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Kerala Court Sentences Woman Who Threw One-Year-Old Son Into Sea To Undergo Life Imprisonment
The Additional District and Sessions Court, Taliparamba on Thursday (January 22) sentenced Saranya Valsaraj to life imprisonment for committing the murder of her one-and-a-half-year-old son, Viyan, in 2020.Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sri. Prasanth K.N. found Saranya guilty of Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, finding that her guilt was proved beyond any reasonable doubt. The...
Kerala High Court Directs District Collector To Grant Permission To Conduct Pamba Boat Race On February 01
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (22 January) directed the District Collector, Pathanamthitta to grant permission to the Pamba Boat Race Club, Neerattupuram, to conduct its boat race on 1 February, 2026. Justice N Nagaresh, gave the direction while considering a writ petition filed by the club and its office-bearers challenging the refusal of the district administration to grant permission for...
Wife Can't Claim Maintenance If Her Own Acts Rendered Husband Incapable Of Earning: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that if a wife, by her own acts or omissions, causes or contributes to the incapacity of her husband to earn, she cannot be permitted to take advantage of such a situation and claim maintenance. A bench of Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla ruled that granting maintenance in such a scenario would result in “grave injustice”, particularly when the...
Chhattisgarh High Court Grants ₹1 Lakh Compensation To Law Student Arrested Illegally & 'Mechanically' Remanded To Judicial Custody
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday (January 21) ordered the State to pay Rs. 1 Lakh compensation to a law student who was illegally arrested by the police without registration of any FIR and mechanically remanded to judicial custody bereft of any cognizable offence.Emphasizing the value of personal liberty and dignity, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice...
Venezuela And The Limits Of International Law's Hollow Core
The recent interventionist posture adopted by the United States in Venezuela has laid bare a truth long articulated by critics of international law but seldom confronted with such clarity: when confronted with hegemonic will, international law ceases to function as a constraint and survives only as rhetoric. What is unfolding in Venezuela is not merely a regional crisis or a contested foreign policy decision; it is a case study in the structural futility of international law when power decides...
'Violation Of Privacy': Madras High Court Slams State For Collecting 'Sensitive' Information Of School Students
The Madras High Court recently criticised the State for collecting sensitive data of students who had stigmatic background. Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan set aside an order passed by the Member Secretary of the Model School, calling for certain information of students. The court noted that the information was sensitive and there was no explanation on how this...
Use Of AI-Generated Fake Citations Doesn't Vitiate Order If Correct Law Applied: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that mere mention of non-existent citations generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a judicial order would not vitiate it, if the law considered is correct and there is no fault in its application to the facts.The Court observed so while dismissing the challenge to a Trial Court order, where the judicial officer had, while upholding an...
Unproved Witness Statement To Police Can't Be Used In Disciplinary Proceedings: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Govt Officer's Pension Forfeiture
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the disciplinary action against a government officer stopping his 100% pension for life, which was solely based on statements of a person given to the police under Section 161 CrPC who was neither examined during the departmental enquiry nor before court. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that a statement given under Section 161 CrPC, held...
Sambhal Transfers | Judge Who Ordered Mosque Survey Won't Be New CJM; Sent Back To Original Post Within 48 Hours
In a significant administrative development, the Allahabad High Court yesterday modified its January 20 transfer order, in which it had initially directed Civil Judge (Senior Division) Aditya Singh to take charge as the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Sambhal. Within 48 hours of its previous notification, which became the subject of intense public debate, the High Court has...
Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 22, 2026
Links to today's reports :Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Against BCCI Representing Indian Cricket Team2000 Red Fort Attack | Supreme Court Issues Notice On Curative Petition Filed By LeT Militant Against Death PenaltyBhoj Shala-Kamal Maula Mosque Dispute : Supreme Court Passes Orders For Peaceful Conduct Of Basant Panchami Puja & Friday Namaz'Difficult For Court To Frame Pan-India SOP...
UP Govt Adopts 'Andhra Model' For Retired HC Judges' Benefits; Allahabad High Court Now Seeks Reply On Security Protocol
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Wednesday informed the Allahabad High Court that it has issued a Government Order ensuring substantial compliance with the Supreme Court's directives regarding post-retiral benefits for retired judges. Taking note of this submission, a bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi asked the Additional Advocate General to place on record...