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The Delhi High Court has ordered the immediate removal of online content that falsely claimed Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant, several Supreme Court and High Court judges, and Union Ministers travelled to London to participate in a badminton tournament at public expense. Justice Tejas Karia passed the order while hearing a petition filed by the Badminton Association of India (BAI). The association argued that several news reports, YouTube videos and social med

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that a party cannot avoid arbitration merely because an arbitration clause uses the word “may” instead of “shall.” The Court held that the intention of the parties must be gathered from the agreement as a whole and not from a single word in isolation. Justice Deepak Khot passed the order while deciding an application filed by M/s JVS Foods Pvt. Ltd. seeking appointment of an arbitrator in a dispute with M.P. State Agro Industries Develo

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that a government advocate cannot be removed from service on allegations of negligence without first being given a fair opportunity to defend himself through a proper departmental inquiry. The Court observed that when a termination order carries a stigma and affects a person's professional reputation, it must comply with the principles of natural justice. The case concerned Manoj Singh Raghuwanshi, who was serving as an Additional Gover

In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government cannot automatically strip individuals of their gun rights solely because they use marijuana, holding that such a blanket restriction violates the Second Amendment. The case involved Ali Danial Hemani, a dual US-Pakistan citizen, who was charged under the federal Gun Control Act after police found a handgun and marijuana during a search of his home in 2023. Hemani admitted to using marijuana r

A federal court in Indiana has ordered the immediate release of Salah Sarsour, a lawful permanent resident of the United States who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) earlier this year. The court held that Sarsour had raised a substantial claim that his detention may have been motivated by his pro-Palestinian advocacy, raising concerns under the First Amendment. Sarsour, who was born in Palestine, has lived in the United States for more than three decad

The Bombay High Court has held that a bank employee commits misconduct by approaching the police over a routine transfer dispute and bringing police personnel to the workplace to question a superior officer. The Court observed that employees dissatisfied with administrative decisions must use internal grievance mechanisms rather than involve law enforcement in service-related matters. The case arose after a clerk of Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank was transferred from the Account

The Kerala High Court has held that the absence of a formal trust deed or express declaration of trust does not prevent a court from recognising the existence of a public religious and charitable trust. The Court observed that a constructive public trust may be inferred from the nature of the beneficiaries, the purpose for which the property is used, and the surrounding circumstances indicating dedication to public religious or charitable objects. Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. d

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated against three individuals in a food adulteration case, holding that the prosecution failed to establish their involvement in the business operations of the concerned firm and did not comply with mandatory statutory safeguards under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. The case arose from an inspection conducted in July 2004 in the pantry car of the Varanasi–Pune Gyan Ganga Express, where a Food

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has held that women students should not be deprived of educational opportunities solely because of pregnancy, childbirth, or post-natal responsibilities. The Court granted relief to an LL.M. student by permitting her to submit her dissertation and complete the remaining academic requirements for obtaining her degree. Justice Hemant Chandangoudar passed the order while hearing a writ petition filed by R. Sangeetha, who sought permissi

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed serious concern over the European Union's newly adopted Returns Regulation, warning that its implementation must remain fully consistent with international human rights and refugee law. The regulation, approved by the European Parliament on June 17, 2026, seeks to create a more uniform framework for the detention and deportation of undocumented migrants and rejected asylum seekers across EU memb

The Kerala High Court has held that for offences under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the crucial consideration is whether members of the public were present to witness or overhear the alleged caste-based abuse, and not whether the incident occurred in a public or private place. Justice A. Badharudeen made the observation while dismissing an appeal seeking anticipatory bail in a case involving al

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ruled that authorities cannot stop restaurants from serving herbal hookah unless there is a clear legal provision prohibiting it. The Court was dealing with a petition filed by a restaurant in Rewa that claimed it was facing the threat of closure despite serving only herbal, tobacco-free and nicotine-free hookah within a designated smoking area. The restaurant argued that existing tobacco control laws regulate products containing tobacco and

The Madras High Court has held that Returning Officers already possess sufficient statutory powers to scrutinize and reject nomination papers supported by false caste certificates or fraudulent declarations, and courts cannot intervene in the middle of an ongoing electoral process. Dismissing a writ petition filed by social activist Arjunan Sampath, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G. Arul Murugan refused to issue directions for enh

The Gujarat High Court has upheld a compensation award of ₹9.4 lakh in favour of the family of a man who died after being electrocuted by a high-voltage transmission line, holding that Gujarat Energy Transmission Company Ltd. (GETCO) cannot escape liability by blaming the deceased for the incident. The case arose from a 2003 accident in Kutch district, where Gemarsinh Sodha, a Maldhari (cattle herder), came into contact with a 66 kV electric line while moving with his livesto

The Karnataka High Court has referred important questions regarding the interpretation of Section 2(1)(c)(vi) of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 to a larger bench, observing that disputes arising from residential Joint Development Agreements (JDAs) may not automatically qualify as "commercial disputes." Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju was hearing a petition arising from a residential apartment development project in Bengaluru. The dispute concerned a JDA executed between individua

The Bombay High Court has permanently restrained Alto Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and another from using the trademark “MEFIAL-SPAS”, holding that it infringed the registered trademarks “MEFTAL” and “MEFTAL-SPAS” owned by Blue Cross Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. Justice Arif S. Doctor observed that the defendants had merely substituted the letter “T” in MEFTAL-SPAS with the letter “I” to create MEFIAL-SPAS, resulting in a mark that was visually, phonetically and deceptively similar to the

The Madras High Court has upheld the decision to withhold the MBBS completion and degree certificates of a medical graduate after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seized more than ₹1.13 crore paid towards her medical education, allegedly tracing the funds to activities linked to the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist). A Division Bench comprising Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and G. Arul Murugan dismissed the appeal filed by a Bihar-based medical graduate who sough

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that police officers accused of custodial violence and a custodial death cannot avoid prosecution by claiming that their actions were performed in the discharge of official duty. The Court ruled that prior government sanction under Section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (now Section 218 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023) is not required where the alleged acts have no reasonable connection with lawful police functions

A US federal appeals court has allowed sanctions imposed on a United Nations human rights expert to remain in effect while a legal challenge against those sanctions proceeds through the courts. The dispute involves Francesca Albanese, an Italian human rights lawyer serving as the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories. In 2025, the US government imposed sanctions on Albanese after she publicly supported efforts to investigate and prosecute indivi

The Madras High Court has temporarily halted the construction of a proposed church near a century-old Mariyamman Temple in Coimbatore, holding that construction cannot proceed while a civil dispute over the land remains unresolved and serious objections regarding the site's status continue to exist. A Division Bench of Justice G.R. Swaminathan and Justice V. Lakshminarayanan granted an interim injunction after examining a petition challenging government orders that provided p