J&K&L High Court Orders Compensation For Owners Whose Land Was Wrongly Declared As Evacuee Property After 45 Years

After nearly 45 years of waiting for restoration of their land, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has directed the Government to pay compensation at the prevalent market rate to five residents of Rajouri whose ancestral land was wrongly declared as evacuee property and subsequently allotted to a displaced person.Justice M.A. Chowdhary held that the petitioners were entitled...

27-Year-Old Status Quo Order Still Binding; Rajasthan High Court Holds Respondents Guilty Of Contempt

The Rajasthan High Court has held that pendency of appeal since 1999, and respondents' claim that they could not remain in regular touch with the lawyers due to long pendency, was not an acceptable justification to undertake construction on a property, in relation to which there was a subsisting direction of maintaining status quo. While holding the respondents guilty of contempt of court...

Advocates' Strike Not An Exceptional Ground To Extend 120-Day Deadline For Filing Written Statement: J&K&L High Court

So far as suspension of work by the advocates is concerned, the same does not form a ground for extending the time for filing written statement and, in any case, the said ground cannot be categorised as an exceptionally hard circumstance that would make it impossible for a defendant to file written statement within the stipulated time, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has...

Rajasthan High Court Says State Need Not Be Impleaded In Cases Investigated By CBI, NCB, Other Central Agencies

The Rajasthan High Court has directed discontinuation of the “unnecessary” practice of impleading State of Rajasthan, in a routine manner, in all matters arising out of prosecutions by Central Investigating Agencies like CBI, CBN, NCB, etc., even though the prosecution was not being conducted by the State. While opining such practice to be a “recurring procedural irregularity”, the...

Fake Freedom Fighter Quota Certificates In NEET-UG Counselling: Uttarakhand High Court Directs Verification, Action Against Erring Officials

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the State Government to undertake verification of certificates used to secure admissions and government appointments under the reservation quota for dependants of freedom fighters, amid allegations of widespread use of fake certificates, particularly in the 2026 NEET-UG Counselling.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari and...

Relatives' Antecedents Cannot Disqualify: J&K&L High Court On Non-Appointment Of Lambardar Candidate After CID Report Linked Family To Militancy

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a candidate cannot be denied consideration for appointment as Lambardar merely because of the alleged militant or anti-national antecedents of his relatives, particularly when no illegal activity has been attributed to the candidate himself.The Court set aside an order appointing another person as temporary Lambardar of Village...

Tripura High Court Directs NIT Agartala To Pay Over ₹85 Lakh Towards Pension, Leave Salary And Gratuity To Former Employee

The Tripura High Court has directed the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Agartala, to pay over ₹85 lakh towards pro-rata pension contribution, leave salary contribution and gratuity to a former employee, holding that the Institute could not deny him service benefits contrary to its own memorandums recognising his past service.Justice Biswajit Palit remarked that: “Whatever benefit...

After Gorkha Association Says It Won't Pursue Case, Sikkim High Court Quashes Non-Compoundable BNS Charges Against Two Men

The Sikkim High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against two men accused under Section 196(1)(a) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, which deals with promoting enmity between different groups, after the Bharatiya Gorkha Parisangh (Sikkim State Branch) informed the Court that it did not wish to pursue the case further. The Court held that, considering the nature of the offences,...

Medical Student's Original Certificates Are Exclusive Property, Retention By College Over Unpaid Fees Is Unlawful: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has directed a private medical college to return the original academic certificates of a doctor graduate within one week, holding that the institution has no authority to retain them as security for the recovery of unpaid tuition fees from the final year.The single bench of Justice Juvvadi Sridevi allowed the plea by the doctor, holding that original certificates are...

Migrants Cannot Claim SC/ST Reservation Benefits In Rajasthan Based On Caste Status In Home State: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that if a candidate belonging to any reserved category in a State outside Rajasthan, migrated to Rajasthan and applied for a post, s/he shall be automatically considered disentitled to claim reservation-benefits and would be considered under the General category instead. The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma...

Pakistani Man Acquitted In NIA Case Can't Be Released Till Movement Restriction Order Under Foreigners Act Subsists: Karnataka High Court

Karnataka High Court dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a Pakistani national, seeking his immediate release and deportation from India after being acquitted in the NIA cases registered against him.The Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice K.S. Bharath observed that a person against whom an order restricting his movement has been passed under Section 3(2)(e) of...

Appoint Administrative Member To Rajasthan Civil Services Tribunal By November 30, Else Chief Secretary Must Appear: High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the appointment of Administrative Member in the State Civil Services Appellate Tribunal at Jodhpur (the “Tribunal”) on or before November 30, 2026, failing which, the Chief Secretary, Department of Personnel, has been ordered to remain present before the Court on next date of hearing. The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice...