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Re-Arrest Without Magistrates Permission Illegal Where Earlier Arrest Vitiated For Failure To Furnish Grounds Of Arrest: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that re-arrest of an accused is illegal where the procedure mandated by the Supreme Court is not followed after his earlier release on account of violation of the constitutional safeguards under Article 22(1) of Constitution of India. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 917]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Arun Bhardwaj observed that once an accused...

Jail Warden Cant Resort To Unnecessary Beating Of Inmates After Situation Is Controlled: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has cautioned a jail warden against using unnecessary violence or beating inmates, observing that such conduct is impermissible, especially after a situation inside the prison has already been brought under control. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 916]A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Dinesh Bhatt made the observation while examining CCTV footage of...

Delhi High Court Seeks Tihar Jails Response On Sharjeel Imams Plea To Access Research Material To Complete PhD

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of Tihar jail authorities' on a plea moved by Sharjeel Imam, accused in a 2020 North East Delhi riots case, seeking permission to access research material in a pen drive in a computer inside jail to complete his PhD.Justice Sanjeev Narula directed the jail authorities to file a status report in the matter. Advocate Ahmad Ibrahim appearing for...

Maharashtra SIR | Bombay High Court To Hear Plea Seeking Safeguards Against Wrongful Voter Exclusion On October 5

The Bombay High Court on Monday (September 28) agreed to hear the petition claiming numerous flaws in the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Maharashtra and posted the matter for hearing on October 5.The petition filed on behalf of two businessmen, was mentioned before a division bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna stating that...

Bombay High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Plea Challenging 14 Orders By CEC Gyanesh Kumar Allegedly Passed Despite Objections By ECs

The Kolhapur bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday (September 28) refused to grant an urgent hearing to a writ petition challenging the 14 actions allegedly taken by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, allegedly despite objections by the other two Election Commissioners, Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr Vivek Joshi.The petition, filed through Advocate Asim Sarode, alleges that the...

Madras High Court Rejects Election Petition Challenging One-Vote Victory Of TVKs Seenivasa Sethupathi

The Madras High Court, on Monday (September 28), rejected an election petition filed by DMK's Periakaruppan challenging the victory of TVK candidate Seenivasa Sethupathi by one vote in Tirupattur Constituency. 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 465Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan allowed an application filed by Sethupathi seeking to reject Periakaruppan's election petition.Periakaruppan had alleged that postal...

Centre Can Invoke S.100 Patents Act To Make Exorbitantly Priced Patented Drugs And Sell On Non-Commercial Basis: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Monday (September 28) held that Section 100 of the Patents Act can be invoked by the Central government to use a patent to manufacture the medicine covered by it and sell it to a person, including a needy patient, on a non-commercial basis. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 528]The court ruled the provision may be invoked where government intervention is required, including when...

Gurugram Facing Persistent Water Crisis, Rainwater Not Used Effectively: P&H High Court Seeks Remedial Measures

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that Gurugram faces a persistent shortage of potable water, with groundwater levels falling for decades because of indiscriminate use of borewells. It has asked all parties to submit written suggestions on remedial measures.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor said that unless appropriate and...

Gujarat High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Mans Relatives Accused Of Instigating Him To Pronounce Triple Talaq

The Gujarat High Court granted anticipatory bail to five family members of a man booked for instigating him to divorce his wife using triple talaq. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 259]The applicants booked for offences under Sections 85, 351(2) and 54 BNS and Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act had moved the court seeking anticipatory bail.The Act prohibits triple talaq,...