Kerala High Court Upholds Drugs Controller's Power To Restrict Misleading Discount Boards At Medical Shops

The Kerala High Court has upheld the authority of the State Drugs Controller to require pharmacy licence applicants and renewal applicants to undertake that they will not display misleading discount boards relating to the sale of medicines. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 337]The Court further held that such a condition is a valid regulatory measure aimed at protecting consumers and does not...

Police Acted In Biased Manner: Madras High Court Orders CBCID Probe Into Attack On Senior Advocate By Quarry Operators' Representatives

The Madras High Court has ordered a CBCID probe into the attack on V Suresh, Senior Advocate and General Secretary of People's Union for Civil Liberties by persons allegedly associated with quarry operators during a public hearing. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 274] Criticising the investigation done by the State police into the matter, Justice B Pugalendhi observed that the State had acted...

Election Petition Cannot Be Rejected Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC Merely Because Accompanying Affidavit Is Defective: Uttarakhand HC

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that the requirement to file an affidavit under the proviso to Section 83(1)(c) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 is not mandatory and that it is sufficient if there is substantial compliance. Further, reiterating the principle established in various precedents, the Court held that a defect, if any in the affidavit filed with the election...

LiveLaw Madras High Court Weekly Roundup: June 15 to June 21, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 273 NOMINAL INDEX K Punniyamoorthy v Escape Artists Motion Pictures and others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 254 Udayakumar v The State, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 255 B Ramkumar Adityan v The Secretary and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 Sachin Bansal v The Directorate of Enforcement, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 257 A Rajeshkannan v The...

MP High Court Makes SC/ST Act Compensation Conditional On Victim's Undertaking Not To Compromise With Accused

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the victim to file an affidavit undertaking that she will neither enter into a compromise with the accused nor turn hostile during trial, after taking note of the recurring trend in cases under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Rules. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 222]The bench of Justice Vishal Mishra was told that in many such cases, the...

"Give Quietus To This": Madras High Court Suggests Mediation To Resolve Thiruparankundram Karthigai Deepam Dispute

While hearing the appeals filed by the State against various orders passed in the contempt proceedings in connection with the Thiruparankundram Karthigai Deepam row, the Madras High Court, on Monday (June 22), orally asked if the issue could be given a quietus. The bench of Justice N Sathish Kumar and Justice M Jothiraman orally remarked that the division bench had already...

Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing To Trinamool Congress In Plea Challenging Freezing Of Bank Accounts

The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging the freezing of three of its bank accounts, alleging that debit operations had been stopped pursuant to police directions.The matter was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya by Senior Advocate Kishore Datta, who sought an urgent hearing. The court however, directed the Senior Advocate to...

Gujarat High Court Quashes FIR Against Advocate, Finds He Was Falsely Implicated For Representing One Of The Accused

The Gujarat High Court recently quashed an FIR against an advocate, after noting that the CCTV footage reflected that he was not present at the place where he had allegedly threatened the complainant. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 170]The advocate claimed that the complainant had falsely implicated him as he represented one of the accused in the case lodged by complainant. The complainant on the...

Trinamool Congress Moves Calcutta High Court Over Recent Attacks, Egg-Pelting Incidents Against MLAs, MPs

The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has approached the Calcutta High Court by filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging a series of violent attacks and public humiliation of its leaders, MPs, MLAs and party workers across West Bengal.The matter was mentioned on Monday by Senior Advocate Sirsanya Bandopadhyay before a Division Bench headed by Acting Chief Justice...

Ram Mandir Donation Row | Allahabad HC Refuses Urgent Hearing Of PILs Seeking Probe Into 'Misappropriation Of Funds'

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) today refused out-of-turn hearing on two Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pleas seeking an investigation into the alleged misappropriation of donations and valuables at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya.A vacation bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai orally remarked that there was no immediate urgency to hear the pleas...

'Child Needs More Time To Acclimatise': Delhi High Court Sets Aside Family Court Order Granting Father Overnight Custody Of Minor

The Delhi High Court has set aside a Family Court order granting a father overnight custody of his minor son, observing that the child needs more time to acclimatise before staying overnight with his father.A Division Bench of Justices Tejas Karia and Madhu Jain modified the Family Court's interim custody arrangement after finding that its operative direction granting overnight custody...

LiveLaw Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 15 to June 21, 2026

NOMINAL INDEX [Citations 244 - 253]Victory Flour Mills v Smt. Sneh Lal Goyal & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 244Iqbal Khan v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 245Smt. Indra Devi v State of Rajasthan & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 246Arun Singh & Anr. v State of Rajasthan & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 247B v N; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 248Rohit Joshi v State of Rajasthan &...