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The Madras High Court has directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to provide election-related records of Tamil Nadu Minister and former Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin to an unsuccessful candidate who intends to challenge the result of the Chepauk–Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency election through an election petition. The Division Bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and…

The Delhi High Court has granted ex parte ad interim relief in favour of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Limited (GCMMF) and Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, directing the removal of social media content that allegedly linked the well-known Amul brand to the supply and distribution of cow meat. The single-judge Bench of…

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi Police on a bail application filed by former Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain in connection with the larger conspiracy case arising out of the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. The Division Bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna and Justice Madhu Jain also issued…

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pay compensation of Rs 25,000 per day to any person who is illegally detained for more than 24 hours under preventive detention provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) or the erstwhile Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). The Division Bench of Justice Siddharth…

A Delhi court has stayed the operation of a magistrate’s order directing the registration of an FIR against political commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra over a complaint filed by Newslaundry Editorial Director Manisha Pande alleging abusive and derogatory social media posts targeting her and other women journalists associated with the digital news platform. Additional Sessions Judge…

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief sought by the Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Trust and its trustee Prashant Mehta in a Rs 1,000 crore defamation suit filed against HDFC Bank, its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sashidhar Jagdishan, and other officials. The single-judge Bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan dismissed the…

A Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Ranchi has rejected Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s discharge application in a money laundering case arising out of the alleged fraudulent acquisition of 8.86 acres of land in Ranchi’s Badgai area. Additional Judicial Commissioner Yogesh Kumar held on Monday that sufficient prima facie material existed…

A Patna court on Tuesday granted interim protection from arrest to educator and YouTuber Faizal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir, in connection with a criminal case arising out of a firing incident that allegedly took place outside his coaching institute in Patna. The interim relief was granted while hearing Khan’s anticipatory bail application, which…

A Delhi court has refused to grant bail to Kesar Negi, the cook arrested in connection with the fatal fire at Flourish Stays B&B in Malviya Nagar’s Hauz Rani area, in which 22 persons, including 13 foreign nationals, lost their lives last week. Judicial Magistrate First Class Bhanu Pratap Singh of the Saket Courts rejected…

The Supreme Court has held that a consensual premarital physical relationship between two unmarried adults by itself cannot be treated as an act involving moral turpitude or be used to draw adverse conclusions regarding a person’s character, while emphasising that authorities must remain sensitive to changing social realities and contemporary societal norms. The Bench of…