2026 LiveLaw (SC) 954 | M/S BALAJI FORMALIN PVT. LTD. & ANR. VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ANR

Supreme Court Strikes Down Maharashtra Rules Mandating Additives In Methanol, Issues Directions To Prevent Hooch TragediesDespite Liquor Ban, Gujarat Witnessed Several Hooch Tragedies : Supreme Court...

Manipur High Court Bar Opposes Elevation Of Judicial Officer To High Court Bench, Writes To CJI

The High Court Bar Association of Manipur (HCBAM) has urged the Chief Justice of India (CJI) to reconsider and recall a recommendation by the High Court Collegium to elevate a Judicial Officer to High Court Judge, stating that the appointment would further disrupt the conventional Bar-Bench quota. In a representation dated September 9, 2026, the Association referred to its earlier...

Supreme Court Strikes Down Maharashtra Rules Mandating Additives In Methanol, Issues Directions To Prevent Hooch Tragedies

The Court observed that mixing of additives in methanol was not a proportionate measure to prevent the making of spurious liquor.

Telangana High Court Disqualifies Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender Over Defection From BRS To Congress

The Telangana High Court on Friday disqualified Khairatabad MLA Danam Nagender from the State Legislative Assembly, holding that he had incurred disqualification after contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as a Congress candidate while continuing as a BRS MLA. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 154]A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin set aside the decision...

Supreme Court Urges Centre & BCI To Frame Regulations For Sexual Harassment Complaints By Women Lawyers In All Courts

The Supreme Court on Friday urged the Union Government and the Bar Council of India (BCI) to jointly draft regulations for addressing sexual harassment complaints by women lawyers practising before High Courts, district courts, Taluka courts, tribunals and other quasi-judicial authorities.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Augustine George Masih observed that the Sexual Harassment...

Renukaswamy Murder Trial: Karnataka High Court Says Darshan Will Be Physically Produced During Cross-Examination Of Material Witnesses

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 18) indicated the procedure by which Kannada Actor Darshan's shall be physically produced during the Renukaswamy murder trial, directing that the prosecution shall examine material witnesses and that the actor can be physically produced during the cross-examination of such witnesses. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 366]The single judge bench of Justice...

Tripura High Court Upholds Interim Maintenance To Wife, Says Man Cannot Benefit From Suppressing Existing Marriage

The Tripura High Court has upheld an order granting ₹15,000 per month as interim maintenance to a woman who alleged that the man had represented himself as divorced and subsequently married her. The Court, while noting that the issue of marriage was yet to be finally determined by the Family Court, observed prima facie that the parties had maintained a marital relationship for a...

Plea In Supreme Court Seeks 30% Women Representation In Bar Council Of India Like State Bar Councils

A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking directions to ensure at least 30% representation of women in the Bar Council of India (BCI), contending that the gender-representation reforms recently directed by the Court for State Bar Councils should be extended to the apex statutory body governing the legal profession.The application has been filed by Yogamaya M.G. in the...

NDPS Act | Arrest, Remand Vitiated If Accused Not Informed Quantity Of Contraband Seized From Him: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that an arrest or seizure under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act is vitiated if the accused is not informed about the quantity of contraband seized from him or the provisions under which he is charged. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 453] Justice N Ramesh thus granted bail to an accused, accused of carrying 25kg of Ganja. The court noted that...

Vehicle Without Valid Permit, Fitness Certificate Breaches Insurance Policy: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a transport vehicle being operated without a valid permit and fitness certificate amounts to a violation of the terms and conditions of the insurance policy. The Court accordingly held that the insurer could not be fastened with the ultimate liability for compensation, while applying the “pay and recover” principle to direct the Insurance...

Status Quo Violation Must Be Dealt Under Order 39 Rule 2(A) CPC, Not Section 164 BNSS: J&K High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a violation of a Civil Court's status quo order must be dealt with under Order 39 Rule 2(A) of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, and not by resorting to proceedings under Section 164 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.The Court observed that when possession of a party was protected by an interim order of the Civil...

Being Foreign National, Flight Risk Not Enough To Deny Bail Under UAPA After Long Incarceration: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the mere fact that an accused is a foreign national or may pose a flight risk cannot, by itself, justify denying him bail under UAPA, particularly where the individual has undergone prolonged incarceration. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 864]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja made the observation while granting bail to...