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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,...

Domestic Violence | In-Laws Cant Be Roped In Without Material Showing Shared Household With Complainant: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the existence of a domestic relationship is a foundational requirement for bringing a person within the ambit of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act). [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 530]Justice Jobin Sebastian was considering a petition seeking to quash proceedings initiated under the PWDV Act. The petition was filed by respondents 4 and...

Threatening Lawyer To Withdraw Case Is Direct Attack On Justice System: P&H High Court Orders FIR, SIT Probe

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered an FIR and the constitution of a Special Investigation Team, headed by an officer of the rank of Inspector General of Police, after the petitioner's counsel reported receiving threats from an international number demanding that he withdraw the plea seeking fair investigation involving accused lodged in jail.It was alleged that the petitioner's...

Cant Use Inherent Powers U/S.528 BNSS As Backdoor Entry After Revision Fails Unless Gross Injustice Shown: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a party cannot ordinarily invoke its inherent powers under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) as a “backdoor entry” to challenge an order after having unsuccessfully exhausted the revisional remedy, unless the case involves grave miscarriage of justice.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that although the inherent powers of the...

Forensic Evidence Positively Contradicted Prosecutrixs Version: Delhi High Court Overturns Rape Conviction After 13 Years

The Delhi High Court has set aside a 2013 rape conviction of a man, after finding material inconsistencies in the prosecutrix's testimony and contradictions between her account and the medical, forensic and documentary evidence.Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav was hearing an appeal against the conviction of a man under Sections 363, 368 (kidnapping) read with Section 366, 376 (rape) and 506...

NPPA Cannot Impose Blanket Price Ceiling Without Following DPCO Mechanism: Bombay High Court Quashes 2009 Notification

The Bombay High Court has held that the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) could not impose a blanket price ceiling on a formulation without following the mechanism prescribed under paragraphs 7 and 9 of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 1995 (DPCO 1995). The Court held that the NPPA's notification dated January 30, 2009 was ultra vires the DPCO 1995 and quashed the same, along...