Delhi High Court To Pass Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 8) said that it will be passing an interim order protecting the personality rights of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.Issuing notice on the application for interim injunction and summons in Tharoor's main suit seeking protection of his personality rights, Justice Mini Pushkarna while dictating the order said,"Orders will be passed in terms of prayers a, b , c and d". Appearing for Tharoor senior advocate Amit Sibal submitted that there are "three specific...

Hindu Widow's Limited Estate Under Will Ripens Into Absolute Ownership Under Section 14 Of Hindu Succession Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a life estate granted to a Hindu widow under a Will enlarges into absolute ownership under Section 14(1) and 14(2) of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. It further noted that the absolute ownership would render any subsequent bequest in the same Will ineffective.Justice Easwaran S., was delivering the judgment in a batch of connected second appeals. The...

WB Polls: PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks Action Against Alleged 'Bulldozer Demolition' At Kolkata's New Market

A public interest litigation has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking action against police officers allegedly present during the vandalism and bulldozer demolition near the historic Hogg Market area in central Kolkata following the declaration of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results. The plea also seeks the court's intervention into other instances of post-poll...

“Not An Explanation But A Lame Excuse”: Delhi High Court Rejects State's Plea To Condon 541-Day Delay In POCSO Appeal

The Delhi High Court has refused to condone State's delay of 541 days in filing an appeal seeking conviction of an accused under graver charges of penetrative sexual assault under the POCSO Act and rape under the IPC, terming the explanation offered by the prosecution as “a lame excuse.”A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the State's application...

AP High Court Modifies Preliminary Decree In Partition Suit, Grants Daughter Equal Share Under Amended Hindu Succession Act

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a daughter has equal share in the co-parcenary property as per amended Section 6 Hindu Succession Act and a preliminary decree in a partition suit can be modified to grant such right so long as final decree proceedings are pending and partition has not taken place by metes and bounds. For context, Section 6 post the 2005 amendment to the Act,...

Calcutta HC Directs Howrah Municipal Corp To Execute 2010 Land Sale, Says Undisclosed Cabinet Decision Can't Defeat Highest Bidder's Rights

The Howrah Municipal Corporation cannot indefinitely withhold execution of a sale deed in favour of the highest bidder merely because the State Government failed to grant approval, the Calcutta High Court has held, while directing completion of a land sale process pending since 2010.Justice Shampa Sarkar observed that the statutory powers of the municipal corporation under the Howrah...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Alleged Mob Lynching Over Pro-Pakistan Slogans During Cricket Match

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 7) granted bail to one of the accused in alleged mob-lynching of a man from Kerala who purportedly chanted pro-Pakistan slogans at a cricket stadium in Mangalore's Kudupu Village last year. The single judge bench of V Srishananda passed the order granting bail to the third accused- Manjunatha Mallikarjuna. The court directed the accused to be...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: April 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 101 - 139]Manjit Singh v/s State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 101 Alam v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 102Parthesh Sharma v. Punjab Public Service Commission and Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 103Saral Mobile Project Services Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Haryana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 104Anil Sharma v. State of U.T., Chandigarh &...

Mere Complaint Through MHA Cybercrime Portal Cannot Justify Freezing Of Bank Accounts: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that bank accounts cannot be frozen merely on the basis of complaints received through the Ministry of Home Affairs' cybercrime portal, without any order from a competent court under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).Justice Krishna Rao directed the immediate defreezing of the accounts of Xenixt Technologies Private Limited after finding that...

Unsubstantiated Claim That Wife Accused Husband Of Having HIV/AIDS Insufficient To Grant Divorce: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a claim by a person that their spouse has accused them of suffering from a grave illness like HIV/AIDS won't amount to mental cruelty in order to seek divorce, unless corroborated with sufficient evidence.The Division Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Dr Justice Chillakure Sumalatha, setting aside the decree for divorce, opined that the Family...

Selection Process Ends With Appointment; Future Vacancies Not Part Of Same Process: J&K&L High Court Dismisses Judicial Officers' Seniority Plea

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by four judicial officers who sought quashing of a seniority list of Munsiffs issued in 2011 and a direction to fix their seniority on the basis of their inter se merit in the selection process conducted by the Public Service Commission. The Court held that the selection process came to a close with the...

Mentioning Grounds Of Arrest In Remand Report Without Service To Arrestee Not Valid Communication: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that merely mentioning grounds of arrest in the remand report, without serving it to arrestee before remand proceedings, does amount to valid communication of grounds of arrest. In doing so the court said that service of remand report to the arrestees containing the grounds of arrest is valid communication, even if notices under Sections 47(Person...