Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Against UP MLC Election Rolls, Says Article 329 Bars Challenge To Poll Notification

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the electoral rolls for elections to 5 Graduates' Constituencies and 6 Teachers' Constituencies of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.The bench said that the exercise of amending the electoral rolls could not be faulted and that Article 329 of the Constitution of India bars a challenge to...

Delhi Consumer Commission Holds Club Valero Liable For Failure To Refund Membership Fee After Cancellation

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission-VIII (Central), Delhi, comprising President Divya Jyoti Jaipuriar and Dr. Rashmi Bansal, Member, has held Club Valero (Valero Corporation Pvt. Ltd.) deficient in service for failing to refund a consumer's membership amount after accepting and processing his cancellation request following its failure to provide the...

Madras High Court Grants Child's Custody To Mother After Noting Father's Matrimonial Ad Saying He Doesn't Have Kids

The Madras High Court recently gave full custody of a minor girl to the mother working in Canada, after taking note of the father's matrimonial ad, where he had mentioned himself as a divorcee with no kids. Justice PB Balaji remarked that the advertisement clearly shows that the father had disowned his minor child and was in no way competent to be a guardian or act in the best interest...

Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Against TN Speaker Dropping Disqualification Proceedings Over AIADMK MLAs' Cross-Voting

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Madras High Court's dismissal of a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought to challenge the Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker's decision to drop disqualification proceedings against certain AIADMK MLAs who had voted against the party whip during a confidence motion in favour of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay of the TVK party.A bench of...

Supreme Court Stays Trial In Criminal Defamation Cases Filed By BJP Leader Ramesh Bhiduri, Nephew Against TV Today Network

The Supreme Court today stayed the trial in criminal defamation cases filed against TV Today Network Ltd., which owns Aaj Tak and the India Today group, filed by BJP leader Ramesh Bidhuri and his nephew Rajpal Poswal. The case concerns alleged defamatory news connecting Bhiduri's nephew to a gang rape and abduction case. TV Today's petition challenges a November 2025 judgment of the Delhi...

Patna High Court Appoints Special Officer To Verify Husband's Assets Amid Wife's Dispute Over Income, Awards ₹50 Lakh Alimony

The Patna HC has held that where there is a substantial dispute between the parties regarding the husband's assets and income, the Court can appoint a Special Officer to ascertain the extent of his property while determining the wife's entitlement to permanent alimony.A Division Bench of Justice Bibek Chaudhuri and Justice Rana Vikram Singh was hearing a matrimonial appeal against the...

Pouring Kerosene On Wife And Telling Her To Die Constitutes Abetment To Suicide Even If She Ignited Herself: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that pouring kerosene on wife and telling her to die amounted to active instigation and provocation for abetment of suicide under Section 306 IPC, upholding the conviction of a husband whose wife subsequently set herself on fire. The Court observed that although the deceased herself ignited the fire, the accused had put her in a situation where she took the...

Plea In Supreme Court Against Cancellation Of Trains, Metro In Delhi Ahead Of October 10 Protests Against CEC

Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal and other lawyers urged the Court to hear the matter today itself.

Successive Bail Pleas Without Change In Circumstances Amount To 'Forum Shopping': P&H High Court

Party aggrieved by an order must ascend the judicial ladder rather than move horizontally in hopes of more favourable wind, Court said.

Delhi High Court Seeks Finalisation Of SOP For Use Of Service Dogs To Aid Movement Of Persons With Disabilities

The Delhi High Court has called for the finalisation of a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) by the authorities for use of service dogs to assist persons with disabilities for ease of their movement and commute.A Division Bench comprising Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Aditi Choudhary was dealing with a public interest litigation filed by the Dhananjay Sanjogta Foundation concerning the use...

High Court Stays Corruption Case Against OSD To Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed further proceedings against three accused including Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh in a Vigilance Bureau case alleging embezzlement of ₹65 lakh meant for installing street lights in villages around Ludhiana.The accused contend that the Special Judge pressured the investigating agency into filing...

Sisters 'Detained' After Conversion To Islam: Allahabad High Court Stays Single Judge's ₹12.5 Lakh Compensation Direction Against UP Govt

The Allahabad High Court today stayed the Single Judge's August 2026 direction requiring the Uttar Pradesh Government to pay ₹12.5 lakh compensation to two adult sisters who were allegedly confined by their father after they converted from Hinduism to Islam.A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra, however, refused to interfere with the Single Judge's direction...