'Enjoy The Match, Approach ECI In Case Of Violation': Madras High Court Refuses To Halt IPL During TN Assembly Polls

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (7th April), dismissed as withdrawn a plea seeking to reschedule the dates for IPL matches that are proposed to be held in the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai, considering the upcoming assembly elections in the State. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that one match had already taken place post the filing of the...

Madras High Court Orders Inquiry Into Woman's Claim That Her Family Is Being Ostracised On Directions Of Kangaroo Court

The Madras High Court has directed the District Collector and the Superintendent of Police, Krishnagiri, to inquire into claims of a woman that her family is being ostracised by the village upon directions of the Katta Panchayat (Kangaroo court). Justice Krishnan Ramasamy directed the authorities to conduct an inquiry and ensure that no injustice is caused to the woman and her family,...

Calcutta High Court Declines Relief To Men Accused Of Threatening Santhal Woman, Calling Her "Lower Caste"

The Calcutta High Court has refused to quash criminal proceedings against two timber merchants accused of trespass, theft of nearly one thousand trees and caste-based abuse of a Santhal woman, holding that the allegations disclose prima facie offences under both the IPC and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and must proceed to trial. Justice Uday Kumar ruled that the sheer scale of...

'No Problem With Commercialization But Primary Objective Is Sports': Delhi High Court In Plea Over Siri Fort Complex

The Delhi High Court yesterday remarked that while there is no problem in commercialisation inside the Siri Fort Sports Complex to a certain extent, the primary concern and objective is sports and to provide people a good environment to play. Justice Jasmeet Singh made the remark while hearing a plea filed by one Rajesh Agarwal, a permanent member of the complex, seeking a direction on the...

Madras High Court Issues Notice To ECI On Plea To Allow Only Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists To Contest From SC Constituencies

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (7th April) has ordered notice to the Election Commission of India on a plea seeking directions to the Returning Officers to ensure that only those professing Hinduism, Sikhism, or Buddhism are permitted to contest in elections from constituencies earmarked for the Scheduled Caste community. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea By Former Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti Against Conviction In Cheating Case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by disqualified Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti challenging his conviction in a cheating case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of the Delhi Police to the plea which further challenges three years of sentence...

Whistleblowers Have No Locus In Service Matters Unless They Are Directly Aggrieved: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that third parties, including whistleblowers or complainants, do not have locus standi in service matters unless they are directly and substantially aggrieved. The Court observed that service disputes are personal in nature and only a person who has suffered a legal injury can maintain a challenge under Article 226.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar...

Representation of People Act | Election Petition Must Be Personally Presented By Petitioner Before HC: Meghalaya High Court

The Meghalaya High Court held that strict adherence under 81(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 an election petition must be personally presented by the petitioner before the authorized officer of the High Court. The Court remarked that non-compliance with this requirement is not a mere procedural irregularity but a fatal defect, attracting dismissal under Section 86(1), as...

Religion Is Not A Cloak For Enrichment, Poojaris Not Entitled To Monies Deposited In Temple Donation Box As A Right: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that temple poojaris are not entitled to claim a share in the collections from temple hundis (donation box) as a matter of right. Noting that religion should not be used as a cloak for enrichment, the bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan held that hundi collection was a resource for the temple and not the fiefdom of...

Claim To Be 'Sole Hereditary Pujari' Of Temple Can't Be Decided In Writ Petition: HP High Court Upholds Rejection Of Man's Plea

The Himachal Pradesh High Court upheld an order rejecting a man's writ petition to be declared the sole hereditary pujari/priest of a temple to the exclusion of the co-priests noting that such a claim cannot be decided in a writ jurisdiction and can only be decided by a civil court. The court was hearing a man's appeal challenging a single judge's order which had rejected a petition by...

Does Transgender Persons Amendment Act Affect Persons Already Undergoing Hormone Therapy? Kerala High Court Asks Centre

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (April 07) orally asked the Centre whether a person already undergoing a hormonal sex replacement therapy, be affected due to their alleged exclusion from the definition of 'transgender person' by virtue of the Transgender Persons (Protection Of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas raised the query while hearing two pleas challenging...

Woman Keeping Minor As Maid Cannot Be Treated As Her 'Lawful Guardian': Calcutta High Court Quashes Kidnapping Case

The Calcutta High Court has overturned a 2007 conviction for kidnapping of a minor girl, holding that the prosecution failed to prove that the girl had been taken away from the “lawful guardianship” of the woman with whom she was residing as a 'maidservant.'Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das, while allowing the appeal, emphasised that the prosecution's case suffered from...