2026 CLAT-UG | Allahabad High Court Restores Final Answer Key, Sets Aside Single Judge Direction To Revise Merit List

The Allahabad High Court has SET ASIDE an order of the single judge, passed in February this year, directing the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the merit list for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG 2026. By doing so, a Division Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi, in effect, restored the final answer key released by the Consortium on December 16, 2025, after the expert committees reviewed the raised objections. The bench...

Disaster Management Act | District Authority Can't Issue Memo To Stop Construction Over Ground Water Depletion: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that the District Disaster Management Authority or its Chairperson cannot issuse a stop memo to a person barring all construction activities under the Disaster Management Act.The court was considering whether the Disaster Management Authority or the Chairperson invoking the powers under Section 26(2) can issue direction or stop memo in exercise of...

Maharashtra Can't Deny Financial Aid To Child Care NGOs While Funding Welfare Schemes Like Ladki Bahin: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently observed that when the State is extending financial assistance under welfare schemes such as the Ladki Bahin Yojana, it cannot deny or delay financial aid to institutions catering to children in need of care and protection without reasonable classification or justification. The Court observed that allocation of resources by the State must satisfy the test of reasonableness under Article 14 of the Constitution of India and that the State is under a higher...

Great Nicobar Project: Calcutta HC Upholds Maintainability Of PILs Alleging Forest Rights Act Violations, Calls Tribals 'Very Vulnerable'

“A project involving huge expenditure must proceed in accordance with governing laws holding the field and it is not beyond the scope of judicial review on permissible parameters,” the Bench said.

Bombay HC Rejects Plea Against Amit Shah's Discharge In Sohrabuddin Encounter Case; Says May Have Been Filed By “Political Adversary”

The Bombay High Court, while upholding the acquittal of 22 policemen from the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulasiram Prajapati, also dismissed an interim application which sought to challenge the discharge of Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah from the said case. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and...

'92 Witnesses Turned Hostile, No Evidence Of Politician-Police Nexus': Bombay High Court While Acquitting 22 Cops In Sohrabuddin Encounter Case

The Bombay High Court while upholding the acquittal of the 22 policemen from Gujarat and Rajasthan in the alleged fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulasiram Prajapati, held that the prosecution's story of a 'conspiracy' to kill the trio after abducting them was not established and that the case rested solely on 'circumstantial' evidence, which too...

Minority Commission Can't Bypass Civil Court's Jurisdiction To Pass Eviction Orders: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that the State Minority Commission cannot bypass the jurisdiction of a civil court to pass eviction order against a person belonging to a minority community.Justice Easwaran S. remarked:“what is attempted is to bypass the civil remedy by filing an application before the Commission and that the Commissioner has overstepped its jurisdiction and...

Permanent Lok Adalat Can't Adjudicate Disputes Without Mandatory Conciliation Under Legal Services Authorities Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that as per Section 22C of the Legal Services Act, Permanent Lok Adalats must comply with the mandate of conciliation before adjudicating a dispute on merits and that delay in remitting costs to set aside ex parte order cannot be cited to forego conciliation.Justice P.M. Manoj further observed that the Adalat cannot adjudicate a dispute which is...

Competent Authority Under Maharashtra Rent Act Cannot Examine Documents Beyond Leave & License Agreement In Eviction Proceedings: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has held that while exercising jurisdiction under Section 24 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, the Competent Authority cannot look into documents other than the Leave and License Agreement in a summary inquiry for eviction of a licensee. The Court observed that the inquiry under Sections 24 and 43 of the Act is restricted to examining whether the license period...

Father Can't Escape Duty To Maintain Children Citing Loan Repayments, EMI Commitments: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that payment of EMI or loan repayment by the father cannot reduce his liability to maintain his children, adding that he has to provide for expenses towards food, clothing, residence, medical needs of the children and even tuition expenses. In doing so the court directed the father to maintain his three minor triplets from his first marriage, along with his...

Bombay High Court Hopes For Amicable Settlement Between Anil Ambani, Republic TV's Arnab Goswami Over 'Objectionable Reporting' By Channel

The Bombay High Court on Friday (May 8) orally remarked that it hopes that the dispute between industrialist Anil Ambani and Republic TV and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami over allegedly objectionable reporting on the former can be settled amicably. The court further asked the channel to consider the allegedly objectionable content flagged by Ambani. The court was hearing a defamation suit filed by Industrialist Anil Ambani against Republic TV and its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami,...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Local Authorities To Demolish Illegal Structures Near Jodhpur Air Force, Army Installations

While hearing a Public Interest Litigation relating to illegal constructions within the restricted zones of installations of Indian Airforce and Indian Army in Jodhpur, Rajasthan High Court issued directions to the local authorities for corrective measures. The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma opined that the petition raised questions of...