Delhi High Court Refuses To Relax 30-Day Notice Period Under Special Marriage Act, Says Personal Hardship Can't Dilute Procedure

The Delhi High Court refused to relax 30-day notice period under the Special Marriage Act for a couple, observing that mere personal hardship or individual inconvenience, however genuine it may be cannot be a ground to dilute or bypass mandatory statutory compliance. The petitioners, argued that they wanted to solemnize their marriage under Special Marriage Act, and had submitted a notice...

Madras High Court Rejects MBBS Student's Plea For Degree Certificate After NIA Seizes Fees Allegedly Paid By Maoists

The Court held that a candidate cannot claim right to educational degree if fees was funded by terror organisations.

'No Vested Right By Mere Inclusion In Revised Select List' : Supreme Court Upholds Fresh Selection Process For TN MV Inspectors

The Supreme Court has held that candidates whose names figure in a select list cannot claim any vested right to appointment when a fresh selection process is ordered to remedy exclusion of other eligible candidates, observing that participation in a renewed recruitment exercise preserves fairness and equal opportunity."No vested right could be claimed merely by placement in the revised...

West Bengal Govt Moves Supreme Court Against HC Ordering Premature Release Of TADA Convict In 93 Bowbazar Blast Case

The State of West Bengal has approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court direction allowing the premature release of a life-term convict in the 1993 Kolkata (Bowbazar) blast case.The State's counsel mentioned the matter before the Chief Justice of India for urgent listing. The counsel submitted that the State's Sentence Review Board had recommended against the release of...

Calcutta High Court Refuses To Stay WB Speaker's Recognition Of Rebel TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee As Leader Of Opposition

The Calcutta High Court has declined interim relief for staying of the West Bengal Assembly speaker's decision to recognise rebel-TMC MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as Leader of Opposition in a plea by TMC Leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay challenging the decision of the Speaker to ignore party chief Mamata Banerjee's decision of choosing Chattopadhyay as LoP.Justice Krishna Rao passed the order. The...

Karnataka High Court Quashes ED Arrest Of Gameskraft Directors, Says Previously Rejected ECIR Was Re-packaged

The Court noted that there were no new circumstances or materials necessitating the arrest of the petitioners.

Forgotten Proviso: What Sanjay Dave Left Unsaid About Letters Of Intent

Reflections on the Supreme Court's decision in Sanjay Dave v. Andhra Bank Ltd.[1]The forgotten provisoThe Letter of Intent (LoI) occupies an unusual position within India's insolvency framework. It is not a creature of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). The Code does not define it, regulate its contents or prescribe the consequences of refusing to accept it. Yet, in practice,...

'Coimbatore Communally Sensitive' : Madras High Court Stops Construction Of Church Near Temple

The construction of a large church near the Mariyamman temple seems to be a mala fide move, the Court opined.

Supreme Court Seeks Delhi Police Response On Bail Pleas Of Two UAPA Accused Jailed For 12 Years

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 17) issued notice on the bail petitions of two undertrials who have been in custody for more than twelve years in connection with a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. A Bench comprising Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V. M. Panchali directed the Delhi Police to file its counter affidavit by July 20 and listed the matter for hearing on...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Telegram's Plea Against Temporary Ban On Platform, No Interim Relief For Now

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea filed by messaging platform Telegram challenging the decision of the Central Government to temporarily restrict access to Telegram in India till June 22, to prevent paper-leak ahead of NEET 2026 Re-Examination which is scheduled on June 21.Justice Tejas Karia allowed Centre's request to file a reply by tomorrow and listed the matter...

Calcutta HC Reserves Orders In TMC's Challenge To Speaker's Recognition Of Rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee As Leader Of Opposition

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict in a petition filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay challenging the West Bengal Assembly Speaker's decision to recognise rebel MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition (LoP).During an extensive hearing, the Court repeatedly questioned the Speaker's decision-making process, particularly why a...

Supreme Court Declines To Entertain Plea Challenging Income Tax Exemption For Scheduled Tribes In North East

The Court allowed the petitioner to approach the Parliamentary Committee with his demand.