Union Housing Ministry Recommendation For Govt Loan Can't Change Mobile Vendor's Category To Fixed Vendor: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a recommendation issued by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs to enable a street vendor to avail loan under a government scheme cannot convert a mobile vendor into a fixed vendor or alter the category specified in the vendor's Certificate of Vending (CoV). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 694]A Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas...

Delhi High Court Pulls Up Street Vendor For Filing Misleading Photos To Conceal Encroachment, Imposes ₹25,000 Costs

The Delhi High Court has pulled up a street vendor for filing misleading photographs to conceal the extent of encroachment at his vending site, observing that he had attempted to hide the true factual position from the Court. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 693]While imposing costs of ₹25,000, the Court nevertheless protected the vendor's livelihood by permitting him to continue vending subject to...

Delhi High Court Orders Railway Accident Compensation, Says No Scheduled Halt Can't Automatically Mean Passenger Tried To Deboard Moving Train

The Delhi High Court has held that merely because a train did not have a scheduled stoppage at a particular station, it cannot automatically be presumed that a passenger attempted to get off a moving train, so as to deny compensation under the Railways Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 692]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri made the observation while setting aside an order of the Railway Claims Tribunal that...

Unused Acquired Land Need Not Be Returned To Original Owners; Can Be Used For Another Public Purpose: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has refused to interfere with the acquisition of over 200 acres of land for a coal washery in the 1960s, holding that once land has been validly acquired for a public purpose and compensation has been paid, the mere fact that a portion of the land remains unused does not entitle the original landowners to reclaim it. The Court reiterated that where the original...

Town Vending Committee Elections 'Extremely Crucial', Can't Be Derailed By Individual Nomination Disputes: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with the ongoing Town Vending Committee (TVC) elections in the national capital, observing that the polls are "extremely crucial" and cannot be derailed over individual candidates aggrieved by the rejection of their nominations. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 691]Division Bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Vikas Mahajan dismissed a writ petition filed...

Order Issuing Notice On Temporary Injunction Plea Not Appealable Under Order 43 Rule 1(r) CPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently held that an order passed by a trial court, which only issues notice on an application for temporary injunction, would not constitute an appealable order under Order XLIII Rule 1(r) of the CPC. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 265]The single judge bench of Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur, dismissing a batch of four appeals filed by plaintiffs, held that a trial court...

S.159 Income Tax Act Can't Validate Reassessment Notice Issued To Deceased Assessee: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court at Lucknow has held that the Income Tax Department cannot invoke Section 159, which allows proceedings against a deceased assessee's legal representative, to continue reassessment proceedings initiated in the name of a dead person. It held that where the notice is issued after the assessee's death, the department must issue a fresh notice to the legal...

Married Woman Can Claim Compassionate Appointment After Father's Death, No Presumption Of Dependence On Husband: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a married daughter cannot be denied consideration for compassionate appointment merely on the presumption that she is dependent upon her husband and not upon her deceased father. The Court observed that dependency is a question of fact to be determined on the evidence in each case and that marital status, by itself, cannot furnish a valid basis to...

Bank Account Cannot Be Frozen Merely Upon Communication From Another Bank: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that a bank account cannot be frozen merely on the basis of a communication received from another bank alleging an erroneous transfer of funds. The Court observed that, in the absence of an order passed by a competent Magistrate or any competent investigating authority, a bank has no authority in law to freeze a customer's account, and such action...

Muslim Family Can't Bury Deceased On Disputed Land When Community Graveyard Is Available: Gujarat High Court Denies Relief

The Gujarat High Court rejected a plea by Muslim residents of a village challenging a notice asking them to explain reasons for burying a body on a disputed land despite existence of a separate earmarked graveyard for the community. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 203]Referring to a site inspection report of the disputed land showing graveyard for the Muslim community, the court said that when there...

Municipal Corporation Employees Can Only Be Sent To Other Corporations On Deputation, Not By Transfer Order: High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that under Sections 58(5) and 58(6) of the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, an employee of one Municipal Corporation can be sent to another Corporation only on deputation or while retaining lien, and not through a pure transfer order. The Court observed that where an order neither places the employee on deputation nor protects his lien in...

Private Apartment Dispute Can't Be Converted Into RPwD Act Complaint Merely Because One Party Has Disability: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed proceedings initiated against residents of an apartment complex under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, holding that the statute cannot be invoked to settle mundane civil disputes merely because one of the parties is a person with disability. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 264]The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj was hearing...