High Courts
Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Questions Motive Behind Plea Seeking CBI Probe
The Kerala High Court on Monday (January 19) orally questioned the motives of the members of the Akhila Thanthri Pracharak Sabha, who had filed a plea seeking CBI probe into the high profile case of gold misappropriation from the Sabarimala temple.When the matter came up for consideration, the Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar orally...
Tripura High Court Grants Interim Bail To Content Creator Booked For 'Derogatory' Facebook Reel Against PM Modi
The Tripura High Court recently granted interim bail to an online content creator accused of making “derogatory remarks” against the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, in a Facebook reel. The Court factored in that she has been in judicial custody for a considerable period and the investigation into the matter is already complete. A bench of Justice S Datta...
Madras High Court Moots Treating Live-In Relationships As Marriage, Calls It A 'Cultural Shock' To India
The Madras High Court recently stressed on the need to protect the rights of women who are caught up in the "modern web" of live-in relationships. Justice S Srimathy remarked that live-in relationships are a cultural shock to the Indian society but are happening widely everywhere. The bench added that the girls enter live-in relationship assuming themselves to be modern but later...
'Penal Liability Doesn't Pass On To Legal Heirs': J&K&L High Court Quashes Suspension Of Employee Over Father's Corruption Case
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the suspension of a government employee solely on the basis of criminal proceedings pending against his father is impermissible in law, as penal liability cannot be inherited by legal heirs.The Court was hearing a writ petition challenging an order suspending a Class-IV employee of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly...
Indefinite Blacklisting Violates Articles 14 & 19(1)(g): Allahabad High Court Quashes Order Passed Without Considering Defence
Holding that an administrative order cannot be "excessively punitive nor devoid of reasoned legal justification", the Allahabad High Court recently quashed a blacklisting order passed by a District Basic Education Officer (BSA) against a service provider.The bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi held “Debarment has been recognized as a method of disciplining...
Former Kerala High Court Judge Retd. Justice A Lekshmikutty Passes Away
Justice A. Lekshmikutty, former judge of the Kerala High Court, passed away on Monday (January 19).She was appointed as a district judge in the year 1987. She became a judge of the Kerala High Court in 2000 and retired in 2004.She has formerly served as a member of the Kerala State Human Rights Commission. She was also Chairperson of the Kerala State Fishermen Debt Relief Commission....
Authorised Govt Officer's Complaint Necessary To Prosecute Notary: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently clarified that as per Section 13(i) of the Notaries Act, a complaint by an officer authorized by the government concerned is necessary for taking cognizance of offence committed by a notary public exercising functions under the Act.Justice C. Pratheep Kumar, after referring to the provision and noting non-compliance, set aside all further proceedings against...
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking SOP For Access To Archival Court Recordings
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (January 19) issued notice on a petition seeking formulation of Guidelines/Standard Operating Procedure on grant or refusal of access to archival recordings of court proceedings. The plea has been moved by advocate Angad Kamath who had made an application in form III under the Karnataka Rules On Live Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings 2021...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Dismisses Plea Against Aaj Tak, Anjana Om Kashyap Over Video Claiming Lord Valmiki Was A Dacoit
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking directions to Aaj Tak news channel and its journalist Anjana Om Kashyap to remove an allegedly derogatory video relating to Lord Maharishi Valmiki and to issue a public apology. The plea took exception to a broadcast in which it was allegedly stated that “Bhagwan Maharishi Valmiki Ji was earlier a...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 12 - January 18, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 27 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 36 NOMINAL INDEX Kamal Haasan v Neeyevidai, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 27 Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences v. India Research Watch and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 28 Aamir Khan Productions Pvt Ltd v BSNL and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 29 Vimal Chinnappan v. The State of Tamil Nadu and Another, 2026...
Remedy Lies Before CAT: J&K&L High Court Rejects Over-Age SI Aspirants' Plea; Cites Rigours Of Administrative Tribunals Act
Delineating the limits of judicial review in recruitment matters, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed two clubbed writ petitions seeking age relaxation for participation in a fresh recruitment process for the post of Sub-Inspector in the J&K Police. Justice Rahul Bharti held that the writ petitions were "fated to suffer an outright dismissal" as the petitioners...
Adina Mosque-Adinath Temple Dispute Lands In Calcutta High Court, Plea Claims Site Is 'Full Of Hindu Deities'
A PIL has been moved before the Calcutta High Court claiming that the Archaeological Survey of India has wrongly characterised Adinath Temple in State's Malda District as the Adina Mosque, despite the alleged presence of Hindu Deities at the site.The plea filed by Advocate Hari Shankar Jain seeks a direction on the ASI to revisit and determine the religious character of the protected...