'Court Point' For VC Cross-Examination Can Be Designated Outside Court Premises: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a “Court Point” designated for conducting proceedings through video conferencing need not necessarily be located within the physical premises of the Court.Justice Tejas Karia made the observation while allowing an application filed by Gamesoft Corporation seeking arrangements for the cross-examination of two of its witnesses based in Florida, United States, through video conferencing under the Delhi High Court Electronic Evidence and Video Conferencing Rules,...

Indian Succession Act | Different Treatment Of Hindu And Christian Wills Upon Testator's Marriage 'Not Discriminatory': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, in a recent decision, held that the differential treatment of wills made by Christians and Hindus upon marriage of the testator, as contemplated under Indian Succession Act, 1925, is not discriminatory. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 571]Section 69 provides for automatic revocation of Wills made by Christians, upon their marriage. This provision is not applicable to Hindus due to...

Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹25K Costs On Litigant For Filing Forged Documents, Disallows Withdrawal

The Allahabad High Court has held that a litigant who files a writ petition along with forged documents cannot be permitted to withdraw it in order to escape the consequences of the proceedings. Dismissing the petition as an abuse of the process of the Court, the Court imposed costs of Rs. 25,000 on the petitioner.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai held,“The entire process adopted by the petitioner of “taking a chance” and, upon being unable to succeed, seeking...

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi Moves Supreme Court Challenging SIR Of Electoral Rolls

Lok Sabha MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. The plea was mentioned today before Chief Justice of India Surya Kant by Advocate Nizamuddin Pasha, seeking a listing alongwith similar pending matters. The CJI said he would check and list the case along with similar cases. The petition, filed through AoR Lzafeer Ahmad BF, submits that the implementation of SIR has...

Rajasthan High Court Expunges 'Unsatisfactory Service' Remarks Against Legal Aid Counsel, Cites Impact On Young Lawyer's Career

Rajasthan High Court set aside an order of the District Legal Service Authority (DSLA) against a young Legal Aid Defence Counsel that terminated his services and passed stigmatic remarks about his services being negligent and unsatisfactory, to the extent of expunging the adverse remarks that were passed without any enquiry, while retaining the termination. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand highlighted that petitioner-counsel was engaged on a contractual basis under the Legal Aid Defence...

Telangana High Court Restrains Defamatory Content Against Union Minister's Son Bandi Bageerath In Rape Case

The Telangana High Court in an interim order has restrained over 50 news channels, media platforms as well as unknown persons from publishing, circulating and broadcasting allegedly defamatory, speculative, AI generated and unverified information pending investigation in a rape FIR against Bandi Sai Bageerath.Bageerath, son of Minister of State for Home Affairs and BJP leader Bandi Sanjay...

NEET-UG: AP High Court Rejects Telangana ST Certificate For Reservation In State MBBS Quota

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has denied Scheduled Tribe (ST) reservation benefits under the Andhra Pradesh State quota for MBBS admissions to a NEET-UG aspirant holding a Telangana-issued ST certificate, observing that recognition of the same community as a Scheduled Tribe in both States does not entitle her to reservation benefits in Andhra Pradesh.Article 342 of the Constitution empowers the President to specify Scheduled Tribes for each State or Union Territory, with Parliament empowered to...

J&K&L High Court Upholds ₹7.2 Lakh Compensation For House Damaged By Road Construction

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a party cannot withhold evidence supporting its defence during trial and then seek a fresh opportunity to establish that defence by challenging the framing of issues after an adverse judgment.Justice Shahzad Azeem made the observation while dismissing an appeal filed by the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) authorities against a decree awarding ₹7.2 lakh to a Ramban resident whose house was damaged during road...

Kerala High Court Directs Speedy Decision In Jiostar's Appeal Against Halt On 'Anali' Series Allegedly Based On Koodathayi Murders

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (October 13) directed the expeditious hearing and disposal of an appeal filed by Jiostar Pvt. Ltd. challenging a temporary injunction passed restraining the release of Hotstar webseries Anali, which is allegedly based on the Koodathayi murders. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 575]A detailed order is awaited.The injunction suit was filed by Jollyamma Joseph @ Jolly, who is accused of the murders. The injunction order prohibited Jiostar from releasing, publishing, promoting,...

No 'Intelligible Differentia' In Excluding Same-Sex Couples From Spousal Gift-Tax Benefits: Karnataka High Court Told

A same-sex couple challenging the denial of gift-tax exemption available to married couples under the Income Tax Act, 1961 has told the Karnataka High Court that the test of “intelligible differentia” under Article 14 of the Constitution cannot justify their sex-based exclusion, and the same would attract anti-discriminatory provision of Article 15.The submission was made before Justice B M Shyam Prasad during the hearing of a petition challenging the exclusion of same-sex partners from the...

Bombay High Court Threatens Contempt Action Against Goa Civic Officials Over Failure To Submit Stray Dog, Cattle Data

The Bombay High Court has warned that it may initiate contempt proceedings against Panchayat Secretaries, Chief Officers of Municipal Councils and the Commissioner of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) for failing to comply with directions on collecting data about stray dogs, pet dogs and stray cattle, and setting up temporary animal shelters. The Court reiterated that the officials must comply with its directions and file the required reports.A division bench of Justice Valmiki Menezes...

Trust Cannot File Consumer Complaint: Kerala State Commission Sets Aside Order Holding Devaswom Committee's Complaint Maintainable

The Kerala State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Thiruvananthapuram, has held that a trust cannot maintain a consumer complaint under the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, as the Supreme Court's ruling in Prathibha Pratisthan v. Manager, Canara Bank continues to be the law operating in the field until a larger Bench decides the issue. A Bench comprising Justice B. Sudheendra...