PFI 'Terror Plot' Case | Allahabad High Court Questions Lucknow NIA Court Over No Progress In Trial Against Accused Arrested In 2021

The Allahabad High Court on Monday expressed its surprise and questioned the lack of progress in the trial of 2 accused arrested in 2021 in an alleged PFI terror plot case. The High Court sought a comprehensive report from the Special Sessions Judge, NIA/ATS, Lucknow, questioning why its earlier directions to conclude the trial expeditiously and to ensure the proper conduct of the...

In A First, Punjab & Haryana High Court Hyperlinks All Precedents Cited In Its Judgement

In a first, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has embedded working hyperlinks to every precedent cited in its judgment— spanning over 35 Supreme Court decisions stretching from 1951 to 2025, allowing any reader to instantly access and verify the full text of each authority relied upon.In its 32-page judgement, the Division bench of the High Court referred to 35 case laws with the link...

Death Sentences Set Aside In Minor's Rape-Murder Case: P&H High Court Remands Matter After Finding Defects In Trial

In a significant ruling arising from the brutal rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the death sentences awarded by the trial Court to both convicts and remanded the matter for retrial from summons stage.The Court found that the Investigating Officer had failed to forward the FSL report to the post-mortem doctors for their final opinion on...

LiveLaw Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: July 2026

Calcutta High Court Asks SIR Tribunal To Expeditiously Decide Agniveer Recruit's Appeal Over Voter Roll DeletionCase: Akash Sarkar v. Union of India & Ors.,Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 258The Calcutta High Court has directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal at Cooch Behar to expeditiously decide the appeal of an Agniveer recruitment candidate whose name was deleted...

Gujarat High Court Suggests Area-Wise Sterilisation, Vaccination & Geo-Tagging Of Stray Dogs

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (August 4) orally suggested the State authorities to ensure that stray dogs are sterilized, vaccinated and geo tagged territory wise in a phased manner. The Court was hearing a suo motu PIL registered to monitor compliance with Supreme Court directions to remove dogs from the premises of educational institutions, hospitals, bus stands, railway stations, etc....

Failure To Place Relevant Material Before District Magistrate Vitiates Preventive Detention Order: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court set aside a preventive detention order after observing the relevant material was not placed before the District Magistrate while passing the detention order. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 173]Holding that such non-consideration vitiates the detention, the Court set aside both the detention order and the Government's confirmation order, while leaving it open to the...

Can Death-Row Convict Engage Private Mitigation Investigator Alongside State's SC-Mandated Sentencing Exercise? Bombay High Court Seeks Reply

The Bombay High Court has sought the State Government's response on whether permitting the appointment of a private mitigating investigator, alongside the exercise directed to be undertaken by the State under the Supreme Court's decisions in Manoj v. State of Madhya Pradesh and Aman Singh v. State of Bihar, would result in duplication of the exercise. The Court observed that there should be...

'Advice' To Pay Cheque Amount Is Legally A Demand If Notice Clearly Seeks Payment: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that a statutory notice issued under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 need not expressly use the word "demand" to satisfy the legal requirement. A notice advising or requesting the drawer to pay the cheque amount would be sufficient if, read as a whole, it clearly conveys the requirement to make payment.Justice Sanjeev Kumar Sharma made...

Trustee Can Face Cheque Bounce Case Even If Trust Isn't Made Accused: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has reiterated that arraigning and issuing demand notice to the concerned trustee, who issued a cheque on behalf of the trust, is sufficient and the trust need not be impleaded as an accused in a cheque dishonour case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (the 'NI Act'). [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 90]Negating a plea brought under Section 482 of the CrPC...

Does Rejection Of Bail Bar Subsequent Challenge To Legality Of Arrest? Allahabad High Court Answers

Distinguishing the Supreme Court's 2025 judgment in State of Madhya Pradesh v. Kusum Sahu [2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1110], the Allahabad High Court last week held that rejection of a regular bail application does not, by itself, bar a subsequent challenge to the legality of an arrest and judicial remand under Article 22(1) of the Constitution of India. A Bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice...

AP High Court Asks Endowments Department To Decide Representation For Temple Trustee Post After Hearing Applicant

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the Endowment Department to decide a representation seeking appointment as a member of a Temple Trust Board after affording the applicant a sufficient opportunity of hearing. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 172]Disposing of a writ petition, Justice Kiranmayee Mandava issued directions to the Commissioner, Endowments Department, to consider the petitioner's...

SFI Leader Abhimanyu Murder Case: Kerala High Court Directs Completion Of Trial Within Four Months

The Kerala High Court on Monday (03 August) directed the Sessions Court to complete trial into the murder of Abhimanyu, a SFI leader who was stabbed to death in 2018 during a campus political rivalry at Maharajas College in Ernakulam, within four months. Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the order in a plea moved by deceased's mother, stating that the case was pending for six years and there...