HIGH COURT WEEKLY ROUNDUP 2026 [5-11 Jan] | Anti-Superstition Law; Indore Water Contamination Crisis; Advocates’ Electoral Roll dispute; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Anti-Superstition Law
Kerala HC calls out delay in enacting Anti-Superstition Law, Directs State to consider Special Cell as interim measure to address complaints
“The Court noted the relevance of Article 51-A(h), which enjoins citizens to develop a scientific temper, humanism, and the spirit of inquiry, and the petitioner’s reliance on Article 21 of the Constitution, and that despite repeated adjournments and assurances, the State had neither enacted legislation nor conclusively declined to do so over a span of nearly four years.”