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Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Decide Plea Against Sept 21 Cut-Off For Old Digital Signature Tokens, Questions Different Deadline For Govt Users
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Government to decide a representation challenging the September 21, 2026, deadline for private individuals and professionals to continue using FIPS 140-2 tokens for their Digital Signature Certificates (DSCs). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 853]A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the Government to...
Karnataka High Court Seeks Report On Steps Taken By Rule Committe To Frame Formal Rules Based On Child Custody Guidelines
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 16) directed the Registry to place before it the proceedings of the Rule Making Committee on the framing of formal rules based on child custody guidelines adopted by the Calcutta High Court, along with the steps taken by the Committee and the date fixed for its next meeting.The direction came while the Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman...
'You Need To Be Circumspect': Delhi High Court Orally Tells Ajeet Bharti, Will Watch Impugned Video In SC/ST Act Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (September 16) orally remarked that if Ajeet Bharti has designated himself as a Youtube commentator then he needs to be "circumspect" of what he is doing.The Court was hearing his plea for anticipatory bail in a Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act case. Bharti had moved the high court, after the trial court rejected his...
How Can Minister Be Implicated? High Court Questions Plea Over Death Of Punjab Labour Who Named Harpal Cheema In Video Statement
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has questioned how Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema could be implicated in the case concerning the death of Gulzar Singh, a Scheduled Caste daily wager in Sangrur, who had allegedly named the Minister in a video statement recorded shortly before his death.The question arose during the hearing of a Public Interest Litigation seeking transfer of...
'No Public Interest': Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Inquiry Into Conflicting Claims Of Lathi-Charge During CJP Protest
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a PIL seeking fact-finding into lathi charge claims against Delhi Police during the NEET paper leak protest which took place at Jantar Mantar earlier in June, orally remarking that there was no public interest in the plea. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 852] The plea claims that there is conflict as media reports claim lathi charge was done while the Delhi Police...
Allahabad High Court Issues Notices On Journalist Satyam Verma's Habeas Plea Against NSA Detention Over Noida Protest
The Allahabad High Court today issued notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh and sought its counter in a habeas corpus petition filed by journalist Satyam Verma, challenging his preventive detention under the National Security Act, 1980 (NSA) for his alleged participation in the April 2026 Workers' Protest. A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Achal Sachdev sought the replies of...
Queer Partners Can Take Medical Decisions In Emergencies If Authorised By Patient: Centre Tells Delhi High Court
The Central Government has told the Delhi High Court that a competent adult should be permitted to nominate their partner, including a partner in a non-heterosexual or queer relationship, to take healthcare decisions on their behalf if they subsequently become incapacitated.The Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the National Medical Commission (NMC) have submitted that such...
UGC Equity Regulations: Delhi High Court Declines Urgent Hearing Of Plea Against Police Denying Permission For Sept 20 Protest
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined to urgently hear a plea challenging the Delhi Police's refusal to grant permission for a protest at Jantar Mantar on September 20 against the recently notified University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026.The plea was mentioned before a division bench headed by Chief Justice D.K. Upadhyaya,...
Calcutta High Court Admits Plea Challenging Customs Action Against Obscene Adult Sex Toys, Says Authority Cannot Invoke Subjective Morality
The Calcutta High Court has held that a writ petition challenging Customs authorities' decision to treat imported goods described as “obscene adult sex toys” as prohibited goods was maintainable, observing that when a statutory authority allegedly enters the realm of “subjective morality” while affecting a citizen's fundamental right to trade, the High Court would not shut its...
Insurer Not Liable If Learner's Licence Holder Not Accompanied By Instructor With Valid License At The Time Of Accident: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that an insurance company won't be liable if a vehicle driven by a learner's license holder met with an accident, and the driver failed to prove compliance with Rule 3 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, such as being accompanied by an instructor with valid license when the accident happened. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 360]The single judge bench of...
Rajasthan High Court Declines CLAT Candidate's Plea To Change Reservation Category After Result Declaration
The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed the petition filed by a CLAT 2026 candidate seeking modification of her reservation category from Unreserved General-Women to General-Rajasthan Domicile, after the first provisional list was already declared by the CLAT-Consortium. The bench of Justice Maneesh Sharma observed that a belated correction or modification of an application form, especially...