Challenge To Vested Forest Notification Filed After 14 Years Barred By Limitation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a challenge to a vesting notification under the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971, filed 14 years after publication, was barred by limitation.The Division Bench of Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P Krishna Kumar delivered the judgment in a batch of appeals arising from proceedings before the Forest Tribunal relating to...

'Mere Breach Of Promise To Marry After 5-Year Relationship Does Not Amount To Rape': Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man

Holding that a prolonged consensual relationship between two adults cannot later be converted into a rape prosecution merely because the relationship soured or marriage did not materialise, the High Court at Calcutta has quashed criminal proceedings under Sections 417, 376, 313 and 506 IPC against a man accused of sexual assault and forced abortion on the pretext of marriage. The Court...

Separate Society Can't Be Registered Without Statutorily Bifurcating Existing One Under Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act: High Court

The safeguards under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies (MCS) Act for division of an existing housing society into two or more cannot be bypassed, the Bombay High Court made it clear recently while quashing an order registering a separate society comprising of 10 shops of a building, which was carved out of an existing society.Single-judge Justice Amit Borkar held that without...

Pension Under Employer's Superannuation Trust Is 'Wages'; Resignation Doesn't Defeat Earned Pension Rights: Calcutta High Court

The High Court at Calcutta has held that pension payable under an employer's superannuation trust can fall within the definition of “wages” under the Payment of Wages Act, and that employees who resign after completing the prescribed years of qualifying service cannot be denied pension merely because they did not retire on superannuation. A Division Bench of Justices Lanusungkum Jamir and...

'Case Of Version, Cross-Version': Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Assaulting Lawyer

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to the main accused Saurav @ Saurav Dhaiya booked for assaulting a lawyer, arising out of a neighbourhood dispute in Sonipat.It was alleged that the lawyer was assaulted with an intention to kill him and his car's windshield was smashed. The District Bar Association also observed one day strike demanding strict...

2002 Godhra Riots: Gujarat High Court Rejects Victim's Plea For Additional Ex-Gratia Compensation Citing 'General & Vague' Particulars

The Gujarat High Court dismissed a petition seeking additional ex-gratia compensation under the relief and rehabilitation packages announced for victims of the 2002 Post Godhra train burning communal riots, observing that the prayers were “general and vague in nature not specifying any categories or any deficiencies".The petitioner was a victim of mob fury and the communal riots, which...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 - February 15, 2026

[CITATIONS: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 22 TO 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 29]NOMINAL INDEXSANKULA NAGARJUNA v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 22SANKULA NAGARJUNA v. THE STATE OF ANDHRA PRADESH: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 23GOGULAPALLI KHADAR MOHIDDIN (Died) v. GOGULAPALLI KHADA (Died): 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 24Kanithi Deepak v. The State Of Andhra Pradesh and Others: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 25NALLAMOLU RAJARAJESWARI...

Bombay High Court Seeks ED Response On Anil Deshmukh's Plea To Defer Framing Of Charges In Money Laundering Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and also the Maharashtra Government to file their affidavits in response to a plea filed by former State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who has sought a temporary stay on the framing of charges in the money laundering case lodged against him.Deshmukh, who petitioned a single-judge bench of Justice Ashwin Bhobe has urged...

S. 69 CGST Act | 'Reasons To Believe' Need Not Be Furnished But 'Grounds' Must Be Supplied As Annexure To Arrest Memo: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that while the "reasons to believe” recorded by the Commissioner under Section 69 CGST Act 2017 need not be furnished to the accused, the "grounds of arrest" must mandatorily be supplied to him as an Annexure to the Arrest Memo. A Bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay thus allowed the habeas corpus writ petition filed by one...

AILAJ Denies Writing Letter Alleging Senior Advocate Took Money On Pretext To Bribe Madras High Court Judge

The All India Lawyers Association for Justice (AILAJ) has written to the Madras High Court registry stating that an earlier letter claiming that a senior advocate had taken Rs 50 Lakh from a client to allegedly bribe a judge was fake. The letter, signed by the State Co-ordinator for AILAJ, U Adhiyaman, states that the association was shocked to know that it's name was being misused in...

Senior Entitled To Stepping Up Of Pay If Junior In Same Cadre & Pay Scale Draws Higher Salary: Calcutta HC

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen held that a senior government employee is entitled to stepping up of pay at par with a junior if both are in the same cadre, same post, and same pay scale, and the junior is drawing higher pay, and earlier higher pay in an ex-cadre post cannot justify permanent...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 To February 15, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 170 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 198NOMINAL INDEXCOURT ON ITS OWN MOTION v/s GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 171 THE FORUM OF MINORITY SCHOOLS v. LT GOVERNOR OF DELHI AND ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 172 GBL Chemicals Limited & Ors. v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 173 Mahender Chaturvedi v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 174 Rohit...