S.9 Foreigners Act | Burden Of Proving Indian Citizenship Always Lies On Proceedee And Never Shifts: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that in proceedings before a Foreigners Tribunal, the burden to prove citizenship lies entirely upon the proceedee and such burden cannot be discharged through vague pleadings, inconsistent voter lists and unproved certificates unsupported by contemporaneous documentary evidence.The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by one Dabir Rahman challenging a...

OCI Card Case: Delhi High Court Grants Centre Time To Reply To Siddharth Varadarajan's Affidavit On 'Suppression' Of Bail Conditions

The Delhi High Court on Monday (May 25) granted time to the Centre to respond to an affidavit filed by The Wire's Founding Editor Siddharth Varadarajan with regard to omission in disclosing bail conditions imposed upon him by the Allahabad High Court, in his plea seeking an Overseas Citizen of India card. For context, Varadarajan had challenged Central Government's order rejecting his request...

Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 18 to May 24, 2026

NOMINAL INDEX [Citations 185 - 201]Laxmilal v Parwati; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 185KB v SK; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 187Apoorva Agrawat v State of RajasthanPrashant Kaushik & Ors. v State of Rajasthan & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 189Devesh Sharma v State of Rajasthan & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 190Hari Ram v Chunni Devi; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 191Lal Singh Chouhan v State of Rajasthan & Ors.;...

Delhi High Court Asks NCDRC To Examine Claim That Web Copy Of Its Order Differed From Certified Copy Supplied Later

The Delhi High Court has directed the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) to examine a petitioner's allegation that the web copy of an order uploaded on its portal differed from the certified copy later supplied to him. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the grievance required appropriate consideration by the NCDRC itself and called for specific findings on...

Case Pending For Offence Committed As Juvenile Doesn't Disqualify Person From Govt Job As Adult: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that conviction as juvenile or a case pending for an offence committed as juvenile does not disqualify the delinquent from applying for job as an adult. It held that denying right to earn livelihood during pendency of criminal cases would have far reaching consequences for the person which cannot be compensated. Referring to Section 19 of the Juvenile...

Calcutta High Court Seeks Response From WB Police Over SOP For Action Against Social Media Posts Targeting Judges

The Calcutta High Court has sought a response from the West Bengal Police on whether any Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) exists to deal with social media posts targeting judges and judicial proceedings, after taking serious note of allegedly defamatory YouTube videos concerning an ongoing case before the Court.Justice Jay Sengupta passed the direction on May 21, 2026, while hearing a...

Madhu Lynching Case: Kerala High Court Acquits First Accused Hussain, Upholds Conviction Of 12 Others

The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 25) acquitted Hussain, the first accused in the murder of Madhu, a mentally challenged tribal youth, who was brutally lynched to death for stealing rice from a grocery shop in Attappady, Palakkad in February 2018.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the verdict in the appeal preferred by the convict.The...

Allahabad High Court Publishes Hindi Translations Of 'Cawnpore Bomb Blast Case' And 'Raj Narain v. Indira Gandhi' Judgments

The Allahabad High Court has published the fourth and fifth editions of its 'Historical Judgments in e-Booklet Form', featuring Hindi translations of the judgments delivered in the pre-independence 'Cawnpore Bomb Blast Case' and the landmark 'Raj Narain v. Indira Nehru Gandhi' case.The e-booklets were launched on May 20, 2026 by the AI Assisted Legal Translation Advisory, e-AHCR and...

Discovery Of New Evidence In Review Petition Can Justify Reopening Second Appeal: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that discovery of new and important evidence, which was not earlier available despite due diligence, can justify review of a judgment and reopening of a second appeal. Justice Mridul Kumar Kalita restored a second appeal in an adoption dispute after finding that a newly traced primary school admission register, showing the age of the adopted son at the time...

FIR In Disproportionate Assets Case Not Vitiated Merely Because Public Servant Wasn't Heard Before Registration: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that an accused public servant has no right to explain his disproportionate assets prior to lodging of FIR.Relying on the judgments of Apex Court in State of Karnataka Vs. Sri Channakeshava. H.D and anr , Central Bureau of Investigation Vs. Thommandru Hannah Vijaylakshmi and K. Veeeraswami Vs. Union of India, the bench of Justice Abdul Moin and...

Cashew Corp Scam: Kerala High Court Defers Personal Appearance Of Industries Department Secretary In Contempt Case Till June 01

The Kerala High Court on Monday (25 May) deferred personal appearance of the Principal Secretary, Industries Department (Cashew) of the State government in a contempt case initiated for repeatedly denying sanction for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute allegedly corrupt ex-officials of the State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC).Justice A. Badharudeen deferred...

Delhi Gymkhana Club Moves High Court Against Centre's Direction To Vacate 27.3-Acre Lutyens' Delhi Premises

A suit has been filed by the members of the prestigious Delhi Gymkhana Club before the Delhi High Court challenging the Centre's order directing it to vacate its 27.3 acre premises in Lutyens' Delhi by June 5.The matter was mentioned before a bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan on Monday (May 25) by senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi for urgent listing. The case will be heard tomorrow...