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JJ Act | Conviction Not Vitiated Because Regular Court Tried Juvenile As Adult, But Sentence Cannot Operate : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a conviction on the merits need not be set aside merely because a juvenile was tried by a regular criminal court. Accordingly, while affirming the conviction of an accused who was tried as an adult, the Court set aside the sentence imposed on him after finding that he was a juvenile on the date of the offence. A bench of Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi heard the case where the Appellant-accused was tried by a regular court and was convicted...
'Shocks Our Conscience': Madras High Court Slams TN Govt For Denying National Flag Rally Permit To BJP, Says Tricolour Transcends Political Colour
The Madras High Court, on Friday (August 14), permitted the Bharatiya Janata Party to conduct a "Tricolour Flag Yatra" in Coimbatore city in connection with the Independence Day celebrations.[2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 387]Though the BJP had initially proposed to conduct the rally on August 13, the State denied permission for the rally at the proposed location. On Friday, after deliberations, the...
Madras High Court Issues Circular For Singing Vande Mataram On Independence Day, Bar Body Raises Concern On Exclusion Of State Song
The Madras High Court has issued a circular for the playing of the National Song – Vande Mataram during the Independence Day celebration to be held at the Principal Bench of Madras High Court at Chennai, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court and the District Judiciary in the State. A circular issued by the Registrar General said that as per the advisory issued by the Government of India under the Har Ghar Tiranga Campaign 2026, commencing 150 years of the national song, the national...
SCBA Urges Meghalaya Bar Associations To Withdraw Resolution Against Advocate General Amit Kumar
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has urged the High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association and the Shillong Bar Association to reconsider and withdraw their joint resolution against Meghalaya Advocate General Amit Kumar to expel him.In a resolution dated August 14, the SCBA said it had taken note of the joint resolution reportedly passed by the two Meghalaya-based bar associations against Kumar. The SCBA said the Advocate General's statement in Court regarding the safety of women was made in...
Microfinance Fraud Case: Kerala High Court Directs Govt To Consider Prosecution Sanction Request By SIT
The Kerala High Court on Friday (August 14) directed the Additional Chief Secretary for Backward Classes to consider the requests for prosecution sanction made by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the ₹15.85 crore SNDP Microfinance Scam case to expedite prosecution sanction.The case relates to the alleged misappropriation of government funds under the Micro Finance Scheme. A crime was registered in 2016 and it is alleged that the officers of the SNDP Yogam, including Vellappally...
Substantial Compliance With S.42 NDPS Act Sufficient In Situations Requiring Immediate Seizure : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that where narcotics-related information is received in circumstances requiring the immediate interception of a moving vehicle, the requirements of Section 42 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, have to be assessed in the context of the urgency of the situation. On the facts of the case, the Court found substantial compliance with the statutory safeguards and refused to invalidate the recovery on the basis of procedural deficiencies.The Court...
National Sports Federation Has No Right To Compel Govt To Relieve Employee For Sporting Assignments: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a National Sports Federation cannot claim a legal right to requisition the services of a Government employee or compel the Government to spare such employees for sporting assignments in the absence of a statutory provision creating such an obligation.The Court observed that mere appointment of a Government employee by a National Sports Federation does not confer an enforceable right to seek a No Objection Certificate, relieving order or...
Arms License Can't Be Suspended On Mere Apprehension Of Misuse: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that suspending a person's arms license on bald apprehension of possible misuse is not sustainable. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 324]Noting that the licensing authority failed to record reasoned satisfaction for suspending the license, the bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke observed;"The competent authority shall record its independent and reasoned satisfaction...