'Prima Facie Adopted Delay Tactics': Gujarat High Court Refuses To Suspend Narayan Sai's Life Sentence In Rape Case

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (May 4) dismissed Narayan Sai's plea seeking suspension of life sentence in a rape case, in which he was convicted by a Surat sessions court in 2019, prima facie noting that he was not interested in expeditious hearing of his appeal challenging conviction and had adopted delay tactics. On the applicant's contention that he had undergone 11 years of...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 27 - May 03, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 134 - 139]XXXX v. XXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 134Nirmal Singh Dhanoa and others v. Additional Chief Secretary to Government of Punjab, Department of Finance, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 135XXXX v. XXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 136SXXXXX v. RXXXX 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 137Amrit Pal Singh v. Punjab State Agricultural Marketing Board and others 2026 LiveLaw...

Even If Inquiry Is Vitated, Punishment Can Stand If Misconduct Is Independently Established: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the disciplinary authority's order of compulsory retirement of a Branch Manager working in MP Gramin Bank, despite acknowledging procedural flaws in the disciplinary inquiry conducted against him.The bench of Justice Ashish Shroti observed that the procedural lapses vitiated the inquiry, but the independent evidence of financial misconduct was...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 27th April To 3rd May, 2026

WB Polls: Calcutta High Court Quashes Requisition Of School's Buses For Election DutyCase Title: South Point Education Society & Anr. vs State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 196The Calcutta High Court has quashed the requisition of eight school buses belonging to South Point, for West Bengal Assembly election duty, holding that the police and transport...

Taking Child Away From Wife For Welfare Not Cruelty: Calcutta High Court Quashes S.498A IPC Case Against Husband, His 84-Yr-Old Mother

The Calcutta High Court has quashed a criminal case under Section 498A IPC against a husband and his aged mother, holding that in the peculiar facts of the case, taking away a child from the mother for his welfare could not amount to “mental cruelty.”Deciding a revision petition, Justice Apurba Sinha Ray set aside the trial court's order refusing discharge and held that continuation of...

Non-Payment Of Salary For Years Is 'Blatant Exploitation', Amounts To Forced Labour: High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Costs On Haryana Govt

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that denial of salary for services rendered over several years amounts to a violation of fundamental rights, including the right to livelihood under Article 21 and protection against forced labour under Article 23 of the Constitution.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar while allowing a plea filed by an employee, directed the Haryana State Federation of...

Delhi High Court Denies Bail To 'Conman' Sukesh Chandrasekhar's Wife Leena Paulose In Extortion Case, Grants Relief In ED Case

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Leena Paulose, wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, in the Rs 200-crore extortion case; but granted bail in a money laundering case. Justice Prateek Jalan denied bail to Paulose in the MCOCA case but allowed her bail plea in a case probed by the Enforcement Directorate. “I have rejected the application in the MCOCA case but allowed it...

Private School Teachers Entitled To Gratuity After 2009 Amendment: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that teachers in private educational institutions are entitled to gratuity under the Payment of Gratuity Act 1972, in view of the 2009 amendment which retrospectively widened the definition of “employee” with effect from 03.04.1997.The amendment was made via the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Act, 2009. Justice Juvvadi Sridevi held that the earlier...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail to Accused Who Spent About 7 Months In Jail Over 'I Love Mohammed' Post

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to a man booked for allegedly posting on his Instagram handle that he could get his head severed and could sever heads for 'I Love Mohammed'.A bench of Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla observed that the 'supposed objectionable' post made by the applicant does not name any particular caste or community.Accused-Nadeem, a resident of Muzaffar Nagar...

Assigning Census Duties To Class-I Officers In Subordination To Junior-Ranked Officers Is 'Severe Administrative Anomaly': MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has ordered the cancellation of Census 2026-27 duties assigned to 51 'Class -I' Officers of Ujjain Engineering College, deeming the deployment legally and administratively unsustainable. In doing so the court noted that as per the relevant rules Enumerators are drawn from Class-III cadre and hence the petitioners who are Class-I officers appointed as enumerators...

'Modify LOC': Bombay High Court Paves Way For Return Of UK-Based YouTuber Sangram Patil Booked For 'Objectionable' Posts Against PM Modi

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (May 5) asked Maharashtra Government to modify the Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against UK-based Doctor & YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil–booked for making 'objectionable' posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi –so that he can fly back to his home country by Monday.Patil is booked in a FIR for allegedly posting defamatory posts against Prime...

State Not Bound To Retain Outsourced Lab Technicians After Change In Scheme Execution Model: : Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that once a scheme was substituted by a new scheme that changed its mode of execution, the State Government cannot be compelled to continue the services of manpower that was being rendered by an outsourcing agency. The bench of Justice Munnuri Laxman stated that in multiple cases protection was given to the interest of employees working under the manpower agency,...