High Courts
'Can't Be Harassed': MP High Courts Directs Return Of NEET-PG Candidate's Original Documents Withheld Over Technicalities
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Director of Medical Education to return the original documents of a postgraduate medical candidate who left his course mid-way, observing that the candidate could not be harassed on account of a technicality when the documents were admittedly in the authorities' possession. Justice Jai Kumar Pillai observed; "It goes without saying that the...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up : February 22 - March 1, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 55 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 69Nominal IndexSangada Hansaben Malabhai v. State of Gujarat & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 55Executive Engineer G.E.B. (now Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Ltd.) & Ors. v. Mulraj Ice Factory, Proprietor Hariharprasad Zaverilal & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 56Kinjal v State of Gujarat & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 57State of Gujarat...
'Law Can't Be Used To Settle Personal Scores': MP High Court Quashes Obscenity FIR Against Govt Officer Citing Doubtful Allegations
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed an FIR against a Central Government employee accused of sexual overtures, assault and obscene acts with a woman, observing that the medical report, along with the surrounding circumstances rendered the allegations unworthy and doubtful. Justice Himanshu Joshi said that it cannot remain oblivious to the "growing tendency of invoking serious...
'Absolute Disdain': High Court Slams UP Govt Over Senior Citizens Protection Plan; Warns Bureaucracy Of Coercive Actions
Recently, the Allahabad High Court strongly criticized the Principal Secretary (Home), Uttar Pradesh, for failing to file an affidavit in response to the HC's order regarding the state's action plan to protect the life and property of vulnerable senior citizens. Terming the official's conduct as reflecting an "absolute disdain" for court orders, a bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 23 - March 1, 2026
Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 71 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 88Nominal IndexAbdul Khavee v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 71Prabhugowda Patil v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 72Ravi Hegde v/s Kelachandra Joseph George 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 73Venugopal B.C., v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 74Rohini Sindhuri, IAS v/s Roopa Divakar Moudgil ...
Fraudulent Mutation Entry Is A 'Nullity'; Limitation Begins From Knowledge Of Fraud: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that revenue entries obtained by suppressing material facts and playing fraud cannot confer legal rights, reiterating that any order secured by fraud is a “nullity and non est in the eye of law.”In doing so the court observed that challenge to a 29-year-old mutation entry would not be barred by limitation as limitation was applicable only from the date...
'Judicial Murder': Allahabad High Court Orders Administrative Action Against Trial Judge For Causing Illegal Gain To Party In Title Dispute
The Allahabad High Court recently expressed shock at the conduct of a trial judge for ignoring photocopy of the death certificate of an individual in a title dispute, thereby causing wrongful gain to the plaintiff. Stating that the reasons assigned by the judicial officer were perverse, dishonest and passed to give undue advantage to the plaintiff, Justice Sandeep Jain observed:“The...
Gujarat High Court Acquits Cop In 50-Year-Old Custodial Torture Case Citing State's Failure To Prove Illegal Confinement & Assault
The Gujarat High Court acquitted a police officer convicted by trial court in 2003 in a custodial torture and illegal confinement FIR lodged in 1976, holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the complainant was tortured wherein the allegations were not supported by reliable medical or corroborative evidence.Justice Gita Gopi observed:“The prosecution had failed to prove the case...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 23 To March 01, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 223 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 238NOMINAL INDEXHeritage Foods Limited v. Jagati Publications Limited & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 223 Asif @ Naeem v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 224 JAYANT VATS v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 225 Save India Foundation v. MCD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 226 JUBIN NAUTIYAL v. JAMMABLE LIMITED & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 227 Mujeeb...
Democratic Process Can't Be Curbed Unreasonably: Karnataka High Court Asks Police To Permit Use Of Loudspeakers For Trade Union's Campaign
The Karnataka High Court recently directed the police to permit a trade union to use loudspeakers for creating awareness about the organisation of a protest subject to certain conditions, observing that an awareness campaign is a facet of democratic process which cannot be restricted unreasonably. The court was hearing a plea moved by Centre for Indian Trade Unions and its President challenging...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Treats Disabled Petitioner's Plea Seeking Accessible Housing As PIL
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has treated a plea as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a physically disabled individual seeking allotment of a structurally suitable and occupationally fit house with necessary accessibility modifications in terms of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.The petitioner, who appeared in person, has been diagnosed with PPRP of the...
S.135(C) Gujarat Land Revenue Code | Revenue Authorities Must Mutate Entry When Based On Registered Sale Deed: High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that when rights in land are acquired through a registered document under the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, the revenue authorities are duty-bound to mutate the entry. In doing so the court said that the refusal to restore such entry despite subsequent consent of parties and rectification of defects is “not legally sustainable.”Justice Divyesh A. Joshi referred...