Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Bar and Bench

J&K HC quashes Aasif Sultan’s PSA detention, says order ‘illegal’

Srinagar-based journalist Aasif Sultan has been granted relief by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, with his preventive detention order under the JK Public Safety Act being quashed.

Newslaundry

‘Should SEBI now follow journalists?’ SC reserves verdict in Adani-Hindenburg case

The Supreme Court today reserved its verdict in a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitoring inquiry into fraud allegations made by Hindenburg Research against the Adani Group, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry

Delhi chief secy vs The Wire: Court tells portal to take down ‘defamatory article’ over land deal

The Delhi High Court today directed news outlet The Wire to pull down its article on Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar, pointing to a potential conflict of interest in the land acquisition by the NHAI for the Dwarka Expressway project, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

NewsClick founder, HR head sent to 9-day police custody

A Delhi court has sent NewsClick’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty to nine days in police custody in the UAPA case, Bar and Bench reported. They will be produced before the court again on November 2.

Newslaundry

‘Cannot bring hammer to kill an ant’: Bombay HC calls IT Rules ‘excessive’

“You cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant,” said the Bombay High Court on Friday while hearing petitions challenging the amended IT Rules against fake content on social media, according to Bar and Bench.

Newslaundry

‘Can’t take chargesheet and affix on wall’: Delhi HC to Aaj Tak on Shraddha Walkar coverage

The Delhi High Court today questioned Aaj Tak on its plea to be permitted to broadcast materials related to the Shraddha Walkar murder case. This is over a month after a Delhi court restrained the news channel from telecasting sensitive information on the case.

Newslaundry

Delhi HC set to hear Gautam Gambhir’s defamation suit against Punjab Kesari

BJP’s East Delhi MP and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir has filed a defamation case against Punjab Kesari seeking damages to the tune of Rs 2 crore, according to Bar and Bench. The MP has reportedly sought a public apology from the paper, its editor and two reporters.

Newslaundry

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

SC dismisses plea seeking stay on ‘Kerala Story’ over ‘hate speech’

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea which sought a halt on the release of Hindi film The Kerala Story for promoting hate speech, according to Bar and Bench. The top court said the film has been certified by a board and the matter should be heard by an “appropriate…

Newslaundry

Fake news on TN migrants: SC grants OpIndia editor, CEO protection from arrest

Rightwing blog OpIndia’s editor in chief Nupur Sharma and CEO Rahul Roushan have been granted four weeks’ protection from arrest by the Supreme Court today, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry

Kerala court grants anticipatory bail to Asianet journalists

The Asianet News journalists who had been booked over an allegedly fake interview have been granted anticipatory bail by a court in Kerala’s Kozhikode, according to Bar and Bench.

Newslaundry

IPL betting scam: Zee Media moves Madras HC against answering ‘17 questions’ raised by Dhoni

Zee Media yesterday filed an appeal in the Madras High Court asking it to set aside an order directing it to answer interrogatories raised by cricketer MS Dhoni in connection with a defamation suit he filed against Zee nine years ago.

Newslaundry

‘Is this a media trial?’: Satyendar Jain moves court to restrain media from airing jail videos

Jailed Aam Aadmi Party minister Satyendar Jain moved a Delhi court yesterday asking that the media be restrained from airing video footage of him shot inside Tihar Jail. The Enforcement Directorate arrested Jain in May this year in connection with a money laundering case.

Newslaundry

Excise policy: Delhi High Court issues notice to Republic, Times Now and others over reportage

Five news channels have been pulled up by the Delhi High Court for “misreporting” on the investigation into Delhi’s now-revoked excise policy.

Newslaundry

Calcutta High Court refuses to restrict ABP Ananda from airing interview of sitting judge

The Calcutta High Court has refused to restrict news channel ABP Ananda from airing an interview of a sitting judge of the High Court, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Newslaundry

FIRs against Aman Chopra: Rajasthan HC tells police not to investigate charges under sedition

On Wednesday, the Rajasthan High Court directed the state police to not investigate sedition charges against Aman Chopra in the FIRs filed against him, Bar and Bench reported. The move comes after the Supreme Court issued a stay on section 124A of the Indian Penal Code – which relates to…

Newslaundry

J&K HC says no freedom of speech for stating Kashmir under military occupation: Bar and Bench report

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh last week held that statements that Kashmir is occupied by the military or that people of the region have been reduced to slaves would not be protected by the right to freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the…

Newslaundry

Delhi HC allows Rana Ayyub to travel abroad

The Delhi High Court on Monday allowed journalist Rana Ayyub to travel abroad, while hearing her plea seeking interim relief over an Enforcement Directorate circular stopping her from leaving the country, Bar and Bench reported.

Newslaundry

SC asks govt for material used to justify ban on MediaOne

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a notice to the central government asking it to produce the material based on which it refused to renew the broadcasting licence of Malayalam news channel MediaOne, Bar and Bench reported.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party

Enforcement Directorate

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.