State Undertakes Before Kerala High Court To Ensure Uninterrupted Service Of Sanitation Workers At Sabarimala

The Government Pleader on Thursday (March 12) undertook before the Kerala High Court that uninterrupted service of sanitation workers shall be ensured at Sabarimala.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar recorded the submission while considering a suo motu petition initiated on the basis of the Sabarimala Special Commissioner's report regarding financial malpractices of casual labourers and permanent duty staffs.On Wednesday, when the matter came up for...

Gujarat High Court Allows Undertrial To Be Taken Home In Police Custody To Perform Pet Dog's Last Rites

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 13) permitted a man in judicial custody in a case lodged by his wife, to perform the last rites of his pet dog he had for the past 14 years. During the hearing the counsel appearing for the applicant submitted that there was a dispute between the husband and the wife who had stayed together for 22 years, adding that the applicant was emotionally attached...

Can't Restrict Number Of Namaz Worshipers On Law & Order Ground; Resign If Unable To Do Duty : Allahabad High Court To Sambhal SP, Collector

The Allahabad High Court recently rejected the Uttar Pradesh administration's decision restricting the number of persons offering Namaz during Ramzan at a mosque in Sambhal district, observing that maintaining law and order is the responsibility of the State.In an order passed on February 27, a bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan remarked that if the Superintendent of Police and District Collector apprehend law and order problems and therefore seek to limit the number...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 39 To 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 79NOMINAL INDEXUrban Improvement Trust v Poonam Chand; 2026 Live Law (Raj) 39Rajeev Bhandari v Jodhpur Development authority & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 40National Insurance Company Ltd. v Manju Bai & Ors., and anr. connected petition; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 41Arvind Charan v the State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj)...

Madras High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Challenge To BNSS Provision On Pre-Cognizance Hearing

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the first proviso of Section 223 of the BNSS. As per the first proviso to Section 223 of the BNSS, A magistrate cannot take cognisance of an offence without giving the accused an opportunity of being heard. The plea, filed by Nakkheeran Gopal, an investigative journalist and owner of Nakkheeran Publications, states that the...

MP High Court Refuses To Quash Defamation Case Against Shahdol Bar Association President Over Allegedly False Complaint

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed the application of an Advocate and President of the District Bar Association of Shahdol, challenging the order affirming the order taking cognisance of defamation charges, noting that the allegations prima facie satisfy the ingredients of the offence. The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi observed, "It is trite that inherent powers under Section...

Setting Aside Or Modifying Trial Court Order Not Reflection On Judge's Integrity: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that merely because an order passed by a trial court is set aside or modified by a higher court, no inference can be drawn regarding the competence, integrity, or ability of the judicial officer concerned, unless specific adverse observations to that effect are recorded.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that such judicial scrutiny is an inherent feature of...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Cooperative Bank To Pay PMFBY Insurance To Farmers, Says They Cannot Suffer Due To Data Entry Error

Rajasthan High Court directed the Nagaur Central Cooperative Bank (“Bank”) to disburse the insurance money to farmers, opining that the farmers could not be denied benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) owing to error committed by the cooperative societies in filling the data on the National Crop Insurance Portal (“NCIP”). The bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur...

Kerala High Court Summons Home Secretary Over Failure To Pay Mediator Fees & Victim Compensation

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (12 March) summoned the Home Secretary of the State to be personally present in the Court noting the unsatisfactory progress with regard to the payment of fee to the Mediator and victim compensation.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M issued the directions. The Court was considering a suo motu petition concerning...

Defamation Not Limited To Intent To Harm Reputation; Knowledge That Imputation May Harm Also Attracts Offence: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has clarified that the offence of defamation is not confined to cases where a person intends to harm another's reputation. The Court held that Section 499 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) also covers situations where a person publishes an imputation knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation would harm the reputation of...

Bombay High Court Refuses Compensation Claim Under 2013 Land Acquisition Act Due To Suppression Of Material Facts

The Bombay High Court has held that litigants who indulge in material suppression of facts while invoking writ jurisdiction cannot claim the benefit of leniency in delay on the ground of violation of the constitutional right to property under Article 300A. The Court observed that although the right to property is a constitutional right, litigants approaching the writ court must do so with...

Gujarat HC Allows Partial De-Sealing Of Educational Institution For Carrying Out Fire Safety Compliance Work, Defers Verdict On Water Tank

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 13) permitted a public trust–running an educational institution which was earlier sealed for not having fire safety NOC, to carry out corrective measures regarding fire safety. In doing so the court permitted opening of the seal, after the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said that the institution shall be de-sealed on Monday (March 16) except for the...