High Courts
Delhi High Court Orders Effective Legal Representation For Actress Celina Jaitly's Brother Detained In UAE
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by actress Celina Jaitly seeking effective legal representation for her brother, a retired Indian Army officer, over his arrest and detention in the UAE.Justice Sachin Datta sought response of the Union Government and listed the matter for hearing on December 04. The actress was present in the Court during the hearing today. The...
Karnataka High Court Asks Authority To Consider Relaxing Age Limit For Compassionate Appointment Of Widow
The Karnataka High Court recently set aside decision of the Northwestern Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (NWKSRTC) rejecting a widow's pleas seeking compassionate appointment, on the ground that she had crossed the cut-off age as prescribed in the scheme.Justice M Nagaprasanna partly allowed the petition by Saroja Kondai and set aside the endorsements dated 17.01.2025 and...
Tamil Nadu SIR Begins Tomorrow, Unlike Annual Survey Even Existing Voters Have To Submit Enumeration Forms: ECI Tells Madras High Court
The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Monday (November 3) informed the Madras High Court that a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was different from a Special Summary Revision (SSR) being carried out by the ECI annually for adding/deleting new voters.ECI submitted that unlike SSR, in the SIR all existing voters were required to submit the enumeration form and through this process the...
State Must Be Impleaded As Necessary Party In Consolidation Proceedings Involving 'Gaon Sabha' Land: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that the State Government is a 'necessary party' in all consolidation matters concerning Gaon Sabha lands and properties, especially where such lands fall under the category of public utility lands like cremation grounds under Section 77(1)(H) of the UP-Revenue Code, 2006. A bench of Justice Siddharth Nandan held thus: "…once the area is...
Investigation 'Swayed' By Farmers Plight, Not Evidence: MP High Court Quashes FIR Against Traders For Alleged Failure To Pay Farmers
The Madhya Pradesh High Court quashed an FIR against two traders accused of cheating farmers in Rajgarh District, observing that the investigative agency was apparently swayed by the plight of the farmers rather than proving a prima facie case for the offences alleged. Justice Sanjeev S Kalgaonkar observed:"Apparently, both the parties consensually agreed for the sale and purchase of crops...
Juvenile Accused Of Attempt To Commit Rape Can't Be Tried As Adult Since Offence Not 'Heinous' Under JJ Act: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court set aside an appellate court's order remitting a POCSO case lodged against two juveniles to the Children's Court for conducting a trial against them as "adult accused". In doing so the court said that offence alleged against the petitioners do not fall in the category of "heinous offences" under the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 as none of the offences alleged carried...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: October 27 - November 02, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 362 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 369Nominal Index:Sampras Anthony AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 362Meera M R AND Gangadhara. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 363BASAVARAJ S/O. PUNDALIKAPPA AND The State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 364PRANAVA K N & Others AND The Karnataka State Law University & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 365N Shreyas...
High Court Seeks Delhi Police's Report On Prosecutions Launched For Placing Hoardings In Public Spaces During Elections
The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Delhi Police on the prosecutions launched in the last one year against those who violated the policy barring placing of hoardings and banners on public buildings and places during the elections.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela issued notice on a PIL filed by Jan Sewa Welfare Society. The...
No Fruitful Intervention: Kerala High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL With 'Wide Ranging Prayers' For Resolution Of Human-Wildlife Conflicts
The Kerala High Court recently refused to entertain a public interest litigation containing "wide-ranging prayers" for peaceful resolution of wildlife conflict in the State, among others. The petition contained nineteen prayers including a prayer for implementation of recommendation dated 31.03.2022 made by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) regarding preventive and mitigative measures...
Patna High Court Rejects RJD MLA's Plea For Interim Bail To Campaign In 'Danapur' During Assembly Polls
The Patna High Court last week rejected the plea of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Ritlal Yadav seeking interim bail to campaign for himself during the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Yadav, the sitting MLA from Danapur constituency and again contesting from the same seat, had urged the court to grant him temporary release to participate in his election campaign....
No Fundamental Right Violated By Law Disqualifying Persons With More Than Two Children From Contesting Elections: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging vires of Section 21(3) of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act 2018 restricting the eligibility of a person to contest elections to the panchayat on grounds of having more than two children.The petitioner contended that while the matter had already been dealt with by the Supreme Court in Javed v. State of Haryana (2003) (on a...
Maintenance | Judicial Estimation Of Parties' Income Necessary Where Direct Proof Is Unavailable: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that judicial estimation is must where there is no direct proof of income of the parties for the purpose of grant of maintenance in matrimonial cases.“Where income is not fully disclosed or documentary proof is incomplete, courts are not expected to adopt a purely arithmetical method but may apply reasonable inference based on the overall standard of...