Law

CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke granted conditional bail

IANS | October 17, 2026 5:02 PM

New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder and Convener Abhijeet Dipke was on Saturday granted conditional bail by a Delhi court after being arrested in connection with the party's 'Lehra Do Tiranga' rally at the Central Park in national capital's Connaught Place.

Kriti Sanon approaches Delhi HC for protection of personality rights

IANS | October 16, 2026 2:56 PM

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) Bollywood actress Kriti Sanon has approached the Delhi High Court seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights against the alleged unauthorised use of her name, image, likeness, and other identity attributes, including through artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content and digital impersonation.

SC seeks explanation from Sanjay Raut over conduct in plea challenging SIR

IANS | October 16, 2026 10:04 AM

New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The Supreme Court has sought an explanation from Shiv Sena(UBT) leader Sanjay Raut over his conduct while provisionally entertaining his petition as part of a plea filed by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

'Nobody can browbeat us': SC issues notice on plea seeking action over Oppn march

IANS | October 15, 2026 2:07 PM

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea seeking safeguards against political demonstrations in and around court premises in the backdrop of the Opposition INDIA bloc leaders’ protest march towards the apex court on October 12, with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant observing that “nobody can browbeat” the top court and directing the preservation of CCTV footage and other digital evidence relating to the incident.

SC seeks ECI response on Rahul Gandhi’s plea against SIR, flags conduct of one petitioner

IANS | October 15, 2026 1:29 PM

New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea filed by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and other INDIA bloc leaders challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, while indicating that it would examine the conduct of one of the petitioners at the next hearing.