Supreme Court stays Unnao rape convict Kuldeep Sengar’s suspension of life sentence
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 29, 2025) stayed the Delhi High Court order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Augustine George, also ordered legal aid for the survivor.
Supreme Court pauses own judgment defining Aravalli, moots formation of high-powered panel to do a re-think
The Supreme Court on Monday (December 29, 2025) kept in abeyance its November 20 judgment upholding a government expert panel definition restricting the world’s oldest surviving mountain systems, Aravalli, to hills sporting an elevation of 100 metres or above and hill clusters, slopes and hillocks located within 500 metres of each other.
Fire engulfs two coaches of Tatanagar-Ernakulam express train in Andhra Pradesh, kills one
