High Courts
Pending Corruption Case No Ground To Quash Departmental Charge-Sheet: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that an FIR filed against a delinquent employee, and departmental proceedings are two different processes, that can run concurrently, and there is no legal bar in holding both of these simultaneously. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand further opined that generally, a writ petition does not survive against the charge-sheet issued in departmental...
'Unbridled' Noise Pollution: MP High Court Directs Indore Police To Appoint Volunteers To Report Violations
Court further pointed Municipal Corporation's garbage collection vans play cleanliness song at "full blast", contributing to high noise levels.
Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Pune Engineering Student For Reposting Critical Post On 'Operation Sindoor'
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (October 27) quashed a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against a 20-year-old female engineering student for reposting a controversial post against Indian Army's "Operation Sindoor" against Pakistan.Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav said, "Noting the fact that the petitioner is a young engineering student, I have allowed her plea."The student from...
Rajasthan High Court Seeks Clerk's Explanation For Failure To Mask Obscene Photos Of Sexual Assault Victim, Asks Bar Council To Frame Guidelines
Court directed Bar Council to henceforth take action for misconduct against any lawyer found involved in filing photographs that invade privacy of victim.
S. 14 Family Courts Act Doesn't Exempt Family Courts From Fundamental Rules Of Proof & Natural Justice: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the partial freedom from the Evidence Act which Section 14 of the Family Courts Act, 1984 gives to Family Courts does not release them from the ordinary principles of proof or from the rules of natural justice. It held that custody could not be decided on an affidavit filed by the father when he never presented himself for cross-examination.Setting aside...
Motherhood, Breastfeeding Falls Under Article 21: Rajasthan High Court Stays Transfer Of New Mother, Urges State To Frame Policy
Forcible separation due to mother's far-off transfer would cause health hazard to the infant, Court said.
Kerala High Court Denies Judge's Plea To Engage Lawyer In Disciplinary Inquiry, Says He Can Take Assistance Of Another Judge
The Kerala High Court recently upheld the denial of a serving Additional District Judge's request to engage a lawyer in disciplinary proceedings against him, holding that he could take the assistance of another judicial officer to defend himself. The Court noted that the charges, though serious, were not complicated. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 600]Justice P. Gopinath observed:“the charges against...
Prescribed Authority Under UP Ceiling Act Not A Civil Court, Its Orders Are Amenable To Article 226: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the Prescribed Authority under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 is not a Civil Court and that an order passed by it can be challenged by way of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. It held that the powers and privileges of a Civil Court conferred on the Prescribed Authority by Section 37 of the Act do...
Calcutta High Court Orders Social Media Sites To Remove Video Alleging Modi-Adani 'Stole India'
The Calcutta High Court has restrained the circulation of a YouTube video titled “How Modi and Adani Stole India: The Friendship Files”, holding that the case appeared to fall within the exceptional category of defamation cases warranting a pre-trial injunction.YouTube, X and Instagram were directed to remove or disable access to the video at the specific URLs listed in the company's...
Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of CETSTAT Member & Advocate As Bombay High Court Judges
The Supreme Court Collegium, in its meeting held on October 26, 2026, approved the proposal to appoint two persons as Judges of the Bombay High Court.The Collegium has recommended the appointment of Ajay Sharma, Judicial Member of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai, and Advocate Vaibhav Anant Sugdare as Judges of the High...