Disability Reservation Can't Be Claimed For Engagement As Govt Lawyer: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that the reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities in Government establishment under Section 34 Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act does not extend to engagement of Government lawyers as such engagement is contractual and cannot be equated with appointment to Government service. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 378]The Division Bench of Justice SM Subramaniam...

Orissa High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Journalist Booked For Claiming Odisha Minister Offered Him Bribe

The Orissa High Court has recently denied anticipatory bail to the editor of a digital media platform for his alleged defamatory remarks against the State Education Minister Nityananda Gond over multiple errors found in school textbooks.The petitioner Sudhanshu Sekhar Rout, who is the Editor-in-Chief of an online news platform called 'Focus Plus', allegedly made certain comments claiming that...

LPG Distributor Has No Legitimate Expectation To Retain Customers It Enrols On Behalf Of Oil Companies: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an LPG distributor has no legitimate expectation to retain customers on its rolls, as those customers are enrolled on behalf of the Oil Marketing Companies and not for the distributor itself. Upholding the Policy on Customer Transfer-Market Restructuring dated 21st Febraury 2025, the Court held that a distributor which has accepted the clauses of the...

Mother Can't Settle POCSO Case Registered Against Father For Sexually Assaulting Minor Daughter: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that the mother of a minor cannot settle or compromise the criminal case initiated against the father for sexually assaulting or sexually harassing their minor daughter. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 437]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath denied bail to a man, who was arrested for sexually assaulting his minor daughter, and refused to accept that the case has...

Rajasthan High Court Upholds Charge-Sheets Against Two PWD Engineers Over 'Grave Deficiencies' In Construction Of New HC Building

The High Court yesterday took cognizance of the serious structural defects in its Principal Seat building at Jodhpur.

PMLA | S.45 Bail Exception Applies To All Women, No Distinction Based On Education, Status Or Profession: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the first proviso to Section 45(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 exempts all women, as a class, from the rigours of the "twin conditions" for bail, and that any judicial attempt to exclude educated, professionally placed or socially influential women from the benefit of the proviso would amount to impermissible...

"Could This Have Happened Before Present Govt?": Calcutta High Court Flags Abhishek Banerjee Office Demolition Amid 'Influence' Claims

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday questioned the contention that Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee continues to have influence to interfere with police investigations if granted interim protection from arrest.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing Banerjee's plea seeking quashing of three FIRs registered against him. The court has extended...

Non-Supply Of Enquiry Report Not Mere Procedural Irregularity When Authority Relies On It To Terminate Contract: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that once the Food Corporation of India (FCI) relies on an enquiry report to terminate a contract and impose civil consequences, it must first furnish a copy of that report to the affected contractor. The Court held that denial of the report deprives the contractor of an effective opportunity to respond and violates the principles of natural justice. A Division...

Kerala High Court Urges Govt To Consider Special Welfare Measures For Living Freedom Fighters, Directs Creation Of Data Portal

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (11 August) urged the Centre and State Government to consider creating a special welfare measures for living freedom fighters, in recognition of their contributions and sacrifices during India's freedom struggle.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M issued the direction in a public interest litigation (PIL)...

Bank Can Recover Loan Dues From Guarantor After Default Without First Proceeding Against Principal Borrower: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has clarified that a bank can recover loan dues from a guarantor after the principal borrower defaults without first exhausting its remedies against the principal borrower.Referring to Section 128 Indian Contract Act, 1872 (Surety's liability), a bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary noted that the liability of the surety is...

'Omnibus Statement' To Elicit Different Views Not Blasphemous: Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against News Anchor Over Remarks On Prophet

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against Suvarna News anchor Ajit Hanumakkanavar for allegedly making disrespectful remarks about Prophet Mohammad during a televised debate. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 288]The single judge bench of Justice Ravi V Hosmani, while allowing the petition, observed that another complaint was registered against petitioner and Manager of...

KPSC Recruitment: Kerala High Court Stays Order Directing Disclosure Of Rank Holders' Marks, Experience Certificates Under RTI Act

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 11) stayed an order of the State Information Commission, which directed the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC) to disclose records relating to the Planning Board recruitment examination.A detailed order is awaited.Justice Murali Purushothaman today stayed the Commission's order directing disclosure of information relating to the marks obtained by...