Disputed Signatures On Photocopy Can't Be Sent For Handwriting Examination Without Original Document: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that disputed signatures appearing on a photocopy of a document cannot be referred for scientific examination by a handwriting expert where the original has not been produced, since a photocopy does not preserve the characteristics on which a meaningful comparison of handwriting depends. It held that the decisive consideration is whether the material proposed...

Supernumerary Posts U/S 20(4) RPwD Act Available Only To Those Who Acquire Disability During Service: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the benefit of adjustment against a supernumerary post under Section 20(4) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is available only to employees who acquire a disability during the course of their service. It ruled that the provision does not extend to persons appointed under the quota reserved for persons with benchmark...

Can CBI Re-Arrest Accused Granted Bail On Technical Grounds Without First Obtaining Bail Cancellation Order? Gauhati High Court Answers

The Gauhati High Court has held that an investigating agency can re-arrest an accused who was granted bail on procedural technicalities rather than on merits, without first obtaining an order cancelling the bail.Justice Sanjeev Kumar Sharma dismissed a criminal petition challenging a Special Judge's order issuing a production warrant and permitting the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 27 To August 02, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 695 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 715NOMINAL INDEXSalman Khan v/s John Doe & Others 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 695SFLC.in (SOFTWARE FREEDOM LAW CENTER, INDIA) v. GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 696ZARNIGAR FATIMA V/s THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, DELHI & ORS. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 697Mohd. Arfin & Anr. v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi 2026...

MSC Elsa 3 Sinkage: Kerala High Court Permits Two More Foreign Crew Members To Return To Their Home Countries

The Kerala High Court on Monday (03 August) permitted two more foreign crew members of the sunken Liberian-flagged vessel 'MSC Elsa 3' to return to their home countries on certain conditions. Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas passed the order. The Court was considering the plea by crew members of the ship, who have been staying in India for more than one year since the vessel sank off the coast...

Delhi High Court Seeks NIA's Response On Appeals Filed By Kashmiri Separatist Asiya Andrabi, Others Against UAPA Conviction

Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) Chief Asiya Andrabi and two other women associates have moved the Delhi High Court against their conviction in a UAPA case. The trial court had convicted them for their involvement in a terror conspiracy and seditious activities aimed at waging war against the Government of India and promoting secession of Jammu & Kashmir.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup July 27 - August 2, 2026

Nominal Index:Arjun Kumar Through His Father Sham Lal v. UT of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 326Inder Krishan Raina v. Union Territory of J&K through SHO Police Station, Nawabad, Jammu 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 327Javid Ahmad Lone & Ors. v. Union Territory of J&K through SHO, Police Station Karnah, District Kupwara 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 328Bashir Mohammad Choudhary v. Union...

ED Officials Attack: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Nine Accused

The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 3) granted regular bail to nine accused in the crime registered pursuant to the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 420]The case refers to the alleged attack on ED officials and damage to vehicles following an ED search operation at the residence of Opposition Leader Of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter on May...

IIT Kanpur PhD Admission Stalled Due To SIR Deletion: Calcutta High Court Directs Tribunal To Decide Appeal Expeditiously

The Calcutta High Court recently directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal to expeditiously decide the appeal of a Ph.D. aspirant whose admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur had allegedly been stalled after his name was struck off the electoral roll.Justice Krishna Rao observed that since the petitioner's admission to the Ph.D. programme was...

LiveLaw Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 27 to August 2, 2026

Citations: 2026 : LiveLaw (Ker) 397 - 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 418Nominal IndexP. v. R, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 397Mahesh B. @ Mahesh Panju and Anr. v State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 398V v. P and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 399Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 400P. Gopinathan v. Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 401Inspector General of Registration and Anr. v Muhammed...

Meghalaya High Court Seeks Report On Non-Functional CCTV Cameras In Police Stations, Impleads ED, CBI NIA, NCB & DRI

The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday (July 30) directed the State to file a comprehensive affidavit detailing the installation, functioning and maintenance of CCTV cameras in police stations across the State, after prima facie finding non-compliance with the Supreme Court's directions on CCTV surveillance in police stations. The division bench comprising the Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere...

Section 141 NI Act Inapplicable To Sole Proprietorships; Family Members Can't Be Prosecuted As 'Partners': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the vicarious liability provision under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be invoked against family members of the proprietor of a sole proprietorship concern, reiterating that a sole proprietorship has no separate legal identity and is outside the ambit of the provision.The Court further held that criminal liability under Section...