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Madras High Court Directs State To Ensure Scheduled Caste Devotees Can Participate In Temple Chariot Festival, Orders Police Protection
The Madras High Court has directed authorities to ensure that members of the Scheduled Caste community in Salem's Deviyakurichi village are allowed to participate in the annual 'Ther' festival of the Arulmigu Ayyanar Temple with adequate police protection. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 354]For context, Ther Festival is a Hindu temple chariot festival where large, decorated wooden cars carrying deity...
No Limitation Period For Filing Writ Petition U/Article 226, But Inordinate Delay Can Be Fatal: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday reiterated that although no limitation period is prescribed for filing a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, an inordinate delay in approaching the Court can be fatal. Observing that the extraordinary writ jurisdiction must be invoked within a reasonable time, the Court dismissed a petition challenging a 2023 order passed by...
Calcutta High Court Asks State Not To Take Coercive Steps Against Abhishek Banerjee In Plea To Quash Multiple FIRs
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the investigating authorities not to take any coercive steps against Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee till the next date of hearing in his petition seeking quashing of multiple FIRs registered against him, while directing the police to furnish a complete list of all FIRs pending against the petitioner.Justice Saugata Bhattacharya heard...
Appeal Abates If Deceased Appellant's Legal Heirs Are Not Substituted; Order 41 Rule 4 CPC Inapplicable: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that Order 41 Rule 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure applies only at the stage of filing an appeal and cannot be relied upon to continue an appeal after the death of one of the appellants during its pendency.The Court ruled that where all the aggrieved parties have jointly filed an appeal, the death of one of them attracts the provisions...
'Matter Will Be Viewed Very Seriously': Kerala High Court To State Over Delay In Probing Actor Dileep's Media Trial Complaint
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (July 30) orally questioned the State for not complying with its direction to fast-track investigation into the FIRs registered pursuant to its order based on actor Dileep's plea against media trial and alleged publication of trial details in the 2017 Actress Assault case.On February 20, the Court had directed the State to complete the investigation in the...
Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand On Actor Ansiba Hassan's Plea Seeking FIR Against Lakshmi Priya Over Alleged Sexually Coloured Remarks
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (July 30) admitted a plea filed by actor Ansiba Hassan challenging a Magistrate order, refusing to direct the police to register an FIR and open an investigation against actor Lakshmi Priya and two others of CAN Channel, based on Hassan's complaint.Hassan had preferred the complaint stating that the accused persons circulated objectionable videos of her on...
Maintenance Granted Under HAMA Can't Be Enhanced Under Section 127 CrPC: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that a Family Court cannot exercise its jurisdiction under Section 127 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to enhance maintenance amount when the original maintenance order was passed under the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA). [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 86]While setting aside the impugned order which was passed on such jurisdictional error, the...
Delhi High Court Seeks Report On Constructing Storm Water Drain Along NH-48 Near Airport To Tackle Waterlogging
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking construction of a functional storm water drainage system along the National Highway-48 stretch between Mahipalpur and Rangpuri Village, a route frequently affected by severe waterlogging during the monsoon.A division bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora sought response of the authorities, noting...
Resolving Split Verdict, Delhi High Court Says Courts Can't Ordinarily Direct De-Reservation Of Reserved Medical Seats After Counselling
The Delhi High Court has observed that while vacant medical seats may amount to wastage of resources, courts cannot direct de-reservation of a reserved seat after the counselling process is over. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 708]Answering a reference arising out of a split verdict, Justice Dinesh Mehta held that once the seat matrix is declared and candidates exercise their choices,...
Reservation Of Sarpanch Post Must Follow Statutory Rotation; Consecutive Reservation For Women Impermissible: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that where the office of Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat was reserved for the Women category in the immediately preceding term, it must ordinarily revert to the Open (General) category in the succeeding term in compliance with the statutory principle of rotation under the Maharashtra Village Panchayats (Sarpanch and Upa-Sarpanch) Election Rules, 1964. The Court...
Promise To Marry Doesn't Ordinarily Vitiate Consent If Both Parties Know Woman Is Already Married: Rajasthan High Court
While setting aside charges framed against a man for offences including repeated rape under Section 376(2)(n) IPC, the Rajasthan High Court held that where both parties are conscious that the prosecutrix's first marriage is subsisting, it would ordinarily be difficult to conclude that she was induced into a physical relationship solely on the promise of marriage.The bench of Justice...