Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality Of Sentences Of Imprisonment For Remainder Of Natural Life Without Remission

The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of sentences directing imprisonment for the remainder of a convict's natural life, dismissing a batch of writ petitions that challenged such punishments as unconstitutional and contrary to the statutory remission framework.A Bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih rejected petitions filed by four sets of...

Right To Enjoy Property Doesn't Include Right To Access Land Through Any Particular State Road Or Highway Route: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the right to enjoy property under Article 300A of Constitution of India does not include any vested right to choose access through land of road belong to the State or a route forming part of a highway. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 707]“The right to hold and enjoy property under Article 300A of the Constitution does not carry with it an inherent or vested right...

Supreme Court Grants Bail To Two UAPA Accused In Jail For 12 Years, Says Slow Trial Violated Article 21

The petitioners were booked over the alleged recovery of explosives linked to Indian Mujahideen module.

Police Have No Business Being 'Nosy Parkers': Allahabad High Court Quashes FIR, Slams Probe Into Consenting Adults' Marriage

The Allahabad High Court on Monday quashed an FIR lodged against a man accused of abducting a major woman who had voluntarily married him, observing that the police had no business being "nosy parkers" and investigating the marriage between two consenting adults."We have repeatedly reminded the Police that it is no business of theirs to investigate marriages. They ought investigate crimes....

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...

National Scheduled Castes Commission Has No Adjudicatory Role; Only Advisory : Supreme Court Quashes Order In Service Dispute

The NCSC has only been given a limited role, which is recommendatory and not adjudicatory, the Court stated.

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...