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The Supreme Court held that voters may file complaints against electoral candidates over concealed information, The Hindu reports.

• The public report describes false or concealed information in nomination papers.
• The court said complaints are not restricted to public servants or other competent authorities.

The available public excerpt does not explain how to file such a complaint or any applicable deadline.

The Delhi High Court rejected student leader Neha Bora’s challenge to a police notice, The Hindu reports.

• The notice asked her to sign a bond to keep the peace.
• The court directed the special executive magistrate to provide her with the material in the proceedings.

The available public excerpt does not set out the court’s full reasons for rejecting the petition.

The Allahabad High Court termed it highly condemnable to evict shopkeepers in Ayodhya for constructing a 300-bed super-speciality hospital without providing rehabilitation or compensation, according to Hindustan Times.

• The court observed that asking occupants to vacate premises without terminating leases affects their livelihood rights under Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution.
• The bench directed the state medical and health department to file a counter-affidavit within three weeks explaining proposed rehabilitation steps or compensation.

The order was passed while hearing a petition filed by Mohammad Naeem and five others who held 30-year leases granted by the Sitapur Eye Hospital Society in 2000.

Hindustan Times reports that Deoria police suspended the Salempur station house officer and an investigating sub-inspector after the Allahabad High Court examined alleged illegal detention.

• The man’s mother alleged that he had been held at the police station for six days.
• An inquiry reviewed CCTV footage showing him inside the police station, according to the report.

The court directed the investigating officer to appear on October 23 with CCTV footage and relevant records.

The Bombay High Court cancelled criminal proceedings against 17 people linked to a Pune college over the Murud beach drowning, Hindustan Times reports.

• The case concerned the deaths of 14 third-year students during a college outing in 2016.
• The court said the record did not show staff negligence that caused the drownings.

The court treated the incident as an unforeseeable event beyond the staff’s direct control. Its decision concerned the evidence in this case.

The Bombay High Court restored a child’s school admission under the Right to Education Act, Hindustan Times reports.

• The state had cancelled the admission because the family’s home was beyond the prescribed distance from the school.
• The court directed the school in Dadar to admit the child to Class 1 within a week.

The court said the distance requirement needed flexibility in Mumbai’s geographical circumstances.

Maharashtra has changed registration requirements for land held in joint names, Hindustan Times reports.

• Sellers generally need co-owners’ written consent or no-objection certificates for land recorded on a common property card or 7/12 extract.
• The report describes an exception: a land-records department measurement map showing the seller’s portion allows registration without the other co-owners’ consent.

The revenue department’s circular was issued on October 19. The report says it aims to reduce disputes over sales made without co-owners’ knowledge.