LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts- 24 July 2026

LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...

NTA Has 24 Of 39 Permanent Posts Filled, Relies On 73 Contractual & 124 Outsourced Staff: Centre Tells Rajya Sabha

The Union Government has informed Parliament that the National Testing Agency (NTA) has only 24 of its 39 sanctioned permanent posts filled, with the remaining 15 lying vacant, even as the agency continues to conduct large-scale national entrance examinations across the country.In a written reply to an unstarred question in the Rajya Sabha on July 22, 2026, Minister of State for Education...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : July 23, 2026

Links to Reports of July 23, 2026 :Social Media Popularity Not Same As Credibility : CJI Surya Kant To New AoRs, Warns Against Overreliance On AI In DraftingSupreme Court Asks Union, CPCB To Explain Utilisation Of 'Environment Relief Fund'Law Students Can't Be Barred From Ongoing Academic Session Exams Over Attendance Shortage: Supreme Court Grants One-Time ReliefSupreme Court Metro...

AILET 2027 To Be Held On December 13, NLU-Delhi Opens Applications From August 7

The National Law University (NLU), Delhi has announced that the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2027 for admission to its Five-Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. programmes for the academic session 2027–28 will be conducted on December 13, 2026 (Sunday).As per the notification, the entrance examination will be held from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM at centres across India.The university has...

Anti-Nationals Have Entered 'So-Called Student Protests', Aim Is To Destabilize India : BCI Chief Manan Kumar Mishra

The BCI Chairperson alleged that huge foreign funds linked to George Soros have been sourced to create lawlessness and seize power.

Supreme Court Sets Aside 2016 Uttarakhand HC Directions On Forest Fire Control, Relegates Matter To HC For Monitoring

The Supreme Court today relegated to the Uttarakhand High Court a matter pertaining to forest fires in the State for issuance of appropriate directions and monitoring of periodic measures to control their menace.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana passed the order, after hearing Senior Advocate Rajiv Datta (applicant in person), Senior Advocate K Parmeswar...

Supreme Court Orders FIR & SIT Probe In Custodial Death Of Gujarat Man Booked In Cow Slaughter Case

"How a person can consume diabetes 100 tablets in police custody?" the son of the deceased asked.

Can MLAs Merge With Another Party Without Original Political Party's Consent? Supreme Court To Hear Goa Case In December

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear the petition filed by Goa Congress leader Girish Chodankar challenging the judgment of the Bombay High Court (Goa Bench) which approved the defection of 8 Congress MLAs to the Bharatiya Janata Party as a valid merger.Granting leave to appeal in Chodankar's Special Leave Petition, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice...

'Bureaucrats Deciding Land Compensation Prima Facie Unacceptable': Supreme Court Recommends Amendment To National Highways Act

The Supreme Court today urged the Union government to make suitable amendments to the National Highways Act so that land acquisition compensation disputes thereunder are decided by "judicially trained minds" and not government officers.A bench of CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana was hearing a batch of SLPs that arose from the Punjab and Haryana High Court's...

Delhi Court Seeks Police Response Over NH-24 Robbery Of Young Lawyer, Directs SHO To Personally Supervise Probe

A Delhi court today directed the Delhi Police to file a detailed status report in relation to incident of robbery of a young practising advocate on NH-24 near city's Akshardham.Noting that the complainant was an advocate, Judicial Magistrate First Class Amit Rana of Karkardooma Courts ordered the Station House Officer (SHO) concerned to personally supervise the investigation. The Court...

Inadequate Grounds Of Arrest Don't By Themselves Vitiate Arrest, Prejudice To Accused Must Be Shown: Supreme Court

The Court said that complete non-service of reasons vitiates arrest, but inadequate reasons require proving prejudice against accused.

Supreme Court Directs Bihar Govt To Clear Encroachments Along Banks Of Ganga In Patna Within Six Weeks

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the Bihar government six weeks to remove all unauthorised structures, constructions and encroachments between Nauzar Ghat and Nurpur Ghat in Patna along the banks of the Ganga, directing that its order be complied with irrespective of any interim orders passed by the High Court or district courts.“We grant six weeks' time to the State of Bihar to ensure...