P&H High Court Denies Bail To YouTuber Jyoti Rani Accused Of Spying For Pakistan

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused bail to a YouTuber accused of espionage and sharing sensitive information with operatives linked to Pakistan intelligence agencies, holding that the allegations involve serious offences affecting the security and sovereignty of the State.Justice Surya Partap Singh dismissed the bail plea filed by Jyoti Rani alias Jyoti Malhotra, observing that...

Service Benefits To Missing CRPF Constable's Father Can't Be Denied For Want Of Lodging Separate FIR: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that the father of a CRPF constable who went missing while undergoing training cannot be denied service and pensionary benefits merely because he did not separately lodge a missing complaint. In doing so the Court quashed the constable's ex parte removal from service, holding that the force could not evade responsibility after its own authorities had reported...

Kerala High Court Flags Irregularities In Accounting Of Ghee Sales In Sabarimala, Calls For Audit Dept Report

The Kerala High Court on Friday (March 14) noted serious irregularities in the accounting process related to Aadiya Sishtam Ghee sales in Sabarimala temple and directed the State Audit department to carry out an audit and place a detailed report before it.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the order in a Devaswom Board Audit Report...

Quantity Of Contraband Not Relevant For Preventive Detention Under PITNDPS Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that the quantity of contraband is not a relevant factor to decide whether a detention order under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PITNDPS Act) should be passed against a person found engaged in illicit traffic of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.The Division Bench of Dr. Justice...

Kerala High Court Asks State Whether Suchitwa Mission Can Provide Expertise To Remove Pilgrims' Clothes Discarded In Pampa River

The Kerala High Court on Friday (March 14) asked the State to inform whether the Suchitwa Mission can provide expertise or technical support to remove the clothe waste remaining in river Pampa discarded by Sabarimala pilgrims.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar noted the submission of the Standing Counsel appearing for the Travancore Devaswom Board...

Completing Class 8 After Age 14 Not Illegal Under RTE Act: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the appointment of a Part-Time Multi Task Worker, clarifying that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ensures free education for children aged six to fourteen but does not prohibit a person above that age from continuing schooling.The Court further noted that the certificate had been verified by...

Kerala High Court Upholds Direction To Implead Local SHO In Bank Account Defreezing Petitions

The Kerala High Court has upheld the a direction requiring petitioners seeking defreezing of bank accounts to implead the local Station House Officer (SHO ) of the police station having jurisdiction over their address as a party respondent in such writ petitions.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M delivered the judgment in appeals arising out...

State Undertakes Before Kerala High Court To Ensure Uninterrupted Service Of Sanitation Workers At Sabarimala

The Government Pleader on Thursday (March 12) undertook before the Kerala High Court that uninterrupted service of sanitation workers shall be ensured at Sabarimala.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar recorded the submission while considering a suo motu petition initiated on the basis of the Sabarimala Special Commissioner's report regarding...

Gujarat High Court Allows Undertrial To Be Taken Home In Police Custody To Perform Pet Dog's Last Rites

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 13) permitted a man in judicial custody in a case lodged by his wife, to perform the last rites of his pet dog he had for the past 14 years. During the hearing the counsel appearing for the applicant submitted that there was a dispute between the husband and the wife who had stayed together for 22 years, adding that the applicant was emotionally attached...

Can't Restrict Number Of Namaz Worshipers On Law & Order Ground; Resign If Unable To Do Duty : Allahabad High Court To Sambhal SP, Collector

The Allahabad High Court recently rejected the Uttar Pradesh administration's decision restricting the number of persons offering Namaz during Ramzan at a mosque in Sambhal district, observing that maintaining law and order is the responsibility of the State.In an order passed on February 27, a bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan remarked that if the Superintendent...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 39 To 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 79NOMINAL INDEXUrban Improvement Trust v Poonam Chand; 2026 Live Law (Raj) 39Rajeev Bhandari v Jodhpur Development authority & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 40National Insurance Company Ltd. v Manju Bai & Ors., and anr. connected petition; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 41Arvind Charan v the State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj)...

Madras High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Challenge To BNSS Provision On Pre-Cognizance Hearing

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the first proviso of Section 223 of the BNSS. As per the first proviso to Section 223 of the BNSS, A magistrate cannot take cognisance of an offence without giving the accused an opportunity of being heard. The plea, filed by Nakkheeran Gopal, an investigative journalist and owner of Nakkheeran Publications, states that the...