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04/09/2026, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Asks Centre to Examine Plea for Stronger Safeguards on Children’s Social Media Access

Introduction: The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to consider a representation seeking a regulatory framework to protect children from potential harms associated with social media platforms, including restrictions on access for children below 13 years and greater safeguards for those between 13 and 16 years of age. The Court’s order places the […]

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04/09/2026, 2 months ago

Residence of Petitioner Alone Cannot Confer Territorial Jurisdiction Under Article 226, Allahabad High Court Reiterates

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has reiterated an important principle governing the territorial jurisdiction of High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution of India: the mere residence of a petitioner within the territorial limits of a High Court does not, by itself, confer jurisdiction upon that Court to examine a challenge against an order […]

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04/09/2026, 2 months ago

Punjab and Haryana High Court Says Medical Certificate Is Not Mandatory to Seek Video-Conferencing for Recording Evidence

Introduction: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has clarified that a trial court cannot reject an application seeking permission to record evidence through video conferencing merely because the applicant has not produced a medical certificate to substantiate physical infirmity. The Court held that the Video Conferencing Rules framed by the High Court already recognise physical […]

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04/09/2026, 2 months ago

Suspicion Cannot Replace Proof: Punjab and Haryana High Court Acquits Accused in 26-Year-Old Judicial File Theft Case

Introduction: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reaffirmed the fundamental principle that suspicion, however strong, cannot substitute legally admissible proof in a criminal trial. In Satnam Singh (since deceased) through his LR Rajwinder Kaur v. State of Punjab, Justice Mandeep Pannu allowed the criminal revision petitions and set aside the convictions arising from the […]

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04/09/2026, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Rejects PIL on Homeless Voters, Holds Existing ECI Mechanism Adequate for Electoral Roll Inclusion

Introduction: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation seeking special measures to ensure that homeless persons, including individuals rendered homeless or displaced as a result of demolition drives in the national capital, are not excluded from the electoral rolls during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The Division Bench comprising Chief […]

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04/09/2026, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Says Technical Lapses Cannot Defeat Justice, Stresses Duty to Ensure Quality Legal Assistance

Introduction: The Supreme Court has reaffirmed that constitutional courts must not allow procedural or technical shortcomings to defeat a litigant’s substantive right to have a case considered on its merits, particularly where the litigant has not received adequate legal assistance. In Ummed Devi v. State of Rajasthan and Another, a Bench comprising Justice J.B. Pardiwala […]

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04/09/2026, 2 months ago

Supreme Court Invokes Article 142 to Quash Student Protest FIRs Across India, Protecting Students From Criminal Proceedings

Introduction: The Supreme Court of India, in Yashovardhan Azan and Others v. Union of India and Others and connected cases, has exercised its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to bring an end to criminal proceedings arising from student protests held between July 20 and July 25 across the country. A Bench comprising […]

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01/09/2026, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court Holds Divorce Decree Cannot Be Insisted Upon for Deleting Former Spouse’s Name from Passport

Introduction: The Kerala High Court has held that a divorcee seeking to change her name or remove her former spouse’s name from an existing passport cannot be compelled to produce a decree of divorce or an order of judicial separation when the applicable passport rules expressly dispense with such a requirement. The decision, rendered by […]

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01/09/2026, 2 months ago

Kerala High Court Clarifies Limits of Vessel Arrest: Common Ship Management Alone Does Not Create a Sister-Vessel Relationship

Introduction: The Kerala High Court has clarified the limits of maritime vessel arrest under the Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017, holding that a vessel cannot be arrested merely because it is managed by the same ship manager against whom a maritime claim has been made. The Court emphasised that the statutory […]

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