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'Right To Practice Religion Has No Nexus With Particular Place': MP High Court Rejects Plea To Rebuild Ujjain's Takiya Masjid
Dismissing a plea seeking reconstruction of Ujjain's Takiya Masjid by litigants who used to offer namaaz there, the Madhya Pradesh High Court reiterated that right to practice religion has no nexus with a particular place and this right is not infringed by acquisition of a land having a mosque. The high court referred to Allahabad High Court's decision in Mohammad Ali Khan v Special...
Surrogacy Act Does Not Affect Rights Vested In Couples Who Froze Embryos Before Law Took Effect : Justice Viswanathan's Concurring Judgment
The Supreme Court held that couples who had frozen embryos for surrogacy before the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 came into effect on January 25, 2022, had acquired vested rights to surrogacy which the Act could not retrospectively take away.Justice KV Viswanathan, in his concurring opinion, said that by completing the fertilisation process before the statutory cut-off date, the couples...
Collector Can't Reopen Land Ownership After Decades Without Inquiry: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that in the absence of a specific limitation period under Section 50 of the MP Land Revenue Code, 1959, the mutation and ownership records cannot be reopened after decades under the guise of revisional power, that too without conducting any full-fledged enquiry.The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi held; "This Court has no hesitation to say that even if...
Madras High Court Asks Judicial Academy To Provide Special Training To Judicial Officers Over Non-Compliance With S.35 POCSO Act
The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy to conduct a special training session for judges presiding over the special courts dealing with offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan and Justice R Vijayakumar made the request after noting that many special courts were not complying with the...
Chhattisgarh Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Fabricated Statements Filed By EOW U/S 164 CrPC In Alleged Coal Scam
A complaint has been filed by Adv. Girish Chandra Dewangan on 10.10.2025, before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Raipur, against officers of the State Economic Offences Investigation/Anti-Corruption Bureau, alleging that they fabricated/pre-prepared statements to be recorded under Section 164 of CrPC, and subsequently used them as genuine documents in the ongoing investigations and before...
Supreme Court Notes Conflict Between Forest Rights Act & Forest Conservation Act On Allowing Houses For Tribes; Seeks Union's Stance
The Supreme Court has directed the Union Government to file an affidavit within four weeks clarifying the scope, method, and manner of permitting construction of dwelling houses under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (“FRA”), in a manner consistent with the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 (“FCA”). While the FRA guarantees forest dwellers a 'pucca house,' the FCA imposes restrictions on...
'Board Under Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal & Other Manual Workers Act Cannot Review Its Orders': High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a board under the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and Other Manual Workers Act, 1969, has no statutory power to review or reopen its earlier orders under Section 13 of the Act. The Court observed that the power of review is not inherent and can only be exercised when expressly conferred by statute or by necessary implication.A Division Bench comprising Justice...
Can One District Have More Than One Bar Association? Supreme Court To Consider Nilgiris District Bar Association's Plea
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on a Special Leave Petition filed by the Nilgiris District Bar Association challenging the order of the Madras High Court directing the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry to consider an application filed by Women Lawyers Association of Nilgiris seeking recognition. Senior Advocate V Mohana, appearing for the petitioner, told a bench of CJI BR...
MP High Court Stays Coercive Action Against School Peon Transferred Over Allegations Of Religious Conversion
The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed authorities not to take any coercive action against a school peon who was transferred to a school 40 km away for allegedly converting to another faith and for influencing others to convert religion. Accordingly to the facts, the petitioner was appointed as a clerk in Madhyamik Vidyalaya Sultanpur by the Dhar District Collector on January 19, 2004. It...
Justice JB Pardiwala Launches Handbook On Child Rights, Emphasises Need To Safeguard & Empower Girl Children
Justice JB Pardiwala, Judge of the Supreme Court and Member of the Juvenile Justice Committee, released the Handbook on Child Rights and the Law at the inaugural session of the National Annual Stakeholders Consultation on “Safeguarding the Girl Child: Towards a Safer and Enabling Environment for Her in India” held today (October 11).Addressing the gathering, Justice Pardiwala said...
Karur Stampede : Supreme Court To Pass Orders On Pleas Of TVK & Others On Monday
The Supreme Court will pronounce its orders on Monday, October 13, on a batch of petitions seeking an independent investigation into the Karur stampede incident.A bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice NV Anjaria reserved its order on Friday after hearing arguments from multiple petitioners, including Vijay's political party Tamizhaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK), which has sought a...