High Courts
Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: May 11 - May 17, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 146 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 160Nominal Index: Vijay Sharma v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 146Smt Khalida Bee v MP Wakf Boards 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 147Sangram Singh Rajpoot v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 148Jagdish Varkade v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 149Bharat Enterprises v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 150State of...
Cashew Corp Scam: Kerala High Court Questions Industries Secretary's Absence In Contempt Case Over Refusal To Sanction CBI Prosecution
The Kerala High Court on Monday (May 18) questioned why the Principal Secretary, Industries Department (Cashew) of the State government did not personally appear before it after being directed to do so.Justice A. Badharudeen was considering a contempt plea initiated against the Secretary for denying sanction for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute allegedly corrupt...
Merely Stating Caste Name Or Using Abusive Language Won't Attract SC/ST Act If Not In Public View: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has quashed criminal proceedings under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and IPC provisions, holding that the prosecution appeared to be a “counterblast” to an earlier dowry harassment complaint filed by one of the accused against her husband and in-laws. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Anil Kumar Sinha was hearing an application seeking quashing of the order...
Students With 0% Attendance Cannot Seek Promotion To Next Semester: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld refusal to grant direct admission to Semester-IV to a law student of Delhi University who had neither attended classes nor appeared in Semester-III examinations.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia observed that students with 0% attendance cannot claim parity with those suffering from mere shortage...
Bhojshala Dispute: 10 Principles From Ayodhya Judgment Applied By MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while deciding the dispute regarding religious character of the Bhojshala site, considered the principles laid down by the Supreme Court in the Ayodhya Judgment (M Siddiq (D) Thr. Lrs. vs. Mahant Suresh Das & Ors.).The Court has declared that the disputed historical site at Bhojshala is a Temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati. It thus quashed an order passed...
Karnataka High Court Directs Takedown Of AI-Generated, Morphed Content Maligning Dharmasthala Pontiff Dr. Veerendra Heggade & Family
The Karnataka High Court has on May 14 directed the State government and the Police department to remove deepfake and AI-manipulated content about the Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D Veerendra Heggade and his family members from all social media platforms, press and media outlets and URLs.The single judge vacation bench of Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar noted that the concerned authorities failed...
Bank Can't Metamorphose Into Investigating Agency: Allahabad HC Slaps ₹50K Cost On IOB For Arbitrarily Freezing Account
The Allahabad High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 50K on the Indian Overseas Bank for arbitrarily freezing the account of a Firm merely on suspicion without there being any formal complaint or order from an investigative authority, causing it to suffer severe financial loss and disruption of business operations. "The act of the Bank in casually freezing the bank account of...
Customary 'Nata Marriage' During Subsistence Of First Marriage No Defence To Bigamy Under Hindu Marriage Act: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that customary “Nata Marriage” cannot be accorded legal recognition as a valid defense to the charge of bigamy, since doing so shall render the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (“the Act”), meaningless, absurd and virtually repealed owing to judicial tolerance of the custom. For context, Nata Marriage was a custom prevalent in certain communities of...
Civil Judge Moves Punjab & Haryana High Court Against Denial Of Promotion Due To Pending Disciplinary Proceedings
A Civil Judge (Junior Division)-cum-Judicial Magistrate in Haryana has approached the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the denial of his promotion to the post of Additional Civil Judge (Senior Division), alleging that the decision to withhold his elevation is arbitrary and solely based on the pendency of disciplinary proceedings at a preliminary stage.The petition assails the...
Truthful Reporting Of FIR Not Defamation: Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Complaint Against Journalist
The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has quashed criminal defamation proceedings initiated against a journalist and a local businessman over publication of a news report based on a police complaint, holding that truthful reporting of facts contained in an FIR does not constitute defamation under Section 500 IPC. The Court observed that complaints made before lawful authorities are protected...
Transgender Persons Must Be Made Aware Of Fertility Preservation Options Before Gender Reassignment Surgery: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently observed that the appropriate government has a duty to give proper awareness to transgender persons regarding preservation of their sperms or oocytes before they begin sex-reassignment treatment.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen remarked:“It is the bounden duty of the appropriate Government to give proper awareness to the transgender persons regarding preservation...