High Courts
PC Act | No Prior Sanction Needed If Cognizance Was Taken Against Former Public Servants Before 2018 Amendment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the 2018 amendment to Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which extended the requirement of prior sanction to prosecute former public servants, operates prospectively and does not reopen cases in which cognizance had already been taken before July 26, 2018. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 732]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice...
Karnataka High Court Calls For Strict Implementation Of MHA SOP On Deportation Of Illegal Immigrants
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (August 6) called for strict implementation of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs' (MHA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the identification and deportation of illegal immigrants, while hearing a plea filed by a Bengaluru-based doctor challenging his arrest on a complaint lodged by an alleged illegal Bangladeshi immigrant.A single judge bench...
Presumption Of Guilt Under POCSO Act Not Automatic, Prosecution Must Prove Offence Through Reliable Evidence: Delhi High Court Reiterates
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the statutory presumption of guilt under Section 29 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act does not arise automatically merely because an accused is facing trial under the enactment. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 731]Section 29 of the POCSO Act mandates that when a person is prosecuted for committing, abetting, or attempting specific...
Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance After Woman Prisoner Dies Post Denial Of Medical Parole
Rajasthan High Court took suo moto cognisance of a matter in which parole was denied to a woman-prisoner who was suffering from chronic comorbidities, heart failure, and cardiac & pulmonary disorders, which ultimately led to her demise. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit took note of the fact that the interpretation of the Rajasthan...
High Court Stays Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge Pending Before Punjab Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation complaint pending against Indian National Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sangrur.The case stems from a complaint filed by one Hitesh Bhardwaj, a resident of Sangrur, against the Congress President's comments about Bajrang Dal during the Karnataka...
Calcutta High Court Acquits Two In Minor's Rape-Murder Case, Says Juvenile Co-Accused's Extra-Judicial Confession Cannot Sustain Conviction
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the conviction of two men in a 2014 minor rape and murder case, ruling that the trial court wrongly relied on the alleged extra-judicial confession of a juvenile co-accused to convict them. While finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence, the Court also accepted the plea of juvenility raised by one of...
LiveLaw Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 27 - August 02, 2026
Nominal Index [Citation 243 - 248]Court On Its Own Motion v. State of Punjab and others 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 243Braham Dutt and others v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 244Jyoti Devi v. State of Haryana and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 245Vikas Kumar v. Central Bureau of Investigation 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 246Kulvir Singh @ Kulbir Singh and another v. State of Punjab and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH)...
Delhi High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Posing As Judge, Flags Police Failure To Arrest Him
The Delhi High Court has denied anticipatory bail to a man accused of impersonating a civil servant and even a judge of the Patna High Court to obtain sensitive and confidential information from various senior authorities. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 730]Justice Girish Kathpalia expressed surprise over the Police's failure to arrest him, despite repeated rejection of his bail pleas up to the...
Municipal Bodies Can't Recover Rent Dues As Arrears Of Land Revenue, May File Civil Suit: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that arrears of rent due to a Nagar Palika Parishad from its tenant cannot be recovered as arrears of land revenue, as such rent is a contractual due and not a tax.Section 173-A of the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 permits a Municipality to apply to the Collector for recovery, as if it were an arrear of land revenue, of any sum due to a board on...
Once Claimant Files Affidavit On Deceased Carrying Valid Ticket, Burden To Disprove Claim Shifts On Railways: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that mere absence of a railway ticket would not negate an individual's claim of being a bonafide passenger or entitlement to accident compensation. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 216]The court said that once claimant files an affidavit on deceased carrying a valid ticket, the burden of disproving the same would fall on the Railways. Justice JC Doshi referred to...
Doctors Assault: Bombay High Court Inclined To Grant Bail To Shiv Sena Corporator; Says Will Impose Strictest Conditions, Fast-Track Trial
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (August 06) indicated that it is inclined to grant bail to Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) corporator Ramesh Mhatre, who is accused of assaulting three on duty doctors at a civic-run hospital in Dombivli, observing that the investigation is almost complete and he cannot be kept behind bars indefinitely.A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and...