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West Bengal SIR | 'ECI Could Not Furnish Reasons' : Appellate Tribunal Restores Deleted INC Candidate To Voter List
Acting on the Supreme Court's direction to decide his plea urgently, the Appellate Tribunal for Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal on Sunday set aside the deletion of Indian National Congress candidate Motab Shaikh's name from the electoral roll.The Tribunal, headed by former Calcutta HC CJ Justice TS Sivagnanam, observed that the Election Commission of India could not place the...
Calcutta High Court Quashes NDPS Case Based Solely On Inadmissible S.67 Statements; Says 14-Year Delay Violates Article 21
The Calcutta High Court has quashed the NDPS proceedings against a petitioner who was implicated five years after a 2012 Charas seizure, holding that the prosecution sought to proceed solely on the strength of inadmissible Section 67 NDPS Act statements. Justice Uday Kumar noted at the outset that after Tofan Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu, confessions recorded by investigating officers...
Judgment Allowing Women Entry In Sabarimala Temple Wrong: Centre Tells Supreme Court In 9-Judge Bench Reference
During the hearing of the Sabarimala reference, the Union Government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the 2018 judgment permitting entry of women of all age groups into the Sabarimala temple was wrongly decided and deserves to be declared a wrong law.Appearing for the Union, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a 9-judge bench that the 2018 ruling requires reconsideration...
Bombay High Court Orders DNA Testing Of Mortal Remains Of Indian Seafarer Killed In Iranian Missile Strike
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (April 7) ordered the Director General, Shipping to hand over the mortal remains of the Indian Seafarer, who died due to an Iranian missile strike near Oman Coast, to the Director of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Kalina, Mumbai for conducting a DNA test of the same. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad...
Kallahalli Varahaswamy Temple | Karnataka HC Stays Fresh Encroachment Probe Against Parakala Mutt After Tehsildar Report Found No Illegalities
The Karnataka High Court on April 7, granted an interim stay on coercive action by the Revenue Department Authorities against the Brahmantantra Swatantra Parakkala Mutt over allegations of government land encroachment. The Mutt is currently managing the historical Bhoo Varahaswamy Temple in Kallahalli.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum also restrained the respondent authorities from interfering...
False Cases By Wife Leading To Husband's Arrest, 17-Year Separation Amounts To Mental Cruelty: Calcutta High Court Upholds Divorce
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Supratim Bhattacharya dismissed an appeal filed by the wife challenging the husband's divorce decree. The Trial Court had granted a divorce on the ground of cruelty, while also taking note of the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The Division Bench upheld these findings after examining the evidence led by both...
Kerala Court Orders Production Of Director Renjith In Sexual Assault Case, Bail Hearing Tomorrow
The Judicial First Class Magistrate-1, Ernakulam has issued a production warrant to produce film director Renjith Balakrishnan in court tomorrow, in relation to a sexual assault case.His bail application will be heard tomorrow.Smt. L. Usha, Magistrate today heard arguments advanced by the public prosecutor and Advocate S. Rajeev appearing for Renjith.Renjith's counsel pointed out that there...
'Absence Without Leave Cannot Be Treated As Desertion Without Inquiring Into Cause': P&H High Court Grants Relief To CRPF Constable
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that absence without leave cannot be treated as desertion without examining whether such absence was wilful. The Court observed that absence by itself does not constitute misconduct unless it is proved to be wilful on the basis of material on record.Justice Sandeep Moudgil was hearing a writ petition filed by a CRPF constable challenging the...
NEET PG 2025-26 : Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Challenging Cut-off Reduction On April 28
The Supreme Court will hear the batch of pleas challenging reduction in the cut-off percentile for NEET-PG 2025-26 on April 28, 2026.On the previous date, a bench of Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe had said it would examine whether the sharp reduction in the qualifying percentile for NEET-PG 2025-26 affects standards in postgraduate medical education.Today, Senior Advocate...
Calcutta High Court Bar Association Suspends Lawyer Over Attack On Judicial Officers In Malda; Calls For De-Enrolment
In an urgent General Body Meeting held on April 6, 2026, the Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court unanimously passed a strongly-worded resolution condemning the “cowardly and dastardly attack on the judiciary” at Malda's Kaliachak on the night of April 1, 2026, where seven judicial officers — including three women — were allegedly held hostage for nearly nine hours.The...
No Instance Of Misuse Shown: Madras High Court Rejects Plea Against Allotment Of Party Symbols To Other Parties' Candidates In Poll Alliances
The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition seeking direction to the Election Commission of India to frame appropriate guidelines and regulatory measures to prevent misuse of reserved election symbols. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan dismissed the plea filed by ML Ravi, President of Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi (DMSK) party, seeking to prevent...
