Father Living With Second Wife Without Divorce Not Entitled To Custody; Child's Welfare Prevails Over Financial Capacity: Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld a Family Court's decision whereby custody of a 7-year old child (respondent 2) from his biological mother (respondent 1) was refused to be transferred to the appellant—father on the grounds that he kept a second wife without obtaining a decree of divorce from his first wife.As the minor was already getting requisite love and affection from his...

Archbishop Pamplany Moves Kerala High Court Alleging Trespass And Obstruction Of Religious Activities At St Mary's Basilica In Kochi

Archbishop Mar Joseph Pamplany has approached the Kerala High Court seeking immediate police intervention to remove alleged trespassers from St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica, Broadway, Ernakulam, citing continued obstruction of religious activities and denial of access to parishioners.The petitioner is the Vicar of the Major Archbishop of the Ernakulam- Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro...

Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Against Lawyer For Rape On Pretext Of Marriage, Says Complaint Appears To Be Manipulated

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a FIR lodged against an advocate for raping a woman on the pretext of marriage, noting that the complaint appeared to be a manipulation, questioning how the woman could make allegations when she appeared to be in a "subsisting marital relationship or the very least in a continuing domestic association". Justice M Nagaprasanna perused the complaint and...

NSA Detainee MP Amritpal Singh Moves Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeking Parole To Attend Budget Session Of Parliament

Amritpal Singh, a sitting Member of the Parliament from Punjab's Khadoor Sahib constitutency, has approached the Punjab & Haryana High Court seeking parole to attend the upcoming Parliament Budget Session.Amritpal is detained under the National Security Act and lodged in Dibrugarh Central Jail.The Budget Session of Parliament is to be convened in two phases ie. from 28th January, 2026 to...

Lawyer Moves Calcutta High Court Against 2024 Notification Conferring Senior Designating On 81 Advocates

A lawyer has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging a 2024 notification conferring senior designating on 81 advocates while rejecting applications of 48 advocates, allegedly without disclosing their marks or evaluation criteria. The matter will be considered tomorrow by Justice Krishna Rao.The petitioner, an advocate with 24 years of practise, has challenged the process adopted for...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Probe Against Journalists Over Posts On Punjab CM's Helicopter

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed till next date, further investigation against law student, journalists and media professionals for publishing a news story relating to helicopter movements allegedly linked to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj also issued notice on the petition filed by the accused, seeking to quash the FIR. The bench said,"Right...

Delhi HC Issues Notice On Wrestler's Plea Against Exclusion From Arjuna Award, Questioning Discretionary Component In Selection Scheme

The Delhi High Court last week issued notice on a petition moved by gold-winning Indian freestyle wrestler Naveen Malik, challenging his exclusion from the Arjuna Award, 2025.Arjuna Award is a national honour conferred in recognition of outstanding performance in sports.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav noted that Malik is an international wrestler who has secured several national...

Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala High Court Denies Bail To Jeweller Roddam & Former Devaswom Board Officials

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 21) denied bail to Jeweller Roddam Govardhan and former Travancore Devaswom Board officials A. Padmakumar and Murari Babu, who are accused of misappropriating gold from the Dwarapalaka idols and door frames of the Sreekovil in Sabarimala.Justice A. Badharudeen pronounced the order today in open court after reserving the verdict. They are accused of...

'Do Some Constructive Work': Delhi High Court Raps Law Student Seeking To Ban Bangladesh From Cricket Citing Violence Against Hindus

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected a public interest litigation seeking to ban Bangladesh from participating in all cricket tournaments and competitions, citing violence against Hindus there. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia rapped the petitioner, a law student, for filing such a PIL while also repeatedly cautioning pursuing the matter...

Rajasthan High Court Dismisses Stale Pension Claim, Raps State For Losing Service Records

The Rajasthan High Court has held that even though loss or misplacement of service records by the State is a serious administrative failure, the same cannot by itself create a substantive right for an employee to get pension. At the same time, the bench of Justice Anand Sharma expressed strong disapproval of the State's plea in the matter that the service records of the petitioner were lost....

Recruitment Rules Can't Defeat Object Of Compassionate Appointment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that compassionate appointment is an exception to the general process of recruitment and undue reliance cannot be placed on the recruitment rules to defeat the object of compassionate appointment. The bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Indrajeet Shukla held,“Suffice to note that the Recruitment Rules are in furtherance of the requirements...

PC Act Proceedings Can't Continue On Hearsay Evidence With No Nexus To Official Duty: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that proceedings under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 cannot be sustained against an accused Home Guard where the materials on record are only hearsay and do not disclose any nexus with the discharge of official duties. Justice Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, presiding over the case, held, “As regards the petitioner No.2, I find sufficient force in the...