[Motor Vehicles Act] Carriage Permit Applicant Cannot Cure Statutory Defects After Consideration Of Application: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that once a statutory authority finds that a carriage permit application under the Motor Vehicles act is incomplete and suffers from defects going to its maintainability, the applicant cannot be allowed an opportunity to cure the defect by remitting the matter back. The Court observed that permitting the applicant to subsequently cure deficiencies...

Mere Concealment Or Confinement Insufficient For Conviction Without Proof Of Knowledge Of Kidnapping: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a person cannot be convicted under Section 368 of the Indian Penal Code for wrongfully concealing or confining a kidnapped or abducted person unless the prosecution proves that the accused knew that the person had been kidnapped or abducted. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 884]While setting aside conviction of two men, Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav held that the...

Courts Cannot Reassess Interview Marks Or Comparative Merit Absent Proven Mala Fides Or Bias: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that judicial reassessment of comparative merit, including marks awarded in an interview by a duly constituted Selection Committee, is impermissible in the absence of mala fides, bias or violation of statutory rules or the applicable policy. The Court observed that merely because an unsuccessful candidate was awarded fewer interview...

Municipal Officer Cannot Take One-Sided Demolition Action Pending Statutory Appeal: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has observed that municipal authorities should not entertain complaints or initiate further coercive action concerning an alleged unauthorized construction when a statutory appeal against the demolition order is already pending before the competent appellate authority. The Court remarked that such an approach could unnecessarily draw citizens into...

Allahabad High Court Initiates Contempt Against UP's Principal Food Secretary For Disobeying Judicial Orders

The Allahabad High Court has ordered registration of contempt of court proceedings against Principal Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Government of U.P. , Ranvir Prasad, for not complying with the orders of a coordinate division bench regarding commencement of arbitration within the stipulated time and also for stating that the arbitration was not maintainable in view...

"Family Feud" Need Not Span Generations, Dispute Between Members Of Same Generation Also Qualifies: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a “family feud” need not be a dispute continuing across generations and that a prior dispute between family members of the same generation can amount to a family feud. The Court observed that where the facts of a case attract different categories under the same Guidelines, the category more beneficial to the convict must be applied. A division bench...

Rules Allowing Claims Tribunal To Withhold Compensation Based On Claimant's Literacy, Financial Condition Violate Article 14: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that Rules 5.1 and 5.4.1(i) and (ii) of the Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Rules, 1990, which allow the Railway Claims Tribunal to release only a part of the awarded compensation and park the rest in fixed deposit depending on the claimant's literacy and financial condition, discriminate between claimants and violate Article 14...

Absence From Duty, Proxy Teaching At Most Service Misconduct; Not Cheating: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a cheating FIR lodged against a government teacher for substituting another person to perform his teaching duties, observing that the said allegations at most constitute service misconduct. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 377]Observing that the FIR did not disclose any essential ingredients of cheating, the bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi held,"Even otherwise, a...

Section 233 BNSS Applies Only When Cases Concern Same Offence, Not Merely Same Transaction: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the statutory requirement under Section 233 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, requiring a complaint case to be stayed when a police investigation is pending, applies only when both proceedings concern the same offence. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 516]Justice C.S Dias made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by Roji Augustine, in...

Delhi High Court Highlights Poor Pay, Neglect Of Labourers; Says Society Has Failed To Value Their Work

The Delhi High Court has observed that the society has failed to value and respect physical labour as labourers in the country are “least paid, least cared and least bothered.” [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 883]Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav made the observations while dealing with an appeal arising from a 2002 assault on a labourer who was sleeping at a shop in city's Lajpat Rai Market.The Court...

Dowry Demand For Setting Up Business Still 'Dowry' Under S. 304B IPC: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that a demand for money connected with the marital relationship does not cease to be a dowry demand merely because the money is sought for setting up a business rather than for personal use. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 882]Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav made the observation while dismissing an appeal filed by two, challenging their conviction under Sections 304B and 498A of...

Ukraine MBBS Student Moves MP High Court, Says NMC Rules Requiring 12-Month Internship There Impossible Amid War

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought the Union Government's response on a plea filed by an MBBS student studying in Ukraine, challenging the applicability of the National Medical Commission's (NMC) Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate (FMGL) Regulations 2021, particularly the requirement of completing a 12-month internship in the same foreign medical institution.The petitioner has...