Delhi High Court heard the submissions of intervenor Broadband India Forum in the copyright suit filed by ANI against OpenAI. Senior Advocate Arvind Datar is appearing for Broadband India Forum.

The matter is being heard by Justice Amit Bansal.

Delhi High Court is hearing the suit filed by news agency Asian News International (ANI) concerning copyright, trademark infringement suit against digital content creator and YouTuber Mohak Mangal. Mangal has filed a fresh application seeking reinstatement of ten videos taken down by YouTube due to copyright strike by ANI.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting gives an undertaking before Delhi High Court to formulate final guidelines for disabled friendly accessibility features on OTT platforms. The matter was listed before Justice Sachin Datta.

"Shoe throwing incident" mentioned before Justice Surya Kant led bench

SCBA President Vikas Singh: This shoe throwing incident cannot go unnoticed like this. This person has no remorse. I have sought consent from attorney general and the criminal contempt be listed tomorrow. Social media has gone berserk

SG Tushar Mehta: consent has been given...It is the institutional integrity at stake.

Justice Surya Kant: We are all for free speech. Problem is how to regulate.

SG: The opportunity this institution missed taking and some action was needed. Justice Kant: CJI has shown magnanimity and it shows that Institution is not affected as such

SG: The way this social media is being uncontrollably used..some are making a glory out of this.. and some are speaking of his courage etc. This is about institution..it cannot go on.

SC: We will treat this matter uninfluenced by anything else.

Delhi High Court seeks response of the Central Government in the petition filed by All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) challenging a notification issued by Ministry of Heavy Industries discontinuing the GST concession on certain vehicles given to persons with disabilities. The matter was listed before the Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela.

“What are your officers doing?”

Delhi High Court pulls up DDA over delays in handing over possession of land in Shahdara for the construction of residential buildings for judicial officers; Court says it is not impressed with “excuse” that Rs 50k was left to be paid. Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela heard the matter.

Court: Why has Shahdara land not been given? Payment was given in July.

Lawyer: There was some discrepancy, some balance, small amount of 50k.

Delhi High Court permits an application filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Senior Advocate Gaurav Bhatia seeking modification of the order dated September 25 wherein the Court issued summons in his defamation suit. Justice Amit Bansal heard the matter.

Supreme Court hears a plea challenging the grant of defence land within cantonments to private individuals and alleging encroachment of thousands of acres of defence property across the country.

Bench: Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi Adv. Prashant Bhushan: After several orders of the Court, last time the Attorney General said that they had appointed a committee. I have gone through the interim report, and it virtually says nothing.

Delhi High Court is hearing a suit filed by Bollywood actor Hritik Roshan seeking protection of his personality rights. The matter is listed before Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora.

Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi is appearing for Roshan. He is telling the Court about certain Apps which are using his picture.

Delhi High Court grants last and final opportunity to the Enforcement Directorate to argue its case against the bail order passed in June 2024 by Rouse Avenue District Courts to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal. The matter was listed before the bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja.

[Tamil Nadu vs ED] @dir_ed

Earlier #SupremeCourt had stayed the investigation against the state-run Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) and critiqued the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 'crossing all limits'

SR Adv Kapil Sibal: This is the TASMAC issue. How can a govt company be raided? We are the ones who directed them to be filed. The managing directors are raided. Once FIR is there..ECIR is there.. this matter can be closed in no time at all. We have to decide what to do and what not.. what is ED doing? ED has seized computers etc. this is shocking

ASG SV Raju: There are 47 FIRs there is large scale irregularities.. we are on predicate offences and are on scheduled offences..for all these officers there is a conduit of how money is flowing. ASG Raju: this is large scale corruption and what happens to the federal structure?

CJI Gavai: Can't the local police look into this ?

Supreme Court to hear plea of Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd (SICCL) seeking its nod to sell various properties, including Amby Valley in Maharashtra and Shahara Saher in Lucknow, to Adani Properties Private Limited #SupremeCourt #Sahara #Adani Bench: CJI BR Gavai, Justices Surya Kant, and MM Sundresh

National Annual Stakeholders Consultation on:
Safeguarding the Girl Child Towards a Safer and Enabling Environment for Her in India

Justice B.V. Nagarathna:
Today, a young girl in India can be said to be a truly equal citizen only when she can freely aspire to do anything that her male counterpart does, and receive the same quality of support and resources to do so. No barriers specific to her because of her gender should exist.

