The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 26) reserved its verdict in the bail plea filed by Athar Khan, who has been booked in the 2020 North-East Delhi riots "larger conspiracy" case. During the hearing, a division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Madhu Jain orally observed that Khan's WhatsApp chats prima facie prove conspirac...
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) took serious note of the Union Government's failure to notify the draft Commercial Courts Rules, 2021, observing that the country is facing a “huge challenge” in the effective and expeditious disposal of execution petitions. A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Pankaj Mithal took suo motu notice of th...
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25) discharged an anaesthetist for an alleged post-surgery complication to the patient because of the medication prescribed by her over the phone to the nurse, which resulted in the death of the patient. The Court held that an anaesthetist would not be held guilty under Section 304-A of IPC, for the post-surgery...
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - Supreme Court Quarterly Digest Jan - Mar, 2026Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 – Section 2(f), 100, 101, and 102 – Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 – Section 2(s) and 2(o) – Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 - The Supreme Court set aside a High Court of Andhra Pradesh judgment that had quashed se...
Abstract The National Sports Governance Act, 2025 represents India’s first attempt to replace an executive code with a legally enforceable statutory framework for sports governance. This marks a shift from executive-dominant, ordinance-based regulation via the National Sports Development Code, 2...
PENNSYLVANIA I worked in a small dental office back in 1992-93 where the dentist did not autoclave the instruments. Everything was cold sterilized. Once I came back from lunch and was advised to take the morning instruments out and prepare the trays with them for the afternoon! Once I tried to u...
