AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi Moves Supreme Court Challenging SIR Of Electoral Rolls

Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The plea was mentioned today before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant by Advocate Nizamuddin Pasha, seeking a listing alongwith similar pending matters. The CJI said he would check and list the case along with similar cases....

Rajasthan High Court Expunges 'Unsatisfactory Service' Remarks Against Legal Aid Counsel, Cites Impact On Young Lawyer's Career

Rajasthan High Court set aside an order of the District Legal Service Authority (DSLA) against a young Legal Aid Defence Counsel that terminated his services and passed stigmatic remarks about his services being negligent and unsatisfactory, to the extent of expunging the adverse remarks that were passed without any enquiry, while retaining the termination. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar...

Telangana High Court Restrains Defamatory Content Against Union Minister's Son Bandi Bageerath In Rape Case

The Telangana High Court in an interim order has restrained over 50 news channels, media platforms as well as unknown persons from publishing, circulating and broadcasting allegedly defamatory, speculative, AI generated and unverified information pending investigation in a rape FIR against Bandi Sai Bageerath.Bageerath, son of Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay...

NEET-UG: AP High Court Rejects Telangana ST Certificate For Reservation In State MBBS Quota

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has denied Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservation benefits under the Andhra Pradesh State quota for MBBS admissions to a NEET-UG aspirant holding a Telangana-issued ST certificate, observing that recognition of the same community as a Scheduled Tribe in both States does not entitle her to reservation benefits in Andhra Pradesh.Article 342 of the Constitution empowers...

J&K&L High Court Upholds ₹7.2 Lakh Compensation For House Damaged By Road Construction

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a party cannot withhold evidence supporting its defence during trial and then seek a fresh opportunity to establish that defence by challenging the framing of issues after an adverse judgment.Justice Shahzad Azeem made the observation while dismissing an appeal filed by the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) authorities against...

Kerala High Court Directs Speedy Decision In Jiostar's Appeal Against Halt On 'Anali' Series Allegedly Based On Koodathayi Murders

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (October 13) directed the expeditious hearing and disposal of an appeal filed by Jiostar Pvt. Ltd. challenging a temporary injunction passed restraining the release of Hotstar webseries Anali, which is allegedly based on the Koodathayi murders. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 575]The injunction suit was filed by Jollyamma Joseph @ Jolly, who is accused of the murders....

No 'Intelligible Differentia' In Excluding Same-Sex Couples From Spousal Gift-Tax Benefits: Karnataka High Court Told

A same-sex couple challenging the denial of gift-tax exemption available to married couples under the Income Tax Act, 1961 has told the Karnataka High Court that the test of “intelligible differentia” under Article 14 of the Constitution cannot justify their sex-based exclusion, and the same would attract anti-discriminatory provision of Article 15.The submission was made before Justice B...

Bombay High Court Threatens Contempt Action Against Goa Civic Officials Over Failure To Submit Stray Dog, Cattle Data

The Bombay High Court has warned that it may initiate contempt proceedings against Panchayat Secretaries, Chief Officers of Municipal Councils and the Commissioner of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) for failing to comply with directions on collecting data about stray dogs, pet dogs and stray cattle, and setting up temporary animal shelters. The Court reiterated that the officials...

Trust Cannot File Consumer Complaint: Kerala State Commission Sets Aside Order Holding Devaswom Committee's Complaint Maintainable

The Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Thiruvananthapuram, has held that a trust cannot maintain a consumer complaint under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, as the Supreme Court's ruling in Prathibha Pratisthan v. Manager, Canara Bank continues to be the law operating in the field until a larger Bench decides the issue. A Bench comprising Justice B. Sudheendra...

Pressurizing Only Son To Abandon His 68-Year-Old Widowed Mother Is Mental Cruelty: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that persistent pressure by a wife upon her husband, the only son of his 68-year-old widowed mother, to leave the mother and set up a separate household amounts to mental cruelty and entitles the husband to a decree of divorce under Section 13 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.The bench of Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Indrajeet Shukla held,“The attempt...

LiveLaw Breaking News Alerts:14 October 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...

SFI Activist Abhimanyu Murder Case: Kerala High Court Refuses To Halt Trial Till Completion Of Probe Against Co-Accused

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (October 13) refused to halt the trial in the murder of SFI Activist Abhimanyu, which is pending before the Sessions Court, Ernakulam. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 576]Abhimanyu was stabbed to death in 2018 during a campus political rivalry at Maharaja's College in Ernakulam. Presently, trial is pending before the Sessions Court against 16 accused (Accused Nos. 1 to...