Kerala High Court Refuses To Close Suraj Lama Case Despite Identification Of Body, Orders SIT To Probe Sequence Of Events

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (11 February) declined to close the habeas corpus petition filed to trace Suraj Lama, an Indian citizen who was deported from Kuwait but went missing after arriving at Kochi, even after identification of his dead body recovered from Kochi's Kalamaserry area.The division bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M B Snehalatha has directed...

Pen-Drive Evidence Cannot Be Introduced At Belated Stage During Trial Without Proof Or Relevance: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that electronic evidence sought to be introduced at a belated stage must have clear relevance to the charges framed and be capable of proper proof, refusing to permit a pen drive allegedly containing the deceased patient's voice recording to be taken on record in a forgery case. Observing that the purported conversation related to medical negligence...

Has 'Maternity Benefit Act' Been Made Applicable To Educational Institutions In State? Allahabad High Court Asks UP Govt

The Allahabad High Court has asked the Uttar Pradesh Governemnt as to whether it has issued any notification in the official gazette regarding the application of the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, as amended in 2017, to the educational institutes across the state.A bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi has sought a detailed counter-affidavit within a period of four...

Delhi High Court Directs Police Commissioner To Address Lapses In Filing Motor Accident Reports

The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Police to take appropriate decision and steps to ensure that monitoring mechanism for motor accident cases is appropriately implemented. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia closed a PIL filed by one Anup Kumar Rampal raising concern about various acts of omission and lapses on the part of...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rule Barring Doctors From Holding Administrative Posts After 62 Years

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Union government's 2018 amendment to Fundamental Rule (FR) 56(bb), which allows doctors of the Central Health Service and other allied services to serve up to 65 years only in non‑administrative roles, while treating 62 years as the normal age of superannuation. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed a batch...

Mistaken Identity Arrests Violate Art 21: Allahabad High Court Pulls Up UP Police For Apprehending Innocents; Orders Action

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday quashed the entire criminal proceedings against two persons who were wrongly arrested by UP Police without verifying their involvement in connection with Rape and Fraud cases, respectively. A bench of Justice Tej Pratap Tiwari stressed that deprivation of liberty of a person on account of mistaken identity is impermissible in law and...

Challenging ED's Provisional Attachment Becomes Academic After Statutory Confirmation; Parties Must Pursue PMLA Remedies: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that once a provisional attachment under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) stands confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority and statutory appeals are pending before the Appellate Tribunal, a parallel writ challenge becomes academic and should not be entertained. Setting aside a Single Judge's order quashing the Enforcement Directorate's (ED)...

No Fundamental Right To Possess Firearms, Grant Of Arms Licence Lies Within Executive Discretion: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that there is no fundamental right to possess firearms under the Constitution of India, holding that the grant of an arms licence is a matter falling squarely within the domain of executive discretion under the Arms Act, 1959 and the Arms Rules, 2016.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the observation while dismissing a petition challenging the rejection of...

Right To Associate With Political Parties, Being Actively Involved In Politics Protected Under Article 21: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that the right to associate with political parties and being actively involved in politics is protected under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Justice Saurabh Banerjee said that any interference or coercion by anyone with such a right strikes at the core of individual liberty and safety. “Article 21 of the Constitution of India guarantees all...

Kerala High Court Asks Travancore Devaswom Board To Explain Irregularities Found In Audited Accounts Of Global Ayyappa Sangamam

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (February 11) flagged the irregularities noted by the independent team that audited the accounts of the Global Ayyappa Sangamam, which was held on September 20, 2025 at Sabarimala with the approval of the Court.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar observed that it is for the Devaswom Board to explain the...

Proper Notice Under Section 18 Assam Land & Revenue Regulation Mandatory Before Evicting Occupants From Govt Land: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has clarified that where persons are in illegal occupation of Government land, and the authorities seek to make the land encroachment-free, a proper notice under Section 18 of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation, 1886 must be issued.Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, presiding over the case, observed, “...it appears that the petitioners are in possession of certain lands...

[DV Act] Woman Can't Insist On Re-Entering Abandoned Matrimonial Home If Alternate Accommodation Exists: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 does not confer an indefeasible right upon an aggrieved woman to insist on residence in a particular property which was abandoned by her, when suitable alternate accommodation is available. Justice Ravinder Dudeja observed that compelling restoration in such a case would disturb the settled possession...