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Can Police Approve Gang Charts Without DM? Allahabad High Court Flags 'Unfettered' Discretion In Commissionerate System; Summons ACS
In a stinging rebuke to the UP Govt regarding the implementation of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, the Allahabad High Court recently issued a show-cause notice to the Additional Chief Secretary (Home).A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar has directed the top bureaucrat to explain the repeated failure of the Home Department to provide justification...
SARFAESI | Borrower's Right Of Redemption Ends On Publication Of Sale Notice, Not On Completion Of Sale: J&K&L High Court
Emphasising the transformative impact of the 2016 amendment to the SARFAESI Act, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a borrower's right of redemption no longer survives till the completion of sale and instead stands extinguished on the date of valid publication of the notice of sale.A Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar made it clear that...
Sonam Wangchuk's Detention : Detaining Authority Didn't Apply Mind, Copy-Pasted SSP's Recommendation, Sibal Tells Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today(January 12) continued to hear arguments of petitioner Dr. Gitanjali Angmo, who has challenged the detention of the Ladakh social activist and her husband Sonam Wangchuk's under the National Security Act, 1980(NSA), as illegal. Wangchuk has been detained after the Ladakh protests for statehood turned violent since September 2025.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar...
Can Speech Be Qualified As A Terrorist Act?What Supreme Court's Expansive Definition Of S.15 UAPA Means
On January 5, the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam after prima facie observing that the prosecution's evidence suggests that they played a 'central and formative role' in the Delhi riots' larger conspiracy. It granted bail to five other co-accused, basing its arguments on the “hierarchy of participation” of the co-accused persons as only facilitative/mere association in the larger conspiracy, as against the two others who stand on a “qualitatively different footing”...
Suraj Lama Missing Case: Kerala High Court Expresses Displeasure Over Delay In Forensic Identification
The Kerala High Court on Monday (12 January) granted two weeks time to the Forensic laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram to examine the body recovered from Kalamassery, suspected to be that of Suraj Lama— an Indian citizen deported from Kuwait who allegedly went missing after landing at Kochi International Airport.A Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M B Snehalatha...
Mumbai Coastal Road Land Given To Reliance For Development Should Ordinarily Remain Open To Public : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday emphasised that the reclaimed land near Mumbai Coastal Road (South), which has been given to Reliance Industries for landscape development, should ordinarily remain open to public.With this observation, the Court disposed of a public interest litigation challenging the Expression of Interest (EoI) issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) inviting...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: January 05 - January 11, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 3 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 8Nominal Index Rakesh Verma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 3Vickramh Kkalmady v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 4Naresh Chandra Agrawal v. Income Tax Department & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 5Anil Kumar Mishra v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 6SM v State 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 7Maharaj Singh Yadav v State of...
Telangana Withdraws Writ Petition Filed Against Andhra's Polavaram Project; Supreme Court Allows Filing Of Suit
The Supreme Court today allowed the State of Telangana to withdraw its writ petition against the Union and Andhra Pradesh Government, challenging the expansion of the Polavaram Multipurpose irrigation project.The Court allowed the State Government to raise the challenge in the form of a civil suit under Article 131 jurisdiction. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was...
Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Suggests State To Enact Law With Penal Provisions To Protect Temple Properties
The Kerala High Court on Monday (January 12) orally suggested the Additional Director General of Prosecution to make a recommendation to the State to make a law for protecting temple properties that would also contain penal provisions for violation of duties.Justice A. Badharudeen was considering the bail pleas of former Travancore Devaswom Board President A. Padmakumar, TDB ex-official...
Menstrual Leave Policy In Karnataka | Stuck in controversy | Everything you need to know and more
Karnataka HC stays menstrual leave policy amid legal pushback, as this explainer traces India's quiet history—from Bihar 1992 rules to failed Bills and corporate pilots—while courts frame it as dignity rights. Global cases (Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Zambia) show culture often trumps law, urging stigma-free Indian...
'Justice Must Be Accessible, Timely And Meaningful': Justice Soumen Sen Assumes Office As 40th Chief Justice Of Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Monday (12 January) welcomed Justice Soumen Sen, who assumed office as the 40th Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, in a full court reference attended by judges, members of the Bar.Chief Justice Soumen Sen, beginning with a greeting in Malayalam, expressed deep gratitude for the warmth and affection extended to him. Reflecting on his journey from Calcutta,...
Rohingya Funding Syndicate | Allahabad High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Alleged Kingpin, Slams IO For 'Callous' Approach
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Friday refused anticipatory bail to a man alleged to be the 'main kingpin' of a syndicate that has been accused of extending illegal and unwarranted help to Bangladeshi, Rohingya and other anti-national people so that they can settle in India and create unrest and disharmony.A Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Pramod Kumar...