High Courts
Cashew Corp Scam: Industries Principal Secretary Appears Before Kerala High Court In Contempt Plea, Tenders Unconditional Apology
Mohammed Hanish, who formerly held charge of the Principal Secretary, Industries Department (Cashew) of the State government, on Monday (June 22) appeared before the Kerala High Court and tendered his unconditional apology in the contempt proceedings initiated against him.The contempt plea was filed by Kadakampally Manoj after Hanish, who still holds the charge of Industries Department, failed...
Mere Imposition Of Fine Under Rajasthan Public Gambling Ordinance Not 'Moral Turpitude' To Deny Appointment: High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has affirmed that imposition of fine for an offence under the Rajasthan Public Gambling Ordinance (the “Ordinance”) does not amount to moral turpitude based on which a candidate could be denying public employment. [2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 255]The bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur held that where a candidate was convicted, decision to deny public employment could not be...
Police Must Electronically Inform Jurisdictional Court Of Date, Time & Place Of Out-Of-State Arrest Without Warrant: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that whenever a person is arrested without warrant outside the State, the arresting officer must immediately inform the jurisdictional court of the date, time and place of arrest through electronic means, including e-mail. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 61]Issuing a slew of guidelines to ensure fairness in arrests made outside the jurisdiction of the court,...
Union Govt Notifies Appointment Of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty As Acting Chief Justice Of Calcutta High Court
The Union Government has notified the appointment of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty as the Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court following the retirement of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on June 20, 2026.The notification, issued by the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Justice) on June 19, states that the President has exercised powers under Article 223 of the Constitution to...
Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Against Free Bus Travel For Women, Transgender Persons
The Kerala High Court on Monday (22 June) dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the constitutional validity of the State Government's recently launched "Priyadarshini Scheme," which provides free travel for women and transgender persons in ordinary Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 336]The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen...
LiveLaw Kerala High Court Weekly Roundup: June 15 to June 21, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 325 - 2026 Livelaw (Ker) 335Nominal IndexMidhun M. v. Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL) Lifecare Ltd. and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 325Mohammed Hanish v. Kadakampally Manoj, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 326Bichathu v. State of Kerala, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 327RK v. PK and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 328Dr. M.Kodanda Ram v. State and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 329Sangeetha K.P. v....
Microfinance Fraud Case: Kerala High Court Warns Of Change In Investigating Officer Noting Delay In Completing Probe
The Kerala High Court on Friday (June 20) directed the officer investigating the SNDP microfinance case to complete probe within 3 weeks and observed that in case of failure to do, it would be constrained to consider entrusting another investigating officer.The case relates to the alleged misappropriate of Rs. 15.85 crores of government funds under the Micro Finance Scheme and involves...
Magistrate Can't Reject Refer Report Solely Based On Protest Petition: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Cognizance In Rape Case
The Rajasthan High Court has held that a Magistrate cannot reject a negative final report and take cognizance of offences solely on the basis of the averments made in a protest petition, without meaningfully considering the material collected during investigation and recording reasons for disagreeing with the investigating officer's conclusions. Holding that the cognizance order suffered...
LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: May 2026
Nominal Index [Citations 134 - 175]XXXX v. XXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 134Nirmal Singh Dhanoa and others v. Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Finance, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 135XXXX v. XXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 136SXXXXX v. RXXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 137Amrit Pal Singh v. Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board and others 2026 LiveLaw...
Debarred Bidder Can't Participate In Tender Even If Contract Period Begins After Debarment Ends: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a bidder debarred from participating in tenders cannot be permitted to submit a bid merely because the contract under the tender would commence after the debarment period expires.The division bench of Justices Tejas Karia and Madhu Jain dismissed a writ petition filed by an infrastructure company, holding that the relevant consideration is whether the...
Oral Statements U/S 200 & 202 CrPC Can't Cure Material Omissions In Protest Petition, Rendering Allegations Doubtful: Allahabad HC
In a significant order on the scope of inquiries by a Magistrate under Sections 200 and 202 CrPC, the Allahabad High Court has held that material facts omitted from the protest petition cannot ordinarily be supplied later through oral statements of the complainant and witnesses. The bench added that the introduction of such facts for the first time during the inquiry/examination by...
