High Courts
'No Effective Hearing Taking Place': Allahabad High Court Asks UP Govt To Fill Waqf Tribunal Vacancy
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has requested the Uttar Pradesh Government to expeditiously fill vacancy in the Waqf Tribunal, as it noted that no effective hearings are taking place due to the existing vacancies. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order on Monday while disposing of a writ petition filed by one Faisal Khan. The...
Kerala High Court Directs District Collector To Grant Permission To Conduct Pamba Boat Race On February 01
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (22 January) directed the District Collector, Pathanamthitta to grant permission to the Pamba Boat Race Club, Neerattupuram, to conduct its boat race on 1 February, 2026. Justice N Nagaresh, gave the direction while considering a writ petition filed by the club and its office-bearers challenging the refusal of the district administration to grant permission for...
Wife Can't Claim Maintenance If Her Own Acts Rendered Husband Incapable Of Earning: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that if a wife, by her own acts or omissions, causes or contributes to the incapacity of her husband to earn, she cannot be permitted to take advantage of such a situation and claim maintenance. A bench of Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla ruled that granting maintenance in such a scenario would result in “grave injustice”, particularly when the...
Chhattisgarh High Court Grants ₹1 Lakh Compensation To Law Student Arrested Illegally & 'Mechanically' Remanded To Judicial Custody
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday (January 21) ordered the State to pay Rs. 1 Lakh compensation to a law student who was illegally arrested by the police without registration of any FIR and mechanically remanded to judicial custody bereft of any cognizable offence.Emphasizing the value of personal liberty and dignity, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice...
'Violation Of Privacy': Madras High Court Slams State For Collecting 'Sensitive' Information Of School Students
The Madras High Court recently criticised the State for collecting sensitive data of students who had stigmatic background. Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan set aside an order passed by the Member Secretary of the Model School, calling for certain information of students. The court noted that the information was sensitive and there was no explanation on how this...
Use Of AI-Generated Fake Citations Doesn't Vitiate Order If Correct Law Applied: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that mere mention of non-existent citations generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a judicial order would not vitiate it, if the law considered is correct and there is no fault in its application to the facts.The Court observed so while dismissing the challenge to a Trial Court order, where the judicial officer had, while upholding an...
Unproved Witness Statement To Police Can't Be Used In Disciplinary Proceedings: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Govt Officer's Pension Forfeiture
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the disciplinary action against a government officer stopping his 100% pension for life, which was solely based on statements of a person given to the police under Section 161 CrPC who was neither examined during the departmental enquiry nor before court. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that a statement given under Section 161 CrPC, held...
Sambhal Transfers | Judge Who Ordered Mosque Survey Won't Be New CJM; Sent Back To Original Post Within 48 Hours
In a significant administrative development, the Allahabad High Court yesterday modified its January 20 transfer order, in which it had initially directed Civil Judge (Senior Division) Aditya Singh to take charge as the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Sambhal. Within 48 hours of its previous notification, which became the subject of intense public debate, the High Court has...
UP Govt Adopts 'Andhra Model' For Retired HC Judges' Benefits; Allahabad High Court Now Seeks Reply On Security Protocol
The Uttar Pradesh Government on Wednesday informed the Allahabad High Court that it has issued a Government Order ensuring substantial compliance with the Supreme Court's directives regarding post-retiral benefits for retired judges. Taking note of this submission, a bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi asked the Additional Advocate General to place on record...
'Long Chain' Of Bureaucratic Approvals In Preventive Detention Needs Pruning: Bombay High Court To Maharashtra Govt
In a bid to ensure that there is no delay in processing the preventive detention orders, the Bombay High Court recently ordered the Maharashtra Government to cut short the long chain of officers, through whom a proposal to detain an individual moves. In the same case, reported by Live Law earlier today, the bench has held that a detention proposal made by a sponsoring authority without...
Gujarat High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On ASI For Delaying Compensation To Dholavira Farmers, Orders Recovery From Erring Officers
The Gujarat High Court imposed Rs. 1 Lakh cost on Archaeological Survey of India for suppressing material facts pertaining to execution proceedings concerning compensation order granted by trial court to farmers of Dholavira village in Kutch whose land was acquired by the authority. The court expressed its dissatisfaction with the authority observing that "despite acquiring the land more than...