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Madras High Court Stays Investigation Against Fitness Centre Owner In TASMAC Corruption Case Involving Senthil Balaji
The Madras High Court has stayed an investigation by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption against a fitness centre owner in a corruption case involving Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC). [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 388] The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan ordered a stay to balance the rights and protect the interest of the petitioner. “In such view of the matter, to balance the rights and protect the interest, we deem...
Delhi High Court Refuses To Restrain Private Channel From Telecasting Golden Temple Gurbani
The Delhi High Court today refused to restrain a private channel from broadcasting the recital of Gurbani at the Golden Temple in the Amritsar city.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed refused to pass an interim order on a suit filed by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), which manages historical Sikh places of worship (gurdwaras). It was contended by the SGPC that it has the copyright in the recital of Gurbani at the Golden Temple, which is being broadcasted live on its YouTube...
'Calculated Assault On Public Health': Karnataka High Court Upholds FIR Against Company Allegedly Re-Labeling & Selling Expired Food Products
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Earth Recycler Pvt. Ltd. and its directors seeking quashing of the FIR registered against them for allegedly collecting expired food products, re-labelling them, and selling them to the unsuspecting public. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 296]The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna observed that the allegations of re-labelling expired...
LiveLaw Academy Launches Comprehensive Course On The Constitution Of India, Taught By Adv. Avani Bansal
LiveLaw Academy has announced a new 21-week live course, "Comprehensive Course on Constitution of India," designed to help lawyers, students, policy professionals, and citizens at large build a structured, working understanding of India's Constitution. The course will be taught by Adv. Avani Bansal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India. Register for the course at the LiveLaw Academy website The course begins on 5 September 2026 and will run through 6 February 2027, with live weekly sessions every...
Once Maintenance Recovery Warrant Is Issued To Collector, Magistrate Cannot Pursue Parallel Recovery Through Police: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that once a levy warrant for recovery of maintenance is issued to the District Collector under Section 421(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the recovery proceedings shift to the Collector, and the Judicial Magistrate cannot simultaneously pursue an inconsistent mode of recovery,The Court further held that the Magistrate exceeded the jurisdictional bounds of his authority by issuing a subsequent levy warrant through the police after...
Manipal Hospital Acid Attack: NCDRC Enhances Compensation To ₹17.21 Lakh After Finding 75% Permanent Disability
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), comprising Justice Sudip Ahluwalia and Dr. Sadhna Shanker, enhanced the compensation awarded to an acid attack victim from ₹13,19,577 to ₹17,21,865, holding that his permanent disability ought to have been assessed at 75% instead of 50%. The Commission found that the State Commission had erred in assessing the complainant's permanent disability at 50%, despite a Disability Certificate issued by St. John's Medical College & Hospital...
Orissa High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Lawyers & Claimants In Decade-Old False Accident Claims Cases
The Orissa High Court has recently granted anticipatory bail to 14 claimants and lawyers accused of laying false motor accident claims to syphon off huge amounts of compensation from insurance companies, even without registration of police complaints for involvement of vehicles in such accidents. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 94]Holding physical custody and interrogation of the petitioners unnecessary, the Bench of Justice Radha Krishna Pattanaik observed–“Since, the compensation were allowed long before,...
Closure Report In MUDA Case Against Ex-CM Siddaramaiah, Others 'Inconclusive': Activist Tells Karnataka High Court
Activist Snehamayi Krishna opposed before the Karnataka High Court on Friday [August 14] trial court's acceptance of a 'B Report' (Closure Report) filed by Lokayukta police in the alleged MUDA land scam involving Ex- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his family members arguing that the report is inconclusive. The court was hearing Krishna's plea challenging acceptance of B report. Appearing for the activist senior advocate Lakhsmi Iyengar submitted before Justice M Nagapranna that the...
Bombay High Court Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Ex-TISS Student Booked For Raising Slogans To Release Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid
The Bombay High Court on Friday (August 14) granted interim protection from arrest to Kamakhya Prasad Das, a former TISS student, who was booked for raising slogans "to free Umar Khalid & Sharjeel Imam."Justice Prafulla Khubalkar agreed to hear Das' plea seeking anticipatory bail on August 31 and granted him interim protection from arrest in the meantime. Notably, a Mumbai Court had last week denied anticipatory bail to Das and another student - Abhirup Paul, both of whom were...
Father Gifting Daughter Property As Part Of Matrimonial Settlement Not Joint Family Property Without Proof: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that a father gifting property to his daughter when she was a minor by way of a gift deed as part of matrimonial settlement proceedings, cannot be treated as part of joint family property unless it is proved to have been purchased from joint family fund. A Division Bench of Justice N. Sathish Kumar and Justice M. Jothiraman was hearing a batch of appeals arising from a dispute over a property purchased in 1989 in the name of S Duraimanickam, father of...