Put differently, the odds of her being born at all, having access to the right nutrition, care, education, and material resources, a secure and safe environment, developing a distinct sense of self, and being able to achieve whatever she sets her mind to, have to be equivalent to that of a boy child born in this country. She should not merely survive, but actively thrive. Justice Nagarathna: The first barrier that a girl child in India faces is being born at all. Will she be born at all? It is an altogether unfortunate trope that most of us are familiar with. When a family eagerly awaits news of the birth of a child, some are disappointed at best and even dismayed at worst upon hearing that the child is a girl.

The child sex ratio of 0 to 6 years in India has only seen marginal improvement, going up from 914 girls for every 1000 boys in the 2011 Census to 929 girls for every 1000 boys in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5). There are also recent concerning reports of worsening sex ratios caused by likely female infanticide or foeticide in certain States. Many of the States, however, have seen improvements in their sex ratios.

#SupremeCourt hears the fire crackers issue concerning Delhi air pollution

CJI BR Gavai: Whether the pollution in 2018 (AQI) was much less as compared to 2024?

Respondent: If you see CAQM Data..

SG Tushar Mehta: In Covid period it came down ..else it remained the same. There is nothing on record to show that it is because of the firecrackers. I urge that there is no restriction for firecrackers. If there is a two hour timing .... One hour goes in persuading parents only ! We all were children! Sr Adv K Parameshwar: Half of haryana is under the ban without even being heard. That is how NCR expanse is..

Supreme Court to shortly hear Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam’s plea challenging Madras High Court order directing SIT probe into Karur rally stampede that claimed 41 lives.

Bench: Justices JK Maheshwari and NV Anjaria

#SupremeCourtofIndia #KarurStampede The plea seeks stay on the Madras High Court order, appointment of a former Supreme Court judge to oversee the probe, and expunging of adverse remarks against the party and its leaders.

#KarurStampede

Sabarimala gold loss case: Kerala High Court suo motu impleads State Police Chief in case concerning loss of gold from the gold plated covering the dwarapalaka idols at Sabarimala temple.

The court had previously ordered an SIT probe into the matter.
barandbench.com/news/sabarimal… Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and KV Jayakumar made it clear today that the SIT is to refrain from speaking to the media until the probe is completed. SIT to file reports every two weeks before the Court in sealed cover.

Supreme Court hears applications seeking review of its Vanashakti judgement.

In the judgement, the Court had barred the Central government from granting retrospective environmental clearance.

Bench: CJI BR Gavai, Justices K Vinod Chandran and Ujjal Bhuyan Sr. Adv. Kapil Sibal: the OM refers to 2 powers. It was passed in pursuance of the order of the NGT. There is apparently an error.

Supreme Court hears plea seeking probe into alleged financial irregularities and fund diversion by Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd and its promoters.

Bench: Justices Surya Kant, Ujjal Bhuyan, and NK Singh

#SupremeCourt #Indiabulls Adv Prashant Bhushan (appearing in person)

Sr. Adv. Harish Salve (for Sameer Gehlaut, founder and chairman of India Bulls): this is such blackmail litigation. If an investigation is needed it is into these NGOs. All the agencies have filed affidavits and nothing has come out. What is this kind of witch hunting. Who is this stranger. I am objecting the maintainability of this petition.

Supreme Court to shortly hear a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bihar’s electoral rolls, which was conducted ahead of the 2025 Assembly elections #BiharSIR #SupremeCourt Bench to assemble shortly. Hearing will start at 2pm.

[2nd National Mediation Conference in Odisha]

Justice Sachin Datta, Delhi HC judge: Mediation is no longer the poor cousin of Arbitration or litigation and is becoming the prefered one. Mediated justice is also faster.
6600 cases were referred for mediation in Delhi. 3,400 cases were settled. Success rate was more than 50 percent and at 34 percent at pre litigation stage. As far as Delhi is concerned the record is very satisfactory. Lawyer mediators have been the unsung heroes and heroines in this. Justice Surya Kant: We cannot compare arbitration and mediation fees. There is a lot of expectation from this new mediation act and it is a ray of hope for structured mediation..I have also gone through the provisions.. but we have to see if the act meets with all the expectations or there are some legislative lacunae which is left behind.

CJI BR Gavai along with other dignatories to shortly speak at the inaugral session of the 2nd National Mediation Conference, 2025. AG Orissa Pitambar Acharya reads the message from PM Modi: it is noteworthy that the conference seeks to promote mediation as ADR at various stages of litigation. Our nation has had a culture of mediation that blends tradition and formal systems of justice delivery. When such processes are incorporated into modern systems they strengthen access to justice while preserving local harmony. Alongside modernisation and legal reforms it reflects India’s blend of timeless traditions of justice with 21st century lens.