Tweets Against Justice Sharma Not Deleted By Arvind Kejriwal, Saurav Das, Others: Litigant Tells Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court was on Monday informed that Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, other party leaders and Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das have still not deleted the allegedly contemptuous tweets against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.Litigant Ashok Chaitanya made the submission before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Arun Bhardwaj which was...

JPSC Selection Row: Jharkhand High Court Appoints Retired HC Judge To Monitor SIT Probe After Candidates Allege Harassment

The Jharkhand High Court has appointed retired high court Justice Gautam Kumar Chaudhary to monitor/observe the ongoing SIT probe over alleged irregularities into the 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exams, over allegations of harassment of candidates. The high court had in an interim order last month stayed State Government orders cancelling recruitments made through 11th to...

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

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 500 - 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 517Nominal IndexDirectorate of Enforcement v. Kolatt Dasan Prathapan, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 500Rakhul Krishnan v Union of India and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 501 Baby Kurian v The District Collector and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 502 M/s Cubes Entertainments v. Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 503Pramasivam...

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge Moves High Court To Quash Defamation Case Over Alleged Remarks Against RSS

Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge has approached the Karnataka High Court seeking quashing of criminal defamation proceedings initiated against him over alleged remarks concerning the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).The petition challenges the order dated June 27, 2026, passed by the Bengaluru Special Court for cases against sitting and former MPs and MLAs, whereby the court...

Telangana MLA Danam Nagender Moves Supreme Court Against HC Judgment Disqualifying Him For Defection

Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi on Monday mentioned before the Supreme Court a plea filed by Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender challenging the High Court's judgment disqualifying him from the Telangana Legislative Assembly under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.Chief Justice of India Surya Kant agreed to list the matter on Wednesday.The High Court had held that Nagender incurred...

Right To Retirement Benefits Accrues From Length Of Service, Not Attached To Post: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the right to retirement benefits flows from the length of service rendered by an employee and is not linked to the post held. It directed the State to pay pension, gratuity and other retirement benefits to a Junior Clerk whose services were terminated in 2000 on the ground that there was no vacant post against which he could have been appointed, noting...

No Vigilance Probe Against UP IAS Officer On Complaint Without Affidavit Or State Vigilance Committee Approval: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a complaint against a Class-I officer of the State which is not backed by an affidavit, as required by the Government Orders governing complaints against Group-A officers, cannot be made the basis of a vigilance inquiry, particularly when the matter has not been placed before the State Vigilance Committee for approval. It quashed the vigilance...

Supreme Court Mandates Magistrates' Approval For Re-Arrest After First Arrest Is Quashed For Not Furnishing Grounds

The Magistrate can permit re-arrest only by an officer who is different from the officer who made the first illegal arrest.

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...