Cheque Bounce Case | Authenticated Bank Return Memo Can Be Produced Later To Correct Defect: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that an authenticated bank return memo bearing the bank's seal and signature can be produced and exhibited later in a cheque-dishonour case to correct an inadvertent defect in an earlier return memo, and such subsequent production does not amount to filling a lacuna in the complainant's case.Justice Sunil Beniwal further observed that merely exhibiting a...

'Classic Indifference To Judicial Process': MP High Court Issues NBW Against Panna District Collector In Contempt Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued a non-bailable warrant against Panna Collector, Usha Parmar, observing that she neither appeared before the Court nor filed a compliance report in a contempt petition despite receiving notice. Remarking that she has shown "classic indifference" towards the judicial process, the bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed,"A letter has been sent by the...

Accused Entitled To Cloned Copy Of CCTV Footage Relied By Prosecution, Victim Privacy Can Justify Inspection Instead: Rajasthan High Court

While underscoring right to fair trial under Article 21, Rajasthan High Court held that if the prosecution was relying upon the contents of a DVD/pen drive which were also submitted along with the charge-sheet, the accused had to be mandatorily given a cloned copy of the DVD/pen drive, to enable him to present an effective defence during the trial. “…all documents including...

Uttarakhand High Court Disposes Plea Over Online Access Of FIRs After Police Demonstrate App-Based Facility

The Uttarakhand High Court has disposed of a PIL concerning the inability to access and download FIRs online after the police demonstrated before the Court that FIRs could be accessed through the Citizen Portal and Devbhoomi Mobile App. The Court recorded that the technical team demonstrated the functioning of the system by downloading FIRs, while the State also furnished details showing that...

Pregnant Woman Dies In Train Accident; Allahabad High Court Orders Separate ₹8 Lakh Compensation For Loss Of Unborn Child

The Allahabad High Court has ordered payment of a separate ₹8 lakh compensation for the loss of an unborn child after a pregnant woman died in a railway accident. The bench reiterated that an unborn child of more than five months in the womb is to be treated as a child in existence for the purpose of compensation. The Court started that the death of the 7-month-old foetus was...

Successive Habeas Corpus Plea Can't Reopen Grounds Already Available But Not Raised In Earlier Petition: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a second writ of habeas corpus challenging the same preventive detention order under Article 226 of the Constitution can be maintained only when there is a change in circumstances or a new ground becomes available after the earlier petition was decided. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 222]The Court clarified that this is not an application of res judicata...

State Obligated To Rehabilitate 1984 Operation Blue Star Oustees: P&H High Court Slashes Shop Allotment Rates

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the State of Punjab to allot shop sites to shopkeepers displaced from around Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar, during Operation Blue Star in 1984, at ₹1,000 per square yard. This is the rate given in 1988 to oustees of the later Galiara beautification scheme. The State had fixed a rate of ₹38,400 per square yard in 2012.A Division Bench of...

Employer Can't Convert Duly Selected Employee Against Sanctioned Post Into 'Perpetual Contractual Employee' By Nomenclature: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where a person is selected through an advertisement for a regular vacancy against a sanctioned post under the applicable service rules, the employer cannot later treat him as a contractual employee merely by describing his engagement as ad hoc or contractual in successive orders. It held that an employee who accepts consolidated remuneration out of...

Lawyer Urges Madras High Court To Urgently Hear Plea Seeking CBI Probe In POCSO Case Involving Granite Baron R Veeramani

The Madras High Court, on Friday (September 25), said that it will hear the plea seeking a CBI probe into the POCSO case involving industrialist R Veeramani, widely known as Gem Granites Veeramani. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan made the statement on an urgent mention made by Senior Advocate NL Rajag, seeking a CBI probe into the case. The...

Delhi High Court Agrees To Hear Today Woman's Plea Accusing CJP Activists Of Morphing, Circulating Her Images With PM Modi

The Delhi High Court on Friday allowed urgent listing for today of a plea filed by a woman alleging that Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das, Abhijit Dipke, Ashutosh Ranka and Ratna Singh posted and circulated an alleged deepfake picture of her alongside Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said...

Decide Bank Unions' Plea To Hold Peaceful Protest At Site Other Than Jantar Mantar: Delhi High Court Tells Police

The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Delhi Police to decide a plea filed by Delhi State unit of the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) seeking permission to hold a peaceful protest at any alternate site other than Jantar Mantar on September 28, 29 and 30.Justice Amit Mahajan directed the police to consider the request of the Bank Unions to hold the demonstration at an alternative site...

State Can't Cancel Finalised Tender Due To Its Own Error In Mentioning Performance Bank Guarantee: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a tendering authority cannot cancel a tender at an advanced stage merely because it had wrongly fixed the Performance Bank Guarantee (ePBG) in the bid document. It held that the ePBG is a performance security with no bearing on a bidder's eligibility or ranking, and an error in it can be corrected without re-tendering.The bench of Justice Shekhar B....