MLA Markandayan Arrested Over 'Derogatory & Threatening' Remarks Against CM Vijay Approaches Madras High Court Seeking Bail

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLA from Vilathikulam assembly constituency, GV Markadayan, has approached the Madras High Court seeking bail in a case for allegedly making derogatory and threatening remarks against the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Joseph Vijay. When the matter came up before Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan on Thursday (July 23), Senior Advocate P Wilson, appearing for the MLA,...

UP Goondas Act | Can A Show Cause Notice Be Based On SHO's Report Forwarded Through The SP? Allahabad High Court Answers

UP Goondas Act | Can A Show Cause Notice Be Founded On An SHO's Report Forwarded Through The SP? Allahabad High Court Answers

Domicile Relaxation Available To All; Can't Deprive SC Candidate Of Availing Unreserved Vacancy: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a reserved category candidate cannot be denied adjustment against an unreserved vacancy merely because he has availed a relaxation that is available uniformly to all candidates belonging to a particular region.Drawing a distinction between category-specific and region-specific relaxations, the Court ruled that only a...

Supreme Court Lawyers Recite Preamble Supporting Student Protests

"We are here to stand with the students," Senior Adv Indira Jaising said.

Maintenance | Salary Payslips Constitute Cogent Evidence To Determine Income Status Of Parties: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that salary payslips form cogent evidence to determine the income status of both husband and wife while deciding an application for maintenance under Section 125 CrPC. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 293]The bench of Justice Dwarka Dhish Bansal further held that the Family Court erred in assuming the income of the wife based on her affidavit and ought to have...

Investors Have Right To Know Antecedents Of Real Estate Developers: Delhi High Court Rejects Masking Plea After FIR Quashed

The Delhi High Court has refused to direct masking and anonymisation of the names of a real estate firm and its promoters from judicial records pertaining to a criminal case that was quashed on the basis of a settlement, observing that prospective investors and stakeholders have a right to know the antecedents of the persons with whom they propose to engage in business. [2026 LiveLaw...

Writ Of Mandamus Can't Be Issued For Non-Registration Of Criminal Case, BNSS Provides Efficacious Remedy: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a writ of mandamus cannot be issued in favour of a petitioner who is unable to show a legal right in himself and a corresponding public duty cast by law upon the authority. It held that where the grievance is in substance one of non-registration of a criminal case, the petitioner has an efficacious statutory remedy under Chapter XIII of the Bharatiya...

Telangana High Court Upholds Bail Cancellation After POCSO Accused Refuses DNA Test, Says It Amounts To Non-Cooperation

The Telangana High Court has upheld the cancellation of bail granted to an accused in a POCSO case after he refused to undergo a DNA test, holding that DNA profiling is a recognised investigative tool in sexual offence cases under Section 51 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).[2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 113]The Court held that an accused cannot refuse such examination by invoking...

Foreign Convict Not Entitled To Parole Merely Due To Long Incarceration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that long incarceration alone cannot justify release of a foreign convict on parole, in light of the restrictions imposed under the Delhi Prison Rules. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 682]Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav refused to grant parole to a Bangladeshi national convicted of murder in connection with an FIR registered at Seemapuri Police Station. The Court...

Executive Circular Can't Override Statutory Right Of Primary School Teachers To Salary: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that Clause 10 of the Circular dated 03.05.1982 issued by the Director of Education (Basic), U.P., being only an executive instruction, cannot cut down the right to salary conferred by Section 10 of the U.P. Junior High Schools (Payment of Salaries of Teachers and other Employees) Act, 1978 on teachers of the primary section of an institution running Classes I...

Father's Duty To Maintain Minor Child Doesn't End Because Mother Is Employed, Her Income Relevant Only To Determine Quantum: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the father's responsibility to maintain his minor children is not extinguished merely because the mother is employed and the minor child resides with her. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 292]The bench of Justice Pushpendra Yadav upheld the order of the Family Court granting interim maintenance to the daughter while refusing interim maintenance to the...

Student Protests : Bombay High Court Lawyers Condemn Mumbai Police Detentions, Seek Withdrawal Of Prohibitory Orders

A group of advocates practising before the Bombay High Court has strongly criticised the Mumbai Police's action against protesters and called for the withdrawal of sweeping prohibitory orders imposed across the city, contending that they unjustifiably curtail citizens' fundamental right to peaceful assembly.In a statement issued, the advocates referred to reports that more than 300...