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Belagavi Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To BJP Leader Booked Over Alleged Attempt To Delete 198 Muslim Voters' Names During SIR
A Sessions Court in Karnataka's Belagavi has granted anticipatory bail to BJP leader Dr. Ravi Basalingappagowda Patil, in connection with an FIR alleging fraudulent deletion of voters belonging to Muslim Community from the electoral rolls, during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. The order was passed by Judge Gangadhara K.N., who noted that mere submission of Form No. 7...
Gujarat High Court Bar Abstains From Work Over Opposition To Gujarat Rent Bill 2026
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (October 5) witnessed absence of lawyers in court rooms after the Gujarat High Court Advocates' Association resolved to abstain from work. The Association, which has resolved to observe a two-day strike on Monday and Tuesday (October 5 & 6), in its resolution said:"It is unanimously resolved that, in support of our brothers and sisters practising before...
Court Seeks Police Response On Plea Against CM Rekha Gupta Over 'Hanumans' Remark On Government Officials
A plea has been filed before a Delhi Court seeking action against Chief Minister Rekha Gupta over an alleged remark comparing government officials to Lord Hanuman during an official government programme. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwani Panwar of Rouse Avenue Courts sought response of the Delhi Police and directed that a status report be called. The complaint has been moved by one...
Gujarat UCC Bill Gets President's Assent; Registration Of Live-In Relationships, Penalties For Non-Compliance Among Key Provisions
President of India last month granted assent to The Gujarat Uniform Civil Code Bill 2026, which was passed by the Gujarat Assembly earlier in March. As per the website of Rashtrapati Bhavan, the date on which the President of India Draupadi Murmu gave assent to the Bill was September 17. The Assembly had in March passed the Bill with a majority voice vote after a marathon debate lasting...
Woman Need Not Remarry To Secure Livelihood After Matrimonial Breakdown: Srinagar Court Orders ₹20 Lakh Compensation For Mental Torture, Emotional Distress
A woman who has suffered the breakdown of her matrimonial relationship cannot be expected to secure her future merely by entering into another marriage, a Srinagar Court has held, observing that the choice whether or not to remarry belongs to the woman herself.The Court was hearing a petition under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, filed by Sheema Iqbal...
Jurist Bimal Patel Sworn-In As Judge Of International Tribunal For The Law Of Sea
Indian jurist and former Director of Gujarat National Law University Dr Bimal N Patel on Thursday (October 1) was sworn-in as a Judge of the International Tribunal For The Law Of The Sea at Hamburg for a nine year term starting from 2026 until 2035. Apart from Judge Patel, four others judges were sworn in as members of the Tribunal at a public sitting held earlier today. Ms Sylvia Ama...
MPSLSA Organises One-Day Programme For Children With Hearing And Speech Impairment
The Madhya Pradesh State Legal Services Authority (MPSLSA) organised a one-day programme titled “अनुगूँज से उद्घोष” for children with hearing and speech impairment at the MPSLSA Auditorium, Jabalpur, on the occasion of Sign Language Week.The programme aimed to empower adolescents with knowledge, skills, confidence and awareness to navigate social,...
Advocate Rajanna R Elected Karnataka State Bar Council Chairman, Shivamurthy As Vice Chairman; Dhananjaya CM As BCI Member
The Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) has declared the results of its elections to the offices of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Member of the Bar Council of India. According to the notification issued by Returning Officer G. Padmavathi, Adv. Rajanna R has been elected as Chairman, Adv Shivamurthy as Vice-Chairman, and Adv Dhananjaya C M as Member, Bar Council of India, of the Karnataka State...
West Bengal SIR Appellate Tribunal Judge Offers To Resign, Cites 70-Km Daily Commute Amid Poor Road Conditions
Retired Calcutta High Court Judge Justice Indrajit Chatterjee, who is presiding over an appellate tribunal hearing appeals arising from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, has offered to resign from the tribunal with effect from November 2, citing the long daily commute between his residence in Salt Lake and the tribunal at Joka.Justice Chatterjee has...
Delhi Court Frames Money Laundering Charge Against Yasin Malik, Others Over 'Hawala Transactions' With Pakistani Outfit
A Delhi Court has recently framed money laundering charge against Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik and 6 others under PMLA, over allegations of receiving foreign funding from Pakistani establishment through hawala channels.Special NIA Judge Prashant Sharma of Patiala House Courts also framed charges against Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali, Naval Kishore Kapoor, M/s Trison Farms and...
Kerala Court Awards Life Sentence To Woman Who Strangled Newborn
A Kerala court has awarded life imprisonment to Thodupuzha resident Rose Mary @ Kuttiyakka for causing the death of her newborn baby by strangulation in 2014.Smt. Ash K. Bal, I Additional Sessions Judge, Special Court under POCSO Act and Children's Act, Thodupuzha found her guilty of murder under Section 302 IPC.The prosecution case was that the accused, who was living separately from her...
Delhi Court Convicts Man For Insulting Woman's Modesty By Questioning Her Child's Paternity
A Delhi court has convicted a man for insulting a woman's modesty by asking her “kaun se wale papa?” (which father?) after she told her crying three-year-old daughter, “dekho papa aa gaye, don't cry.”Judicial Magistrate First Class Moksha Bains of Tis Hazari Courts held that the remark, in the circumstances in which it was made, carried a sexually derogatory insinuation concerning...