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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (September 9) directed the District Collectors/Magistrates in the State to file affidavits detailing compliance with the mandatory requirements under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017 in their respective districts.The Division bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M issued...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has transferred a divorce petition filed by a husband from the Family Court at Hisar to the Family Court at Sonepat, on the wife's application, holding that a husband's offer to bear travelling expenses for hearings does not constitute an inflexible rule defeating a wife's prayer for transfer, and that the convenience of female litigants deserves due weightage...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to quash an FIR against former office bearers, teacher and peon of a school in Damoh accused of imposing compulsory hijab and certain religious practices on school students, observing that the allegations cannot be termed inherently absurd or improbable of being offences. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 361]In doing so the court ruled that the veracity of the...

In the pleas challenging the marital rape exception under IPC/BNS, the Supreme Court today questioned whether the Courts can prosecute a husband for 'rape' of his wife pending a verdict on the constitutional validity of the exception. The Court raised this query in reference to a Karnataka High Court Judgment which held that the exception is not absolute, and a husband, who forces non-consensual sex on his wife, was liable to be prosecuted under Section 376 IPC.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought response of its administration on wifi and mobile network facilities available in its premises and that of all the district courts in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia directed the High Court administration to file a status report within four weeks.

In relation to the Satya Niketan PG collapse case, a Delhi Court on Wednesday remanded building owner's son Mahesh Gupta and two others to two days of police custody. The order has been passed by Judicial Magistrate First Class Kautuk Bhardwaj of Patiala House Courts. The other two men remanded to police custody are PG operator Sudhanshu and building contractor Sanoj. The Delhi Police had sought three days of police custody of all three accused.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has cancelled the bail granted to a rape accused, observing that he had sent videos to victim's in-laws in order to pressurize her into giving a statement in his favour.

The Court made these observations after finding that she was not included in a prepared select panel protected under the Supreme Court's ruling in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir v. Saba Wani (2026).

YouTuber and commentator Ajeet Bharti has moved the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail in a case under Scheduled Caste Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The matter is likely to be listed next week. Bharti has challenged a trial court order passed on September 07 denying him bail.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a PIL seeking transparency in the Advocates' Welfare Fund in accordance with the Advocates' Welfare Fund Act, 2001 and the Delhi Advocates' Welfare Fund Rules, 2001. Filed by First Generation Lawyers Association (FGLA), the plea seeks proper disclosure of information regarding the fund, including its income, expenditure, accounts, audit and investments, and for making such information available through a proper online system.