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HC NewsGauhati High Court Upholds Doctor's Conviction for Outraging Modesty
The Gauhati High Court has affirmed the conviction of a medical practitioner who was found guilty of outraging the modesty of a patient during an examination for menstrual irregularities.
SC NewsSupreme Court Clarifies That Oral Pronouncement of Judgment Is Not Final Until Signed
The Supreme Court observed that a judgment pronounced in open court remains subject to alteration until it is signed by the judge, and that a matter may be re‑listed for hearing until the signed order is available.
HC NewsKerala High Court Seeks Expert Opinion on Substitutability of Patented Breast Cancer Drugs
The Kerala High Court has directed expert bodies to examine whether a cheaper, locally manufactured medicine can replace patented breast‑cancer therapeutics in a suo motu proceeding concerning exorbitant pricing.
HC NewsGujarat High Court Stays Divorce Decree After Husband Enters Second Marriage During Pendency of Wife's Appeal
The Gujarat High Court has stayed a family court decree of divorce after observing that the husband entered into a second marriage while the wife's appeal against the decree was pending, thereby defeating the protective intent of Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act.
SC NewsSupreme Court Dismisses Plea Against Circulation of Influencer's Videos
The Supreme Court rejected a writ petition seeking to stop the spread of alleged derogatory remarks made by an influencer against Prophet Muhammad, observing that the petition appeared aimed at sensationalising the issue rather than invoking constitutional remedies.
HC NewsAadhaar Not Mandatory For Digi Yatra Registration If Other ID Proof Available: Kerala High Court's Prima Facie View
Kerala High Court’s Division Bench has indicated that Aadhaar cannot be made compulsory for enrolment on the Digi Yatra platform when a passenger possesses any other valid government‑issued identity document.
HC NewsPatna High Court Rebukes Officials Over Sixteen‑Year Delay in Land Settlement for Landless Families
The Court held that welfare housing schemes cannot be allowed to reach a dead‑end because of the indifferent attitude of government servants and ordered the authorities to decide the petitioners’ long‑pending claim and issue a No Objection Certificate.
HC NewsTelangana High Court Halts Priest Recruitment at Palakurthi Temple Pending Resolution of Ritual Dispute
The Telangana High Court has directed the State Government to decide a long‑pending dispute over the ritual tradition followed at Sri Someshwara Laxminarasimha Swamy Devasthanam, Palakurthi, before any recruitment to religious posts in the temple proceeds. The Court also ordered the authorities to refrain from issuing any recruitment notification for priest posts until the dispute is resolved.
HC NewsThane Court Grants Bail to Corporator Ramesh Mhatre
Magistrate court in Kalyan grants bail to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) corporator Ramesh Mhatre on surety of Rs 50,000 after allegations of assaulting two doctors in a civic hospital.
SC NewsBrinda Karat Seeks Review of Supreme Court’s Clean Chit to Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma in Hate Speech Matter
CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat has filed a review petition challenging the Supreme Court’s April 29 judgment that held no cognisable offence was made out against BJP leaders Anurag Thakur and Parvesh Verma for alleged hate speeches during the 2020 Delhi Assembly election campaign.
High Court JudgementsMadras High Court Clarifies That Repeated Physical Intimacy Does Not Amount to Consent; Courts Must Probe Coercion and Deception
The Madras High Court has affirmed the life sentence imposed on an individual who sexually intimidated several women by exploiting their intimate images, holding that mere absence of resistance cannot be equated with voluntary consent.
HC NewsChhattisgarh High Court Upholds Conviction but Reduces Sentence in Child Rape Case
The Chhattisgarh High Court has affirmed the conviction of a man for the rape of a six‑year‑old girl under Section 376AB of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, while altering the term of imprisonment term to rigorous imprisonment for twenty years.