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HC NewsKarnataka High Court Grants Interim Stay in US Tourist Rape Case
The Karnataka High Court has stayed proceedings against a Kodagu homestay owner charged under the now‑repealed Foreigners Act 1946 in connection with the alleged rape of a US national.
SC NewsSupreme Court Calls for Institutionalising Continuing Legal Education and Proposes National Legal Academy
The Court directed the Bar Council of India to frame a structured continuing legal education regime and to examine the creation of a National Legal Academy for advocates, while also ordering a performance audit of the disciplinary mechanism.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Declares Electricity Workers Supplying Power to Hospitals and Oxygen Plants as COVID Warriors, Awards ₹50 Lakh Ex‑Gratia to Widow of Deceased MVVNL Employee
The Allahabad High Court has held that employees of the electricity department who ensured uninterrupted power supply to hospitals and oxygen plants during the pandemic are entitled to be treated as COVID Warriors and directed the State Government to pay ₹50 lakh as ex‑gratia compensation to the widow of a deceased MVVNL employee.
HC NewsBombay High Court Observes Citizens Share Responsibility for Mumbai Waterlogging
On Tuesday a division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad heard submissions concerning the persistent waterlogging of roads in Mumbai during the recent spell of relentless rains. The bench noted that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has been subjected to criticism on various social media platforms for the inundation of streets and low‑lying areas. In its observations the court described the situation as one in which the city is ‘destined’ to witness rainwater on the roads because citizens have ‘robbed their own motherland’ by undertaking unauthorised encroachments on land and by clogging the drainage system with solid waste and debris. The bench emphasised that the responsibility for the waterlogging cannot be ascribed solely to the municipal corporation; the public bears an equal share of accountability for the condition of the urban drainage network. The court explained that encroachments reduce the effective幅度
HC NewsBhima Koregaon Case: Accused Mahesh Raut Seeks Bombay High Court Permission for Kerala Medical Travel
Mahesh Raut, an accused in the Bhima Koregaon‑Elgar Parishad case, has approached the Bombay High Court for permission to travel to Kerala for Ayurvedic treatment after a special NIA court denied his request in January 2026.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Bars Redemption Suit Where Mortgaged Property Sold Pursuant to Co‑operative Societies Award
The Allahabad High Court has held that a civil suit seeking redemption of a mortgaged property, which was sold in execution of an award passed under the Uttar Pradesh Co‑operative Societies Act, 1965, is barred by Section 111(d) of the Act because the relief sought would require interference with the award.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Summons Official Over Vacant Minorities Commission Posts
The Allahabad High Court has summoned the Additional Chief Secretary of the Minorities Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, to explain the State's continued failure to appoint the Chairman and Members of the Uttar Pradesh Commission for Minorities whose tenure ended in 2024. The bench termed the government's conduct highly disrespectful to an earlier order passed by a co-ordinate bench headed by Chief Justice Arun Bhansali on 24 April 2026.
HC NewsKarnataka High Court Grants Interim Stay on Demolition of KR Market Shops
The court deferred demolition but restrained business activities, citing allegations of forged licences and the need to protect public footpaths.
HC NewsDelhi High Court Grants Bail to Associates in Sukesh Chandrasekhar Extortion Case
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to four accused in the Rs 217‑crore extortion case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, citing prolonged incarceration and the unlikelihood of an early conclusion of trial.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Bars Proof of FIR Contents Through Scribe When Informant Dies Naturally
The court held that a scribe cannot substitute for the informant’s testimony when the informant’s death is unconnected to the complaint.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Holds Shariat Law Permitting Marriage at Puberty Conflicts with POCSO and PCMA
The bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Achal Sachdev dismissed a writ petition seeking to quash an FIR against persons who assaulted a police and Child Line team while trying to stop the marriage of a sixteen‑year‑old Muslim girl.
HC NewsGujarat High Court Clarifies Scope of Section 14 HMA in Premature Divorce Suits
The Gujarat High Court has held that a family court cannot adjudicate the merits of a divorce suit filed within one year of marriage, as such a suit is barred by Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. The court observed that the family court’s jurisdiction is limited to either returning the plaint or dismissing the suit while preserving the parties’ liberty to file a fresh petition after the statutory period expires.