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Rajasthan High Court Grants Last Chance To Lead Evidence In Land Acquisition Case After 12 Years, Directs Planting Of 25 Trees

The Rajasthan High Court has granted a last opportunity to a woman to lead her evidence in a land acquisition case pending for over 12 years, subject to her depositing Rs. 10,000 in the Junior Advocates Welfare Fund and planting 25 shade-bearing trees in a public area.A bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition challenging an order of the Senior Civil Judge, Jaipur...

Karnataka High Court Mandates Admitting, Marking Of Undisputed Documents Under S.330(3) BNSS To Ensure Speedy Trial

The Karnataka High Court has mandated all the trial courts in the State to adhere to Section 330 BNSS, corresponding to Section 294(3) CrPC, to ensure the fundamental right to a speedy trial. Under Section 330(3) of the BNSS, if the genuineness of a document is undisputed, it can be admitted as evidence in any inquiry, trial or other proceeding under BNSS without formally proving the signature...

In Sunday Special Hearings, Rajasthan High Court Protects Councillors From Arrest Ahead Of Municipal Chairperson Polls

In two hearings held on Sunday, the Rajasthan High Court granted interim protection from arrest to two ward members booked in separate FIRs ahead of elections to two separate Municipal Councils. In the first case, the petitioner therein had been elected as a Ward Member of the Municipal Council, Shri Vijaynagar, District Sri Ganganagar, on September 14, 2026. He was subsequently declared...

Promotion Cant Be Withheld If Complaint Against Employee Does Not Result Into Departmental Inquiry, Other Action: Karnataka High Court

The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court has ruled that promotion of a government employee cannot be withheld merely on the grounds that a complaint has been filed against the employee, if it has not resulted in any departmental inquiry or other action as contemplated under the Service Law. Justic T.M. Nadaf observed, “In that view of the matter, withholding the promotion of the...

ISF Moves Calcutta High Court Against ECIs Allotment Of Envelope Symbol To Democratic Trinamool Congress

The Indian Secular Front (ISF) has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging the Election Commission of India's decision to allot the 'Envelope' election symbol to the Ritabrata Banerjee-led Democratic Trinamool Congress, alleging that the symbol, which was being used by the ISF, was allotted to the rival faction without giving the party an opportunity to raise its objections....

Mere Membership Of Terrorist Gang Not Enough To Invoke S.20 UAPA; Prosecution Must Prove Terrorist Act: J&K&l High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that mere membership of a terrorist gang or organisation is not sufficient to attract Section 20 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), observing that the prosecution must place material showing the accused's involvement in or indulgence in a “terrorist act” as contemplated under Section 15 of the Act.Justice...

Bombay High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Noise Pollution Caused Due To Religious Processions

The Bombay High Court on Monday (September 21) took suo motu cognisance of the issue of noise pollution caused particularly during religious processions in Mumbai and other cities across Maharashtra. A division bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Dr Neela Gokhale has ordered the Maharashtra Government to spell out what steps it has taken particularly for containing Noise Pollution...

Personal-Enmity Assaults Are “Law And Order” Issue, Not Grounds For Preventive Detention: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed a preventive detention order passed against a Poonch resident, holding that incidents arising out of personal enmity and directed against private individuals constitute a “law and order” issue and cannot, by themselves, furnish grounds for preventive detention.Justice Sanjay Dhar observed that the mere fact that a person is involved...

Patna High Court Recommends Reforms In Prison Manual, Calls For Hearing Before Remission Seizure, Safeguards For Illiterate Prisoners

The Patna High Court has recommended a series of reforms to the remission framework under the Bihar Prison Manual, 2012, including safeguards against arbitrary seizure of remission, fixed timelines for processing premature-release cases and measures to ensure that illiterate prisoners are not disadvantaged by educational or vocational criteria. A Division Bench comprising Justice...