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Madras High Court Upholds TN Speakers Acceptance Of Resignation Of AIADMK MLAs Who Joined TVK, Allows Disqualification Proceedings To Continue

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (October 13), upheld the decision of the Tamil Nadu Speaker, accepting the resignation of MLAs who quit All India Anna Dravida Kazhagam (AIADMK) party immediately after elections and joined TVK. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 498]The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan held that the resignation of the MLAs was genuine and the Speaker was...

Calcutta High Court Asks Kolkata Police Commissioner To Ensure No Further Mob Attack On TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh

The Calcutta High Court on Monday (October 12) directed the Kolkata Police Commissioner to ensure adequate protection for Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh and prevent any further mob attack on him before his plea is taken up by the appropriate Division Bench.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the direction while hearing Ghosh's plea concerning an alleged attack on him and damage to his car...

Put Up On Kali Puja Instead: Calcutta High Court Tells CPIM In Plea Challenging Denial Of Permission For Durga Puja Book Stall

The Calcutta High Court on Monday (October 12) orally suggested that the CPI(M)'s cultural wing could set up its bookstalls during Kali Puja instead of Durga Puja, while hearing a petition challenging the denial of permission to establish temporary bookstalls in Naihati and Bongaon in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya questioned whether the...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association Calls For One-Minute Silence In Solidarity With Delhi Advocates Manhandled By Police

The Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association has called upon its members to assemble today (October 13) at the Library Lawn of the High Court at 1:15 PM to observe one minute of silence in solidarity with advocates who were reportedly subjected to police high-handedness and manhandling in Delhi.In a communication addressed to members of the Bar, the Association said the call was made...

Section 161 CrPC Statements Cannot Be Relied On At Trial But Can Be Considered At Cognizance Stage : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that although the statements recorded by the police under Section 161 Cr.P.C./Section 180 BNSS cannot be relied on at trial, they can be considered at the cognizance stage. “Section 161 CrPC statements, obviously, cannot be relied on at the trial, but definitely could be gone into at the time of cognizance, since that is the material available before the Court,...

Trial Court Cant Order Status Quo On Property Without Prima Facie Finding On Who Was In Possession Before Suit: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside a temporary injunction protecting a plaintiff's alleged possession of property under a Rs. 1.5 crore sale agreement, holding that the trial court failed to record reasons establishing a prima facie case, balance of convenience and irreparable loss. It also declined to grant status quo without determining who was in possession immediately before the...

Will Cant Be Invalidated For Undue Influence Merely Because Beneficiary Son Was Caring For Aged Father: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the advanced age of a testator, taken together with the fact that the son in whose favour the Will was made was looking after him and his property, does not by itself raise a presumption of undue influence. It held that a registered Will, which carries a presumption of validity, cannot be cancelled on that ground alone.Justice Siddharth Nandan...

After Bombay High Court Orders Release Of CJP Members, Goa Police Justifies Detention Citing Past Violations, Patronising Umar Khalid

A day after the Bombay High Court in a special and urgent Sunday sitting ordered the release of seven Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) members for staging protest in Panaji, the Goa Police on Monday (October 12) through an affidavit justified its move to detain the CJP members citing the 'past history' of the said outfit, wherein it was found to be 'patronising' Umar Khalid.The Goa Police...