Fair Price Shop Licence Cancellation Order Not Signed By District Magistrate Is Invalid: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that an order cancelling a fair price shop licence is unsustainable in law if it is not signed by the District Magistrate, who alone is competent to pass such an order under the applicable Government Order. The Court observed that an unsigned order cannot be treated as a valid order of the District Magistrate merely because it was communicated to the...

Can An Oral Gift Of Immovable Property Confer Ownership Rights? Delhi High Court Answers

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that ownership rights in an immovable property cannot be transferred through an oral gift, holding that a valid gift of immovable property can be effected only through a registered instrument executed in accordance with law.Justice Vikas Mahajan observed,“...the law is well settled that a gift of immovable property can be effected only in writing by way of...

Nava Kerala Sadas Assault: Kerala High Court Issues Notice To Ex-CM's Security Personnel On State's Plea To Cancel Pre-Arrest Bail

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (June 18) issued notice on State's plea to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to five members of the security team of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the crime registered during the violence committed during the Nava Kerala Sadas programme in 2023.Justice C.S. Dias ordered notice to the accused persons, who were granted pre-arrest bail by the...

'State Employees Requested To Participate In International Yoga Day Event To Set World Record': WB Govt Tells Calcutta High Court

The state was responding to a plea challenging the alleged mandate on state employees to participate in the event, which will be presided over by PM Modi from Kolkata's Red Road.

After 35 Years, Gujarat High Court Rejects Baroda Royal Family's Claim Over Property Belonging To Temple Trust

The Gujarat High Court has upheld a 35-year-old Vadodara Court order dismissing a plea filed by the royal family of the erstwhile State of Baroda challenging orders passed by the charity commissioner's office which had declared that a parcel of land in Vadodara belongs to Shri Yavteshwar Mahadev Temple Trust. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 169]The court was hearing a batch of appeals challenging a...

Finding Of Forgery Cannot Be Sustained Merely On Signatory's Denial, Without Expert Opinion: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that a finding of forgery cannot be sustained merely on the basis of a signatory's denial of signatures without any objective verification or expert opinion. The Court observed that a finding of forgery carries serious civil consequences as well as criminal implications and therefore cannot be based on assumptions or unilateral assertions alone.Justice...

Disability Rights PIL Maintainable Despite Bar On Service Matters; Such Issues Require 'Enhanced Sensitivity': Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that a Public Interest Litigation concerning disability rights and recruitment processes is maintainable despite the general bar against entertaining PILs in service matters, observing that issues concerning persons with disabilities require “enhanced sensitivity.”A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Rajesh Shankar was...

Conviction Not Mandatory To Open History Sheet Against 'Habitual Offender' Under Police Rules: Rajasthan High Court

Is Conviction Mandatory To Open History Sheet Against 'Habitual Offender' Under Police Rules?

Advocates Move Bombay HC Against District Judge Recruitment, Say Judicial Officers Cannot Compete Under 25% Direct Quota Meant For Bar

A group of practising advocates has approached the Bombay High Court, challenging the ongoing recruitment process for appointment to the post of District Judge in Maharashtra, contending that serving judicial officers have been illegally permitted to compete under the 25% direct recruitment quota reserved exclusively for practising advocates.The Petitioners submitted that the recruitment to...

Honeymoon Murder Case | Meghalaya HC Reserves Verdict On State's Plea Challenging Bail Granted To Sonam Raghuwanshi

The Meghalaya High Court has reserved its verdict in the state's plea challenging the Shillong Court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime suspect in the chilling May 2025 'honeymoon murder' of her husband, Raja Raghuwanshi. After hearing the case for over 10 days, during which both the State and Raghuvanshi's counsel made extensive arguments, a bench of Justice...

J&K&L High Court Seeks Admin's Response On Plea Flagging Unfulfilled Commitment To Allot Land For Displaced Kashmiri Pandits' Housing Colony

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has sought the response of the Union Territory administration on a plea alleging that a commitment made before the Supreme Court in 2009 to provide land for a dedicated housing colony for displaced Kashmiri Pandits in Srinagar remains unfulfilled more than a decade later.The Court issued notice in a petition filed by a cooperative society...

[Bombay Rent Act] Heir Need Not Reside With Deceased Tenant At Time Of Death To Inherit Tenancy: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an heir of a deceased tenant is not required to have been residing with the tenant at the time of death to inherit tenancy under Section 5(11)(c)(i) of the Bombay Rent Act, 1947. The Court observed that where no family member was residing with the deceased tenant at the time of death, any heir of the deceased tenant can be recognized as a tenant, and...