INDIAN LEGAL WING

On October 28, 2025, a Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court  (Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury) overturned a single judge’s ruling and upheld the Nagaland government’s 2021 notification  excluding wards of defence personnel from the Central Pool MBBS quota  allocated to the state. The case, The State of Nagaland and Others v. Vatsala Panghal and Another (WA/260/2025) , clarifies the distinct policy objectives of separate quota categories. Backg

On November 12, 2025, the Supreme Court of India, presided over by Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, sharply condemned Md Joynal Abedin, a suspended assistant professor from Assam, during his bail hearing in MD JOYNAL ABEDIN Versus THE STATE OF ASSAM (SLP(Crl) No. 12160/2025) . The bench labeled him a "threat to young girls" with a "perverted mind" for allegedly posting anti-national content supporting Pakistan and obscene material targeting women and minors. Key Alleg