Junior Advocates Must Be Paid Stipend For Initial 3 Years Of Practice: MP High Court Directs State Bar Council To Frame Guidelines

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Bar Council, along with the State Bar Association and the Advocates' Bar Association, to frame guidelines prescribing a minimum stipend for junior advocates within 6 months. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 391]The direction came after the court was informed that Mr Ayush Mishra, a junior counsel in the matter was not being paid any stipend. The bench...

AI-Generated Voice Claim: Delhi High Court Orders Forensic Examination Of Alleged Extortion Call

The Delhi High Court has directed the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) to conduct a scientific examination of an alleged phone recording submitted by real estate company BPTP Limited, after the defendant claimed that it could be an AI-generated voice clone.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela passed the order while hearing an application filed by BPTP Limited alleging wilful disobedience of...

Allahabad High Court Judge Pens Poem Drawing From His Smoking Experience In Law School, Urges Youth To Shun Tobacco

In an interesting epilogue to its 90-page judgment holding that hookah bars cannot operate in Uttar Pradesh by rendering hookah services in Designated Smoking Areas, Allahabad High Court judge Justice Shekhar B Saraf penned a poem drawing from his own experience of smoking and urging the younger generation not to fall prey to tobacco addiction.The poem came at the end of the judgment in which a Bench of Justice Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary held that hookah bars cannot...

Adoption | KeLSA Proposes Legal Aid For Children, Post-Adoption Support, Financial Responsibility Of Adoptive Parents After Dissolution

The Kerala State Legal Services Authority's Victim Rights Centre (VRC) submitted a report before Kerala High Court on Thursday (25 September) proposing amendments to Adoption Regulations 2022, seeking stronger safeguards for children during adoption, post-adoption interventions and proceedings for adoption dissolution.Among various suggestions, the amendments propose Pre-adoption preparation...

Past Record Can't Be Erased In Special Circumstances: Telangana High Court Upholds Denial Of Police Job Despite Acquittal As Juvenile

The Telangana High Court upheld the cancellation of a candidate's provisional selection as a police constable after the recruitment board considered his involvement, as a juvenile, in a case alleging the murder of his mother and an attack on his sister. The Juvenile Justice Board had acquitted him because the prosecution failed to prove the allegations beyond reasonable doubt.In doing so...

J&K&L High Court Grants Bail To Treasury Official In ₹1.38 Crore Embezzlement Case, Says Bar U/S 480 BNSS Not Attracted

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted bail to an MTS official posted at Sub-Treasury Dharmari, Reasi, in a case alleging embezzlement of ₹1,38,17,971 from the government exchequer, holding that the statutory bar under Section 480 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) was not attracted to the offences alleged against him.Admitting him on bail Justice Mohd Yousuf Wani observed that in non-bailable offences not carrying death or life imprisonment in the alternative,...

Military Land Register Conclusive Record, Private Title Claim Can't Stand: Karnataka High Court Restores Land To Indian Air Force

The Karnataka High Court has set aside a single judge bench's order which had directed the revenue entries in favour of a private claimant over a few acres of land in Yelahanka, which the Defence Ministry claimed was acquired in 1943 for the Air Force Station's aircraft taxi track. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 383]The Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice H Shanthi Bhushan noted that...

Wife's Masters Degree, Rejection Of Permanent Alimony Can't Be Grounds To Deny Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a claim for maintenance under Section 125 CrPC cannot be denied to a wife merely because her earlier claim for permanent alimony was rejected in divorce proceedings, or on the grounds that she holds an educational qualification that might allow her to earn a livelihood. Justice Dr. Chillakur Sumalatha allowed the revision petition filed by a wife against...

State Labour Court Can Entertain Industrial Dispute Involving Central Govt-Controlled Bank Employee: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a workman can approach a State Government-constituted Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court under Section 2-A(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, when the industrial dispute arises within the Tribunal's territorial jurisdiction.In doing so, the Court set aside an order of the Labour Court, Guntur, which had refused to entertain the dispute on...

Hookah Bars Can't Operate In UP Even In Designated Smoking Areas: Allahabad High Court Says 'Right To Clean Air' Overrides Right To Trade

The Allahabad High Court has held that hookah bars cannot operate in Uttar Pradesh and hookah services can not be provided even in "Designated Smoking Areas". The Court stressed that the right of non-smokers to breathe clean air in a public place cannot be abridged by the commercial interests of an establishment claiming a right to trade.A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary thus dismissed a batch of connected petitions concerning the operation of...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To POCSO Accused Booked For 'Eloping' With Minor Girl To Help Evade Forced Marriage

The Gujarat High Court granted regular bail to a 21-year-old man booked for kindnapping and offences under POCSO Act, wherein he was accused of eloping with a minor girl after her parents had allegedly sought to get her married to a 34-year-old man. Perusing the case record and the girl's statement, Justice Hasmukh D Suthar in his order said:"Perusing the statement of victim recorded...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside FSSAI Order Directing Red Bull To Stop Using “Energy Drink” Label

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday set aside an order passed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) directing Austrian beverage producer Red Bull to stop using the term “Energy Drink” for its caffeinated beverages.Justice Amit Mahajan said that Red Bull was not given an opportunity of being heard before the order was passed by the food regulator. The Court said that FSSAI will be free to take a fresh decision after following principles of natural justice and granting Red Bull...