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'We Have A Long Way To Go': Madras High Court Calls For Training Of Judges On Examining Child Sexual Abuse Victims
The Madras High Court has highlighted that the judicial officers presiding over the Special Courts under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act should ensure that the child victim is made to feel comfortable in the court and should build a rapport with the child. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 391]The court added that there was a need to understand the victim children and...
Caste Certificates Issued Based On Voter IDs From 2011 Onwards Need Reverification: WB Govt Tells Calcutta High Court
The West Bengal Advocate General on Tuesday told the Calcutta High Court that caste certificates issued on the basis of voter identity cards from 2011 onwards would require reverification, while those issued on the basis of documents such as PAN cards would not be subjected to such an exercise.The submission was made before a Division Bench of ACJ Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice...
Calcutta High Court Reserves Order On PIL Alleging Police Action To Remove Loudspeakers From Mosques In Bengal
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a Public Interest Litigation alleging that police authorities in West Bengal were orally directing mosque committees to remove loudspeakers, despite there being no demonstrated violation of the permissible decibel limits.The matter was heard by a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee...
Madras High Court Rejects Election Petition Against TVK MLA N Elaiyaraja
The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (August 18), rejected an election petition filed by a voter of Uthangarai Legislative Assembly constituency, challenging the victory of N Elaiyaraja, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazham (TVK) party candidate. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 392]Justice D Bharatha Chakravarthy allowed an application filed by the winning MLA seeking to reject the election petition and thus...
Actress Rape Case: Kerala High Court Closes Dileep's Plea Alleging Media Trial After Probe In All 5 Cases Completed
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 18) closed the plea preferred by actor Dileep seeking action against Indo-Asian News Channel Private Limited/Reporter TV for allegedly publishing trial details relating to the 2017 Actress Assault case. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 453]When the matter came up before Justice Jobin Sebastian today, Dileep's counsel told that the purpose of the plea has been...
Narendra Dabholkar Murder Case: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Alleged Shooter Sachin Andure
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (August 18) while granting bail and suspending the life sentence awarded to right-wing extremist Sachin Andure, a prime convict in the murder case of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, who was shot dead in August 2013, held that the evidence against him was very weak which could even result in his acquittal in appeal.A division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal...
Mohanlal-Starrer 'Athimanoharam' Can't Be Shot Inside Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala High Court Told
The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 17) disposed of a plea preferred by the makers of the Mohanlal-starrer Malayalam film 'Athimanoharam' seeking a direction to the Forest Department officials to consider their request to permit film shooting in Pamba and Sannidhanam. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 449]The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar yesterday took note...
Telangana High Court Directs Police To File Final Reports In Unnatural Death Cases Before Judicial Magistrate, Not Executive Magistrate
The Telangana High Court has held that where the police conduct an investigation into an unnatural or accidental death under Section 174 CrPC, the final report must be filed before the jurisdictional Judicial Magistrate of First Class and not before an Executive Magistrate. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 130]The Court further held that the person who first gave information regarding the death must...
Orders Against State Bind All Its Departments, Officers Even If Not Named As Parties To Proceedings: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that an order passed against the State binds all its departments, instrumentalities, agencies and officers, even if a particular department was not specifically made a party to the earlier proceedings. The Court said that the State is one juristic entity and cannot use different departments to repeatedly raise issues which have already been concluded against...
Pendency Of Civil Suit Does Not Bar Mutation Proceedings: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the mere pendency of a civil suit relating to title does not bar revenue authorities from exercising their statutory powers to conduct mutation proceedings under the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 191]In doing so, the Court clarified that while the Civil Court's declaration of title would...