If Report Untrue': Kapil Sibal On Election Commission Dissent Row

'File Defamation Case If Report Untrue': Kapil Sibal On Election Commission Dissent Row Kapil Sibal said the Supreme Court should take note of alleged irregularities in the SIR.

2. “Justice must find its way to the citizen,” says CJI Surya Kant at inauguration of victim rights centre in Patna

“Justice must find its way to the citizen,” says CJI Surya Kant at inauguration of victim rights centre in Patna

“Justice must find its way to the citizen,” says CJI Surya Kant at inauguration of victim rights centre in Patna Chief Justice of India Justice Surya Kant on Saturday inaugurated four access-to-justice initiatives of the Bihar State Legal Services Authority, including the Victim Rights Centre (VRC), the VRC booklet, a dedicated helpline for the transgender community, and multi-utility vehicles to take legal aid to villages. Delivering the special address, CJI Surya Kant posed a foundational question for the justice system: “When a person needs justice, how close is justice to that person?” He said the four initiatives were guided by one conviction: “Justice must not wait for the citizen to find it. The justice system must find its way to the citizen.” Lamenting the marginalisation of victims in criminal trials, the CJI observed: “The victim walks in, gives a statement, and often disappears from the story until the day of testimony.” He added, “A victim frequently experiences the process itself as a second injury, arriving already wounded and then made to navigate a system that speaks a language not known to them.” The Victim Rights Centre, he explained, rests on the idea that “a victim of crime should not have to learn the law to receive what the law already promises” compensation, legal aid, medical assistance, counselling, protection and rehabilitation. Noting that “they may all exist in law, yet remain beyond the reach of the person who needs them most,” he said, the Centre would provide, “One centre, one file, one point of accountability”. Describing it as more than an information desk, he said it was “a case management system built around the person, with a deadline attached to every task. “The VRC booklet,” he said, was “a practical guide to understanding the Centre, its processes and the manner in which a victim can access its support,” adding, “an institution cannot serve…

3. Retrospective titles for Man Utd? What Man City's 'guilty' verdict means for PL

Retrospective titles for Man Utd? What Man City's 'guilty' verdict means for PL Hello and welcome to a special edition of Offside, where we make sense of the ‘guilty verdict’ against Manchester City o

4. Press Club condemns detention of journalists covering protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Press Club condemns detention of journalists covering protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Press Club condemns detention of journalists covering protests against CEC Gyanesh Kumar The Press Club of India (PCI), in a statement issued in New Delhi on Saturday (September 26, 2026), condemned the Delhi Police’s decision to detain two journalists, Frontline’s Vedaant Lakhera and The Wire’s Mohammamd Irfan, who were covering a protest at Jantar Mantar on Friday against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The PCI said in the statement that the two journalists were wearing their press IDs at the time. “Ironically, Mr. Lakhera was detained while asking Delhi Police personnel why they were not wearing name tags. Lakhera was dragged to the Parliament Street police station and told to delete a picture, which he did not do, before he was let go, Mr. Irfan was taken to the police station in Dwarka and detained for several hours along with protesters before being released. At Jantar Mantar, a policeman also snatched his mic which bore the organisation’s logo and tossed it aside. It could not be found after that,” PCI president Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty and Secretary-General Afzal Imam said in the statement. “That the Delhi Police, controlled directly by the Union Home Ministry, would behave in this manner against journalists at the centre of the national capital is a matter of grave concern,” they added. FIR against Maktoob In a separate statement, the PCI criticised the West Bengal Police’s FIR against Maktoob Media for its reporting on alleged exclusion of Muslim IAS and IPS officers from meetings during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visits to the State. “There has been no official denial; yet the police have gone ahead with filing an FIR on the matter.

5. Iowa firm lost $800K to fake invoices; feds recover $375K four years later

Iowa firm lost $800K to fake invoices; feds recover $375K four years later An Iowa company that believed it was paying legitimate vendor invoices instead transferred more than $800,000 to a bank accou

1. Subhas Chandra Sarkar vs. The State of West Bengal and Ors. (22.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1084/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the High Court's order rejecting an appeal from an acquittal by a Judicial Magistrate, directing it to the Sessions Court, was proper. The parties involved

2. Waris vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh (24.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1083/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the case of Waris vs. The State of Madhya Pradesh, focusing on the conviction and sentencing of Waris for the rape and murder of his six-year-old stepdaughter. The

3. Sanu Varghese vs. Shoukkathali (22.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1082/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the High Court's remand order for a fresh trial in a Section 138 Negotiable Instruments Act case was proper, given no prejudice was claimed by the accused,

4. Naval Kishore and Ors. vs. State of Punjab (24.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1081/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeal by Naval Kishore and Jyoti Kumar against their life sentences for the murder of Pinki and her two daughters, challenging the trial court's directive tha

5. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. vs. Hariom Projects Pvt. Ltd. (18.09.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/1080/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether the High Court could remit appellate proceedings under Section 37(1)(b) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to an Arbitral Tribunal to be treate

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