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Calcutta High Court Allows TMC Candidate to Contest Re-Poll

Calcutta High Court Permits TMC's Jahangir Khan To Contest Falta Re-Poll With Interim ProtectionThe Calcutta High Court has delivered a significant interim order allowing Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan to contest the upcoming re-poll in the Falta asse...

18 May 2026

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Transgender Man Retains Right to Cryopreserve Oocytes as Biological Woman With Intact Uterus: Kerala High Court

Transgender Man Wins Right to Freeze Eggs Before Surgery as Kerala High Court Upholds Reproductive FreedomIn a significant affirmation of reproductive autonomy intersecting with gender identity, the Kerala High Court has permitted a transgender man to undergo ooc...

18 May 2026

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Supreme Court Restricts Registrar General from Disciplinary Initiation

Supreme Court Clarifies Limits on Initiating Disciplinary Action Against Judicial OfficersThe Supreme Court of India has delivered a significant ruling clarifying that the Registrar General of a High Court possesses no independent authority to initiate disciplinary proceedings ...

18 May 2026

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No Constitutional Embargo on Pensions and Benefits for Ex-Legislators: Allahabad High Court Upholds UP Act

Allahabad High Court Affirms Legislature's Freedom to Provide Lifelong Support for LawmakersIn a significant affirmation of legislative autonomy, the Allahabad High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of extensive pensions, family benefits, travel coupon...

18 May 2026

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Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Over Zoo Slaughter

Supreme Court Refuses to Halt On-Site Slaughter of Buffaloes in Gujarat Zoos for Feeding Captive CarnivoresThe Supreme Court of India has dismissed a special leave petition challenging the longstanding practice of slaughter...

18 May 2026

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Failure To Follow Sections 60 And 63 NDPS Act Renders Vehicle Confiscation Unsustainable: Andhra Pradesh High Court

High Court Pulls Plug on Vehicle Seizure Over Skipped NDPS SafeguardsThe Andhra Pradesh High Court has underscored that confiscation of a conveyance allegedly used in narcotics offences cannot proceed without strict adherence to statutory safeguards. In...

18 May 2026

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to Ex-IAS Officer in DMF Scam

Supreme Court Grants Bail to Former Chhattisgarh IAS Officer in DMF Corruption CaseThe Supreme Court has granted regular bail to retired Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer Anil Tuteja in the high-profile District Mineral Foundation (DMF) scam case involvin...

18 May 2026

India - High Court of Andhra Pradesh

Omissions Amounting to Material Contradictions Warrant Benefit of Doubt: Andhra Pradesh High Court on Section 307 IPC Acquittal

Andhra Pradesh High Court Sustains Acquittal in Brutal Attack Case Citing 'Improved' Witness AccountsThe High Court of Andhra Pradesh has dismissed the state's appeal seeking reversal of acquittal for six members of a Scheduled Caste family charged with attempting to murder a m...

18 May 2026

India - High Court of Telangana

Writ Challenging PMLA Arrest Cannot Be Converted Into Surrogate Bail Hearing: Telangana High Court

Telangana High Court Upholds PMLA Arrest of Fertility Specialist in Alleged Illegal Surrogacy RacketA Division Bench of the Telangana High Court has reaffirmed strict limits on writ jurisdiction when reviewing arrests under the Preve...

18 May 2026

India - Latest News

Inaction by POSH Internal Committee Member Amounts to Abetment: Additional Sessions Judge Nashik

Nashik Court Calls Out Corporate Silence: POSH Member’s Inaction Deemed AbetmentA Nashik sessions court has sent a clear message to corporate India: members of Internal Complaints Committees cannot turn a blind eye to workplace ...

18 May 2026