Private School Can't Be Treated As Closed Without Prior Approval Of DoE, Staff Entitled To Salary: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a recognised private school cannot be treated as “closed in law” merely because it stopped functioning without obtaining prior approval from the Directorate of Education (DoE), and that such unilateral cessation does not extinguish employees' salary and service rights.Justice Sanjeev Narula was dealing with a batch of pleas concerning a private...

Disengagement Of Daily Wagers By PSU Due To Closure Or Financial Constraints Not Arbitrary Under Article 14: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has held that the disengagement of daily rated workers by a public sector undertaking, compelled by the closure of its operations and acute financial constraints, does not violate Article 14 of the Constitution.The Court was hearing a Letters Patent Appeal challenging the judgment of the learned Single Judge dismissing a writ...

Preliminary Enquiry Evidence Cannot Form Basis Of Departmental Findings Without Cross-Examination: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed the dismissal order passed against an employee of the Jammu & Kashmir Housing Board, holding that the disciplinary proceedings were vitiated as the Inquiry Officer relied upon statements recorded during a preliminary enquiry without providing the delinquent employee an opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses.The Court...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 23 - March 29, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 118 - 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 125Nominal Citation Bangalore Hotels Association v. Union of India., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 118Mantri Tranquil Apartments Owners Association & Anr. v. BBMP & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 119State of Karnataka v. Prashanth N. @ Prashanth Nataraj, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 120The State of Karnataka & Ors. v. Nandakishore Bagare, 2026 LiveLaw...

'Homemaker Renders Varied Services To Family, Not Unskilled Labour': MP High Court Enhances Compensation After Woman's Death In Accident

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has enhanced the compensation granted to the kin of a woman who died in an accident, observing that the contribution of a homemaker cannot be equated with that of an unskilled labourer as she renders multifarious services to the family without fixed work hours or any leave. This, the court said cannot be ignored while determining just compensation, and...

'Matter Of Grave Concern': MP High Court Flags Rise Of Illegal Sand Transport In Overloaded Vehicles Threatening Public Safety

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging rejection of interim custody of a vehicle illegally transporting sand, observing that sand is transported in overloaded and poorly maintained vehicles often driven hastily to avoid authorities, resulting in increasing road accidents causing loss of life and property.In doing so the court flagged the rise of sand mafia in...

Transfer Of Maintenance Proceedings From Family Court To Gram Nyayalaya Valid: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has upheld the transfer of maintenance proceedings from Family Court to the Gram Nyayalayas under Section 16 of the Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008. Observing that the provisions, under which the order of the transfer of maintenance proceedings from Family Court to Gram Nyayalaya was passed, were not challenged, the bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Swarupama...

Jharkhand High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Rape–Murder Of 12-Yr-Old; Slams Police For “Lethargic Attitude”

The Jharkhand High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in Hazaribagh, expressing serious concern over the “lethargic attitude” of the police in the matter.A Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Anubha Rawat Choudhary took note of the incident when, at the commencement of court proceedings at 10:30 AM, Mr. Hemant...

'Lawyers Can't Be Treated Like Servants': Rajasthan High Court Quashes JDA's Orders Removing Advocates For Violating Terms & Conditions

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that lawyers have dignity which cannot be compromised and they cannot be treated like servants, wherein there engagement or disengagement has to be as per the reasonable terms and conditionsIn doing so the court set aside various orders passed by the Jaipur Development Authority removing assistant advocates engaged by it, observing that the authority...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 23 To March 29, 2026

NOMINAL INDEX Shailesh Kumar Yadav Ips vs. Union Of India And Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 127 State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Tax And Registration Deptt. U.P. Govt. Lko And Another vs. Anshul Jagannath 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 128 Lakshmi And 10 Others Versus State of U.P. and others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 129 Bihari Lal vs. State Of U.P. And 4 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB)...

Allahabad High Court Summons Husband's ITRs To Determine Income, Remands Matter To Trial Court To Decide DV Case

Recently, the Allahabad High Court summoned the income tax returns of a woman's husband for ascertaining his income.In proceedings under the Domestic Violence Act, the wife-applicant had filed an application seeking production of the income tax returns of the husband as he had disputed being an architect and claimed to be a labour. The Trial Court rejected the application under Section 91 of...

Kerala High Court Upholds 2024 Amendment To Kerala Lok Ayukta Act

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (31 March) upheld the amendments made to the Kerala Lok Ayukta Act (KLAA) in 2024. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M delivered the judgment. "We have upheld the constitutionality of the amendments ...but we have said that having regard to Section 12, the provision which has been amended, should be read as...