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...

Sabarimala Gold Theft Probe: Kerala High Court Says Apprehension Of Vigilance Team Replacement Is 'Misconceived'

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (September 24) closed the plea moved by BJP leader K. Surendran seeking a direction not to replace the existing members of the Devaswom Vigilance Investigation Team functioning at Sabarimala, while the probe into the gold theft cases are pending. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 526]The plea that came up before the Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and...

Noise Pollution: MP High Court Pulls Up Authorities After Judges Find Loudspeakers 'Blasting' Beyond Limits While Commuting Home

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has pulled up the authorities over noise pollution after judges, while commuting home from court, found loudspeakers being played at volumes beyond the permissible limits. Taking note of the situation, the division bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar and Justice Jai Kumar Pillai observed,"Thus, we again hereby give strict direction to the officers of the...

Refusal To Permit Foreign Travel Must Not Impede Pregnant Foreigner's Medical Care: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has directed the police to ensure that its refusal to permit foreign travel to an Afghan national, who is carrying twins, does not obstruct or delay her access to appropriate antenatal, diabetic or other medical care.Justice Sanjeev Narula, while declining the woman's plea to travel to the United Kingdom amid an ongoing criminal investigation, said that the refusal to...

Lucknow Fire | UP Has No Compensation Policy For Incidents Outside Natural Calamities; High Court Directs Govt To Frame One

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to formulate a policy prescribing parameters for granting compensation in cases not covered by statutory provisions, after the State informed the Court that its existing compensation policy was confined only to natural calamities.A Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the direction while hearing a...

Cow Slaughter Act | Owner Travelling In Vehicle Carrying 80 Kg Beef Can't Escape Confiscation By Pleading Ignorance: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the owner of a vehicle who was himself travelling in it when beef was recovered cannot resist confiscation under the Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 by pleading that the meat belonged to passengers who had hired the vehicle. It held that once the seized meat is confirmed to be beef by an authorised laboratory, the presumption...

CMRL Exalogic Case: High Court To Decide Correctness Of Kerala Govt Move For Enquiry Without FIR Against Pinarayi Vijayan, Kin

The Kerala High Court on Saturday (September 26) observed that it would decide the correctness of Kerala government's move to conduct a preliminary enquiry without registering an FIR on receipt of Enforcement Directorate (ED) communication about alleged commission of Prevention of Corruption Act offences in the CMRL-Exalogic Payoff case.The Bench of Justice A. Badharudeen was hearing a plea...

Prolonged Relationship With Man After Knowing He Was Already Married Creates Doubt Over 'False Promise Of Marriage' Claim: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that where an adult woman continues a prolonged physical relationship with a man even after becoming aware of his existing marriage, such subsequent conduct may, at the stage of considering anticipatory bail, give rise to an inference that the relationship was consensual rather than based upon a misconception of fact arising from a promise...

'Life Is Short, Litigation Infinite': Rajasthan High Court Orders Disposal Of 63-Year-Old Revenue Case, Warns Of Action For Delay

The Rajasthan High Court ordered disposal of a 63-year-old revenue case in 3 months without any adjournments, holding that in case of failure by the Presiding Officer of revenue court directions will be issued to higher authorities to take appropriate action against the officer including adverse remarks in the Annual Confidential Report. While recording “harsh reality of the system...

Noida Bus Fire Kills 9 | Allahabad High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance, Seeks Data On Sleeper Bus Permits, Safety Checks

The Allahabad High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the death of 9 passengers after a sleeper bus caught fire on the Yamuna Expressway in the Noida/Greater Noida area and sought detailed information from the Uttar Pradesh Government regarding permits, safety standards and inspections of sleeper buses operating in the State. A Bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery directed the...