Delhi High Court Halts PG-Admissions At JNU Based On 'Deprivation Points'

Court said giving extra marks to candidates based on geographical background prima facie alters CUET result.

Orders Against State Bind All Its Departments, Officers Even If Not Named As Parties To Proceedings: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that an order passed against the State binds all its departments, instrumentalities, agencies and officers, even if a particular department was not specifically made a party to the earlier proceedings. The Court said that the State is one juristic entity and cannot use different departments to repeatedly raise issues which have already been concluded against...

Pendency Of Civil Suit Does Not Bar Mutation Proceedings: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the mere pendency of a civil suit relating to title does not bar revenue authorities from exercising their statutory powers to conduct mutation proceedings under the Andhra Pradesh Rights in Land and Pattadar Pass Books Act, 1971. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 191]In doing so, the Court clarified that while the Civil Court's declaration of title would...

AP High Court Sets Aside Gift Deed Restoration Order As Subsequent Transferees Were Not Heard

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside a Single Judge order that had restored a registered gift deed, ruling that writ proceedings cannot adversely affect the rights of third-party purchasers without impleading them and giving them an opportunity of hearing. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 190]The Division Bench comprising Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Purushottam Kumar...

'To Preserve Confidence In Justice', Kerala High Court Transfers Family Court Case Over Litigant's Apprehension Of Bias

The Kerala High Court recently permitted a case to be transferred from one Family Court to another after a litigant raised an issue of bias. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 448]Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. reserved opinion regarding the correctness of the allegation and observed that the case is being transferred only with a view to preserve the litigant's faith in the judiciary.“It is only in cases...

Allahabad High Court Slams UP Govt For Acquiring Land For Ayodhya Ram Mandir Without Paying Agreed Price

The Allahabad High Court has slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for acquiring Shri Thakur Ram Jankiji diety's land at 'Sugriv Kila' in Ayodha for development of Shri Ram Janma Bhoomi Temple, without paying sale price.The Court noted that the State was simultaneously questioning the deity's title and claiming that the land could not have been sold in the first place.Remarking that the...

Evidence Act | S.69 Can Be Invoked To Prove Will Only If Impossible To Prove Attestation Under S. 68: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that Section 69 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 cannot be invoked as an alternative to the ordinary mode of proving a Will under Section 68. The Court said that ordinarily a Will must be proved under Section 68, it can only be proved under Section 69 once the propounder establishes that no attesting witness can be found for proving a Will under Section 68.“Section...

Remand Not To Be Ordered When Appellate Court Can Decide Issue Omitted By Trial Court Based On Already Adduced Evidence : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has reiterated that an appellate court should not routinely remand a case to the trial court merely because a particular issue was not separately framed, where the pleadings, evidence and issues already on record enable the appellate court to decide the dispute itself.A bench of Justice S.V.N. Bhatti and Justice N.V. Anjaria heard the case where a Karta, out of a legal...

Right To Property | Conditions Not Imposed While Approving Building Plan Can't Be Added Later For Occupancy Certificate: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that municipal authorities cannot impose the post-facto condition of executing a Relinquishment Deed for land without consideration, as a prerequisite for granting an Occupancy Certificate (OC), especially when such a condition was not imposed at the time of sanctioning the building license. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 304]The single judge bench of Justice B.M....

Mere Claim Of Ownership Of Suit Property Doesn't Make Third Party A Necessary Party In Small Causes Suit: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that third party claiming independent title doesn't become necessary or proper party merely by asserting it in a small causes suit. It held that such a person can be brought on record only where his title has to be decided before the plaintiff's entitlement to the relief claimed can be determined.Order I Rule 10 CPC governs the addition of parties to a...

Writ Petition For Contractual Dues Against State Not Entertainable Unless Amount Is Admitted: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a writ petition seeking payment of contractual dues can be entertained against the State only where the dues are admitted. The bench of Justice J.J. Munir and Justice Indrajeet Shukla held,“We are conscious of the fact, that every writ petition seeking payment of contractual dues cannot be thrown out and can very well be entertained against the State...

Failure To Serve Order XXI Rule 22 Notice Won't Impact DRT Auction Sale : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the requirement to serve a legal notice on the judgment debtor's legal representatives under Order XXI Rule 22 CPC before execution of a decree does not apply to an auction sale conducted by the DRT under the Recovery of Debts and Bankruptcy Act, 1993. A bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe heard the case where the...