High Courts
Preventive Detention Cannot Bypass Ordinary Criminal Process Where Allegations Remain Insufficiently Particularised: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has quashed a preventive detention order passed under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, holding that preventive detention legislation cannot be permitted to become an instrument for bypassing the safeguards of the ordinary criminal process or for detaining a person on the strength of allegations that remain...
ACF Soumya Death Case: Orissa High Court Denies Pre-Arrest Bail To Wife Bidyabharati Panda
The Orissa High Court on Saturday (October 31) rejected the anticipatory bail plea of wife Bidyabharati Panda in the suspicious death case of former Assistant Conservator of Forest (ACF) Soumya Ranjan Mohapatra in July 2021 at his official residence in Paralakhemundi. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 122]Considering the grave allegations levelled against her, the Bench of Justice V. Narasingh...
MP High Court Directs School Which Admitted Students Without Recognition To Refund Fees
Once there is no recognition to the institution, it cannot admit students, Court said.
'Decree-Holder's Rights Must Not Be Rendered Illusory': Allahabad High Court Says Article 227 Can Prevent Undue Delay In Execution Proceedings
The Allahabad High Court has held that its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India may be exercised to direct an executing court to decide an objection under Order XXI Rule 97 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 within a fixed period, without the High Court going into the merits of the objection. Such a direction, it held, neither curtails the...
PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks Action Against ACP Manasvi Vashistha Over Alleged Threats To Advocates, AK-47 Remark
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking action against ACP Manasvi Vashistha and certain other Delhi Police personnel over alleged threats, intimidation and derogatory remarks directed at lawyers amid the ongoing police-advocates dispute.The petition, filed by advocate Karan Bir Singh, seeks protection of the professional independence and dignity...
Rupali Ganguly Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
Popular TV actor Rupali Ganguly has moved the Bombay High Court seeking protection of her personality and publicity rights. She has highlighted that several online portals have been unauthorisedly using her images, video clips and some have even created deepfake and AI based images and clips for their commercial purposes. In her plea through advocate Sana Khan, Ganguly has highlighted that in...
NEET PG Counselling: MP High Court Restricts In-Service Candidates' Seat Allotment To 30% Quota
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State to ensure that admission of in-service candidates to postgraduate medical courses is restricted to the 30% seats earmarked for them under the existing seat distribution framework. The division bench of Chief Justice Alpesh Kogje and Justice Vivek Jain observed:"Considering the urgency with which the matter is required to be taken up and...
Telangana Governor, Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Skip HCBA Oath-Taking Ceremony; Election Committee Also Boycotts Event
Today's oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected office-bearers of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) for 2026–27 witnessed the absence of Telangana Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla and Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Arun Bhansali. Both of them were earlier scheduled to attend the event as the Chief Guest and Special Guest, respectively. However, the reason for their absence...
Gujarat High Court Upholds Probation For Four Convicted Of Assaulting Election Rival, Says Courts Must Consider Relief When Conditions Are Met
The Gujarat High Court has observed that while an accused cannot claim probation as a matter of right however the underlying object of the law of probation is reformatory in nature rather than merely to punish the accused. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 303]It said that once the requisite conditions are satisfied, the Court is duty bound to consider whether the case is fit for releasing the offender...
Madras High Court Upholds Railway Rule Restricting Sleeping Berth Timings; Says Sick Passengers Can Seek Railway Staff's Help
The Madras High Court has dismissed a challenge to Para 652(a) of the Indian Railway Commercial Manual Vol-I, which restricts sleeping berth timings between 10 pm and 6 am. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan held that the restriction was imposed to ensure the convenience of the passengers. The court added that a solitary incident...
Bombay High Court Orders Removal Of Obscene Content Against Radhe Maa In Her Personality Rights Suit
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (November 3) protected the personality and publicity rights of self-styled godwoman and popular spiritual leader Sukhvinder Kaur famous as Radhe Maa. Single-judge Justice Madhav Jamdar has ordered the respondents Google and other entities to pull down all the objectionable content posted on the internet, which has prejudiced her personality and moral rights....
Legislation Ultra Vires At Enactment Cannot Be Validated By Subsequent Adoption By Parliament: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has held that a piece of legislation which is ultra vires the Constitution at the time of its enactment is stillborn and cannot be legitimized by its subsequent adoption by Parliament.The Court struck down the levy of water usage charges on hydropower projects under the Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation and Management)...