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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Madras High Court Quashes Case Against Men Who Raised Pro-Palestine Slogans, Finds No Ingredients Of Unlawful Assembly Or Wrongful Restraint

Introduction: The Madras High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against 14 men who were booked for allegedly assembling and raising slogans in support of the Palestinian people and against the genocide being perpetrated against them. The Court found that the materials collected during the investigation did not disclose the essential ingredients of the offences invoked […]

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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court: Change In Political Dispensation Cannot Be Ground To Abandon Or Shift Approved Development Projects

Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has held that a change in political dispensation, by itself, cannot justify abandoning, shifting or stalling a government scheme or developmental project that has already been duly approved and processed in accordance with law. The Court observed that once a project has been sanctioned, beneficiaries identified, the tender process completed […]

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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Karnataka High Court Modifies Visitation Order Requiring 10-Year-Old To Travel 1,000 Km Every Month, Says Child Cannot Become Victim Of Parents’ Dispute

Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has modified a Family Court’s visitation arrangement that required a 10-year-old boy studying in Bengaluru to travel approximately 475 kilometres each way to Honnavar every month to spend a weekend with his mother. The High Court observed that such a demanding travel schedule was not compatible with the welfare of […]

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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To 17 SFI Activists Accused Of Assaulting Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor During Campus Protest

Introduction: The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to 17 students and activists associated with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), who were accused of unlawfully restraining, assaulting and causing hurt to the Vice-Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Dr. Ciza Thomas, during a campus protest. Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the order […]

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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Bombay High Court Questions 12-Day Pune Alcohol Ban During Ganesh Festival, District Administration Withdraws Order

Introduction: The Bombay High Court has intervened in the decision to impose a 12-day prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcohol across Pune district during the Ganesh festival, observing that an excessively long dry period could have unintended consequences for habitual and regular alcohol consumers. Following the Court’s intervention, the Pune Collector withdrew the […]

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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Gujarat High Court Holds Good-Faith Complaint to Police Cannot Constitute Defamation Under Statutory Exception

Introduction: The Gujarat High Court has held that merely making a complaint or application before the police containing allegations of an alleged criminal act does not, by itself, amount to the offence of defamation when the police authority has lawful jurisdiction over the subject matter of the accusation. The Court observed that the statutory exception […]

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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Calcutta High Court Refuses Threshold Rejection of ₹65 Lakh Recovery Suit, Holds Commercial Nature of Financial Transaction Requires Trial

Introduction: The Calcutta High Court has held that a money-recovery suit instituted by a company cannot be rejected at the threshold merely because the plaint does not expressly refer to a written agreement or mercantile document evidencing the underlying financial transaction. The Court emphasised that where the pleadings and documents disclose an arguable case and […]

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12/09/2026, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Quashes POCSO Case Against Teacher, Holds Corporal Punishment Without Sexual Intent Does Not Constitute Aggravated Sexual Assault

Introduction: The Supreme Court has held that inappropriate physical conduct by a teacher, including corporal punishment and insensitive touching of students, cannot by itself be treated as aggravated sexual assault under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), unless the essential element of sexual intent required by the statute is established. […]

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11/09/2026, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court Directs Mandatory Biometric Aadhaar Authentication for All New GST Registrations to Curb Fraudulent Registrations

Introduction: The Delhi High Court has directed GST authorities across the country to ensure that no fresh Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration is granted unless the applicant undergoes biometric-based Aadhaar authentication. The direction was issued by a Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Khetarpal and Justice Shail Jain while considering concerns surrounding fraudulent GST registrations […]

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