'No Constitutional Immunity': AIADMK Party Says Speaker Must Appear Before Madras High Court In Plea Challenging Acceptance Of MLA Resignations

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) on Wednesday told the Madras High Court that the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker has no "constitutional immunity" from appearing before the Court.The submissions were made before a bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan in a petition filed by AIADMK party whip Agri SS Krishnamurthi, challenging the...

Subsistence Of Wife's First Marriage Not Always Bar To Maintenance From Second Husband: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld an award of maintenance under Section 125 CrPC to a woman whose earlier marriage was alleged to be subsisting on the date of her marriage to the petitioner-husband, holding that such an objection, by itself, cannot defeat a claim for maintenance. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 272]Dismissing the second husband's criminal revision, Justice Mandeep...

Tamil Nadu Waqf Board Can't Appoint Muttawali For Waqf Properties Covered By Deeds, Decrees & Court Orders: Madras High Court Full Bench

In such cases State Government under Section 66 Waqf Act would be the appointing authority, the Court held.

Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Hoshiarpur Dera Head's Conviction In 21 Yrs Old Rape Case, Awards ₹6 Lakh To Survivor

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the appeal of Dhanwant Singh, the head of a dera in District Hoshiarpur, against his conviction under Section 376 IPC for the rape of a 20-year-old nursing student whose family had been his devotees for over fifteen years. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 271]Justice Ramesh Kumari held that the sole testimony of a victim of sexual assault, where it...

Will Provide Bengaluru Airport CCTV Footage Sought By Ranya Rao In Gold Smuggling Case: CISF Tells Karnataka High Court

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) told the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday that CCTV footage from Kempegowda International Airport as sought by Kannada actress Ranya-Rao in connection with a gold smuggling case will be furnished to her, clarifying that there was a misunderstanding over extent of footage to be supplied.Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Arvind Kamath made...

'Making Retired People Run Around': Karnataka High Court Raps State Over Delay In CM Housing Scheme, Orders Refund

The Karnataka High Court has rapped the State authorities for failing to complete a housing project under the Chief Minister's 1 Lakh Bengaluru Housing Scheme, despite receiving payment from a beneficiary, observing that the authorities were “making retired people run around”. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 295]Justice Suraj Govindaraj made the observation while allowing a petition filed by a...

Application Of BUDS Act Prima Facie Doubtful Where Accused Is Not Deposit Taker: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that the application of offences under Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 is prima facie doubtful where the accused is not a deposit taker. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 186]In doing so the court granted anticipatory bail to a doctor booked for offence of Cheating under IPC and Section 21(1)(2)(3) BUDS Act which prescribes punishment for...

Bachelor Of Computer Application Falls Under Science Stream, UGC's 2014 Notification Has Retrospective Effect: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that a Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) degree falls under the Science stream. It further held that the UGC's 2014 notification classifying BCA under Science was clarificatory and would operate retrospectively.A Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad upheld orders directing the appointment of candidates whose...

Delhi High Court Orders Action On Plea Seeking Basic Facilities For Lawyers Visiting Clients In Jails

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Director General of Prisons to decide and take action on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure and basic amenities for advocates visiting prison complexes for conducting legal interviews with inmates.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia directed the DG Prisons to take stock of the situation and take...

26th Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Privy Purses Doesn't Alter Succession Law For Former Rulers' Estates: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has upheld the vires, applicability of Section 5(ii) Hindu Succession Act–which exempts Act's applicability on estates passing to a single heir under a covenant between an erstwhile Ruler and the Indian Government or under a law enacted before the Act came into force–on personal properties, impartible estate of former rulers. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 294] The Court...

Telangana High Court Refuses To Quash Criminal Trespass Case Against Actor Rana Daggubati, Family

While the dispute has civil overtones but that cannot defeat criminal case where complaint discloses cognizable offence, Court said.

POCSO Act | Meghalaya High Court Denies Bail To Two Teachers Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 5-Year-Old

The Meghalaya High Court has refused to grant bail to two teachers accused of sexually assaulting a five-year-old student inside a school washroom, observing that allegations of sexual assault against children must be viewed seriously given their vulnerability and the trauma such acts can cause. The Court held that the survivor's statement prima facie made out a case of sexual assault against...