Shiv Sena Dispute | If ECI Considers Events After Symbol Application, It Will Encourage Defections: Sibal Tells Supreme Court

In the Shiv Sena matter, the Uddhav Thackeray faction today argued before Supreme Court that taking into account events after the splinter group has filed an application before the ECI claiming the party symbol can encourage defection and defeat the purpose of the anti-defection law (10th Schedule).Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, for the Uddhav faction, recalled the Rajendra Singh Rana v....

LiveLaw High Courts Daily Highlights: August 13, 2026

Links to Top reports of August 13:'Quite Shocking': Delhi High Court Finds 400 Ventilators, 910 Oxygen Concentrators Lying Unused At Govt Hospital Courts Can Interfere With Expert Answer Key If It Is 'Palpably Erroneous'; Candidate Can't Be Penalised For Ambiguous Question: Gauhati High Court 'Absolute Certainty' That Convict Won't Reoffend Impossible; Such Requirement Would Bar...

'Most Students Innocent' : BCI Withdraws Order Barring Enrolment Of NALSAR 2026 Graduates Over Protest Against CJI

All students can enrol with state bar councils of their choice, the BCI said.

SCAORA General Body Doubles Membership Fee, Seeks End Of Sequencing System & 48-Hour Deadline For Registry To Mark Defects

General Body demands 1.92 acres SC land near ITO be used exclusively for advocates’ chambers; also seeks role in conduct of AOR examination

'Manifestly Arbitrary' : Bar Council Member Opposes BCI Chief Manan Kumar Mishra's Order Barring NALSAR Students' Enrolment

BCI Member Manoj Kumar said that the students cannot be threatened with denial of enrollment.

Testing Places Of Worship Act

THE BACKGROUND OF THE ACTThe Places of Worship Act, 1991, was enacted in the backdrop of the Ram Mandir movement during the 1990s. Section 3 of the Act prohibits and criminalizes the conversion of a place of worship, as a whole or in part, from one religion to another or to a different sect of the same religion, while Section 4 of the Act bars courts from examining the religious character of a disputed place of worship, with a cut-off date of August 15, 1947. Section 5 exempted the Ram...

Retired Armed Forces Personnel Applying For Re-employment After Completing Qualifying Service Entitled To Ex-Serviceman Status : Delhi HC

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice C. Hari Shankar and Justice Vinod Kumar held that a retired Armed Forces personnel who applies for re-employment after completing the prescribed qualifying service is entitled to ex-serviceman status, and eligibility cannot be denied by supplementing fresh reasons later. Background Facts The respondent was a medical...

Supreme Court Declines Plea Seeking Regulation Of AI Use By Central And State Governments; Asks Centre To Consider Representation

The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking judicial guidelines to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by the Union and State Governments, including safeguards for high-risk AI systems used in areas such as welfare, policing, surveillance and content moderation.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana observed that...

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Renukaswamy Murder Case: Karnataka High Court Rejects Darshan's Plea To Be Heard In Co-Accused's Application To Turn Approver

Court held that right of audience for co-accused arises only after pardon is granted.

No NALSAR Graduate Of 2026 Will Be Enrolled As Advocate, Says BCI Chairman After Students' Campaign Against CJI Surya Kant

The BCI Chairman has sought a report from the NALSAR VC on the students who organised the campaign.

Microfinance Fraud Case: Kerala High Court Orders Personal Appearance Of Investigating Officer

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 11) directed personal appearance of the investigating officer looking into the ₹15.85 crore SNDP Microfinance Scam case.The case relates to the alleged misappropriate of Rs. 15.85 crores of government funds under the Micro Finance Scheme and involves officers of the SNDP Yogam and former Managing Directors of Kerala State Backward Classes...