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1. Punjab Government Can't Spend On Ads Till Dearness Allowance Dues Cleared: High Court

Punjab Government Can't Spend On Ads Till Dearness Allowance Dues Cleared: High Court The petitioners said their dearness allowance dues have not been paid for a long time

2. Thirupparankundram row: Supreme Court agrees to hear T.N. government plea, but gives the State no interim relief

Thirupparankundram row: Supreme Court agrees to hear T.N. government plea, but gives the State no interim relief

Thirupparankundram row: Supreme Court agrees to hear T.N. government plea, but gives the State no interim relief The Supreme Court on Monday (August 3, 2026) decided to examine a petition filed by the Tamil Nadu government headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay challenging orders passed by the Madras High Court on lighting a lamp at a stone pillar near a dargah on the Thirupparankundram hill. A Bench headed by Justice Aravind Kumar issued notice to the Madurai District Collector, Joint Commissioner of Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE), Sikkandar Badhusah Dargah, Hazarath Suitan, Sikkandar Badhsha Avuliya dargah, Archaeological Survey of India, Tamil Nadu Waqf Board and the petitioner in the High Court, Rama Ravikumar, and others on a plea filed by the Commissioner, HR&CE, Chennai. The State, represented by senior advocate Jaideep Gupta, said the High Court has created a new tradition. The Bench queried whether there was a prevailing tradition of lighting the lamp on the pillar. The State said there were no historical records of lighting the lamp on the stone pillar. “A dangerous situation has been propped up. If it is done once, it would be repeated in the years after,” Mr. The State said the High Court decisions had conferred upon individual devotees a right to dictate the manner and place of performance of temple rituals, a proposition wholly unknown to law. “If permitted to stand, the judgments would seriously affect administration of Hindu religious institutions throughout the State and encourage repeated litigation concerning rituals, festivals and customs in public temples,” the Tamil Nadu appeal said.

3. Lok Sabha passes Supreme Court judges Bill without debate as Opposition protests continue

Lok Sabha passes Supreme Court judges Bill without debate as Opposition protests continue

Lok Sabha passes Supreme Court judges Bill without debate as Opposition protests continue The Lok Sabha on Monday (August 3, 2026) passed a Bill to increase the sanctioned strength of judges in the Supreme Court without any discussion as persistent protests by Opposition members over the police action against protesting students at Jantar Mantar and the alleged chadhawa chori (theft of offerings) at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya continued to disrupt proceedings. Two other legislations — the Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026, and the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026 — were introduced amid sloganeering in the afternoon. Parliament Monsoon Session Day 11 highlights The House was adjourned repeatedly during the day as Opposition members trooped into the Well raising slogans and displaying placards, forcing Speaker Om Birla to suspend proceedings first till noon, then till 2 p.m., before adjourning the House for the day following the passage of the Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill, 2026. At the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting, sources told that Congress deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi, Chief Whip Kodikunnil Suresh and Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav demanded that Home Minister Amit Shah make a statement in the House on the police crackdown on protesters and that the government initiate a discussion on the alleged embezzlement of funds at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, during which Prime Minister Narendra Modi could intervene. The BAC allotted three hours each for discussion on the Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill and the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, and five hours for the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill. However, there was no discussion on taking up the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA). The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill replaces an ordinance promulgated earlier…

4. Supreme Court extends domestic cruelty offence to live-in relationships

Supreme Court extends domestic cruelty offence to live-in relationships

Supreme Court extends domestic cruelty offence to live-in relationships The Supreme Court on Monday (August 3, 2026) said the criminal offence of domestic cruelty would extend to live-in relationships between consenting adults that qualify as “relationships in the nature of marriage”. The judgment authored by a Bench headed by Justice Sanjay Karol said Section 498A (domestic cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code, now replaced by Sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, should not be limited to married relationships alone. Live-in relationships were a reality in modern, urban life. The law must adapt. “If a woman is in a domestic setup even prior to marriage, which obviously, to a certain extent in the urban areas, is a reality today, the protection given to a married woman should be given to them also. Cruelty, any way, does not check at the door, whether the house it enters is that of a married woman or not,” Justice Karol observed. The court reasoned that relationships in the nature of marriage and which show the requisite intent to marry were the “closest to marriage itself”. “It is those relationships that shall be entitled to the protection of Section 498A,” the court said. The court said the marital status of a woman, in the present day, did not have a proximate link to the objective of Section 498A, which was to prevent cruelty in a household setting. “Living together, prior to marriage, is not unheard of or unacceptable anymore. In the same way, that same-sex relations, once criminalised and deemed to be a mental illness, have now been decriminalised and recognised as naturally occurring,” the court said.

5. Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, aide Vinod Tomar acquitted in women wrestlers sexual harassment case

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, aide Vinod Tomar acquitted in women wrestlers sexual harassment case A Delhi court on Monday (August 3, 2026) acquitted former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and former Wre

1. Sudesh Pal vs. State of Uttar Pradesh (15.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0774/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the issue of whether Sudesh Pal, who was serving a life sentence, should have his sentence modified to a fixed term of twenty years, similar to his co-accused Mada

2. State of Karnataka and Ors. vs. Prabhu Shankar and Ors. (30.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0773/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeals by the State of Karnataka against the High Court's quashing of FIRs filed under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code against Prab

3. Vishnu Kumar Gupta vs. State of Madhya Pradesh and Ors. (30.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0772/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether an appeal under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (corresponding to Section 415 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) is maint

4. The Director of Income Tax (International Taxation) vs. Star Cruises (India) P. Ltd. (30.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0771/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed whether Star Cruises (India) P. Ltd., as an agent of Superstar Libra Ltd., was correctly assessed under Section 44B of the Income Tax Act for income from cruise op

5. The Director of Income Tax (IT)-I vs. Superstar Libra Limited (30.07.2026 - SC)(MANU/SC/0770/2026)

The Supreme Court of India addressed the appeal involving The Director of Income Tax (IT)-I and Superstar Libra Limited, concerning a tax assessment issue similar to that in companion Civil Appeals No

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