TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Moves Calcutta High Court To Quash FIR Over Allegedly Objectionable Remarks At Poll Rally

Trinamool Congress national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee has approached the Calcutta High Court seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him over allegedly objectionable remarks made against Union Home Minister Amit Shah during an election rally.The petition is likely to come up for hearing before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya this week.According to the plea, the FIR...

MP High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Journalist For Allegedly Extorting Money From Doctor

Journalist's ongoing dispute with Police wouldn't grant him immunity from separate investigation into allegations made by doctor, Court said.

Appellate Court Must Examine Merits Of Conviction While Considering Bail; Cannot Merely Interpret S.430 BNSS As Directory: Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that while considering an application for suspension of sentence and bail in a statutory criminal appeal, the Appellate Court is required to examine the merits of the conviction instead of merely interpreting whether Section 430(1) of the BNSS is directory or mandatory. The Court observed that once the appeal against conviction had been admitted, the...

High Court Can't Enhance Or Reduce Maintenance Amount In Revisional Jurisdiction; Remedy Lies U/S 146 BNSS: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that it cannot directly increase or decrease a maintenance amount while dealing with a plea under its revisional jurisdiction. A bench of Justice Achal Sachdev observed that the proper remedy for the modification or alteration of maintenance allowance due to changed circumstances lies solely under Section 146 BNSS, which is pari materia with...

Political Opinion Can't Be Removed Merely Because It's Inconvenient: Madras HC Stays TN Police's Notice Blocking “X" Posts

The Madras High Court recently stayed a notice of the Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime Wing, Tamil Nadu directing removing/blocking of multiple URLs on X/Twitter. Noting that the notice did not specify the reasons for blocking, Justice Victoria Gowri and Justice N Senthilkumar held that when state restricts speech, the same should be through reasons and not by cryptic command....

LPG Distributors Don't Have Vested Legal Right Over Customer Base, Oil Companies Can Shift Consumers Between Distributors: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that LPG distributors do not possess a vested legal right over customer bases built during the course of distributorship operations.Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim was considering two writ petitions filed by a registered All India Association of LPG Distributors and other individual LPG Distributors in various parts of the State of Kerala.The pleas challenged...

Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Grants SIT Two More Weeks To Complete Investigation

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) granted two more weeks to the Special Investigation Team to complete its probe into alleged misappropriation of gold from the Dwarapalaka idols and door frames of the Sreekovil in Sabarimala temple.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar perused a report submitted by Sri. S. Sasidharan, the Investigating Officer,...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 to May 17, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 203 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 211 NOMINAL INDEX Dr.Thol.Thirumavalavan v State and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 204 P v S, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 205 KR Periakaruppan v The Chief Election Officer and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 206 Jalani v The Deputy Inspector General of Prisons, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 207 Shankar @ Savukku Shankar v The Inspector of...

Kerala High Court Denies Bail To Astrologer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor Girl On Pretext Of Conducting 'Exorcism'

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) dismissed the bail application preferred by astrologer Rajan Babu @ Murari Thantri, who was arrested on February 9 for allegedly raping a minor girl on the pretext of conducting an 'exorcism' on her. Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath observed:“A perusal of the case diary would reveal that the accusation against the applicant is very serious, and it...

Tenant Claiming Protection Under UP Rent Control Act Must Prove Applicability Of Statute: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a tenant must prove applicability of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings (Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction) Act, 1972 to seek protection under its provisions. Dr. Justice Yogendra Kumar Srivastava held,“….where a tenant seeks protection under the provisions of U.P. Act No. 13 of 1972, the burden lies upon the party asserting applicability of...

Kerala High Court Flags Alleged Misappropriation Of Funds By Devaswom Board Officers In Relation To Sabarimala's Ashtabhishekam

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) flagged the alleged misappropriation of funds by the Administrative Officers of the Travancore Devaswom Board for the last 10 years or so in relation to procurement of items required for 'Ashtabhishekam' in Sabarimala temple.Ashtabhishekam refers to a sacred ritual in which the deity's idol is bathed with eight auspicious substances.The Division Bench...

Substituting 'State' With 'Union Territory' In Public Safety Act Does Not Alter Nature Of Law: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the adaptation of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 after the enactment of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was carried out strictly within the statutory authority conferred by Parliament and does not suffer from any constitutional infirmity.The Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging...