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Delhi High Court Asks Centres Grievance Appellate Committee To Decide SFIs Appeal Against Disabling Of Instagram Account

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the Central Government's Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to decide Students' Federation of India (SFI) appeal against permanent disabling of its official Instagram account.Justice Amit Mahajan said that the appeal is expected to be decided within three weeks. The Court disposed of SFI's plea alleging that the GAC has failed to decide its appeal...

Drishti IAS Founder Vikas Divyakirti Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights

Educator and former civil servant Vikas Divyakirti moved the Delhi High Court on Thursday seeking protection of his personality rights. The matter was listed before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav who said that the case be heard by a coordinate bench already seized with the issue of personality rights. The counsel appearing for Divyakirti, founder of Drishti IAS coaching institute, said...

Collector Cannot Insist On NOC From Housing Society As Precondition To Register Court-Ordered Consent Decree: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the Collector cannot insist on a 'No-Objection' from a co-operative housing society as a pre-condition for registration of a Consent Decree, when there is no statutory provision, rule, regulation or notification mandating such requirement. The Court observed that the Respondents' stance amounted to an obstructionist approach in the execution and...

We Cannot Legislate: Madras High Court Rejects Plea To Recover Bye-Election Costs From MLAs Who Resign Soon After Elections

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea seeking to create a mechanism to ensure financial accountability of elected representatives who voluntarily and prematurely resign from their seats without legally recognized compelling circumstances [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 458].The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that the relief, seeking to introduce an...

Pending Reference Before Larger Bench Does Not Justify Adjudication Of Academic Question If Lis Does Not Survive: Rajasthan High Court

While dismissing a petition which was referred to a larger bench to decide a substantial question of law, Rajasthan High Court held that mere formulation or reference of a substantial question of law did not, by itself, compel the Court to adjudicate the matter in case subsequent events had rendered the matter infructuous and the controversy merely academic. The bench of Chief Justice Sanjay...

SC Collegium Recommends Permanent Appointments For Five Additional Judges Of Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday (September 23) recommended permanent appointments for five Additional Judges of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. The Collegium in its resolution stated:"The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 23 rd September 2026, has approved the proposals for appointment of the following Additional Judges as Permanent Judges of the High Court of...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Permanent Judges For Uttarakhand And Gauhati High Courts

The Supreme Court Collegium on Wednesday (September 23) recommended permanent appointment of Justice Kaushik Goswami, Additional Judge of Gauhati High Court. The stated:"The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on 23rd September 2026, has approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Justice Kaushik Goswami, Additional Judge as Permanent Judge of the Gauhati High Court".The Collegium...

Continuous Cause Of Action Permits Amendment Of Plaint Without Fresh Suit: J&K&L High Court Allows Mesne Profits Claim In Ejectment Suit

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution challenging an order allowing amendment of a plaint in an ejectment suit, holding that the Trial Court was justified in allowing the application under Order VI Rule 17 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, as the trial had not commenced and the proposed amendment arose out of...

Cant Use Courts To Recover Money: Bombay High Court Says Costs Should Be Imposed In Pleas To Quash Matrimonial, Commercial FIRs

Observing that 'courts' cannot be used as 'recovery mechanisms', the Bombay High Court recently opined that courts must impose costs in case of quashing First Information Report (FIR) on mutual consent, particularly in commercial and matrimonial disputes.Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav explained that criminal law cannot be used as a 'bargaining chip' or a tool to settle personal scores...