Multiple Sclerosis Qualifies As 'Specified Disability' Under RPWD Act, Delhi High Court Upholds PwD Reservation In SSC Recruitment

The Delhi High Court has upheld the grant of reservation benefits under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD Act) to a candidate suffering from multiple sclerosis and low vision, holding that multiple sclerosis is a “specified disability” under the statute. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 647]A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Vinod Kumar dismissed a plea by the...

Allahabad High Court Restores Tata Projects' ₹940-Crore Highway Contract, Says NHAI Termination Was 'Pre-Determined'

While granting relief to Tata Projects Limited, the Allahabad High Court has held that the National Highways Authority of India, being “State” under Article 12 of the Constitution, cannot arbitrarily terminate a highway construction contract mid-term and fasten the contractor with liability for delay when the delay was caused by the Authority's own failure to hand over encumbrance-free...

State Can't Compel Minority School To Provide Free Education To Journalists' Children Under RTE Act: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that minority educational institutions cannot be compelled to provide free education to the children of journalists by invoking the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act). [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 104]The Court held that the RTE Act is inapplicable to minority educational institutions in view of the Supreme Court's Constitution...

Secretly Recording Spouse's Calls Without Consent Violates Right To Privacy, Inadmissible In Divorce Proceedings: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that secretly recording telephone conversations of a spouse without their consent constitutes a breach of the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution and that such recordings cannot be admitted in evidence in matrimonial proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 103]The Court further held that documents sought to be produced as...

Jharkhand High Court Refuses To Interfere With Administrative Order Passed To Maintain Law & Order Amid Land Dispute

The Jharkhand High Court has refused to interfere with an administrative order passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer to maintain law and order amid a land dispute, holding that disputed questions relating to encroachment and identification of land cannot be adjudicated in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Court observed that such disputes require evidence and are...

'In Teeth Of Division Bench Verdict': High Court Questions UP Govt Over Appointing Gram Pradhans As Administrators Beyond 5-Yr Term

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has strongly questioned the Uttar Pradesh government over its decision to appoint Gram Pradhans as 'Administrators' of Panchayats following the expiry of their constitutional 5-year tenure. Taking serious note of the State's actions under Section 12(3-A) of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, a bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice...

Primary Stakeholders, Functionaries Are Women: Telangana High Court Upholds Female Reservation For Anganwadi Supervisor Post

The Telangana High Court has upheld the State Government's order reserving posts of Extension Officers Grade-I and Grade-II (Anganwadi Supervisors) exclusively for women, holding that the policy is a valid exercise of the State's power under Article 15(3) of the Constitution. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 101]The Court observed that the beneficiaries of the Integrated Child Development Services...

Elections | Reservation Of Seats In Constituencies With Comparatively Larger SC/ST Population Is Constitutional: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 9(1)(c) of the Delimitation Act, 2002 which provides for locating constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in those areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is comparatively large. It held that a voter cannot claim that his right to vote is violated merely...

State's Officers Can't Use Administrative Powers To Compel Citizens To Abandon Pending Legal Proceedings: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has strongly deprecated the conduct of a Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) who made the removal of land from the prohibited properties list conditional upon the petitioners withdrawing their pending writ petition, holding that executive authorities cannot use administrative powers to compel citizens to abandon judicial proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 116]The Court...

Bombay High Court Refuses Claim Over Tribal Land, Says Notarised 99-Year Lease Agreement Has No Evidentiary Value

The Bombay High Court has exercised its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution to dismiss a revision application pending before the Revenue Minister, observing that such a course was necessary to subserve the ends of justice and curtail further litigation. The Court upheld the order of the Additional Divisional Commissioner refusing to recognise the petitioners' claim over tribal...

Chhattisgarh High Court Rejects Plea Against Recital Of Saraswati Vandana, Gayatri Mantra In Schools; Says They're 'Moral Instruction'

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld State's order on recital of the National Anthem, National Song, Deep Mantra, Saraswati Vandana, Guru Mantra, Shanti Mantra and accounts of the lives of Great Personalities (Mahapurushas) in schools at the beginning day along with Rajya Geet (State Song), Gayatri Mantra and Shanti (Peace) Mantra at the end. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 57]The court dismissed...

Large Number Of Affected Investors Doesn't Convert Crypto Dispute Into Public Law Issue: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the mere fact that a large number of investors are affected does not convert an essentially private dispute involving a cryptocurrency exchange into a public law issue warranting exercise of writ jurisdiction. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 634]Dismissing an appeal filed by users of cryptocurrency platform BitBNS, the Court refused to direct a CBI or Special...