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The Supreme Court asks the Calcutta High Court to consider Abhishek Banerjee's plea against media reports on investigations involving him. The Bombay High Court refers to a Larger Bench the question of whether a preliminary enquiry is necessary before suspending BMC employees. Also today: the Supreme Court considers a plea over protests affecting traders' businesses, while the Bombay High Court examines the legality of political comments targeting actor Dia Mirza's anti-firecracker video.Listen...
Preventive Detention Cannot Bypass Ordinary Criminal Process Where Allegations Remain Insufficiently Particularised: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has quashed a preventive detention order passed under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, holding that preventive detention legislation cannot be permitted to become an instrument for bypassing the safeguards of the ordinary criminal process or for detaining a person on the strength of allegations that remain insufficiently particularised.The Court held that where the grounds fail to disclose the requisite factual foundation...
ACF Soumya Death Case: Orissa High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Wife Bidyabharati Panda
The Orissa High Court on Saturday (October 31) rejected the anticipatory bail plea of wife Bidyabharati Panda in the suspicious death case of former Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra in July 2021 at his official residence in Paralakhemundi. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 122]Considering the grave allegations levelled against her, the Bench of Justice V. Narasingh remarked–“On a conspectus of the materials on record, at the cost of brevity, it has to be noted that the Petitioner...
2026 LiveLaw (SC) 1125 | N. SRIDHAR REDDY v. THE STATE OF A.P.
Foreign Divorce Decree Against Indian Law & Change Of Citizenship Won't Shield Husband From Bigamy Prosecution : Supreme Court
Foreign Divorce Decree Against Indian Law & Change Of Citizenship Won't Shield Husband From Bigamy Prosecution : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 3) upheld the bigamy proceedings against a man, who performed a second marriage abroad on the strength of a UK divorce decree on the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage after obtaining UK citizenship, and a failed attempt to end a marriage in India. Since the ground of irretrievable breakdown of marriage is not recognised under the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Court said that a foreign divorce decree would not be enforceable in India as per...
'Decree-Holder's Rights Must Not Be Rendered Illusory': Allahabad High Court Says Article 227 Can Prevent Undue Delay In Execution Proceedings
The Allahabad High Court has held that its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India may be exercised to direct an executing court to decide an objection under Order XXI Rule 97 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 within a fixed period, without the High Court going into the merits of the objection. Such a direction, it held, neither curtails the objector's opportunity to contest nor predetermines the outcome.Justice Dr. Yogendra Kumar Srivastava held,“The...
PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Action Against ACP Manasvi Vashistha Over Alleged Threats To Advocates, AK-47 Remark
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking action against ACP Manasvi Vashistha and certain other Delhi Police personnel over alleged threats, intimidation and derogatory remarks directed at lawyers amid the ongoing police-advocates dispute.The petition, filed by advocate Karan Bir Singh, seeks protection of the professional independence and dignity of advocates and alleges misuse of official authority by serving police personnel.The plea names the...
How Much Alcohol Can You Legally Store At Home? State Excise Laws Explained
Have you ever wondered if keeping a couple of extra beer bottles at your private residence could land you in jail? In India, ignoring state-specific excise rules regarding the maximum permissible limit for home liquor storage isn't just a minor administrative lapse; it can quickly escalate into a serious criminal offense.Recently, what drew the attention of many towards the country's liquor...
Jantar Mantar A Public Road, Should Never Have Been Designated A Protest Site : Delhi Police Commissioner To Supreme Court
The police cited security and traffic concerns to justify the de-notification of Jantar Mantar as a protest site.
Rupali Ganguly Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
Popular TV actor Rupali Ganguly has moved the Bombay High Court seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights. She has highlighted that several online portals have been unauthorisedly using her images, video clips and some have even created deepfake and AI based images and clips for their commercial purposes. In her plea through advocate Sana Khan, Ganguly has highlighted that in her past 25 years her work in popular TV shows like Kahani Ghar Ghar ki, Sanjeevani, Sarabhai vs...
NEET PG Counselling: MP High Court Restricts In-Service Candidates' Seat Allotment To 30% Quota
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State to ensure that admission of in-service candidates to postgraduate medical courses is restricted to the 30% seats earmarked for them under the existing seat distribution framework. The division bench of Chief Justice Alpesh Kogje and Justice Vivek Jain observed:"Considering the urgency with which the matter is required to be taken up and...