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1. Maharashtra forensic labs backlogged since 2020, Bombay High Court seeks report

Maharashtra forensic labs backlogged since 2020, Bombay High Court seeks report Maharashtra forensic labs backlogged since 2020, Bombay High Court seeks report The state informed the court that forens

Maharashtra forensic labs backlogged since 2020, Bombay High Court seeks report

Maharashtra forensic labs backlogged since 2020, Bombay High Court seeks report Maharashtra forensic labs backlogged since 2020, Bombay High Court seeks report The state informed the court that forensic laboratories are currently examining samples dating back to 2020, leaving little capacity for newer cases. Prosecutors said the delay in the present case—registered in 2024—was due to this backlog. The Bombay High Court has sought a detailed report from the Maharashtra government on the functioning and workload of forensic laboratories in the state, amid concerns over severe delays in processing evidence. The court directed the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) to submit the report by April 28, outlining the capacity of forensic labs, average time taken to process cases, and whether the government plans to set up additional facilities to tackle mounting pendency. A bench led by Justice Shivkumar Dige raised the issue while hearing a bail plea in a murder case, where the accused has been in custody for over two years without a forensic report. The court had earlier asked investigators to obtain a forensic analysis of CCTV footage, considered crucial evidence in the case. The state informed the court that forensic laboratories are currently examining samples dating back to 2020, leaving little capacity for newer cases. Prosecutors said the delay in the present case—registered in 2024—was due to this backlog.

2. 72 hours before Supreme Court deadline, no addition in West Bengal rolls

72 hours before Supreme Court deadline, no addition in West Bengal rolls Kolkata: Just 72 hours to go from Saturday to Supreme Court’s deadline for adding voters cleared by SIR tribunals, and Election

72 hours before Supreme Court deadline, no addition in West Bengal rolls

72 hours before Supreme Court deadline, no addition in West Bengal rolls Kolkata: Just 72 hours to go from Saturday to Supreme Court’s deadline for adding voters cleared by SIR tribunals, and Election Commission has yet to publish the name of a single person whose voting right has been reinstated and who can participate in the first phase of the Bengal assembly polls on April 23. More than 27 lakh people were excluded from the voters’ list after judicial adjudication, which was the last stage of SIR of electoral rolls that began in Nov 2025. Their fate as electors now depends on the verdict of 19 appellate tribunals set up on SC’s order. The SC has ruled deleted voters from the constituencies going to the polls in the first phase can exercise their franchise in the upcoming elections if their appeals are cleared by April 21. The deadline for the second phase, scheduled for April 29, is April 27. According to an EC source, the tribunals started work on April 13 and disposed of close to 200 cases by Thursday. But Bengal’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal said he has no information on how many cases have been disposed of so far or how many have been approved. “The tribunal’s functioning is totally independent of EC and CEO’s office. Until the dashboard is ready, I cannot say how many cases have been disposed of by the tribunals.

3. 'Each deity has peculiar rituals': Sabarimala priest tells Supreme Court

'Each deity has peculiar rituals': Sabarimala priest tells Supreme Court New Delhi: The main priest of Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, whose custom of barring entry of menstruating women was struck down in

'Each deity has peculiar rituals': Sabarimala priest tells Supreme Court

'Each deity has peculiar rituals': Sabarimala priest tells Supreme Court New Delhi: The main priest of Sabarimala Ayyappa temple, whose custom of barring entry of menstruating women was struck down in 2018, on Friday told Supreme Court that the rights and wrongs of modes of idol worship, which is central to Hinduism, is judicially indeterminable when rituals are peculiar to each deity’s manifestation, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. Appearing for the ‘thantri’, senior advocate V Giri told a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices B V Nagarathna, M M Sundresh, Ahsanuddin Amanulla, Aravind Kumar, A G Masih, P B Varale, R Mahadevan and J Bagchi that a person who challenges a particular mode of worship, ritual or custom peculiar to a deity is not a worshipper and, hence, courts should not entertain his petition challenging a ritual, unless that militates against public order, morality or health. “Every Hindu deity has characteristics of its own. The rituals and ceremonies followed in a temple would be either unique or at least peculiar to the temples which come under the same category. Rituals are always associated with the concept of the deity,” he said. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan said the state’s right to enact laws to eradicate social evils and usher in reforms could not be extended to reform a religion, faith or belief.

4. Karnataka High Court upholds cancellation of school’s recognition for producing fake certificate and illegally running madarasa

Karnataka High Court upholds cancellation of school’s recognition for producing fake certificate and illegally running madarasa The Karnataka High Court has upheld the State government’s decision to c

Karnataka High Court upholds cancellation of school’s recognition for producing fake certificate and illegally running madarasa

Karnataka High Court upholds cancellation of school’s recognition for producing fake certificate and illegally running madarasa The Karnataka High Court has upheld the State government’s decision to cancel the recognition of a private school that had been functioning for 20 years. It was recently discovered that the society, which was managing the school, had submitted a fake certificate claiming its registration way back in 1979 in Mumbai under the Maharashtra Societies Registration Act. The State education authorities had found that the society was operating schools in different names under one recognition certificate and crediting fees collected from students to different accounts of an unregistered society besides illegally running a madarasa within the same campus. Following these disclosures, the Education Department on May 30, 2025, had cancelled recognition and the appellate authority in January 2026 had endorsed cancellation of the recognition.

5. SC agrees to hear CBI’s plea against HC order acquitting 4 in custodial-death case

SC agrees to hear CBI’s plea against HC order acquitting 4 in custodial-death case The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea challenging the Kerala High C

SC agrees to hear CBI’s plea against HC order acquitting 4 in custodial-death case

SC agrees to hear CBI’s plea against HC order acquitting 4 in custodial-death case The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea challenging the Kerala High Court’s verdict that set aside the conviction of four accused in a 2005 custodial death case. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta issued a notice to the accused and posted the matter for hearing on May 19. The case pertains to the death of Udayakumar (28), who was allegedly into police custody in Thiruvananthapuram in September 2005 and was subjected to custodial torture, leading to his death the same day.The post-mortem revealed severe crush injuries to both thighs, which were determined to be the cause of the death.

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