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MSC Elsa 3 Sinkage: Kerala High Court Allows Govt Committee To Resume Environmental Compensation Talks With Shipping Company

The Kerala High Court has permitted a Special Committee of Government Officers to resume its functions, including negotiations relating to environmental damage, restoration, remediation and compensation arising from the incident involving Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The Court also directed the concerned stakeholders to submit their inputs on the scope of a proposed multibeam...

Birth Register Alone Not Enough To Prove Victims Age Without Establishing Source Of Information: Gujarat High Court Upholds POCSO Acquittal

The Gujarat High Court has upheld a rape acquittal under the POCSO Act observing that the prosecution failed to prove that on the date of alleged incident the girl was a minor, as they could not prove the source of the alleged victim's date of birth recorded in the birth register. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 296]In doing so the court reiterated that merely producing birth register is not enough to...

Detaining Child In Observation Home Despite Father Willing To Take Responsibility Defeats Reformative Purpose Of JJ Act: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that prolonged detention of a child-in-conflict with law in Observation Home, when the natural guardian is ready to take full responsibility, is contrary to the rehabilitative and reformative object of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 434]While handing over the custody of the juvenile to the father,...

AP High Court Upholds Police Officers Pay Reduction For Concealing Misfire, Says Negligence In Duty Cant Be Condoned

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has upheld the punishment imposed on an Andhra Pradesh Special Police (APSP) Reserve Inspector for failing to report an accidental firing incident involving a constable. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 262]The punishment involved reduction of pay by one stage for one year, with cumulative effect on future increments and pension.The disciplinary charge alleged a violation of...

Co-operative Society Employee Need Not Exhaust Departmental Appeal Before Approaching Labour Court: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that an employee of a co-operative society need not exhaust the statutory appellate remedy available under Rule 198(4) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Rules, 1969, before approaching the Labour Court under Section 2A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 603]Justice Viju Abraham delivered the judgment in an appeal filed by the...

Rajasthan High Court Stays Conviction Of Man Whose Appeal Is Pending Since 2013, Allows Him To Contest Panchayat Polls

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the conviction of a man whose appeal against the conviction has been since 2013, allowing him to contest the upcoming Panchayat elections, provided he is otherwise eligible.A single-judge bench of Justice Farjand Ali observed that the petitioner should not be denied the opportunity to contest the elections merely because his appeal has remained pending...

Karnataka High Court Warns Non-Compliant Bengaluru PGs Of Sealing, Gives Operators One Week To Submit Compliance Plan

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (October 27) warned that non-compliant paying guest (PG) accommodations in Bengaluru could face sealing for failing to rectify serious safety and statutory violations, while granting the petitioners one week to submit an affidavit specifying a timeline for compliance.Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed that the Court had exercised restraint because sealing...

Gujarat High Court To Hear Next Month Asarams Appeal Against Rape Conviction, Life Sentence

The Gujarat High Court will hear next month Asaram's appeal against Gandhinagar sessions court's judgment convicting and sentencing him to life imprisonment in a 2013 rape case. This, after Asaram's counsel informed the high court on Tuesday (October 27) that Asaram's appeal against Rajasthan High Court's judgment upholding his conviction and sentence is listed on November 17 before the...

Non-Hindus Wearing Religious Markers Cant Enter Agamic Temples Without Affirming Reverence To Deity: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that non-Hindus wearing religious markers cannot be permitted to enter the premises of Agamic temples in Tamil Nadu unless they affirm their reverence for the deity concerned through an undertaking in the format prescribed by the temple. The Court clarified that though Agamic injunctions restricting entry can no longer pass muster of the Constitution,...