Top Legal Developments This Week [2-9 Feb, 2026] | Union Budget, Rajpal Yadav Cheque Bounce Case; CLAT 2026; and more
A quick roundup to cover all the important legal developments and cases this week.
Two-Child Norm
Orissa High Court upholds Two-child norm disqualification; rules protective proviso inapplicable to Panchayat membership termination
“The proviso was introduced by way of amendment effective from 18-04-1994, whereas the appellant’s third child was born on 11-03-1993 and the fourth on 06-11-1994, thus, the case is one of Textbook for attracting the disqualification clause, the protective proviso remaining miles away.”
Class 10 marksheet, being a public document under Section 35 of Evidence Act, more credible than school admission forms: Rajasthan High Court
“It was not within the Election Tribunal’s jurisdiction to overlook the mark-sheets issued by a competent officer of the Board of Secondary Education pertaining to the date of birth of petitioner’s two children.”