High Courts
Railways Cannot Evict Unauthorised Encroachers Through General Notice, Without Due Process Of Law: Uttarakhand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court has held that even a person in unlawful possession of railway land cannot be evicted through a general administrative notice without following due process of law. The Court observed that forcible dispossession from property without legal sanction violates constitutional and human rights, and eviction can only be effected by following the procedure established...
Delay In Deciding Custody Matters Causes Prejudice To Child: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that delay in deciding child custody disputes itself causes prejudice to the child, while cautioning against a recurring pattern of approaching courts to stall handover of child to the spouse.A Division Bench of Justices Tejas Karia and Madhu Jain made the observation while dismissing a mother's appeal against a Family Court order granting the father...
'Animals Are Not Chattels': Karnataka High Court Quashes Order Returning Rescued Dogs To Alleged Abuser
Noting that animals are not 'mere chattels existing solely for human utility' and every act of cruelty against them is a 'blemish upon the collective human conscience', the Karnataka High Court has quashed a trial court order directing the return of nine rescued dogs to their original owner, facing allegations of cruelty, repeated beatings, and sexual abuse. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 216]The...
'Duty to Disclose Brother's BJP Role,' Calcutta High Court Judge in Mamata Banerjee Election Petition, TMC Expresses Full Faith
While hearing former West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee's election petition challenging the election of present CM Suvendu Adhikari from the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday witnessed an unusual exchange after the presiding judge disclosed in open court that his elder brother serves as a national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata...
Central Zoo Authority Forms Expert Panel On Zoo Safety After Hippopotamus Kills Trainee Veterinarian; Karnataka High Court Closes PIL
The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) told the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday [June 24] that it has formed an expert committee to formulate SOPs and related protocols for zoo veterinarians, staff and other animal handlers, following the death of a trainee veterinarian who was mauled by a pregnant hippopotamus at Shivamogga Zoo recently.[2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 215]The Division Bench of Chief...
Can State Minority Commission Pass Eviction Orders? Kerala High Court Answers
The Kerala High Court recently upheld the finding of a Single Bench on the point that the State Minority Commission cannot bypass the jurisdiction of a civil court and pass eviction orders. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 345]The Division Bench of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Preeta A.K. was considering an appeal filed challenging a decision of the Single Judge that set aside an...
Section 66E IT Act | Clicking Photos Of Question Paper During Exam & Sending It Via WhatsApp Not Violation Of Privacy: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has quashed charge of violation of privacy under Information Technology Act lodged against two men, wherein one of them was accused of clicking photographs of a question paper during an examination and sending it to his co-accused brother via WhatsApp. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 174]The applicants had sought quashing of a November 26, 2018 FIR for the offences punishable...
Elected Representatives Must Swear Only In Name Of God Or Solemnly Affirm; Can't Invoke Specific Deities: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that elected representatives cannot expand or modify the statutory form of oath by invoking specific deities, political martyrs, organisations or public figures, observing that such departures could lead to limitless variations and undermine the uniformity intended by law. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 344]Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, made the observations while holding...
Article 300A | State Can't Deprive Citizen Of Property Merely Because Old Revenue Records Are Missing: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that mere absence or loss of government records cannot itself justify depriving a citizen of property rights that have been consistently reflected in official records for decades. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 229]The bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke held that the burden to prove allegations of illegality, manipulation or wrongful entries lies squarely on...
Attachment Of Accused's Property U/S 107 BNSS Requires Strict Judicial Scrutiny, Cannot Be Recovery Mechanism: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has set aside an order attaching properties belonging to a woman who was not even named as an accused in a criminal case, while issuing significant guidelines on the exercise of powers under Section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee observed that indiscriminate use of the power to attach property under Section 107...
Delhi High Court Allows Minor Rape Victim To Terminate 26-Week Pregnancy, AIIMS To Bear Expenses
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday allowed a 15 year old rape victim to undergo medical termination of pregnancy with over 26 weeks of gestational period, noting that the medical board had given an opinion that the minor is fit to undergo the procedure. Vacation judge Justice Mini Pushkarna directed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to bear the cost of the procedure. The Court allowed the plea filed by the minor through her father. It was her case that the father and the minor both...