High Courts

Child Custody | Father's Role Goes Beyond Financial Support, Can't Be Overlooked Due To Judicial Sympathy Towards Mother: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has observed that a father cannot be deprived of a child's custody as a matter of course unless he is shown to be an unsuitable or undeserving parent. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 155]In doing so the court directed the return of a four-year-old girl to the United States, where her parents' custody dispute was already before a court.A Division Bench of Justice Moushumi...

Delhi High Court Declines CBI Probe Into Lawyers' Assault During Protest Against BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra
The Court observed that the Delhi Police cannot be presumed to be biased just because Mishra was a ruling party MP.

Kerala High Court Quashes Order Dismissing Actor Jayasurya's Income Tax Appeal, Remands For Fresh Consideration
The Kerala High Court has quashed an order dismissing actor Jayasurya's (Jayan Vathakkattu Moni) income tax appeal, holding that an income-tax appellate authority cannot dismiss an appeal solely because the assessee failed to appear for the hearing.Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. observed that the appellate authority is bound to frame points of determination as per Section 250(6) and answer the same...

Delhi High Court Notifies New Rules For Senior Advocates Designation, Fresh Process To Be Initiated At Least Once A Year
The Delhi High Court has notified new rules laying down a revised framework for the designation of Senior Advocates.The High Court of Delhi Designation of Senior Advocate Rules, 2026, notified on September 03, have been framed under Section 7 of the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 and Section 16(2) of the Advocates Act, 1961. They replace the Rules notified by the High Court in March 2024.Under...

Allahabad High Court Flags Online Service Providers' Practice Of Targeting Searchers, Taking Consent Via OTP/Web Links
The Allahabad High Court has flagged the practice of online service providers contacting people who have searched for certain content online and obtaining their consent through OTPs or web links, observing that such activities are in the public domain and affect the public at large. A Bench of Justice Prakash Padia and Justice Vivek Saran made the observation while hearing a writ...

LiveLaw Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: September 14 to September 20, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 367 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 377Nominal Index Dinesh Pancholi v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 367Poonam Kushwaha v Alok Singh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 368MA Khan v. Secretary to the President of India 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 369Krishni Devi v Baladatt 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 370Mamta Anjana v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 371Shaligram v State of Madhya Pradesh...

Actor Manoj Bajpayee Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Protection Of Personality Rights
Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee moved the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking protection of his personality rights.The matter was heard briefly by Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav. Senior Advocate Swathi Sukumar appeared for the actor. On the aspect of jurisdiction, the Court orally asked Sukumar as to why the actor has approached Delhi High Court when he is mainly based in Mumbai....

Calcutta High Court Extends Interim Order Allowing TMC To Operate Frozen Bank Accounts, Notes ECI Order On Party Name & Symbol Is Interim
The Calcutta High Court has extended its interim order permitting the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) faction to operate three bank accounts that had been frozen by the West Bengal Police, observing that the Election Commission of India (ECI)'s interim arrangement regarding the party's name and symbol could not be treated as a final adjudication of the...

Delhi High Court Gets Seven New Judges, Total Strength Rises To 50
Seven judicial officers took oath as judges of the Delhi High Court on Monday, taking the total working strength to 50.Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya administered the oath of office to Justice Nivedita Anil Sharma, Justice Nisha Sahay Saxena, Justice Sanjay Sharma, Justice Bharat Parashar, Justice Aditi Choudhary, Justice Dinesh Bhatt and Justice Arun Bhardwaj. All the judges were...

Delhi Riots UAPA Case: High Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam On September 30
The Delhi High Court will hear on September 30 the bail pleas filed by former JNU scholar Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the larger conspiracy case relating to the 2020 North East Delhi riots registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Dinesh Bhatt adjourned the matter on prosecution's request. The...

Tweets Against Justice Sharma Not Deleted By Arvind Kejriwal, Saurav Das, Others: Litigant Tells Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court was on Monday informed that Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal, other party leaders and Cockroach Janta Party spokesperson Saurav Das have still not deleted the allegedly contemptuous tweets against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.Litigant Ashok Chaitanya made the submission before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Arun Bhardwaj which was...

JPSC Selection Row: Jharkhand High Court Appoints Retired HC Judge To Monitor SIT Probe After Candidates Allege Harassment
The Jharkhand High Court has appointed retired high court Justice Gautam Kumar Chaudhary to monitor/observe the ongoing SIT probe over alleged irregularities into the 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exams, over allegations of harassment of candidates. The high court had in an interim order last month stayed State Government orders cancelling recruitments made through 11th to...
