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Let Him Contest: Calcutta High Court Orally Tells State In Nandigram By-Poll Congress Candidate Milan Pradhans Plea

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday recorded the state's submission that 5 out of 6 cases being challenged by Congress Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan had been closed and that he was not an accused in the remaining case, in connection with developments dating back to 2007.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya recorded the submission while hearing Pradhan's plea seeking protection from...

Mother Cant Be Denied Family Member Certificate Merely Because Deceased Son Was Married: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed the Tahsildar's rejection of a mother's application for a Family Member Certificate following the death of her government-employee son, holding that she could independently apply for the certificate even though he was married. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 219]For context, under G.O.Ms.No.145, Revenue (SER.II) Department, a Family Member Certificate may be...

Urban Land Ceiling Act | Sale Of Surplus Land Rendered Void Under Old Act Cant Be Revived By Repeal Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that sale of surplus land which has been declared void under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 cannot be revived by the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999.Section 10(4) of the Act deems any transfer of excess vacant land made during this period to be null and void. Noting that the Repeal Act is silent on such transfers, the...

Can MLA Convicted In Multiple Cases Avoid Disqualification If Each Sentence Is Below 2 Yrs? Kerala High Court Asks In Mani C Kappans Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 22) orally asked if repeated convictions with sentences not exceeding to 2 years can avoid automatic disqualification of a legislator as per the Representation of Peoples Act.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas posed the question orally while hearing a plea filed by businessman Dinesh Menon seeking to disqualify Pala MLA Mani C. Kappan following his...

PMLA | Delhi High Court To Examine Whether Pension, Other Retiral Benefits Can Constitute Proceeds Of Crime

The Delhi High Court is set to examine a plea raising the question whether pension, gratuity, provident fund, leave encashment and fixed deposits created from statutory retiral dues can be treated as “proceeds of crime” under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the absence of a direct nexus with criminal activity relating to a scheduled offence.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma...

Exceptional Case: Kerala Govt Objects To Ex-DGP Tomin J Thachankarys Sentence Suspension Plea In DA Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 22) granted 2 days' time to the State to object to former Director General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary's plea to suspend his 4-year sentence in a disproportionate assets case.When the matter came up before Justice A. Badharudeen today, the public prosecutor submitted that he seeks to file a counter objecting to the sentence suspension plea...

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Reporter TV MD Anto Augustine Arrested In Alcohol Possession Case

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 22) granted regular bail to Reporter TV Managing Director Anto Augustine, who is booked in an excise case for illegal possession of large quantities of alcohol in his residence in Wayanad. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 519]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath noted that recovery was effected in the case already and that Augustine was also handed over to...

Defection | Tenth Schedule Disqualification Is For Being A Member, Not For Contesting Fresh Election: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a legislator who voluntarily gives up membership of his political party incurs disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution is only in respect of the House of which he is then a member, and is not thereby barred from contesting an election to Parliament. It held that Article 102(2) of the Constitution disqualifies such a person only...

Rajasthan High Court Quashes Termination Of Cooperative Bank Employees, Says Registrar Cant Undermine Societys Autonomy

The Rajasthan High Court has held that while exercising powers under Section 125 Rajasthan Cooperative Societies Act, 2001 (the “Act”), the Registrar cannot make such interference that curtails or undermines the autonomy of the society. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma was hearing a petition challenging the orders by which the petitioner's regularisation as a Class IV employee of the...