Constitutional Law
Chhattisgarh High Court Grants 4 Months' Protection To Durg Stadium Shopkeepers Facing Eviction Ahead Of Proposed Redevelopment
The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed that no coercive action be taken for four months against shopkeepers facing eviction from shops situated in the Ravishankar Stadium complex at Durg, observing that while the State is entitled to evict occupants from a structurally unsafe building in public interest, such action must be fair, reasonable and consistent with constitutional values. The...
Delhi High Court Sets Aside SC Commission's Recommendations Against Delhi Police In Caste Discrimination Complaint
The Delhi High Court set aside the recommendations issued by the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) against the Delhi Police in a complaint alleging caste discrimination, after the complainant informed the Court that she would pursue her challenge before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 701]Justice Sanjeev Narula was hearing a writ petition filed by...
Right To Livelihood Must Coexist With Residents' Right To Peaceful Living: Delhi High Court Orders Relocation Of Shalimar Bagh Weekly Market
The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to relocate the Monday weekly market operating at BH Block, Shalimar Bagh, holding that while street vendors have a right to livelihood, it must coexist with the residents' right to lead a peaceful life free from severe congestion and inconvenience. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 700]A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh...
'Fundamental Breakdown Of Civic Governance': Delhi High Court Orders Compensation For Parents Of Boy Who Died In Sewer Pit 12 Years Ago
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government and the Delhi Jal Board to jointly compensate parents of a 10-year-old boy who died after falling into an unsecured sewer pit in northeast Delhi in 2014. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 699]Justice Mini Pushkarna observed that the tragedy reflected a "fundamental breakdown of civic governance" and a blatant failure of public authorities to ensure...
Partner Can't Invoke Habeas Corpus To Claim Right To Live-In Relationship With Adult Woman Willingly Living With Parents: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a writ of habeas corpus is not maintainable at the instance of a person claiming to be in a relationship with a major woman living with her parents, unless there is prima facie material to show that she is under illegal detention. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 159]The Court observed that a daughter living with her mother and brother in the parental...
Electricity Dues Can't Be Recovered Solely From Bar Association When Govt Offices Share Same Connection: Madras High Court
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has held that Pudukottai Bar Association cannot be made solely liable to pay entire electricity dues arising from a common service connection which was also being used by several other government law offices. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 347]In doing so the court granted relief to Pudukottai Bar Association challenging a demand notice seeking recovery of...
Allahabad High Court Sends 82 Y/O Murder Convict Back To Jail After 40 Yrs; Says It Can't Reduce Sentence By Invoking Article 142
The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed the appeal of an 82yearold man convicted of murdering his brother in 1984 and directed him to surrender to serve the remaining part of his life sentence. A Bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay found that the evidence on record did not disclose any mitigating circumstances warranting conversion of the...
'State Actively Aiding Encroachers': Telangana High Court Orders Probe Into Alleged Encroachment Of 74 Acre Govt Lake Land
The Telangana High Court has directed the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CBCID) to conduct a comprehensive enquiry into the alleged large-scale encroachment of over 74 acres of government land classified as Jilavarkhan Cheruvu (notified government water body) in Injapur Village, Ranga Reddy district.[2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 119] Holding that the material on record indicated...
Art. 311(2) | Confirmed Public Servant Can't Be Terminated Over Alleged Illegal Appointment Without Inquiry: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that a public servant whose service is confirmed cannot be terminated from the office merely because there was an alleged illegality in appointment. The Court said that a termination without holding a departmental inquiry would be violative of Article 311(2) of the Constitution. “Confirmation in service is not a mere administrative formality but it confers upon...
AMU Statute Requiring Two-Third Majority Of Executive Council To Terminate Teacher Not Arbitrary: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that Statute 40(3)(b) framed under the Aligarh Muslim University Act, 1920, which requires a two-third majority of the members of the Executive Council present and voting to determine a teacher's employment, is not ultra vires Article 14 of the Constitution. It held that Statute 40 read as a whole gives a teacher a hearing and the benefit of a due inquiry...
Bank Can't Deny Education Loan To Student Solely Due To Parent's Poor CIBIL Score: Karnataka High Court
Highlighting that the 'creditworthiness of a parent' cannot impede the 'educational aspirations or constitutional rights' of a student, the Karnataka High Court has quashed a rejection letter issued by Karnataka Grameen Bank which denied an educational loan of Rs 12.5 lakhs to a student pursuing B.E. in Artificial Intelligence. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 267]“…A CIBIL score is merely one...