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Supreme Court's 'Mihir Rajesh Shah' Ruling On Written Grounds Of Arrest Operates Prospectively: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Supreme Court's judgment in Mihir Rajesh Shah v. State of Maharashtra (2025), which mandates the furnishing of written grounds of arrest to an accused before remand in all offences, will operate prospectively and cannot be applied to arrests made prior to the date of the ruling.The Division Bench of Justices Vivek Chaudhary and Manoj Jain thus dismissed...
Bombay High Court Mulls Constituting Compliance Committee As Authorities Drag Feet On Air Pollution 'Crisis'
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (January 27) orally expressed reluctance to monitor the efforts taken by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and other authorities in bringing down the rising levels of air pollution in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas, stating that it cannot sit in the court and check if the compliances are made.The...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 27, 2026
Links to today's Top Stories from Supreme Court :BCI Chairman Writes To CJI Objecting To Kerala HC Judge's Comments Against Election Nomination Fee, Threatens With TransferSupreme Court Dismisses JioStar's Challenge To CCI Probe On Alleged Abuse Of Dominance In Kerala Cable TV MarketPlea In Supreme Court Challenges UGC Regulation Defining 'Caste Discrimination', Seeks Caste Neutral...
Delhi High Court Directs MCD To Clear Hawkers From Anand Vihar ISBT, Orders Beautification Plan
The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to remove all hawkers and vendors from the congested area around the Anand Vihar ISBT, while permitting only 105 vendors, who were found eligible to vend through mobile carts and without any permanent structures.A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Madhu Jain said that the hawkers had created...
Customary Restrictions Can't Bar Widow From Alienating Non-Ancestral Property, Gender-Based Customs Must Yield To Equality: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that a widow is competent to alienate non-ancestral property inherited from her husband without the consent of collaterals, as any customary restriction to the contrary is constitutionally impermissible.Justice Virinder Aggarwal said, “Consequently, any such fetter on a woman's right to deal with her independently inherited property must be held to...
Kerala High Court Raps Authorities Over Non-Removal Of Pilgrims' Clothes From Pampa River At Sabarimala
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (January 27) pulled up the Travancore Devaswom Board for ignoring the directions issued to remove clothes dumped in River Pampa after pilgrimage season in Sabarimala.The Division Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar was considering a suo motu petition, which it had closed earlier this month after it was assured that there is no waste...
Kerala Court Denies Bail To Woman After Man She Accused Of Sexual Harassment In Viral Video Dies By Suicide
Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kunnamangalam, on Tuesday (27 January) denied bail to Shimjitha Musthafa, who has been charged with abetment of suicide of one U. Deepak, a salesman, under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.The order was pronounced by Smt. Athira M, Judicial First Class Magistrate, Kunnamangalam. Shimjitha is accused of abetment of suicide Deepak, whom she...
2026 LiveLaw (SC) 85 | XXX v State of Kerala | Section 175(4) BNSS
Click the link below to read the report :S.175(4) BNSS | Superior's Report Must If Offence Was During Public Servant's Duties : Supreme Court Advises Magistrates Complaint Under S.175(4) BNSS Against Public Servant Must Comply With Conditions Under S.175(3) : Supreme Court ...
Delhi High Court Upholds Rule Allowing Childless Widow To Continue Family Pension After Remarriage
The Delhi High Court today upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, entitling a childless widow to continue to receive family pension after remarriage.A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed a writ petition filed by the parents of a deceased CRPF personnel seeking grant of family pension...
Karnataka High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Being ISIS Member, Engaging In Transferring Terror Funds Via Cryptocurrency
The Karnataka High Court dismissed the bail plea of a man accused of being an ISIS member who was allegedly radicalized and recruited by his college mate, was involved in reconnaissance and arson activities with an intention to wage war against the government and engaging in transfer of terror funds through cryptocurrency.A division bench of Justice HP Sandesh and Justice Venkatesh Naik T in...