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Supreme Court Upholds 2023 Election Of Karnataka Congress MLA K Y Nanjegowda, Notes He's Winner Even After Recount
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the election of Congress member K Y Nanjegowda as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Malur constituency (Kolar district) in the Karnataka assembly elections of 2023.Noting that even after the recount of the votes, Nanjegowda secured 250 more votes than his opponent KS Manjunath Gowda from BJP, the bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya...
MP High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Congress Councillor Anwar Kadri Accused In Alleged Forced Conversion Case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore, granted bail to Anwar Kadri, who was in custody since August 2025 in connection with allegations of facilitating the conversion of a prosecutrix to Islam, and other offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Freedom of Religion Act, 2021.Counsel for the applicant argued that the prosecutrix had not named him in the complaint and that there...
Roshni Act Being Declared Unconstitutional Does Not Nullify Cases Under Prevention Of Corruption Act: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that criminal prosecutions launched in connection with irregularities under the Roshni Act can lawfully continue even though the Act itself has been declared unconstitutional and void from its inception.Holding that corruption cannot be legitimised or erased by the invalidation of the statute under which it was committed, the Court made...
Supply Of Police Papers To Accused 'Epitome Of Fair Trial': Allahabad High Court Quashes Charges Framed Sans S. 230 BNSS Compliance
Emphasizing that the procedural mandate for supplying police reports to an accused is not a mere formality but the "epitome of a fair trial", the Allahabad High Court recently quashed charges framed against an accused under the BNS and POCSO Act over non-compliance with Section 230 BNSS [Supply to accused of copy of police report and other documents]. A bench of Justice Avnish...
Calcutta High Court Refuses To Quash Alleged ₹85 Lakh Bitcoin Fraud Case; Allows Further Investigation By Police
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a petition seeking quashing of criminal proceedings in a cyber fraud case involving alleged inducement to invest in bitcoin trading, holding that an order directing further investigation after submission of a final report does not suffer from illegality and that proceedings cannot be quashed at a premature stage based on mere apprehension. Justice...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds DNA Test Of Child In Divorce Petition Alleging Adultery By Wife
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur has dismissed the petition filed by the wife challenging the Family Court's order directing a DNA test of her child. The Family Court had allowed the husband's application under Section 112 of the Indian Evidence Act to verify whether the child was biologically his, in the context of a divorce petition filed on the ground of...
UPSC Can Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against States Failing To Give Timely Proposals For DGP Appointments: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday emphasised that State Governments should not delay sending proposals to the Union Public Service Commission for the appointment of Director General of Police.Disapproving of the trend of appointment of 'Acting DGPs' in some states, the Court authorised the UPSC to send reminders to the States for sending proposals for DGP appointments. If there is a default by...
'Encroachers On Road Outside Port Trust Hospital Cannot Claim Protection Under Public Premises Act': Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction
In a judgment delivered on February 4, 2026, a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen, dismissed an intra-Court appeal filed by Chandeswhwar Shaw and others challenging the eviction order passed in WPA 15989 of 2024. The appellants had sought to overturn an order of a Single Bench dated June 20, 2024, which had granted...
Jharkhand High Court Orders Registration Of FIR In Alleged HIV-Infected Blood Transfusion Case Involving Minor Thalassemia Patients
The Jharkhand High Court has directed registration of an FIR in connection with allegations that HIV-infected blood was transfused to minor thalassemia patients at the Blood Bank of Chaibasa Sadar Hospital in West Singhbhum district.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary was hearing a writ petition seeking registration of an FIR over the alleged transfusion of HIV-infected...
NLU Delhi, CIIPC & DPIIT Announce 2nd Edition of Vidhi Pragati National IP Moot Court Competition
The Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC) and the IPR Chair at National Law University Delhi, in collaboration with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has announced the 2nd Edition of Vidhi Pragati: National IP Moot Court Competition.The competition will be held offline from 6th to 8th February 2026 at the campus of National Law University Delhi. Vidhi Pragati aims to strengthen students'...
HP State Consumer Commission Dismisses Appeal Against Samsung; Holds Second Screen Damage Due To Mishandling Not Covered Under Warranty
The Himachal Pradesh State Consumer Commission, comprising Inder Singh Mehta (President) and Yogita Dutta (Member), dismissed the appeal against Kiran Stationery Mart and Samsung for the denial of warranty coverage. The Commission held that the complainant had already exhausted the one-time screen replacement benefit under the ADLD plan and that the subsequent damage to the device was the...