Kerala High Court Raps Authorities Over Non-Removal Of Pilgrims' Clothes From Pampa River At Sabarimala

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (January 27) pulled up the Travancore Devaswom Board for ignoring the directions issued to remove clothes dumped in River Pampa after pilgrimage season in Sabarimala.The Division Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar was considering a suo motu petition, which it had closed earlier this month after it was assured that there is no waste...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rule Allowing Childless Widow To Continue Family Pension After Remarriage

The Delhi High Court today upheld the constitutional validity of Rule 54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, entitling a childless widow to continue to receive family pension after remarriage.A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan dismissed a writ petition filed by the parents of a deceased CRPF personnel seeking grant of family pension...

Karnataka High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Being ISIS Member, Engaging In Transferring Terror Funds Via Cryptocurrency

The Karnataka High Court dismissed the bail plea of a man accused of being an ISIS member who was allegedly radicalized and recruited by his college mate, was involved in reconnaissance and arson activities with an intention to wage war against the government and engaging in transfer of terror funds through cryptocurrency.A division bench of Justice HP Sandesh and Justice Venkatesh Naik T in...

Vembanad Lake Pollution: Kerala High Court Issues Directions To Curb Pollution By Non-Compliant Houseboats

The Kerala High Court recently issued detailed directions to curb pollution caused by the plying of houseboats in the Vembanad lake, the longest lake in India and the largest in Kerala.Justice V.G. Arun passed the interim order while considering a batch of petitions, in which the main issue was whether houseboats registered at Kodungallur Port can be allowed to operate in Alappuzha...

Karnataka High Court Denies Bail To PFI Member Booked For 'Conspiring' To Radicalize Muslim Youth To Commit Terrorist Acts

The Karnataka High Court refused to grant bail to a man accused of being a member of banned organization Popular Front of India (PFI) of allegedly conspiring to radicalise Muslim youth to carry out terrorist acts, as well as raising funds for the commission of terrorist activities. The court was hearing an appeal by Shahid Khan, one of nineteen accused, challenging dismissal of his bail plea...

"No End To Multiplication Of Cases In Family Disputes": Madras High Court Fines Father-In-Law For Filing Writ To Wreak Vengeance

The Madras High Court recently lamented the institution of multiple cases in family disputes and commented that instead of approaching the Family Courts to settle the disputes, parties often expanded the disputes to criminal courts and other jurisdictions and sometimes even the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. Pointing out that there is no end to...

Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing: Calcutta High Court Directs State To Handover Land Acquired In Nine Districts To BSF By March 31

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (27 January) directed the West Bengal government to hand over by March 31, the land along Indo-Bangladesh Border (IB) in nine districts which it has acquired, to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the purpose of fencing.The directions were issued by the Division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen while considering a...

Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Questioning Lowering Of NEET-PG 2025-26 Cut-Offs

The Allahabad High Court today rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to reduce the qualifying cut-off percentiles for NEET-PG 2025-26 to zero percentile and a score of minus 40 for certain categories.A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra rejected the PIL...

Non-Citizens Can File Writ Petition Against Arbitrary State Action: Madras High Court Sets Aside SBI's Termination Of Sri Lankan National

The Madras High Court has recently observed that a non-citizen can also file a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging a State action if the same is allegedly arbitrary, making unreasonable discrimination and results in violation of rights guaranteed under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution. “A non-citizen cannot invoke writ jurisdiction of this Court...

Jhansi Medical College Fire | Enquiry Pending For Over 1 Year: High Court Stays Suspension Of Ex-Chief Medical Superintendent

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently stayed the operation of the suspension order passed against Dr Sunita Rathaur, the former Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College, Jhansi.The interim relief comes more than a year after her suspension order was issued following the unfortunate fire at the college's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 19-January 25, 2026

Nominal Index:YASIR AMIN KHANDAY AND ANOTHER Vs UT Of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 19Abdul Hamid Wani Vs Abdul Hamid Lone 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 20Dinesh Singh Chib & Ors Vs UT Of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 21Ishant Sharma v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors LiveLaw 2026 (JKL) 22Shrisht Pal Sharma v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 23Jasveer...

Sambhal Violence : Days After FIR Ordered Against Cops, High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Man Who Alleged Police Shot Him

The Allahabad High Court today granted interim anticipatory bail to Mohd Alam, a youth, on whose father's plea a CJM Court in Sambhal had recently ordered the registration of an FIR against certain police officials for allegedly firing upon him during the November 2024 violence. Though the applicant's father had argued before the CJM Court that his son was a victim of unprovoked...