'Derogatory' WhatsApp Post On Jain Saint: MP High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail, Says Electronic Evidence Can Be Examined Without Arrest

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted anticipatory bail to three individuals, including a doctor, for circulating an allegedly defamatory message against Jain saint Muni Shri Sudhasagar Ji Maharaj in a WhatsApp group. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 288]The bench of Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta observed that the case was predominantly based on electronic evidence, which can be examined without arrest....

Right To Walk To Parliament

The tear gas came before noon yesterday. By evening the Delhi Police were saying 118 of their personnel had been injured and around seventy protesters detained, FIRs for rioting were being registered, internet stood suspended in parts of the capital, and four Metro stations in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi were shut. All of this because a few thousand young people wanted to walk two kilometres, from Jantar Mantar to Parliament, on the day Parliament opened.I have spent my working life in the...

2023 Parliament Security Breach: Delhi Court Grants Interim Bail To Accused On Humanitarian Grounds

A Delhi Court recently granted interim bail to an accused in the Parliament security breach case which happened on December 13, 2023, on humanitarian grounds.Additional Sessions Judge Amit Bansal of Patiala House Courts granted relief to accused Sagar Sharma, who said that his father passed away on July 14 because of cancer. Sharma also said that he needed to perform cremation rituals as he...

Kerala High Court Seeks Statewide Data On Children's Courts, Pending POCSO Cases

The Kerala High Court has recently (15 July) directed the State Government and the Registry of the District Judiciary to furnish comprehensive data on the functioning of Children's Courts and the pendency of cases involving offences against children across the State.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. issued the direction in a public...

Nearly One-Third High Courts In India Functioning Without Permanent Chief Justices

Seven out of 25 High Courts in the country are currently functioning without a permanent Chief Justice, with Acting Chief Justices heading these courts.Four of these vacancies arose after Justice Sheel Nagu (Punjab and Haryana HC), Justice Chandrashekhar (Bombay HC), Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva (Madhya Pradesh HC), and Justice Arun Palli (Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh HC) were elevated as...

MadhyaPradesh Special Lok Adalat Settles 1,945 Cheque Bounce Cases Worth Over ₹106 Crore In A Day

A Special Lok Adalat for the disposal of cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 was organised across Madhya Pradesh on July 18, 2026, resulting in the amicable settlement of 1,945 cheque dishonour cases involving more than ₹106.42 crore.The Special Lok Adalat was organised under the leadership of Justice Vivek Rusia, Acting Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court...

MP High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Buying Newborn, Says Offence Of Human Trafficking Prima Facie Not Made Out

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail to a woman accused of trafficking by buying a newborn child, observing that she had arranged the child for her daughter and therefore the ingredients of trafficking under Section 143 of the BNS were prima facie not fulfilled. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 287]For context, Section 143 of the BNS defines trafficking as whoever, for exploitation,...

Tinder Relationship Turning Sour Doesn't By Itself Amount To Rape On False Promise Of Marriage: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that where two adults enter into a consensual relationship after meeting through a dating application like Tinder, the relationship cannot subsequently be termed as one based on a false pretext of marriage merely because it later turns sour and does not culminate in marriage. The Court observed that the allegations disclosed a consensual relationship and not...

'Extremely Disconcerting': Delhi High Court Orders Preservation Of CCTV Footage After Life Convict Alleges Assault By Tihar Jail Warden

The Delhi High Court has directed preservation and production of CCTV footage and ordered the personal appearance of a Tihar Jail Head Warden after a convict serving life sentence there alleged that he was physically assaulted in custody and denied medical treatment. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 670]A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan passed the directions while hearing...

Wife Demanding ₹2 Crores To Consent For Divorce, Refusing Cohabitation Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a decree of divorce on the ground of mental cruelty, holding that a spouse who persistently refuses to resume cohabitation, deprives the other spouse of matrimonial companionship and consortium, and demands an exorbitant lump-sum amount of ₹2 crores as a condition for consenting to divorce subjects the other spouse to mental cruelty. [2026 LiveLaw...

Women Representation, Increase In Enrolment Fee, Bar On Foreign Law Firms: BCI Proposes Amendments To Advocates Act; Seeks Suggestions

The Bar Council of India has prepared a draft proposing amendments to the Advocates Act, made in consultation with the State Bar Councils, reputed Senior Advocates practising in the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts and District Courts, Vice-Chancellors, Deans of Law Universities of the Ministry of Law and Justice and other stakeholders.In a press note issued by the bar body, the...

Failure To Communicate Grounds Of Arrest To Uneducated Accused In Understandable Manner Vitiates Arrest: Tripura High Court Grants Bail

The Tripura High Court has granted bail to an accused booked under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act after holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the grounds of arrest were effectively communicated to him in a language he understood. The Court Noted that the investigating officer had described the accused as "uneducated" and admitted that he did not...