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MP High Court Issues Notice To Speaker On Congress MLA's Plea Seeking Disqualification Of BJP MLA On Ground Of Defection
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (November 7) issued notice in a petition filed by Congress MLA Umang Singhar seeking disqualification of BJP MLA from Bina constituency, Nirmala Sapre, arguing that she stands disqualified on grounds of defection. The plea claims that Sapre, after being elected MLA from Bina in the 2023 assembly elections, had voluntarily given up her membership from...
'Vehicles Parked At Unauthorised Dhabas Causing Accidents': Supreme Court Seeks Reports From NHAI & Centre After Phalodi Accident
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to submit reports on roadside dhabas and road maintenance conditions, after taking suo motu cognizance of fatal highway accidents in Rajasthan and Telangana.A bench of Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi directed that a survey be carried out within...
Call For Abstracts: RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR) – Volume 11, Issue 2 | Submit By December 15, 2025
The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab invites submissions for Volume 11, Issue 2 of the RGNUL Student Research Review (RSRR). The upcoming issue is themed “Law in Practice and Principle: Reimagining the Legal Profession and the Justice System.” The journal welcomes original and insightful abstracts from students, academicians, legal professionals, and researchers exploring the evolving dimensions of the legal profession, justice delivery mechanisms, and legal education in...
Allahabad High Court Orders UP Govt To Issue Fresh Educational Certificates With Post-Surgery Name & Gender Of Transgender Person
The Allahabad High Court recently set aside an order of the Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad, Bareilly, refusing to correct the name and gender of a transgender person in educational documents. Noting that the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 is a special Act whose provisions are in addition to, and not in derogation of any existing law, the HC directed the...
NIA Requests Private Hearing From Delhi High Court In Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday urged the Delhi High Court to hold private hearings in its appeal seeking death penalty for Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in a terror funding case.The request was made by NIA SPP Akshai Malik before a division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Manoj Jain. Malik requested that the proceedings be heard on a private...
Filing ₹250 Security Deposit On Same Day As Presentation Of Revision Plea Suffices Municipality (Election Petition) Rules: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the security deposit of ₹250 required under Rule 19 (2) of the MP Municipality Election Petition Rules can be filed on the same day as the presentation of a revision at the filing window. In doing so, the court clarified that this would be sufficient compliance with Rule 19 and would not lead to the dismissal of the revision. The bench of Justice Deepak Khot observed; "If petitioner has deposited the amount of security, as required under Rule...
West Bengal Congress Committee Moves Supreme Court Against Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision Of Electoral Rolls
The West Bengal Congress Committee has approached the Supreme Court seeking reliefs with respect to Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in the state.The matter was mentioned today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, seeking listing tomorrow on the ground that pleas challenging SIR are already due to come up tomorrow.Initially, Justice...
District Court Can Hear Design Infringement Cases Unless Cancellation Is Sought : Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has recently held that District Courts are empowered to hear design infringement cases unless the opposing party formally seeks cancellation of the registered designs. The bench at Jaipur made this ruling while setting aside the transfer of three such cases filed by Jaipur-based carpet exporter S.N. Kapoor Export against Saraswati Global Ltd., another trader from...
HP Land Revenue Act | Assistant Collector Must Act As Civil Court When There Is Plea Of Adverse Possession: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that when a person facing eviction under Section 163 of the H.P. Land Revenue Act, 1954 (which empowers revenue authorities to remove encroachments from Government land) raises a plea of adverse possession, the Assistant Collector must convert himself into a Civil Court as per Section 163(3) of the Act.Justice Ajay Mohan Goel remarked that: “It was...
Passport Delay A Hurdle In Right To Travel; Police Must Finish Verifications In 4 Weeks : Allahabad High Court
To ensure efficiency and accountability in the issuance of passports, the Allahabad High Court recently directed that all police verification reports for passport applications must be completed and submitted within 4 weeks. A Bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi mandated so as it noted that delays in this essential exercise are creating a hurdle in realization...
