Kerala High Court Issues Notice To Bar Council of Kerala And Its Chairman In Plea Challenging Bar Council Committee Formation

The Kerala High Court on Saturday (26 September) issued notice to the Bar Council of Kerala in a plea challenging formation of the council's statutory committees, alleging that no elections were held for constituting these committees. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the notice. The writ petition has been filed by advocate Yeshwanth Shenoy, an elected member of the XIII Bar Council of...

Authorities Must Establish Unfair Means Against Each Candidate, Can't Apply 'One Size Fits All' Approach: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that when authorities choose to cancel the candidature and penalise individual candidates for allegedly adopting unfair means in an examination, they must establish the allegation against each candidate individually and cannot adopt a “one size fits all” approach.The Division Bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Vinod Kumar made the observation while...

WhatsApp Chats Showing Mental Cruelty Cannot Be Ignored Merely For Non-Compliance With Evidence Act: Chhattisgarh High Court Grants Divorce

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that unchallenged WhatsApp messages produced by a wife, which disclosed conduct falling within the ambit of mental cruelty, could not be brushed aside merely because the strict evidentiary requirements were not met. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 134]The Court observed that though the wife had not complied with the provisions of the Evidence Act in respect of...

'Pious' Marriage Institution Shouldn't Be Taken Lightly: Allahabad High Court Protects Divorced Couple With 2 Children Who Remarried

The Allahabad High Court has protected the peaceful marital life of a divorced couple with two children who subsequently remarried each other. The Court, however, remarked that the "pious institution of marriage should not be taken lightly".A Bench of Justice Rajesh Singh Chauhan and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra made the observation while dealing with a petition filed by the couple...

Husband's Visits To In-Laws' House Doesn't Prove Wife Refused To Cohabit 'Without Reasonable Cause': Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the mere fact that a husband made repeated visits to his wife's parental home or issued a legal notice expressing willingness to resume matrimonial cohabitation cannot, by itself, establish that the wife's refusal to return was without reasonable cause under Section 9 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 133]The Court observed that...

Senior Citizens Act | Tribunal Can't Declare Gift Deed Void On Ground Of Forgery; Remedy Lies Before Civil Court: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a senior citizen who alleges that a gift deed of his property is a forgery cannot have it declared void by the Tribunal under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. It held that Section 23(1) of the Act presupposes a valid transfer made on the condition that the transferee will provide the senior citizen basic amenities...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice To SEBI On Plea Seeking Probe Into Kitex Garments' Financial Transactions

The Kerala High Court on Saturday (26 September) issued notice to Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in a writ petition seeking directions to SEBI to consider a complaint alleging irregularities in the financial reporting, related party transactions and cross-border dealings of Kitex Garments Ltd. (KGL) and its group entities. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the notice. The...

NEET-UG | Answer Keys Can't Be Referred To Expert Without Facts Warranting Reference: Allahabad High Court Dismisses Lone Objector's Challenge

The Allahabad High Court has held that disputed examination questions and answer options cannot be referred to an expert unless there are facts before the Court warranting such a reference. Dismissing the writ petition of a NEET-UG 2026 candidate, it held that an objection to the answer keys raised by one candidate, examined and rejected by the National Testing Agency and echoed by no other,...

Deficiencies And Lapses In Supervision And Record-Keeping By State Department Is No Ground To Deny Contractor Payment: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that a contractor cannot be denied payment for work already completed merely due to procedural, technical or administrative lapses attributable to departmental authorities.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Smt. G. Anupama Chakravarthy was hearing a writ petition filed by a Class-II registered contractor challenging the rejection of his claim for payment of pending...

Recognition Application Pending Since 2014: Patna High Court Directs Fresh Consideration Of Sanskrit School's Claim Within 3 Months

The Patna High Court has directed the Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board to reconsider the recognition application of a Sanskrit school, which had remained pending since 2014, and complete the entire exercise within three months in accordance with the prescribed rules.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Harish Kumar was hearing writ petitions filed by teaching and non-teaching employees of Jhotan...

Calcutta High Court Seeks Statewide Roadmap From WBPCB To Curb Air Pollution, Improve AQI

The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to prepare and place before the Court a comprehensive roadmap containing specific policies and time-bound measures for controlling air pollution and improving the Air Quality Index (AQI) across the State.The direction was passed by a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ravindra Vithalrao Ghuge and Justice...

Preventive Detention Cannot Rest On Bare Assumption That Detenu Will Obtain Bail: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that preventive detention cannot be sustained where the Detaining Authority's satisfaction that the detenu was likely to be released on bail was based only on the assumption that the offence was not compulsorily punishable with death sentence. The Court observed that such satisfaction was not based on cogent material relating to the investigation.A division bench...