MP High Court Denies Divorce To Husband Who Made No Effort To Bring Wife Back After Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Decree

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the rejection of a husband's divorce petition, observing that his failure to make any effort to bring his wife back after obtaining a decree for restitution of conjugal rights showed that he had no genuine desire to resume cohabitation. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 432]Emphasising that the husband could not be allowed to take advantage of his own wrong, the...

P&H High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On Punjab Chief Secretary In Contempt Plea Over Non-Payment Of DA Arrears

The Punjab & Haryana High Court today imposed ₹1 Lakh costs in contempt plea against Chief Secretary KP Sinha over-non compliance of the High Court's order for payment of pending dearness allowance (DA) to government employees.Justice Harsh Bunger also directed the Chief Secretary to file his affidavit explaining non compliance of the direction and to remain present on the next...

'Restrictive Reading Would Deprive Poor': Jharkhand High Court Awards ₹8 Lakh For Death Of Man Who Fell From Crowded Train Despite Missing Ticket

The Jharkhand HC has held that provisions governing compensation for railway accidents must be interpreted liberally, observing that a restrictive interpretation of the Railways Act would deprive poor and middle-class victims of compensation, particularly when crores of people depend on trains because they cannot afford travelling by air or private vehicles. The Court awarded Rs.8 lakh...

'Love Thy Neighbour': Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Cross-Cases Over Garbage Dispute, Emphasises Civility And Tolerance

Grievances ought not to become contests of ego in which neither side is willing to exercise restraint, Court said.

Ex-Finance Secretary Subhash Garg & Mahua Moitra Agree In Delhi High Court To Remove 'Blackmailer' Reference To BJP MP Nishikant Dubey

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that she will remove her social media post on X Corp (formerly Twitter) calling BJP MP Nishikant Dubey a "blackmailing kism ke aadmi" (a person of blackmailing kind).The statement was made by Mahua's counsel before Justice Tushar Rao Gedela who was hearing the defamation suit filed by Dubey against Moitra and...

SC/ST Act Not Attracted In Absence Of Independent Witnesses To Alleged Caste-Based Slurs: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR

The Bombay High Court has quashed the FIR and consequential proceedings under Sections 3(1)(r), 3(1)(s) and 3(2)(va) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, against two accused in a property dispute, holding that the essential ingredients of the offences were not prima facie established. The Court observed that no independent witness had corroborated...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Second FIR Against BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Over Speech About Prophet Muhammad

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed a second FIR registered against senior BJP MLA Basanagouda R. Patil (Yatnal) over an alleged speech on Muslim Prophet, delivered during a Ramanavami event in Hubballi last year. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 434]The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna held that since an earlier FIR registered in Vijayapura on the exact same speech had already...

Police Can Seek Permission To Probe Non-Cognizable Offences Without First Referring Informant To Magistrate: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a permission under Section 155 (2) CrPC to investigate non-cognizable offences can be sought by a Station House Officer, and an investigation initiated pursuant to such permission is valid in law.“Permission under Section 155(2) of the Cr.P.C. may be sought either by the informant or by the Station House Officer. Therefore, it is not necessary that...

Kerala High Court Constitutes Special Task Force To Tackle Munnar, Vagamon Government Land Encroachments

The Kerala High Court recently proposed the constitution of a Special Task Force to implement the recommendations of various government committees/officers on the issue of illegal encroachments in Munnar, Vagamon and nearby areas in Idukki district.The Munnar Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji was considering various connected matters, including a...

High Court Bars 300 Advocates From Voting In Oudh Bar Polls; Directs UP Bar Council To Develop Online COP Verification System

The Allahabad High Court has barred 300 advocates from voting in the upcoming Oudh Bar Association elections scheduled for October 28 over issues with their Certificates of Practice (COP).The Court has also directed the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council to develop an online COP verification system within six months. A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order in...

No Stay For Now On Investigation Into SC/ST Act FIR Lodged By ACP Vivek Bhagat Against Woman Journalist: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that there will be no stay on the investigation in the FIR lodged by Delhi Police's ACP Vivek Bhagat under the SC/ST Act against a woman journalist who accused him of sexual harassment during CEC protest.Justice Mini Pushkarna issued notice on the pleas filed by the woman journalist as well as another male journalist- owner of the organization...

Allahabad High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging 18% GST On Online Legal Research Database

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the levy of 18% Goods and Services Tax (GST) on online legal research and legal educational data based services.The Court questioned as to why the advocate who filed the plea in 2026 had suddenly become aware of the alleged unreasonableness of the tax when the tax rates were in force since...