Madras HC Directs Approval For Bangladeshi Mother's Kidney Donation To Minor Son, Says Authorisation Committee Considered Irrelevant Factors

The Madras High Court recently directed the Authorisation Committee under the Directorate of Medical Education and Research to grant permission to a Bangladeshi mother to donate one of her kidneys to her minor son, who was suffering from end-stage renal chronic kidney disease. While doing so, Justice GR Swaminathan criticised the Authorisation Committee for denying permission...

Centre, CBFC Move High Court Questioning Order Upholding Maintainability Of Pleas Against Certification Granted To 'Kerala Story 2' Movie

The Union Government and the Central Board of Film Certification (CFBC) have moved the Kerala High Court in appeal against a single judge's common interim order passed in pleas challenging certification granted to 'Kerala Story 2 - Goes Beyond' film which was released on February 27.The appellants have challenged the order which upheld the maintainability of the petitions opposing...

Grievous Hurt Charge Cannot Be Framed Without Supporting Medical Evidence: P&H High Court Modifies Charges In Assault Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that in cases where the nature of injuries forms the foundation of criminal charges, courts must primarily rely on objective medical evidence, and cannot proceed on speculative or exaggerated claims. The Court modified the charges framed against the accused, holding that offences relating to “grievous hurt” were not made out in the absence...

ART Act Is Regulatory, Not Meant To Create Insurmountable Barriers To Parenthood: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, is fundamentally regulatory in character and is not meant to create insurmountable barriers defeating legitimate continuation of treatment processes already lawfully undertaken.“This Court is also conscious of the fact that reproductive rights and access to parenthood in the...

Plea In Calcutta High Court Challenges Police's Practice Of Parading Accused With Ropes Tied Around Their Waists

A plea has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking directions against the police practice of parading accused persons in public with ropes tied around their waists.According to reports, the petition raises concerns over recent incidents in which arrested persons were allegedly taken through public places with ropes tied around their waists and, in some cases, in a state of...

Section 22 CPC | Mandatory To Issue Prior Notice To Opposite Party In Plea Seeking Transfer Of Suit To Different Court: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition seeking transfer of a civil suit from a Narsinghpur court to Jabalpur court, observing that the application was not maintainable due to non-compliance with the mandatory requirement of issuing prior notice to the opposite parties under Section 22 CPC. Section 22 CPC states that where a suit may be instituted in any one of two or more...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Employers' Association Against State Govt's Minimum Wage Hike Notification

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (June 2) issued notice on a plea challenging State government's May 22 notification proposing minimum wage hike for 81 scheduled employments.The single judge bench of Justice Jyothi M was hearing a writ petition filed by the Karnataka Employers' Association (KEA) and another entity, which contends that the state government issued the notification by...

Calcutta High Court Allows TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee To Move Plea Seeking Protection From Coercive Action In MLA Signature Forgery Probe

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday permitted Trinamool Congress leader and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee to move a petition seeking protection from coercive action in connection with the West Bengal CID's investigation into the alleged forged signatures case involving several MLAs.The matter was mentioned before a vacation bench of Justice Apurba Sinha Ray after Banerjee was summoned...

POCSO | Success Of Protection Laws Depends On Child's Emotional Well Being: Madras High Court Moots State-Wide Sensitisation Programme

The Madras High Court recently highlighted that the true success of the child protection laws in the state rests not merely on the number of convictions secured, but on the overall well-being of the child and the sensitivity with which the institutions treat the child who comes into the justice system. “The true success of child protection jurisprudence will not be measured solely...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment of Six Advocates as Karnataka High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of six advocates as judges of the Karnataka High Court.In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Collegium said that, at its meeting held on June 2, 2026, it approved the proposal for the elevation of the following advocates to the Bench of the Karnataka High Court:Raghavendra Seetharam SrivatsaHema KulkarniSubramanya...

Supreme Court Collegium Approves Appointment Of Three Judicial Officers As Judges Of Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of three judicial officers as judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court.In a resolution passed by the Collegium, the names of judicial officers Chirag Bhanu Singh, Bhupesh Sharma, and Yogesh Jaswal were cleared for elevation to the High Court...

Witnesses Informed By Police About Accused Before Statements Recorded: J&K&L High Court Acquits Murder Convicts

Holding that a prosecution case becomes seriously suspect when witnesses are already informed by the police about the identity of the alleged offenders before their statements are recorded, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside the conviction of two persons sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.The Court observed that such circumstances indicate that the...