High Courts
2026 Bengal Assembly Polls: Calcutta High Court Declines To Interfere With Surveillance & Live Web-Streaming Tender Criteria
The Calcutta High Court has upheld the eligibility criteria prescribed in a tender issued by the Chief Electoral Officer, West Bengal, for providing a comprehensive surveillance and live web-streaming system for the 2026 Legislative Assembly elections, holding that courts cannot interfere with technical conditions of a tender unless they are demonstrably arbitrary, discriminatory, or mala...
Kerala High Court Flags Potential Misuse Of Booking In Sabarimala Padi Pooja Using False Credentials; Orders Seizure, Production Of Records
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (February 25) expressed its apprehension that the booking system for the Padi Pooja in Sabarimala temple may have been misused by persons using false credentials for selling their bookings at a profit.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar then ordered the Chief Vigilance and Security Officer of the Travancore...
Addition Of Text Above Signature On Receipt Raises 'Grave Suspicion': Calcutta High Court Refuses To Discharge Forgery Accused
The Calcutta High Court has refused to interfere with a Magistrate's order rejecting discharge of two accused persons in a criminal case alleging forgery and cheating arising out of a land transaction, holding that at the stage of framing charge, the court is only required to assess whether prima facie materials disclose a “grave suspicion” and not conduct a mini-trial. Dismissing...
Madras High Court Cancels Bail Granted To 12 Accused In Murder Case Of BSP Leader K Armstrong
The Madras High Court has cancelled the bail of 12 accused persons arrested in connection with the murder of BSP leader K Armstrong. Armstrong was brutally attacked and murdered on July 5, 2024. Justice K Rajasekar decided to cancel bail after taking note of the submission made by Additional Public Prosecutor R Muniapparaj, who informed the court that the case was still at the stage...
'Chand Nikla' Remark To Woman Not Obscene Or Sexually Coloured: Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes FIR
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a Gurugram resident over a WhatsApp comment made in a housing society group, holding that the remark, though “not in good taste”, did not amount to obscenity, sexual harassment, or insult to modesty under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)."Jaane kitne dinon ke baad society me abb chand nikla," had remarked the...
"Preventive Detention Law Invoked With Less Seriousness Than Traffic Challan": J&K&L High Court Orders Release Of Man
In a strong indictment of executive overreach, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978 was invoked against a young man “by non-seriousness of standard with which even a motorist is not subjected to a routine traffic challan,” quashing his preventive detention as illegal from its very inception.Delivering the judgment...
Delhi High Court Defers Constitution Of School-Level Fee Regulation Committees, Says Timelines Prima Facie Unworkable
The Delhi High Court on Saturday deferred implementation of Delhi government's mandate to private schools to constitute a school level fee regulation committee (SLFRC) for the upcoming academic session.A division bench comprising of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was dealing with a petitions filed by various school associations, including the Forum of Minority Schools and...
Accepting Alternative Cadre Promotion Without Protest; Can't Challenge Juniors' Elevation In Parent Cadre : J&K HC
A Division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar held that an employee who accepts promotion to a different cadre without challenging the promotions of his juniors in a parallel cadre, when the employer had relaxed the qualifications for others based on seniority, cannot subsequently seek retrospective parity...
Discharge Without Completion Of Training In Assam Rifles , No Right For Reinstatement : Gauhati HC
A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Justice Unni Krishnan Nair and Justice Yarenjungla Longkumer held that a trainee who has neither successfully completed training nor been formally enrolled as a member of the Assam Rifles under the Assam Rifles Act, 2006, is not entitled to reinstatement, especially when he has voluntarily sought discharge by executing a...
Magistrate Can't Return Private Complaint Solely For Want Of Accused's Postal Address: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that a Magistrate cannot return a private complaint merely because the complainant has not furnished the postal address of the accused.Justice C S Dias was delivering the judgment in a criminal miscellaneous case. The petitioner had filed a private complaint before the Judicial First-Class Magistrate-II, Thrissur, alleging that the third respondent had...
S.163A MV Act | Borrower Driving Owner's Vehicle Not 'Third Party'; Legal Heirs Can't Claim No-Fault Compensation: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that the legal representatives of a deceased borrower-driver cannot maintain a claim under Section 163A of the Motor Vehicles Act against the insurer, reiterating that a person who borrows a vehicle and drives it “steps into the shoes of the owner” and cannot be treated as a third party.Section 163A provides for compensation on a no-fault basis,...