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1. Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 21-day furlough

Gurmeet Ram Rahim gets 21-day furlough Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, serving a 20-year jail term for raping two of his disciples, has been granted a 21-day furlough. He will stay at

2. 'Not integral to Islam': HC junks UP girl's plea for allowing hijab in school

'Not integral to Islam': HC junks UP girl's plea for allowing hijab in school

'Not integral to Islam': HC junks UP girl's plea for allowing hijab in school PRAYAGRAJ: Allahabad HC dismissed a petition seeking permission for a student to wear a headscarf along with her school uniform, observing that no factual or legal material was placed before it to establish that wearing a headscarf was an essential religious practice in Islam. It noted that no other girl in the school, including those from the same community, wore a headscarf. The plea was filed by a minor student of Tagore Public School, Prayagraj, through her mother. Having passed high school, she sought admission to Class XI in the same institution and approached HC for permission to wear a headscarf. A division bench comprising Justices J J Munir and Indrajeet Shukla said it had perused the photographs from various classes and found that no other student, not even those from the petitioner's community, donned a headscarf. "Here, no such factual foundation has been laid or material placed on record to establish a case that the donning of a headscarf is an essential part of religion for a Muslim female, forsaking which would oust the girl or woman concerned from the faith that she professes and practices," the court observed. The bench added that HCs have been unanimous in their opinion that wearing a headscarf is not integral to Islam, in the absence of which a woman's faith would be jeopardised.

3. Tiger has a place in India’s Constitution and ecological balance: Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal

Tiger has a place in India’s Constitution and ecological balance: Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal

Tiger has a place in India’s Constitution and ecological balance: Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal The tiger has a place both in the artwork of India’s original Constitution and in maintaining the country’s ecological balance, Union Minister of State for Law and Justice (Independent Charge) Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Saturday. Meghwal was speaking at the launch of Sacred Tiger Tales: From Vedic Hymns to Tryst with Stripes, authored and photographed by senior Law Ministry official Manoj Kumar. The 248-page coffee-table book, published by OakBridge Publishing, was unveiled by Meghwal alongside Attorney General R Venkataramani at the India International Centre in New Delhi. The book features 82 short narratives spanning scripture, classical literature, folklore, colonial history, and modern conservation, alongside photographs taken across Indian tiger reserves. The launch brought together figures across law, government, wildlife conservation, photography and publishing. Meghwal referred to the artwork in the original handwritten Constitution prepared under the guidance of artist Nandalal Bose, noting that its decorative borders incorporate animal representations including a tiger motif. “The constitutional journey of ‘We, the people of India’ is not separate from nature,” Meghwal said in Hindi. The Minister also highlighted the artwork accompanying Part XVI of the Constitution, which depicts Rani Lakshmibai and Tipu Sultan, popularly remembered as the “Tiger of Mysore”. These illustrations establish a direct civilisational connection between constitutional governance and nature. “The Constitution is the principal responsibility of our Law Ministry.

4. Not essential to Islam: Allahabad High Court dismisses UP student's petition to wear hijab with school uniform

Not essential to Islam: Allahabad High Court dismisses UP student's petition to wear hijab with school uniform Not essential to Islam: Allahabad High Court dismisses UP student's petition to wear hija

5. Finance Ministry 2024 arbitration memo a ‘plaintive cry of a disgruntled litigant’: Darius Khambata

Finance Ministry 2024 arbitration memo a ‘plaintive cry of a disgruntled litigant’: Darius Khambata

Finance Ministry 2024 arbitration memo a ‘plaintive cry of a disgruntled litigant’: Darius Khambata The Finance Ministry’s 2024 memorandum cautioning government bodies against routinely choosing arbitration appeared to be the “plaintive cry of a disgruntled litigant” rather than a serious policy announcement, Senior Advocate Darius Khambata said on Monday. Khambata was speaking at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Symposium 2026 during a panel titled Cross-Border Disputes across China, India and the US: Strategy, Enforcement and Risk. The session was moderated by Clifford Chance partner Kabir Singh. The other panellists were Three Crowns founding partner Luke Sobota, Alibaba Group’s Head of Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Investigations Li Jieyun and Hui Zhong Law Firm Singapore head Hazel Tang. Khambata was responding to a question on whether governments were moving away from arbitration in favour of domestic courts. He said India could not afford such a retreat because its courts were already clogged with constitutional, service and social litigation. “If you’re talking about India, I don’t think India can ever afford to move away from commercial arbitration.” Indian courts did not have the time or space to devote similar attention to conventional commercial suits, Khambata said. Consequently, commercial disputes had increasingly moved towards arbitration over the past two decades. He then addressed the Finance Ministry’s 2024 memorandum on arbitration and mediation in domestic public procurement contracts.

1. Madurai Farooq Ahmed vs. The Principal Secretary to Government and Ors. (21.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0940/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeal by Madurai Farooq Ahmed against the Principal Secretary to Government and others, concerning the delay in constructing a Limited Use Subway (LUS) at Lev

2. Rehana Khan vs. Rizwan Siddiquee (21.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0939/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the professional misconduct allegations against advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, brought by Rehana Khan, who sought an enhancement of his punishment by the Bar Council o

3. Neelam Sharma and Ors. vs. Amita Passan and Ors. (21.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0938/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether Neelam Sharma and others, as plaintiffs, were required to pay ad-valorem court fees for a suit seeking a declaration of co-ownership and posse

4. N. Asha Devi vs. R. Aravind Kumar and Ors. (17.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0937/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether the suit filed by R. Aravind Kumar and others against N. Asha Devi for division and allotment of a 44% share in property was barred by limitat

5. G. Sathyanarayana Bothra and Ors. vs. M.D. Lokeswari and Ors. (22.08.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0936/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the dispute between G. Sathyanarayana Bothra and others, and M.D. Lokeswari and others, concerning unauthorized construction in a building known as 'Indira Arcade'

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