Allahabad High Court Orders ₹25 Lakh Compensation For 2 Sisters Illegally Confined By Father After Conversion To Islam

The Allahabad High Court last week ordered the father of two adult sisters and the Uttar Pradesh Government to jointly pay ₹25 lakh compensation after holding that the women were illegally confined at their parental home following their decision to convert from Hinduism to Islam.A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain passed the order while allowing a habeas corpus petition concerning Diya Bhatia...

No Fundamental Right To Gun License; Employment Need Doesn't Entitle Person To Renewal: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that there is no fundamental right to obtain or renew a gun license, observing that a license under the Arms Act, 1959 is only a statutory privilege.A single judge Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi made the observation while dismissing a plea by three persons who claimed that expiry of their gun licenses had rendered them jobless as the licenses were required...

'Becoming A Menace': J&K&L High Court Restrains Alleged Illegal Use Of Srinagar Building As Hotel; Directs ACB To Collect NOC Records

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that unchecked building violations are becoming a menace, leaving law-abiding residents as helpless spectators while municipal authorities, “by design or default”, turn a blind eye until illegal constructions attain completion, forcing aggrieved neighbours into repeated litigation. Taking serious note of allegations that...

Telangana High Court Quashes Police Notice To X Seeking User Details Of Person Not Named In FIR

The Telangana High Court quashed a Section 94 BNSS notice issued by the police to social media platform 'X' (formerly Twitter) seeking details of a user/account holder, after noting that user's name did not feature in the FIR under investigation and hence there was no prima facie basis for issuance of the notice. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 126]For context Section 94 empowers Courts and police...

Dental Student Suicide Case: Kerala High Court Asks Why Deputy Police Superintendent Not Suspended Despite Investigative Lapses

The Kerala High Court on Monday questioned why the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) who investigated the suicide of dental student Nithin Raj had not been suspended despite the State Government itself finding serious procedural lapses in the investigation.Justice Badharudeen, while considering the matter, observed that an oral enquiry alone would not suffice in a case involving such...

AP High Court Invokes Teachings From Hinduism, Christianity & Islam To Reinforce Protection Of Water Bodies, Halts Sand Excavation From Pond

Invoking teachings from Hinduism, Christianity, Islam which recognize water as a "common heritage" reflecting the essence of Public Trust Doctrine, the Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed District Collector's proceedings permitting excavation of sand and gravel from a village pond for National Highway construction.[2026 LiveLaw (AP) 183]The Court held that excavation of minor minerals cannot...

LiveLaw Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: August 3 - August 9, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 307 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 318Nominal Index Tanmay v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 307Phool Chand Kosta v Central MP Gramin Bank 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 308Ashok Kumar Saxena v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 309Prahalad Sahu v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 310Dr Aarti Singh v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 311AKP v State of...

Bombay High Court Justice Gautam Ankhad Recuses From Hearing Pleas Challenging Public Safety Act Over Claims Of Stifling Free Speech

Bombay High Court judge Justice Gautam Ankhad on Monday (August 10) recused himself from hearing a bunch of petitions filed by the Indian National Congress (INC), the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and also the Communist Party of India (Marxist) challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Act, (MSPSA) 2025 The three political parties have argued...

Cashew Corp Scam: Former KSCDC Officials Move Kerala High Court Against Single Judge Orders Leading To Prosecution Sanction Against Them

Appeals have been moved before the Kerala High Court by two former officials of the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC), who have been accused of corruption and causing loss of crores of rupees to the Corporation.Former Managing Director K.A. Ratheesh and former KSCDC Chairman R. Chandrasekhar, against whom sanction to prosecute has recently been granted, have moved the...

Karnataka High Court Seeks Action Taken Report On Illegal LED Hoardings In Bengaluru; Says Any Regularisation Subject To Its Orders

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to file a report detailing the action taken against allegedly illegal LED hoardings in Bengaluru, while making it clear that any regularisation of such hoardings would remain subject to the outcome of the pending public interest litigation (PIL) challenging their legality.A Division Bench of Chief Justice...

Drunken Driving | 0.1mg Above Prescribed Alcohol Limit Not Enough To Face Criminal Trial: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a 25-year-old student for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, holding that subjecting him to a criminal trial when his breath alcohol reading was only 0.1 mg above the statutory limit would amount to an abuse of the judicial process.Single-judge Justice Ashwin Bhobe quashed an FIR lodged against the Petitioner under...

'Helmets Not Compliant With Indian Standards Cannot Be Sold': Bombay High Court Allows Return Of Imported Helmets, Bars Sale In Market

The Bombay High Court has held that helmets which do not conform to the Indian Standards prescribed under the Quality Control Order, 2020 cannot be permitted to be sold or used after June 1, 2021, even if they were imported before the said date. The Court, however, permitted that the seized helmets be returned to the petitioner subject to the condition that they shall be destructed/disposed of...