High Courts
'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...
Disciplinary Authority Cannot Reject Medical Records Without Ascertaining Authenticity Before Dismissing Delinquent: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has held that neither the Court nor disciplinary authorities can refuse to consider medical records produced by an employee without first ascertaining their veracity, and that failure to do so vitiates disciplinary proceedings.The Court was hearing a writ petition challenging the petitioner's removal from service in the Central...
Wife Absolute Owner Of 'Streedhan'; Husband May Use But Has Obligation To Restore It: Allahabad HC Quashes 406 IPC Case Against Wife
The Allahabad High Court has observed that a woman is the absolute owner of her 'streedhan' property and a legally wedded wife can't face a criminal trial for alleged breach of trust under Section 406 IPC for allegedly taking it away. A bench of Justice Chawan Prakash observed that properties given to a woman before, at the time of, or after marriage constitute her 'streedhan' and do...
'Govt Must Step In To Ensure Essential Services Not Affected': Kerala High Court On Private Hospital Nurses' Strike
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (March 31) orally remarked that the government must step in to ensure that essential services in private hospitals are not affected by the strike by the nurses.Justice P. Gopinath was considering a batch of petitions, including a plea preferred by the Kerala Private Hospital Association seeking intervention to address the indefinite strike called in the State...
X Asks Centre To Reconsider 'Disproportionate' Order To Block 12 User Accounts
X Corp has asked the Central Government to review the order directing to block 12 Twitter accounts, including parody account “Dr. Nimo Yadav”, calling the blocking order disproportionate. On March 19, X wrote an objection letter to the Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, saying that the blocking order issued on March 18 fails to comply with Section 69A of...