High Courts
'Sentence To Reflect & Repent': P&H High Court Commutes Death Penalty Of Four To 30-Yrs Jail In Murder Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has commuted the death sentences of four men convicted of murdering a doctor's wife during a robbery at their home in Kurukshetra in January 2023. In place of the death sentence, the Court imposed imprisonment for a minimum of 30 years without remission. It held that the case did not fall within the “rarest of rare” category and that the possibility of...
Routine Instructions, Reprimand Not Instigation: Gujarat High Court Quashes FIR Against Two Doctors Accused Of Abetting Resident's Suicide
Court clarified it doesn't condone ragging, but institutional friction or misconduct doesn't automatically amount to instigation.
Gujarat High Court Restores Meat Ban Near Somnath Temple Hours After Single Bench Quashed It
The single bench had found the ban to be disproportionate, and opined that consumption or non-display of meat was not an essential religious practice.
Continuing Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Teachers On Contract For Years On Paltry Pay Is 'Forced Labour' Under Article 23: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the continued engagement of teachers in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas on year-to-year contracts, without any step by the State to create posts for them or to pay them at par with regularly appointed teachers, amounts to a form of forced labour prohibited by Article 23 of the Constitution of India. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme was...
Client Hurling Casteist Slurs At Lawyer In Her Office Amounts To 'Public View' Under SC/ST Act: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that an advocate's office would constitute a “place within public view” under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, if members of the public or clients are present.Justice M. Nagaprasanna was hearing a petition filed by a woman and her mother seeking to quash criminal proceedings against them for the...
Kerala High Court Refuses Interim Plea To Restrain Former Kerala Bar Council Chairman From Attending Legal Education Trust Function
The Kerala High Court on Friday (30 October) dismissed an interlocutory application seeking to restrain Ajith T.S, the former Chairman of the Bar Council of Kerala, from holding himself out as the Executive Trustee of the Kerala Advocates Academy for Continuing Legal Education Trust attending a scheduled function in that capacity.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan dismissed the interlocutory...
LiveLaw High Courts Daily Highlights: October 30, 2026
Number Of Criminal Cases Alone Can't Justify Continued Police Surveillance: Rajasthan High CourtDefamation Complaint Can't Be Referred To Police For Investigation Under Section 156(3) CrPC: Karnataka High CourtSelecting Temple Pontiff Is Purely Religious Function, HR&CE Dept Has No Right To Appoint Or Approve Appointment: Madras High CourtMadras High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Probe...
Delhi High Court Bar Association Seeks Exemption For Judges, Lawyers From Proposed BS-VI Vehicle Ban
The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) has written to Delhi Lieutenant Governor seeking exemption for judges, lawyers and court staff from the proposed ban on vehicles not conforming to BS-VI emission standards, which is scheduled to come into effect from November 01.In a letter dated October 30, DHCBA President, Senior Advocate N Hariharan urged the Lieutenant Governor to intervene in...
Gurugram School Murder Case| P&H High Court Rejects CBI's Plea To Transfer Trial From Children's Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that when a child in conflict with law is directed to be tried as an adult, the trial must be held by the Children's Court under Section 18(3) read with Section 1(4) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The trial cannot be shifted to the Court of the Special Judge, CBI, merely because the CBI investigated the...
Allahabad High Court Prescribes Uniform Formatting Rules For Physical & E-Filings; New Norms Applicable From November 12
New rules prescribe Times New Roman 14, double spacing and restrictions on bold and italics in pleadings from November 12.
"Matter Of Serious Concern": Bombay High Court Flags Misuse Of Former CJ's Name By Special Officer In Trust Matter
The Bombay High Court has quashed a communication issued by a Special Officer in the name of the then Chief Justice, directing the withdrawal and suspension of a list of recommended trustees of a Nashik temple trust, holding that the officer had acted with gross impropriety and contrary to law. The Court observed that the Special Officer had misused the name of the Chief Justice and that...
'Focus On Career, Not Social Media Likes': Allahabad High Court Advises Young Advocates Amid Bar-Bench Tensions
Expressing concern over incidents of disruption of court proceedings and differences between the Bar and the Bench, the Allahabad High Court today advised young advocates to focus on their studies and preparation of cases rather than increasing their social media likes.A Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal added that young advocates are the future of the High Court as they go on to...