- Madras HC: Talk of separate Tamil Nadu today would be seen as a mental health issue, not sedition
The Madras High Court held that separatist talks about Tamil Nadu would not be considered sedition but a mental health issue. The court observed that such claims, in today’s social contexts, apart from causing mere annoyance, do not incite hatred or violence. The observation was made while quashing a sedition charge against two publishers who were booked under Section 124 of IPC, after a book published by their publishing house allegedly contained a statement about a Tamizharasan in 1967 proclaiming that for Tamil Nadu to emerge as a separate nation, guerrilla warfare must be adopted in order to “divide and secede.”
Case Title- Keera @ Moorthi vs State (2026)
- Jammu and Kashmir HC: 2016 Case against Coca Cola over dual MRPs quashed
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court quashed the criminal case charged against Coca Cola in 2016, where it was found that a 600 mL Coca Cola was being sold at 60 rupees in Domino’s Pizza, Katra, while the same bottle was being sold at just rupees 35 in an open market. The Court observed that there was no law in 2016 prohibiting any company from selling their product in dual MRPs, and neither the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 nor the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules; 2011 prohibited the same.
Case Title: – Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. v. Assistant Controller, Legal Metrology, Reasi
- Apps remotely disabling electric vehicles to be removed: Centre
The Centre asked Google and Apple to remove all those apps which were used by the pranksters to immobilise e-rickshaws with a tap on their smartphone. These apps were being used to connect to vulnerable Bluetooth-enabled battery management systems (BMS) installed in rickshaws and other vehicles and allowed the users to switch off batteries with a single tap, halting the vehicles mid journey. However, no move has been taken under Section 69 of the IT Act, which blocks online content and applications in India.
- Gujarat HC: 10-year limit on revising development plans is mandatory
In a significant ruling, the Gujarat High Court observed that the reservation over land reserved for development will be lapsed if there is no initiation and revision proceedings as prescribed in Section 21, Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976, within 10 years, and cannot be invoked subsequently after the prescribed limit. It was emphasized that the reservation of a private land without acquisition for an indefinite amount of time is bound to lapse. The ruling upheld the petitioner’s claim, whose land was reserved for a 24 m development plan road on 30 November 1975. The Petitioner approached the High Court claiming the lapse of reservation after the land was never acquired.
Case Title- Ajay Kumar Babulal Gehlot v. State of Gujarat
- Delhi High Court: No absolute bar on organ donation by minors
The Court approved a 17-year-old minor to donate a piece of his liver to his father, who was suffering from a chronic liver disease. It was observed that while it is prohibited for minors to donate their organs, under exceptional circumstances where all the statutory requirements are fulfilled, the minor is eligible for donation. It was noted that the liver transplantation was the only viable option for the minor’s father to survive, and he was the only living compatible member of the family who could donate. The approval granted by the appropriate authority and the Lieutenant General of Delhi on exceptional medical grounds was also noted. The Court observed that Rule 5(3)(g) of the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules, 2014 does not absolutely restricts minors from donating, and permits donation by the approval of competent authorities.
Case Title- Pratik Shaw (Minor) v. Union of India