Calcutta High Court Declines Urgent Hearing In Plea Alleging Mob Attack On TMC MP Mahua Moitra Despite Earlier Order For Police Protection

The Calcutta High Court on Monday declined to grant an urgent hearing to a plea alleging that Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra was attacked while visiting her constituency despite an earlier Court order directing security for her.The plea was mentioned before Justice Saugata Bhattacharya, with counsel submitting that the Court had already ordered security for Moitra during her...

LiveLaw Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 14 - September 20, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 244 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 250Nominal IndexRanchhodbhai Jesingbhai Since Dead Through His Heirs and LRS & Ors v/s Anchhibhai Kavjibhai Chaudhari Since Dead Through His Heirs and LRS & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 244Kaushik Nanubhai Majithia v/s State of Gujarat & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 245Kutubuddin Fakruddin Faruqui & Ors. v/s Gujarat State Waqf...

Human Rights Commission Or Human Rights Court?

Ask where a human rights complaint in India goes, and the answer comes back instantly: "the Human Rights Commission." It's the most common answer and it's only half right. That gap between the common answer and the complete one is exactly what the Supreme Court's recent judgment in Sayad Asifulla v. State of Karnataka (2026 INSC 964) clarifies.The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 is built two separate mechanisms for protecting human rights in India and it's easy to conflate them:Human Rights...

Gujarat High Court Seeks Adani Enterprise's Response On Journalist Ravi Nair's Plea Challenging NBW, Custody In Defamation Case

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (September 21) granted time to Adani Enterprise to file its response to a plea filed by journalist Ravi Nair's plea who has challenged his arrest after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him by a sessions court for non-appearance in a defamation case filed by the company.The court had issued notice on the plea on Saturday. Adani Enterprises Ltd filed...

Mamata Banerjee Urges Supreme Court To Urgently List Plea Against ECI Freeze On Trinamool Symbol

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal on Monday mentioned before the Supreme Court a plea filed by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to freeze the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) name and its reserved 'Flowers & Grass' election symbol amid a dispute between rival factions of the party.Seeking urgent listing of the matter,...

Nandigram Assembly By-Poll: Congress Candidate Milan Pradhan Moves Calcutta High Court Against Detention By WB Police

The Calcutta High Court is set to hear on Tuesday a plea moved by Indian National Congress candidate Milan Pradhan challenging his detention by the West Bengal Police ahead of the Nandigram Assembly by-election.Appearing for Pradhan, his counsel submitted that the petitioner was already in custody even though the election is scheduled to be held on October 6. The counsel further pointed out...

Civil Court Empowered To Direct Forwarding Of Forgery Complaint To Police U/S 151 CPC Inherent Jurisdiction: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court at Indore has clarified that a Civil Court in appropriate cases involving allegations of serious forgery has the inherent power to direct a party, witness to forward their complaint to the police for registration of FIR invoking its inherent jurisdiction provided under Section 151 CPC. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 378]The bench of Justice Gajendra Singh observed that the...

Assam Land Requisition Act | Landowner's Appeal Must Be Decided Before Possession Is Taken: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that the right of appeal under Section 3(3) of the Assam Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1964 is a substantive right and cannot be rendered illusory by taking possession of the land before the appeal is decided.Justice Manish Choudhury observed, “If a statute provides such a right to appeal, such right to appeal is not to be illusory. A right to...

LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts: 21 September 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...

Important MCQs Based On Latest Supreme Court Judgments For Law Examinations

1. In a suit for specific performance, a decree is passed directing execution of the sale deed. Pursuant to the decree, the sale deed is executed through the court and possession of the property is delivered to the decree-holder. The decree-holder continues in possession for several decades. In subsequent appellate proceedings, the court considers the long lapse of time and instead of...

JCB Burnt In Naxal Attack: NCDRC Dismisses Oriental Insurance's Revision Plea

The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), comprising Justice A.P. Sahi (President) and Bharatkumar Pandya (Member), has held that The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd. could not repudiate an insurance claim merely on the ground that the JCB's helper did not possess a valid driving licence, where the evidence did not establish that he was actually driving the vehicle when it was...

NEET-UG 2026 | UP Govt's Enhanced Reservation In Four Medical Colleges Prima Facie Amounts To Contempt: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has stayed a Uttar Pradesh government order reserving 62 of the 85 MBBS seats in each of four government medical colleges for Scheduled Caste candidates, holding that it defied the Court's earlier directions and the State's own undertaking to follow the U.P. Admission to Educational Institutions (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other...