Madras High Court Seeks IT-Dept's Reply On Plea Alleging Discrepancies In BJP Leader Tamilisai Soundararajan's Election Affidavit

The Madras High Court, on Monday (20 April), admitted a plea seeking directions to Income Tax and election authorities to probe alleged irregularities in financial declarations made by BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan in her election affidavits filed in 2024 and in 2026 The division bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan issued notice on a plea filed by Goutham Siva, a resident of Chennai. Notice has been issued to the Returning Officer (Mylapore Constituency),...

Madras High Court Dismisses DMK MP's Plea Seeking Registration Of ED Case Against 9 AIADMK Leaders

The Madras High Court on Monday (April 20) dismissed a batch of pleas filed by DMK MP R Girirajan, seeking registration of an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) against nine leaders of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in connection with the corruption and disproportionate assets case against them. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G...

'Litigant Can't Dictate How Judge's Children Live': Justice Sharma On Kejriwal Citing Her Children's Appointment As Govt Counsel

Delhi High Court's Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma while dismissing AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal's plea seeking her recusal from the liquor policy case on the ground that her children are central government panel counsel, observed that a litigant cannot dictate how children of judges live their lives in absence of any proof that the office of the judge has been misused. Kejriwal had argued that a number of cases were marked to Justice Sharma's children by the Solicitor General, who appeared for...

'Politician Can't Be Allowed To Judge Judicial Competence' : Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma Rejects Arvind Kejriwal's Recusal Plea

The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected the applications filed by Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal and other accused seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the liquor policy case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma observed that merely because her children are central government panel counsel, it cannot be presumed that she carries any bias against Kejriwal.The judge added that a politician cannot be permitted to judge judicial competence."The competence of a judge is...

DNA Test Cannot Be Ordered Routinely To Prove Adultery; Presumption Of Legitimacy Of Child Must Prevail: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that a direction for DNA examination of a child cannot be issued as a matter of course to substantiate allegations of adultery, particularly in the absence of pleadings and material to rebut the statutory presumption of legitimacy under Section 112 of the Evidence Act. The Court observed that permitting such testing without foundational facts would...

Ought Not To Get Married If You Can't Maintain Wife, Children: Allahabad HC Rejects Husband's Plea Citing Poor Finances

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that men who feel that they cannot maintain a wife and children if the marriage goes sour ought not to get married in the first place at all.A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Vivek Saran added that a man cannot fall back on their poor financial condition to escape the responsibility of maintaining his wife."Once a man marries a woman, he...

S.294 CrPC Mandatory, Trial Court Cannot Reject Admission Or Denial Of Documents On Ground Of Relevance: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that Section 294 CrPC is mandatory and the Trial Court cannot reject an application seeking to call upon the opposite party to admit or deny documents merely on the ground of relevancy. The Court observed that once documents are brought on record in accordance with law, the Court is bound to follow the statutory procedure of calling upon the other party to admit...

Sikkim High Court Directs State To Consider Sub-Classification Within 'Blindness & Low-Vision Disability' Quota In Public Employment

The Sikkim High Court has directed the State Government to consider providing sub-classification within the "Blindness and Low-Vision" category in public employment, observing that treating unequals as equals undermines substantive equality. Applying the principle of reasonable accommodation, the bench of Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque in his order observed:"The inherent differences in...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 - April 19, 2026

Nominal Index:Abdul Aziz Bhat & Ors. v. UT of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 151Jasmeet Singh & Anr. v. Shafi Ahmed 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 152Afroz Ahmed Sheikh v. Narcotics Control Bureau Jammu Zone 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 153UT of J&K & Ors. v. Raghu Singh Jandla 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 154Mela Ram & Ors. Vs State of J&K & Anr. Arti Devi Vs State of J&K & Anr...

Bombay High Court Rejects PIL Claiming Misuse Of Taxpayers' Money On RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's Z+ Security

The Bombay High Court today dismissed a PIL that raised questions over the Z Plus security provided to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat and sought recovery of tax payers' money claiming that RSS is an "unregistered" organisation. Sitting at the Nagpur seat, a division bench headed by Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar dismissed the PIL filed by one Lalan Kishore Singh,...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Compensation For Electrocution Death While Repairing TV Antenna, Says Electricity Board Strictly Liable

The Gujarat High Court upheld a trial court order granting compensation of Rs. 3 Lakh to the family of a man who was electrocuted while assisting his brother in repairing a television antenna on the terrace of a flat, after the antenna came into contact with an electric wire above it. In doing so the court applied the principle of strict and absolute liability and directed the trial court...

Husband Obtaining Divorce Decree From Foreign Court Without Informing Wife Constitutes Cruelty: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that a husband obtaining an ex-parte divorce decree from a foreign court without informing the wife, amounts to cruelty under the Hindu Marriage Act. The division bench of Justice Arun Monga and Justice Sunil Beniwal further affirmed that in the present case, the ex-parte decree of divorce passed by a Court in California, USA, could not be relied upon...