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Kerala High Court Flags Alleged Misappropriation Of Funds By Devaswom Board Officers In Relation To Sabarimala's Ashtabhishekam
The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) flagged the alleged misappropriation of funds by the Administrative Officers of the Travancore Devaswom Board for the last 10 years or so in relation to procurement of items required for 'Ashtabhishekam' in Sabarimala temple.Ashtabhishekam refers to a sacred ritual in which the deity's idol is bathed with eight auspicious substances.The Division Bench...
Substituting 'State' With 'Union Territory' In Public Safety Act Does Not Alter Nature Of Law: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the adaptation of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 after the enactment of the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 was carried out strictly within the statutory authority conferred by Parliament and does not suffer from any constitutional infirmity.The Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: May 11 - May 17, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 146 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 160Nominal Index: Vijay Sharma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 146Smt Khalida Bee v MP Wakf Boards 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 147Sangram Singh Rajpoot v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 148Jagdish Varkade v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 149Bharat Enterprises v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 150State of...
Cashew Corp Scam: Kerala High Court Questions Industries Secretary's Absence In Contempt Case Over Refusal To Sanction CBI Prosecution
The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) questioned why the Principal Secretary, Industries Department (Cashew) of the State government did not personally appear before it after being directed to do so.Justice A. Badharudeen was considering a contempt plea initiated against the Secretary for denying sanction for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute allegedly corrupt...
Merely Stating Caste Name Or Using Abusive Language Won't Attract SC/ST Act If Not In Public View: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and IPC provisions, holding that the prosecution appeared to be a “counterblast” to an earlier dowry harassment complaint filed by one of the accused against her husband and in-laws. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Anil Kumar Sinha was hearing an application seeking quashing of the order...
Students With 0% Attendance Cannot Seek Promotion To Next Semester: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld refusal to grant direct admission to Semester-IV to a law student of Delhi University who had neither attended classes nor appeared in Semester-III examinations.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that students with 0% attendance cannot claim parity with those suffering from mere shortage...
Bhojshala Dispute: 10 Principles From Ayodhya Judgment Applied By MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while deciding the dispute regarding religious character of the Bhojshala site, considered the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya Judgment (M Siddiq (D) Thr. Lrs. vs. Mahant Suresh Das & Ors.).The Court has declared that the disputed historical site at Bhojshala is a Temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. It thus quashed an order passed...
Karnataka High Court Directs Takedown Of AI-Generated, Morphed Content Maligning Dharmasthala Pontiff Dr. Veerendra Heggade & Family
The Karnataka High Court has on May 14 directed the State government and the Police department to remove deepfake and AI-manipulated content about the Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D Veerendra Heggade and his family members from all social media platforms, press and media outlets and URLs.The single judge vacation bench of Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar noted that the concerned authorities failed...
Bank Can't Metamorphose Into Investigating Agency: Allahabad HC Slaps ₹50K Cost On IOB For Arbitrarily Freezing Account
The Allahabad High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 50K on the Indian Overseas Bank for arbitrarily freezing the account of a Firm merely on suspicion without there being any formal complaint or order from an investigative authority, causing it to suffer severe financial loss and disruption of business operations. "The act of the Bank in casually freezing the bank account of...
Customary 'Nata Marriage' During Subsistence Of First Marriage No Defence To Bigamy Under Hindu Marriage Act: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that customary “Nata Marriage” cannot be accorded legal recognition as a valid defense to the charge of bigamy, since doing so shall render the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (“the Act”), meaningless, absurd and virtually repealed owing to judicial tolerance of the custom. For context, Nata Marriage was a custom prevalent in certain communities of...
Civil Judge Moves Punjab & Haryana High Court Against Denial Of Promotion Due To Pending Disciplinary Proceedings
A Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-Judicial Magistrate in Haryana has approached the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the denial of his promotion to the post of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), alleging that the decision to withhold his elevation is arbitrary and solely based on the pendency of disciplinary proceedings at a preliminary stage.The petition assails the...