Rajasthan High Court Sits On Holiday, Protects Candidate From Arrest Hours Before Municipal Chairman Poll

Hours before the scheduled election for Chairman of the Kekri Municipal Board in Ajmer, the Rajasthan High Court on Monday (September 21) granted interim protection from arrest to a contesting candidate who apprehended that he would be arrested and prevented from participating in the poll.The petition was heard on a public holiday, with Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observing that doors of the...

High Court Summons Punjab Chief Secretary Over Payment Of Pending DA To State Employees

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today summoned Punjab's Chief Secretary over delay in payment of pending Dearness Allowance (DA) to State Employees.In August, the High Court had dismissed a batch of Letters Patent Appeals filed by the Punjab Government and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), affirming that once the State adopted the Central Government pattern for grant of...

Outsourced Employees Can't Claim Regularisation Based Long Service Without Employer-Employee Relationship: P&H High Court

A Division Bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Minderjeet Yadav held that outsourced employees engaged through a private agency cannot claim regularisation of services without any master-servant relationship with the employer. Background Facts The employees (respondents) were working with the PEPSU Road...

Allahabad High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Lawyer Facing FIR Over Allegedly Fake Law Degree

HC notes University had not definitively confirmed that degree was forged; it had only been returned as 'unverified'

J&K&L High Court Allows Termination Of 24-Week Pregnancy Of Minor Rape Survivor, Says Statute Cannot Override Constitutional Protection

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the mere fact that a pregnancy has crossed the 24-week statutory limit cannot, in the peculiar circumstances of a case, result in denial of constitutional protection to a minor who became pregnant following sexual assault.Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal made the observation while allowing a petition filed on behalf of an 11-year-old...

Female Senior Residents/Tutors Entitled To Full Pay During Maternity Leave: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a female Senior Resident/Tutor is entitled to full pay and allowances during the period of maternity leave, as well as during the corresponding extension of residency necessitated by such leave.Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi, while allowing a petition filed by a Senior Resident of Government Medical College, Jammu, held that the...

'Surrender Of Passport On Bail Conditions No Permanent Embargo On Renewal': P&H High Court Permits Accused To Renew Expired Passport

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that mere surrender of a passport in compliance with bail conditions cannot, by itself, operate as a permanent embargo against its renewal, particularly where the accused does not seek to evade proceedings.Justice Virinder Aggarwal held that the right to possess a passport and travel abroad forms part of personal liberty under Article 21 of...

Oudh Bar Elections | No Posters, Processions Or Food Distribution Within HC Premises: Allahabad High Court Directs Candidates

The Allahabad High Court has directed candidates contesting the 2026-27 elections of the Oudh Bar Association not to paste posters or stickers, take out processions or distribute food items within the High Court premises in connection with the elections.A Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla also prohibited candidates from distributing handbills and pamphlets to members of...

Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Nominates Sr Advocate S. Susheela And Advocate Vijayamma V. As Members Of State Bar Council

Pursuant to the Supreme Court's directions, Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru has nominated Senior Advocate S. Susheela and Advocate Vijayamma V. as co-opted members of the State Bar Council . The nominations were made after consultation with the elected members of the State Bar Council, as it stands confirmed by a communication issued by High Court Registrar General...

Karnataka High Court Sentences Advocate To 15 Days' Jail For Calling Trial Court Judgment A Result Of 'Match Fixing'

The Karnataka High Court has recently sentenced a lawyer from Chitradurga to simple imprisonment for a period of 15 days, after finding him guilty of criminal contempt in a suo motu petition registered through the Registrar General of the Court. [ 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 374]The Division Bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice H. Shanthi Bhushan passed the order, noting that the first charge...

Will Ban Firecrackers, Require Mandals To Furnish Security Deposit To Enforce Noise Limits During Religious Processions: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (September 22) said that it will pass a detailed order completely banning the use of firecrackers generating noise beyond permissible levels and also use of cylinders, used as musical instruments by Dhol (drum) groups, during religious processions.On Monday, a division bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni & Justice Dr Neela Gokhale had taken suo motu cognisance...

P&H High Court Denies Bail To Cop Accused Of Using Police Uniform To Facilitate Drug Transport Through Checkposts

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the bail petition of a former Sub-Inspector of Punjab Police accused of using his official uniform and position to help vehicles carrying commercial quantities of narcotics pass police checkposts unintercepted, holding that his role placed him "on a much higher pedestal" than a co-accused who had been acquitted.A Division Bench of Justice...