Victim 'Habituated To Sexual Intercourse': Jharkhand High Court Acquits Man In Rape Case After Noting 5-Year Relationship

The Jharkhand High Court has acquitted a man convicted of rape on the false promise of marriage, holding that the evidence showed the prosecutrix, a 30-year-old woman, had been in a consensual relationship with the appellant for nearly five years and was habituated to sexual intercourse. The Court held that the case did not fall within the category of rape on a false promise of marriage.A...

Calcutta High Court To Hear Abhishek Banerjee's Plea To Travel Abroad For Eye Treatment Tomorrow In Compliance With SC's Orders

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday said it will hear Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's plea seeking permission to travel abroad for eye treatment tomorrow, in compliance with the Supreme Court's direction to dispose of the matter within one week.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya informed the additional government pleader to intimate the counsel for both sides, upon noting the order passed...

No Law Banning Polygamy Among Muslims; Multiple Widows Of Deceased Employee Entitled To Family Pension Under Bihar Policy: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that, in the absence of any legislation prohibiting polygamy among Muslims, a Muslim widow is entitled to family pension if her marriage with the deceased government employee was valid under Mohammedan Personal Law. The Court also held that the Finance Department's 2011 clarification extending family pension to surviving widows of deceased Muslim government...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up: 27th July To 2nd August, 2026

Adults Have Fundamental Right To Choose Life Partner: Calcutta High Court Directs Police Protection For Interfaith CoupleCase: Abdul Sheikh v State of West BengalCitation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 298The Calcutta High Court has reiterated that two consenting adults have a fundamental right to choose their life partners irrespective of their religion, while directing the West Bengal Police to...

Delhi High Court Quashes FIRs Against AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar Over 2021 Tiranga Yatra Amid COVID-19 Restrictions

The Delhi High Court has quashed two FIRs registered against Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kuldeep Kumar over an Independence Day Tiranga Yatra conducted in 2021 amid the restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 719]Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also quashed the FIR registered over the same incident against four other individuals- Ravinder, Yogesh, Anita Bhatt and...

Public Purpose Can't Override Statutory Timelines: Rajasthan High Court Quashes 2011 Land Acquisition Over Delayed Award

The Rajasthan High Court has quashed land acquisition proceedings initiated by the Rajasthan Housing Board in 2011 after holding that the award, passed in 2017, was barred by the mandatory timeline prescribed under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma held that once Section 24(1)(a) of...

Karnataka High Court Stays SIT Probe Into Alleged Land Encroachment By Trust Linked To Art Of Living Foundation

The Karnataka High Court has stayed a Government Order dated July 17, 2026, which constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) against a public charitable trust- Ved Vignan Maha Vidya Peeth, linked to Sri Sri Ravishankar's Art of Living Foundation-over allegations of land encroachment.The single judge bench of Justice M.G.S. Kamal, while hearing a writ filed by the Trust, directed that...

Probationer Is Also 'Employee' Under RPwD Act, Can't Be Terminated For Acquiring Disability During Service: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a probationary government employee who acquires a disability during service is entitled to protection under Section 20 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, and cannot be terminated merely because he was on probation.The bench of Justice Rekha Borana granted relief to a constable whose services were terminated after he acquired...

LiveLaw Kerala High Court Monthly Digest: July 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 353 - 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 417Nominal IndexSree Narayana Dharma Prabodhana Sarnrakshna Samithi v. Union of India and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 353Central Bureau of Investigation v. The Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 354Nishad Shobanan v. The Union of India and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 355Vishnu N.P. v. State of Kerala, 2026...

Allahabad High Court Bars New Construction, Restricts Vehicle Movement Inside Prayagraj's Chandra Shekhar Azad Park

The Allahabad High Court has barred any kind of construction activity, whether temporary or permanent, inside Prayagraj's Company Bagh, also known as Chandra Shekhar Azad Park, without the leave of the Court.The Court has also restricted vehicle movement and parking within the park pending consideration of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the proposed construction of a...

State Can't Solve Its Financial Crisis By Withholding Employees' And Pensioners' Dues: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a batch of Letters Patent Appeals filed by the Punjab Government and Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), affirming that once the State adopted the Central Government pattern for grant of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief, it incurred a binding obligation to release the accrued instalments and could not defer them indefinitely...

Provisionally Enrolled Advocates Can Practice Freely For 2 Years Pending AIBE, But Can't Vote In Bar Elections: BCI

The Bar Council of India (BCI) has issued a detailed clarification confirming that provisionally enrolled advocates are fully entitled to practice law immediately upon enrolment, without having cleared the All-India Bar Examination (AIBE), during the prescribed two-year period.The BCI clarified that advocates enrolled by State Bar Councils are entitled to practice law in its entirety during...