Postal Department Can't Indefinitely Freeze Fixed Deposits Over Non-Adjudicated Fraud Allegations: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that postal department cannot indefinitely continue a freeze on Joint-B “Either or Survivor” fixed deposit accounts (joint account which allows either holder to operate it independently), merely because allegations of fraud were raised in a legal notice.This, particularly when the Department of Posts itself has made no adjudication on such allegations,...

Swami Avimukteshwaranand POCSO Case Informant Ashutosh Maharaj Moves Allahabad HC To Quash 2013 UP Police History-Sheet

Ashutosh Brahmachari Maharaj, the first informant in the POCSO FIR against Swami Avimukteshwaranand, has approached the Allahabad High Court to challenge the UP Police's history sheet, opened in 2013.Appearing in person before the Court, Ashutosh Maharaj, who claims to be the President of Sri Krishna Janmbhumi Mukti Nirman Trust (Registered), Mathura, also sought deletion of his name from...

Imposing Inter-Se Seniority Across Separate Feeder Categories In Fixed Roster Promotion System Is Arbitrary: AP HC

A Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court comprising Justice R. Raghunandan Rao and Justice T.C.D. Sekhar held that imposing an additional condition of inter-se seniority across separate feeder categories on a fixed roster-point promotion system is arbitrary and discriminatory, as it can completely eliminate promotional chances for one feeder category. Background Facts...

Posthumously Filed Income Tax Return Can Be Considered To Determine Motor Accident Compensation: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that posthumus filing of income tax return can be considered for deciding quantum of compensation in a motor accident claim.In doing so the court partly allowed an appeal for enhancement of compensation, after noting that the Motor Accident Tribunal had not considered the income of deceased reflected in the income tax return for assessment year...

SC Collegium Recommends 3 Judicial Officers For Appointment As Andhra Pradesh High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on May 4, 2026, has approved the elevation of three judicial officers as Judges of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh.The officers cleared for appointment are:Smt. Sunitha GandhamShri Alapati GiridharShri Purushottam Kumar Chintalapudi @ Ch. Purushottama...

SC Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Haryana AG & 9 Advocates As Punjab & Haryana High Court Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on May 4, 2026, has approved the elevation of ten advocates as judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.In the first set of recommendations, the Collegium cleared the names of seven advocates: Monica Chhibber Sharma, Harmeet Singh Deol, Puja Chopra, Sunish Bindlish, Navdeep Singh, Divya Sharma, and Ravinder Malik.In a separate resolution...

Ground Reality In Meghalaya Shows High Rate Of Adolescent Relationships & Elopement, Cannot Be Ignored: High Court Quashes POCSO Case

The Meghalaya High Court has acknowledged that the prevailing social realities in the State regarding adolescent consensual relationships often culminate in elopement, early marriage, or cohabitation, and must be recognised by society. The Court noted that such cases frequently lead to the birth of children and have resulted in a growing number of petitions seeking quashing of...

Telangana High Court Rejects Plea To Exclude Land From Reserved Forest Notification, Cites SC Ruling On Salar Jung Estate

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking release of land in Ranga Reddy District from the proposed reserved forest notification, referring to Supreme Court's judgment which had held that this land belonged to the Government and proposal for final notification under the Telangana Forest Act was validly initiated.Notably in December last year the Supreme Court in State...

“Life Only Comes Once”: Bombay High Court Frees 50 Seafarers Stranded On Arrested Vessels With Minimal Food, Water

Observing that 'life comes once' and 'money will come and go', the Bombay High Court on Tuesday ordered immediate release of 50 seafarers - all Indian nationals, who were stranded on three vessels near the Mumbai Coast since February 9, surviving on limited food stocks and 300 ml water per day. A division bench of Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Hiten Venegavkar ordered immediate release...

Deceased Railway Employee's Widow Entitled To Challenge Penalty Imposed On Him To Remove Stigma: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has observed that a deceased Railway employee's widow is legally entitled to challenge penalty imposed on her husband, and she and his family members are the real aggrieved persons and have the legal right to remove the stigma attached to their breadwinner.The court passed the order in Railway's plea against a Central Administrative Tribunal's order quashing penalty...

Constitutional Functionaries Like MPs, Judges, Ministers Entitled To 'Hon'ble' Honorific, Civil Servants Are Not: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that constitutional functionaries who exercise sovereign functions must be addressed as 'Hon'ble' in every communication pertaining to them. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Tarun Saxena clarified that personal disgruntlement or familiarity with a family can't permit the author of any communication to refer to a sovereign...

Non-Disclosure Of Exact Occurrence Date In Earlier Statements Not Necessarily Fatal If POCSO Victim Clarifies In Deposition: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, refused to set aside a conviction in a POCSO case that was challenged alleging anomaly in the prosecution case due to minor discrepancies regarding the date of occurrence.The appellant before Justice A. Badharudeen had contended that since the child victim failed to disclose the actual date of occurrence in FIS and in statement before Magistrate...