Number Of Criminal Cases Alone Can't Justify Continued Police Surveillance: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that the mere number of criminal cases registered against a person cannot by itself justify continued police surveillance.It thus directed the Superintendent of Police, Udaipur, to reconsider the continuance of a history-sheet opened against a man who had 12 cases registered against him but had suffered only one conviction, nearly 30 years ago.The bench...

MP High Court Finds Prima Facie Fraud In Filing Of Affidavits, Refuses To Return Oath Commissioner's Register

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has refused to return the Oath Commissioner's Register after the Registrar found prima facie evidence of fraud involving allegedly forged vakalatnama and affidavits filed before the Court. Noting that the register had become a piece of evidence in the matter, the bench of Justice Deepak Khot directed:"On perusal of the enquiry report dated 24.9.2026, it is found...

Wife's Stay At Parental Home For Less Than 2-Years Not Desertion: Karnataka High Court Rejects Husband's Divorce Plea

The Karnataka High Court has held that a wife residing for less than two years at her parental home prior to presentation of divorce plea by husband is not a ground for the husband to claim desertion by wife. In doing so the court dismissed the husband's appeal challenging a Family Court order that rejected his divorce petition. A Division Bench of Justice D.K. Singh and Justice H....

Bombay High Court Rejects Woman's Plea To Terminate 24-Week Pregnancy, Says Marital Discord Not Irreconcilable

The Bombay High Court has rejected a 34-year-old woman's plea to terminate her 24-week pregnancy, observing that the marital discord between her and her husband did not appear to be serious or irreconcilable.A division bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna refused to grant any relief to the woman, who contended in her petition that she was subjected to...

Allahabad High Court Seeks UP Govt's Response To Supreme Court's 'Stillborn' Observation On UP Gangsters Act

The Allahabad High Court has sought a response from the Uttar Pradesh Government on the Supreme Court's August 2026 observations that the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986, is 'stillborn'.A Bench of Justice Rajeev Singh also stayed criminal proceedings against an accused booked under the Act while noting that the Supreme Court had held that the Act does...

KMC Ward Delimitation | Calcutta High Court Declines Interim Stay On Increase In Number Of Wards Ahead Of Civic Polls

The Calcutta High Court has refused to stay the West Bengal government's decision to increase the number of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) wards from 144 to 209, while considering a challenge alleging that the delimitation exercise was carried out to give an unfair electoral advantage to the ruling party.Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya observed that the petitioner had failed to establish...

Defamation Complaint Can't Be Referred To Police For Investigation Under Section 156(3) CrPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a Magistrate cannot refer a private complaint alleging defamation punishable under Section 500 IPC to the police for investigation under Section 156(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).Consequently, Justice H.P. Sandesh quashed the Trial Court's order that referred the defamation case to police for probe and subsequently took cognizance based on...

Selecting Temple Pontiff Is Purely Religious Function, HR&CE Dept Has No Right To Appoint Or Approve Appointment: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently remarked that the appointment of a pontiff in a temple is a purely religious function and not one having a secular or administrative character. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 520] The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice P Murugan held that the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department did not have a right to appoint the temple pontiff or to approve...

Rajasthan High Court Refuses To Stay Restriction On SC Migrants Claiming Reservation In Panchayat Elections

The Rajasthan High Court has refused interim relief to a woman who migrated from Haryana to Rajasthan, declining to stay a restriction that bars her from claiming reservation benefits in Panchayat elections on the basis of her caste certificate.The division bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal and Justice Anuroop Singhi rejected the stay application filed by the woman, who sought permission to...

Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs On Landowners For Concealing Facts To Secure Release Of Acquired Land

In case of fraud, Court held, authority can recall its order even without statutory power of review.

Madras High Court Issues Notice On Plea To Probe CJP Spokesperson Saurav Das' Background, Block Social Media Accounts

Plea seekstake necessary action against Saurav Das by cancelling his passport and Aadhaar Card.

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against BJP Leader For Making Political Promises During Religious Event

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed the criminal proceedings against a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader booked under the Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act over attending a religious event during model code of conduct and making promises to construct a building near a temple after the 2023 assembly elections. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 437]The single judge bench of...