'Why Do We Need VIP Darshan? All Are Equal Before God': Madras High Court Orally Remarks In Plea Against Special Darshan In Temples

The Madras High Court on friday (May 29), orally remarked that all are equal before God and temples should not be having speacial darshans for VIPs, making other devotees wait. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakhminarayanan was hearing a plea seeking to abolish VIP darshan and special darshans in temples, with exception for senior citizens, differently abled, artists...

'Using Children For Election Campaign Bad': Madras High Court Orally Remarks In PIL Alleging Use Of Children By TVK, Others In Assemly Polls

While hearing a PIL alleging use of children for election campaign by political parties including TVK in the recently concluded 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly polls, the Madras High Court on Friday (May 29) orally remarked that use of children for election campaign was bad.Notably, the TVK formed an alliance government pursuant to the assembly polls, with actor Vijay being sworn-in as the State's...

Delhi High Court To Pass Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Actor Varun Dhawan

The Delhi High Court on Friday said that it will pass interim order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan.Justice Jyoti Singh said that the infringing links of defendants relating to unauthorized sale of merchandise, pornographic content and material using likeness of the actor will be ordered to be taken down.Senior Advocate Sandeep Sethi appeared for Dhawan and...

Sulur Girl Sexual Assault-Murder Case | 'Investigation Prima-Facie In Right Direction': Madras High Court Closes Plea For SIT Probe

The Madras High Court, on Friday (29 May), closed a plea seeking constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into the alleged sexual assault and killing of a minor girl in Sulur, Coimbatore. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan orally remarked that the investigation was "prima facie" moving in the right direction. When the petitioner's...

Noida Protest | Allahabad HC Seeks State's Response On Habeas Corpus Plea Of Journalist Arrested For 'Inciting' Workers

The Allahabad High Court today sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh Government in a Habeas Corpus petition filed by Journalist Satyam Verma, who was arrested last month on the allegations of instigating workers to carry out violence during the Noida labourers' protest.A Bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Devendra Singh-I, after hearing Senior Advocate SFA. Naqvi, along...

Delhi High Court Directs MeiTY's Review Committee To Examine Abhijeet Dipke's Plea For Unblocking Cockroach Janta Party's X Account

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea by Abhijit Dipke–founder of 'Cockroach Janata Party', challenging the blocking of the party's X account, while directing Review Committee of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to examine Dipke's case granting him liberty to appear virtually. The court however did not grant any interim relief today, while orally remaking...

Calcutta High Court Directs No Coercive Steps Against Actor Parambrata Chatterjee In FIR Over Social Media Posts On 2021 Post-Poll Violence

The Calcutta High Court in an interim order on Friday (May 29) directs no coercive steps shall be taken against Actor-Director Parambrata Chatterjee in connection with an FIR registered over alleged provocative social media posts linked to the 2021 post-poll violence in West Bengal.The FIR was registered at Gariahat Police Station following a complaint by an advocate alleging that social...

'Devoid Of Merits': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Rajya Sabha Nomination Of C Sadanandan Master

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a public interest litigation filed against nomination of veteran BJP leader C Sadanandan Master to the Rajya Sabha, alleging that he lacks demonstrable special knowledge or practical experience as required in law.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia rejected the PIL, saying that the same is devoid of...

Kerala HC Upholds Validity Of Industrial Relations Code Amendment Allowing Existing Labour Forums To Continue Till New Tribunals Are Set Up

The Kerala High Court has recently upheld the constitutional validity of Section 104(1A) of the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Act, 2026, and held that the provision enabling existing labour adjudicatory forums to continue functioning until new tribunals are constituted is a lawful transitional mechanism and not “manifestly arbitrary.”A Division Bench comprising Justice...

S.223 BNSS | Opportunity Of Hearing To Accused Does Not Mean They Must Be Given Entire Evidence Prior To Cognizance: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that while proviso to S.223 BNSS prescribes procedure followed by Magistrate before taking cognizance mandating accused be given an opportunity of hearing, however such an opportunity does not automatically translate into an obligation to furnish the entire evidence to the accused at threshold. Section 223 (1) states that a Magistrate having...

Rajasthan High Court Asks State To Consider Establishing Well-Equipped Investigation Labs For Expeditious Criminal Probes

The Rajasthan High Court held that in the current era of rapid pace, where criminals were adopting the latest and advanced techniques to commit crimes, the investigation mechanism of the police has to be strengthened with modern and well-equipped Investigation Labs that have adequate scientific facilities. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand highlighted the unavailability of such labs...

'Filing Indecent Photos Invades Her Privacy': Rajasthan HC Issues Guidelines To Protect Sexual Offence Victim's Identity In Court Filings

Taking a serious note of the practice of annexing "obscene" photographs, videos of parties in pleas concerning sexual offence cases thereby disclosing the prosecutrix/survivor's identity, the Rajasthan High Court issued a slew of directions for the high court Registry and the State's trial courts on filing of such material. The Court highlighted the adverse implications on the woman...