'Girls' Education Being Ignored Despite 'Beti Padhao' Campaign': Rajasthan High Court Halts Employee's Transfer Citing Daughter's Board Exam

The Rajasthan High Court set aside Central Administrative Tribunal's order (CAT) that rejected a man's plea to postpone transfer to Karnataka till March 2026, considering his daughter's Class 12th Board Examination allowing him to continue at his current place of posting till his daughter's examinations were over.The division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet...

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Youth Accused Of Intimidating Minor Despite 21 Prior Cases, Notes Probe Is Complete

The Kerala High Court has granted bail to a man accused of offences under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and ST/ ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 despite his being involved in 21 other criminal offences. As per prosecution, the Petitioner-accused repeatedly followed the 15 year old victim, contacted her through instagram, and later threatened her with a knife...

Karnataka High Court Paves Way For Minor's Adoption By Mother And Stepfather, Infers Biological Father's Silence As Consent

The Karnataka High Court recently drew an inference of the biological father's consent for the adoption of his minor son, after the father did not take a definite stand on whether his former wife can adopt the minor along with her now husband. The mother (first petitioner) had approached the Central Adoption Resource Authority [CARA] for adoption of the minor. However, the State Adoption...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: September 15 - September 21, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 306 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 313Nominal Index: Prathap Simha v. State of Karnataka and Batch. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 306Shaik Nowshera AND M/s 1-Help Technology And Software Solution Pvt Ltd & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 307DR. SHIVANANDAPPA DODDAGOUDAR And THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 308K.S MANJUNATH GOWDA AND K.Y.NANJE GOWDA &...

FIR Can't Be Quashed On Basis Of Compromise In Cases Involving Illegal Gratuity Demands For Pension Release : Chhattisgarh HC

A Division bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru held that offences like demand for illegal gratification and misappropriation of funds amounting to moral turpitude are not private in nature but carry wider ramifications for society and cannot be quashed merely on the ground of a settlement. Background Facts...

Gujarat High Court Adjourns Asaram's Regular Bail Plea In 2013 Rape Case To September 26

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (September 22) adjourned to Friday (September 26) the regular bail plea of Asaram who was convicted in a 2013 rape case by a sessions court in Gandhinagar and is serving a life sentence.A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice PM Raval was informed by applicant's counsel that he will be filing a regular bail plea before the Rajasthan High Court...

Allahabad High Court Grants Relief To University Employee Terminated After Accusing Registrar Of Sexual Harassment

The Allahabad High Court has recently granted relief to the Private Secretary to the Vice Chancellor of Gautam Budh University, who was terminated from service after she filed a complaint of sexual harassment against the Registrar of the University.After the petitioner challenged her termination before the High Court, it was set aside, and the matter was remanded. Thereafter, the petitioner...

Kerala High Court Flags Hygiene Issues, Lack Of Maintenance In Chottanikkara Temple

The Kerala High Court recently suo motu impleaded Executive Director (Suchitwa Mission), Executive Engineer of Maramath Wing, Cochin Devaswom Board and Assistant Engineer, Chottanikkara Devaswom as additional respondents in a petition concerning lapses in cleanliness and maintenance in Chottanikkara Temple.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar...

Rajasthan High Court Pulls Up State, Election Commission Over Delay In Conducting Municipal Polls

The Rajasthan High Court has criticised the State Election Commission and the State Government for failing to conduct timely elections to urban local bodies, holding that such delay undermines the constitutional mandate of democracy.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand, while dismissing a batch of writ petitions filed by former Sarpanchs who were made Chairpersons of Municipalities after the merger of...

Kerala High Court Asks Litigant Alleging Corruption In Lotteries Dept To 'Follow Up' Remedy Under RTI Act

A PIL was moved before the Kerala High Court alleging large-scale corruption and lack of transparency in the State Lotteries Department. The PIL was preferred by Babu K.M., a retired government official and mandalam president (Vytilla) of Indian National Congress.The petitioner had, in 2024, sought various information for the financial year 2023-24 from Public Information Officer of...

Police Cannot Refuse Missing Persons' Complaints Citing Lack Of Jurisdiction: Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines

The Karnataka High Court has said that police shall not refuse to register any missing persons complaint on the ground that the concerned Police Station does not have the jurisdiction to deal with the same and issued a slew of directions to be followed by police in missing persons cases. A division bench of Justice S G Pandit and Justice C M Poonacha said:"No complaint should be refused to...

Compensation Received From NHAI For Acquisition Of Land Not Taxable: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court held that the compensation received against the acquisition of land from the NHAI (National Highways Authority of India) is not exigible to tax under Section 96 of the RFCTLARR Act (Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013). Section 96 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in...