Asha Menon

India's new Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026, has sparked widespread protests by removing self-identification rights. Critics argue the law replaces individual autonomy with mandatory medical certification, contradicting previous legal precedents and the Supreme Court's NALSA judgment. Activists fear this regressive move will hinder access to essential rights and services for the transgender community.

Concerned about the pesticide levels in fruits and vegetables being consumed by city residents, the Delhi high court on Wednesday set up a panel to purchase these eatables at random and subject them to lab testing.

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a senior Army officer's plea challenging the Indian Army's recent policy banning armed forces personnel from using social networking platforms like Facebook and Instagram. A bench of justices Rajiv Sahai Endlaw and asha menon, while pronouncing the order, said, "Sorry we are dismissing. Thank you."

A family court here has granted divorce to actor Revathi alias asha menon and her husband Suresh Chandra Menon.

A 59-year-old former professor of Anna University was found dead at her house in Thiruvanmiyur on Wednesday morning.

The Delhi high court on Friday took cognisance of the violation of Covid-19 protocols in various markets in the national capital and observed that such breaches will only hasten the third wave which cannot be permitted at all. The high court asked the Centre and Delhi government to take strict measures, sensitise shopkeepers and hold meetings with markets and vendors associations in this regard.

Laws are gender-neutral and the government should try and interpret them in a beneficial way, Delhi high court remarked on Wednesday, while hearing separate petitions by two same-sex couples unable to get legal recognition to their union. Hearing both petitions, the bench pointed out that in the Indian context, the concept of marriage emanates from the customary laws.

After an excruciating 45-hour wait, asha menon was told on Thursday that her husband, Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, was safe. The message was given to her former CPI legislator Manish Kunjam who had flown in to hand over medicines for the collector to his Maoist captors.

The Delhi high court has dismissed a plea by one of the alleged main conspirators behind this year's Hanuman Jayanti clashes in Jahangirpuri that he was being harassed by the Delhi Police in the garb of investigation.

The State Election Commission on Wednesday faced the ire of a Delhi court for not filing reply on an AAP leader’s plea challenging the election of a BJP candidate from a south Delhi ward in recent MCD polls, saying a “time table” needs to be followed in these matters.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday took a senior Indian Army officer to task for challenging a recent policy banning armed forces personnel from using social networking platforms. The HC said he must either abide by the mandate of a disciplined force or put in his papers and declined to grant any interim relief to Lt Col P K Choudhary.

Alleged key 26/11 handler Abu Jundal has moved a trial court seeking discharge from the Jama Masjid blast case on the ground of “illegal investigation and court proceedings”.

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will constitute a team of three former high court judges – led by former J&K chief justice Gita Mittal – to oversee relief, rehabilitation and rebuilding measures in strife-torn Manipur. Supervision of other criminal cases, excluding the 12 heinous cases referred to CBI, by 42 state police SITs would be supervised by ex-Maharashtra DGP Dattatray Padsalgikar who would periodically report to the SC.

Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea by transport minister Kailash Gahlot seeking to stop BJP’s Vijender Gupta, who made statements on alleged irregularities in procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by Delhi Transport Corporation, from making any defamatory tweets during pendency of a defamation suit.

Malicious falsehood cannot be treated as freedom of speech, Delhi High Court has said, asking the competitor of a coaching institute to take down a few sentences of its YouTube video alleging falsities against its rival.

The Delhi High Court has refused to stay 'Legends League Cricket' on a lawsuit by a person who claimed to have conceptualised having a tournament with retired legendary players, saying said that no one can claim copyright over the game of cricket which has several permutations and combinations of "innings" and "overs".

Local television channels in Chhattisgarh have reported that unmanned aerial vehicle were pressed into service immediately after the Sukma district collector Alex Paul Menon's abduction.