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Kerala High Court Sets Aside Interim Order Allowing 16 Suspended SFI Students Of Sanskrit University To Write Exams

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (03 November) allowed the appeal preferred by Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit challenging an interim order permitting 16 suspended students of the SFI to appear for the university examinations commencing on November 4. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 613]The Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. delivered the...

Gujarat Municipality Retracts Meat-Shop Shutdown Order During Jain Leaders Stay, Admits No Legal Provision To Order Closure

The Gujarat High Court closed a plea moved by slaughter house/meat-shop owners against an order issued by Radhanpur Municipality directing them to close their premises for four months on account of a Jain religious leader residing in the town for the said time period. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 302]This, after the counsel for the municipality submitted that there was no provision under the...

Mere Discrepancy In Date Of Sanction Order Without Material Showing Substantive Illegality Cannot Quash Charge-Sheet: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has held that a mere discrepancy in the date of a sanction order, without anything further to demonstrate that the sanction was not validly accorded, cannot automatically obliterate the prosecution or render the charge-sheet non est in the eyes of law.The Court dismissed a petition seeking dismissal of a charge-sheet under...

Why Were Plainclothes Officers At His Doorstep At Dawn? Madras High Court Criticizes Economist Kalaiyarasans Detention Over Fake Post

While granting anticipatory bail to a DMK Councillor for her derogatory speech against Chief Minister Joseph Vijay, the Madras High Court also criticised the manner in which an economist scholar was recently arrested by the police over a social media post, which later turned out to be from a fake account. Justice N Ramesh noted that the scholar, Kalaiyarasan, was picked up from his...

[BMC Rules] Is Preliminary Enquiry Mandatory Before Suspension? Bombay High Refers Issue To Larger Bench

The Bombay High Court has disagreed with a coordinate Bench's ruling that a preliminary enquiry is mandatory before suspending an employee under the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 2015, and referred the issue to a Larger Bench. The Division Bench prima facie held that Rules 4(A) and 4(B) operate independently and that suspension under Rule 4(A)...

Masjid In Krishi Bhawan Incompatible With Secular Character Of Govt Property, Must Be Removed: Centre Tells Delhi High Court

The Union Government has told the Delhi High Court that Qadeemi Masjid, situated within the Krishi Bhawan compound, is required to be removed to facilitate the redevelopment of the Common Central Secretariat (CCS) Buildings 4 and 5 under the Central Vista Redevelopment Master Plan.In a status report filed through the Land and Development Office (L&DO), the Centre has contended that the...

Calcutta High Court Directs Police, KMC To Assist Owners In Demolition Of Dilapidated Building After Part Of Structure Collapses

The Calcutta High Court has directed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the concerned authorities to extend adequate assistance to the owners of a dilapidated building in Kolkata to implement an earlier municipal order permitting development of the property, after a portion of the structure recently collapsed.Justice Arjun Ray Mukherjee observed that there was no impediment...

Not Availing Regular Parole Cannot Disqualify Prisoner From Permanent Parole: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that not availing or applying for regular or periodic paroles does not disqualify a person from grant of permanent parole under Rule 10 of the Rajasthan Prisoners Release on Parole Rules, 2021 (the “Rules”). The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Justice Sameer Jain was hearing a petition challenging the order of the relevant...