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Kerala High Court Directs FIR Against Ex-CM Pinarayi Vijayan, Daughter Based On ED Information In CMRL-Exalogic Case
The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 9) directed the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register an FIR incorporating offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan, his daughter Veena and son-in-law Mohammed Riyas in the CMRL-Exalogic payoff case. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 567]Justice A. Badharudeen further held that the government's decision...
'Shocking' : Supreme Court Questions MP High Court For Reducing Murder Conviction In Cryptic & Casual Manner
The Supreme Court on Thursday (October 8) questioned the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision to reduce a man's conviction for murdering his wife under Section 302 IPC to culpable homicide not amounting to murder under Part II of Section 304 IPC. A Bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran found that the High Court had dealt with the evidence in a "very cryptic"...
LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 09 October 2026
LiveLaw is introducing a new feature —'Breaking News Alerts' — designed to keep our readers instantly updated on the most important judicial developments. With real-time coverage of urgent pronouncements and orders from the Supreme Court and High Courts, this feature ensures that critical updates reach you the moment they happen. Whether it's a landmark ruling or an urgent interim...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : October 8, 2026
Links to the reports of October 8 : 'ASI Lost Credibility': Supreme Court Lambasts Agency After Lodhi-Era Monument Found Used As Cow Shed, Dumping YardFreebies To Doctors : Supreme Court Asks Union To Form Committee To Recommend Regulations On Pharma Marketing PracticesSupreme Court Adjourns Punjab Plea Challenging CBI Probe Against CM Bhagwant Mann's OSD Till TomorrowIf Breakup Ends Up...
Can High Courts Be Directly Approached For Anticipatory Bail Bypassing Sessions Courts? Supreme Court Reserves Judgment
The Supreme Court recently reserved judgment on a challenge to the Kerala High Court's order, which granted pre-arrest bail even though the petitioners had not approached the Sessions Courts at the first instance. Although the Court had made the interim protection absolute, it raised a larger question as to whether the High Courts should directly entertain anticipatory bail applications...
SIR Judgment Must Be Recalled As ECI Played Fraud On Supreme Court By Misrepresenting Facts : Ex-SC Judge Gopala Gowda
Justice Gowda also said that there was no judicial impropriety in Justice Ujjal Bhuyan's comments against mass voter deletions.
Supreme Court Asks NALSA To Consider Plea For Better Pay Scale Of Permanent Lok Adalat Members
"It's a kind of voluntary service. If not workable for you (a member), leave it" CJI Surya Kant remarked.
Shiv Sena Row | ECI Was Bound To Award Bow And Arrow Symbol Once It Found Shinde Faction Was Real Party: Kaul Tells Supreme Court
The Election Commission of India was bound to allot the Shiv Sena's reserved election symbol to the Eknath Shinde faction once it concluded that the faction represented the real political party, Senior Advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul argued before the Supreme Court today in the Shiv Sena case.He also submitted that the symbol cannot be treated as a “continuing cause of action” capable of...
Procedural Violation Will Not Vitiate Seizure But Can Affect Evidentiary Value : Supreme Court
"The burden of proving a valid seizure of the articles is on the prosecution"
Where Did It Come From? Allahabad High Court Questions Use Of 'Andolanjeevi' Term In Journalist Satyam Verma's NSA Detention Grounds
"Where did this term come from? How did it find its way into an official document?" Justice Atul Sreedharan questions use of the term 'Andolanjeevi' in grounds of detention issued by Noida DM Medha Roopam.