Civil Law
'Paradoxical': Allahabad High Court Flags State Authorities' Conflicting Claims Over Demolition Despite Status Quo Order
The Allahabad High Court has flagged a contradiction in the stand of three authorities facing contempt proceedings over the demolition of a house in Varanasi, in the face of a status quo order. All three have denied on affidavit that they demolished anything, while one of them has admitted that he was standing at the spot with police force while the demolition went on.Justice Vikas...
Deed Writer Performing Professional Duty Cannot Be Implicated In Fraud Case Without Evidence Of Mens Rea: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a deed writer who was accused of colluding with others in the execution of a sale deed concerning land allegedly sold without valid ownership.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Soni Shrivastava held that merely acting as the deed writer in the transaction could not establish fraudulent intention. The Court found that the allegation...
Telangana High Court Directs Forest Officials Not To Interfere With Mosque, Madrasa At Ananthagiri Hills Without Due Process
The Telangana High Court has directed Forest Department officials not to interfere with the peaceful possession, administration and management of a mosque and madrasa situated at Ananthagiri Hills in Vikarabad District without following due process of law. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 141]The Court, however, clarified that its order cannot be used to encroach upon any Reserve Forest area and the...
Extension Of Land Acquisition Timeline Should Also Extend Landowners' Time To File Objections: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that when authorities extend the timeline for land acquisition proceedings, the timeline available to landowners to file objections must also run parallel with the extended period. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 140] The Court said that an extension of the acquisition proceedings cannot extinguish the landowners' right to object. Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar made...
Rajasthan High Court Dismisses Plea Against Municipal Poll Reservation, Cites Article 243-ZG Bar
The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed petitions challenging the reservation of seats for the forthcoming municipal elections in the State, holding that it could not interfere with the election process after the election programme had been declared, in view of the bar under Article 243-ZG of the Constitution.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that the order dated August 19, 2026,...
Land Acquisition Illegal If Known Owners Are Omitted, Right To Object Under S.5-A Dispensed Without Genuine Urgency: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has set aside land acquisition proceedings for road widening at Liberty Cross Roads, Hyderabad, after finding that the authorities omitted the names of admittedly known co-owners from the acquisition proceedings and invoked the urgency provision under Land Acquisition Act without demonstrating genuine urgency to dispense with their right to object. [2026 LiveLaw...
Delhi High Court Grants 6-Weeks To Three Slum Clusters Near PM's Residence For Relocating To DUSIB Colony
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (August 25) granted six weeks to residents of three slum clusters located near the Prime Minister's residence in the Race Course area to vacate the premises and move to a DUSIB Colony at Savda Ghevra where alternative accommodation has been provided by the authorities. A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia in its order though...
3-Year LLM Course Enables Lawyers To Continue Practice While Simultaneously Pursuing Masters Program: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that purpose of 3-year LL.M. course is to enable students to continue practice before Courts while simultaneously pursuing their Masters program. In doing so the court permitted a lawyer to appear in his second semester LLM exam at Delhi University after he was earlier prohibited for not completing the mandatory attendance requirement. The court was hearing...
Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Decide In Two Months Plea Seeking Constitution Of National Nursing & Midwifery Commission
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Government to decide within two months a plea by Indian Professional Nurses Association seeking expeditious constitution of the National Nursing and Midwifery Commission. The petitioner had sought a direction to the Centre to constitute, execute and implement the provisions of National Nursing and Midwifery Commission (NNMC) in terms of Section 3...
'Unclean Hands': Delhi High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging IFCI's NSE Share Divestment, Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs
The Delhi High Court imposed Rs. 5 Lakh cost on a PIL litigant seeking disclosure of information on divestment of Industrial Finance Corporation of India Ltd's (IFCI) shareholding in National Stock Exchange of India Limited, observing that petitioner had suppressed pendency of another plea with overlapping issues before the Bombay High Court. The petitioner had alleged irregularities in...
Delhi High Court Directs State To Decide Representation Objecting To Biometric Attendance Of Public Prosecutors
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Government to decide within four weeks a representation filed by Delhi Prosecutors Welfare Association objecting to requirement of biometric attendance of public prosecutors. The court was hearing a plea moved by the Association seeking directions to quash Delhi Government circulars on mandatory biometric attendance of public prosecutors or in...