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From Mediation To Mandate: Why Tirupparankundram Verdict May Finally Still The Hill
When I wrote earlier on the Tirupparankundram controversy (7th Dec 2025, ToI), my concluding plea was deliberately modest: that mediation, not mandamus, offered the best chance of restoring calm on a hill layered with faith, memory and law. That article was written at a moment when the dispute over lighting the Karthigai Deepam at the Deepathoon appeared destined to join India's long list of religious flashpoints—kept alive less by belief than by administrative hesitation.The Division Bench of...
'Rules Of Game Can't Be Changed Midway' : Supreme Court Sets Aside Midway Criteria Change In BPSC Asst. Engineer Recruitment
Reaffirming that the “rules of the game cannot be changed midway”, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (January 6) set aside the Patna High Court's decision which had upheld the State Government's mid-process amendment of recruitment rules, a move that adversely affected candidates who had qualified under the written examination. A bench of Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi allowed the...
CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates First Fully Paperless District Judiciary At Kerala's Wayanad, Says It 'Democratises' Access To Justice
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday (January 6) virtually inaugurated the implementation of paperless courts in the judicial district of Kalpetta in Wayanad at the Kerala High Court Auditorium.This marks the first instance in which an entire district judiciary has become fully paperless in end-to-end functioning. All filings would be received electronically, scrutinised digitally...
Stray Dogs Case : Live Updates From Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear today the Stray Dogs case at 10.30 AMBench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV AnjariaOn the last date, the bench got cancelled. When Sr Adv Kapil Sibal sought an early hearing, saying the ongoing treatment of dogs at ground level was “very inhumane”, J Mehta expressed that the Court will "play a video (during the next hearing) and ask what is...
Thiruparankundram Hill Row : Madras High Court Rejects Argument That 'Deepathoon' Was A Survey Stone
The Madras High Court yesterday upheld the order of a single judge directing the lighting of lamp at a Deepathoon (Stone Pillar) atop the Thiruparankundram hills. While doing so, the bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan rejected an argument of the appellants that the stone pillar was not a stone lamp but merely a survey stone erected during the British period...
No Presumption Of Wife's Earning Capacity At Interim Maintenance Stage: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a wife cannot be presumed to be earning or being capable of maintaining herself while considering grant of interim maintenance to her by the husband. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that a mere bald assertion by the husband that the wife is working and earning, without any proof to even prima facie support the said claim, cannot be of any help to him at...
Use Of Condom, Time Gap Can Explain DNA Mismatch In Rape Cases: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that absence of DNA matching in a rape case is not fatal to the prosecution when surrounding circumstances, including use of condom by the accused and delay in medical examination, reasonably explain such absence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna thus dismissed the criminal appeal preferred by a man convicted for repeatedly raping a minor.The...
LiveLawBiz: Business Law Daily Round-Up: January 06, 2026
TAX HSNS Cess Rules Notified: Pan Masala Makers to Pay Levy Based on Installed Machines From Feb 1ITAT Mumbai Sets Aside ₹2.28-Crore Capital Gains Tax on Housing Society For Developer Payments To MembersAmendments To Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Rules Mandate Digital Signatures For Filing AppealsBihar Excise Act | Patna High Court Reduces Penalty From 50% To 30% For Release Of Rental...
Bail Is The Rule For Juveniles Even If Tried As Adults; Gravity Of Offence No Ground To Deny Bail Under JJ Act: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court held that bail is the rule for a child in conflict with law under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 (“the Act”) even if the Juvenile was being tried as an “Adult Accused” before the Children's Court.While setting aside orders that rejected bail application of the juvenile petitioner accused of murder, the bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand affirmed that the...
Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Be Invoked To Claim One Time Settlement Benefits: Kerala High Court Reiterates
The Kerala High Court has reiterated that borrowers cannot invoke writ jurisdiction to compel banks or financial institutions to extend the benefit of a One Time Settlement (OTS) scheme. A division bench of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S dismissed a writ appeal filed by borrowers and upheld the decision of a single judge refusing to interfere with recovery...
