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...

Bail During Investigation In POCSO Case Where Child Was Assaulted By Uncle Is "Too Premature": J&K&L High Court Cancels Bail

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has cancelled bail granted to an accused in a POCSO case, holding that the grant of bail during the investigation was "too premature" where the victim, a minor girl, was allegedly subjected to sexual violence in the house of her close relative by her own maternal uncle.The Court observed that the accused, being the husband of the victim's...

Bombay High Court Quashes Case Against Man Accused Of Threatening Cop After Mobile Video Shows ₹300 Bribe Demand

The Bombay High Court has quashed a chargesheet against a man accused of offences under Sections 353, 504 and 506 of the IPC, observing that mobile phone footage and WhatsApp conversations prima facie showed that the complainant-police constable had demanded ₹300 from him for returning his driving licence. The Court observed that a false case of criminal intimidation had thereafter been...

Repeated Post-Release Involvement In Narcotic Offences Justifies Preventive Detention When Ordinary Law Proves Inadequate: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the preventive detention of a man under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, holding that repeated post-release involvement in narcotic offences justifies preventive detention when the ordinary law of the land proves inadequate.The Court observed that the detaining authority had...

Allahabad High Court Orders ₹50K Compensation Over 5-Day Illegal Police Detention, Praises Cops For Candid Admission Of Error

The Allahabad High Court last week ordered the State Government to pay ₹50,000 as compensation to a man who was kept in illegal police detention for 5 days, from August 15-August 19, 2026, before being produced before the concerned Magistrate. A Bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Achal Sachdev passed the order on a habeas corpus petition filed by Kamlesh Kumar, who alleged that...

'Special Police Officers' Not Covered Under Article 311 But Entitled To Minimum Safeguards Before Disengagement: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that Special Police Officers (SPOs) engaged under Section 18 of the Jammu and Kashmir Police Act, 1983, are not entitled to the full procedural safeguards available to regular police officers under Article 311 of the Constitution, but are entitled to a minimum safeguard of notice and an opportunity of reply before any stigmatic order...

Malviya Nagar Fire: Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To Hotel Owner On Medical Grounds

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail to Lavkesh Bajaj, the owner of the hotel building in Malviya Nagar where a devastating fire killed 21 people in June.Justice Sachin Datta granted interim bail to Bajaj on medical grounds for four weeks so as to enable him to recuperate and recover adequately."....having regard to the nature of the surgery undergone by the applicant and the...

Division Of Cooperative Society Ends Delegates' Status; Retaining Old Name, Registration Number Don't Preserve Eligibility: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that when a cooperative society is divided under Section 126 of the U.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1965, the original society also becomes a new body corporate, even if it is allowed to keep its old name and registration number. It held that upon such division, the delegates of the original society cease to be delegates under Rule 87(ix) of the U.P....

NDPS Accused Cannot Manufacture Medical Ground For Bail By Delaying Treatment, Refusing Consent: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a bail application filed on medical grounds by an accused in a commercial quantity NDPS case, holding that the statutory conditions under Section 37 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 must take precedence over the plea of prolonged incarceration, likely delay in trial, or the medical condition of...

Civil Suits Can Be Consolidated If Issues Are Similar And Common Evidence Sufficient To Decide: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that civil suits may be consolidated only when the issues involved in the suits are similar, and the common evidence is sufficient to decide those issues. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 379]Dismissing a revision petition challenging the order that rejected the plea for consolidation, the bench of Justice Ashish Shroti observed: "Thus two suits can be, and should...

Benefit Under Caste Certificate Nullified By Scrutiny Committee Can't Be Withdrawn Until 30 Days After Rejection Of Appeal: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that benefits granted on the basis of a caste certificate cannot be withdrawn until 30 days after rejection of an appeal challenging its invalidation by the Scrutiny Committee. The Court, relying on Section 10(5) of the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category...