Cashew Corp Scam: Kerala High Court Dismisses Appeal By Industries Department Secretary, Asks Him To Appear Before Single Judge

The Kerala High Court on Monday (June 15) dismissed an appeal filed by Mohammed Hanish, the Principal Secretary of the Industries Department (Cashew) of the State government challenging an order of the Single Bench directing his personal appearance in a contempt case initiated for refusing sanction to the CBI to prosecute allegedly corrupt ex-officials of the State Cashew Development...

PIL Filed In Kerala High Court Challenging KSRTC's Free Bus Travel Scheme For Women, Transgender Persons

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the State Government's newly launched scheme granting free travel to women and transgender persons in Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses.The petition, filed by the Centre for Consumer Education, Pala, seeks review of Government Order, which introduced the "Priyadarshini" scheme under...

Bombay High Court Directs State To Ensure Protection For Justice Gautam Patel Facing Threats Over Dawoodi Bohra Succession Verdict

The Bombay High Court on Monday (June 15) directed the Maharashtra Government to ensure protection is granted to former high court judge Justice Gautam Patel, who has been facing threats over a 2024 judgment he delivered with regards to the spiritual head of the Dawoodi Bohra community. Reportedly, Justice Patel and his family have been facing threats for the last 10 months now over a judgment...

Seven Advocates Sworn-In As Judges Of Patna High Court

Seven lawyers were sworn in on Monday (June 15) as judges of the Patna High Court. The oath of office was delivered to the new appointees by Chief Justice Meenakshi Madan Rai. The appointees who have been appointed as judges are-Justice Ranjan Kumar Jha, Justice Kumar Manish and Justice Raj Kumar. Meanwhile appointees who have been appointed as additional judges are-Justice Rana Vikram...

Gujarat High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing St Xavier's College Plea Against Common Admission System

Gujarat High Court judge Justice Niral R Mehta on Thursday (June 11) recused from hearing a plea by St. Xavier's College challenging state government's decision directing it to grant admissions only through the Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS) system for undergraduate courses. GCAS, operated by State Government's Higher Education Department, is an online admission platform developed...

Major Woman's Choice To Live With Partner Must Be Protected From External Forces: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted police protection to a woman residing with a 26-year-old man, observing that she is a major and therefore, her choice to reside per her own will must be protected from external forces.2026 LiveLaw (MP) 209The bench of Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta observed: "... since she is a major, she is entitled to reside as per her own will, and if she so decides,...

Safe Kerala Project: High Court Seeks State's Response To Contractor's Plea Alleging Non-Payment For AI Traffic Cameras

The Kerala High Court on Monday (June 15) sought the State's response in a plea alleging non-payment to the contractor that was engaged for installing and maintaining AI Traffic cameras as part of 'Automated Traffic Enforcement' for Safe Kerala Project.When the matter came up today before Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A., the counsel appearing for the petitioner SRIT India Ltd. pointed out that there...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 08 June To 14 June, 2026

Calcutta High Court Protects TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee From Coercive Steps In MLA Sign Forgery Case, Asks Him To Appear Before CIDCase : ABHISHEK BANERJEE VS THE STATE OF WEST BENGALCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 246The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee in a case alleging forgery of signatures of...

Can A Person Be Jailed For More Than 6 Months For Non-Payment Of Fine In Cheque Bounce Case? Karnataka High Court Explains

The Karnataka High Court has held that the default jail term for non-payment of fine in cheque bounce cases cannot exceed one-fourth of the maximum substantive sentence prescribed for the offence, which means that it can't exceed six months in each case where the maximum punishment is two years. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 206]Relying on Section 65 of IPC [Section 8(3) BNS- Limit to imprisonment...

Land Encroachment Case: Yusuf Pathan Seeks Time From Gujarat High Court To Pursue Plot Claim Under State Policy

Cricketer Yusuf Pathan told the Gujarat High Court on Monday (June 15) that he is pursuing his case under a policy before the State government under which other cricketers have also been allotted land. The submission was made in Pathan's appeal against a single judge's August 2025 order which had found the cricketer to be an "encroacher" on government land in Vadodara, after noting that...

Kerala High Court Judge Recuses From Hearing Plea Against 'Kerala Story 2' Certification

Kerala High Court judge Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas on Monday (June 15) recused from hearing a plea challenging certification of the film The Kerala Story 2: Goes Beyond and seeking removal of 'Kerala' from the movie title.When the matter came up today, the judge orally remarked that the plea has become infructuous. He also decided to recuse from hearing the matter since he had already taken...

LiveLaw Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: June 08 to June 14, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 198 to Citation 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 207Nominal Index: Shreyansh v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 198Seemabai v Basantilal 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 199Smt Savita v Deepak 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 200Child In Conflict v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 201Mulam Singh Gond v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 202Haji Abdul Rajjak v State of Madhya Pradesh...