High Courts
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exclusion Of Autism, Mental Illness & Learning Disability Candidates From UPSC Reservation
The Delhi High Court has issued notice on a public interest litigation challenging the exclusion of candidates with autism, intellectual disabilities, specific learning disabilities and mental illness from reservation benefits in the Civil Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).A Division Bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia...
2013 Wenlock Hospital Murder: Karnataka High Court Orders Action Against District Surgeon & IO For 'Serious Lapses' In Probe
The Karnataka High Court has directed the State's Health and Home Secretaries to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the District Surgeon of Wenlock Hospital and a Police Circle Inspector for 'serious lapses' in reporting and investigating a murder that occurred within hospital premises in 2013. While upholding the acquittal of the accused by a Mangalore Sessions Court in 2017, a...
Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : March 16 - March 22, 2026
Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 22 - Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 30Nominal IndexX v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 22Bhashapaka Pragna Vardhini v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 23Palivela Ravikumar & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 24Om Prakash Sharma v. Directorate of Enforcement 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 25M/s Sirpur Paper Mills Ltd. v. State of Telangana...
Motor Accidents Claims | Widow Entitled To Compensation For Loss Of Dependency Even If Employed Or Remarried: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently clarified that a widow is not disentitled to compensation under the head of loss of dependency for the reason that she is employed or remarried subsequent to her husband's death in a motor accident.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen held:“The material date for deciding the compensation is the date of accident/death. Any subsequent act cannot deprive her...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 16 To March 22, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 259 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 291NOMINAL INDEXSHRI BALAJI v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 259 DIMPY CHUGH v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 260 ED v. M/S Mahanivesh Oils & Foods Pvt Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 261 State v. Shiv Shanker 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 262 HIMAYANI PURI v. KUNAL SHUKLA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 263 Ghunna...
MP High Court Halts Rewa District Bar Association Election Over Non-Compliance With SC Order On 30% Women Representation In Bar Bodies
The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order on Tuesday (March 25) restrained the District Bar Association Rewa from conducting elections till further orders, citing non-compliance with the Supreme Court's January decision mandating 30% women's reservation in the executive committee of the Bar Association. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...
Plea In Madras High Court Seeks Rescheduling Of IPL Matches In Chennai Due To Assembly Polls
A man has approached the Madras High Court seeking to reschedule the dates for IPL matches that are proposed to be held in the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai considering the upcoming assembly elections in the State. In the alternative, the petitioner T Prabhakaran has sought court direction to ensure that the Model Code of Conduct is strictly complied with during the match and no...
Bangalore Metro Moves High Court Seeking Permission To Fell Trees For Constructing JP Nagar 4th Phase Mysuru Road Rail Line
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has moved an application before the Karnataka High Court seeking permission to fell trees for the proposed JP Nagar 4th Phase -Mysuru Road Rail Line.The interim application has been filed by the respondent authority in a public interest litigation filed by Bangalore Environment Trust and environmentalist Dattatraya Devare in 2018 for...
Person Granted Pardon & Examined As Approver U/S 343 BNSS Not Required To Remain In Custody Until Termination Of Trial: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a person who has been tendered pardon under Section 343 of BNSS, corresponding to Section 306 of the CrPC and examined as an approver, cannot be detained in custody in an absolute manner until the termination of trial. The Court clarified that the statutory purpose of custodial detention of an approver is to safeguard him and...
Former Minister Ponmudi Moves Madras High Court Against Magistrate Taking Cognisance Of Hate Speech Complaint
Former Tamil Nadu Minister K Ponmudi has approached the Madras High Court, challenging an order of the Metropolitan Magistrate, Georgetown, through which the Magistrate took cognisance of a complaint filed by a BJP Councillor, Uma Anandan, against a speech made by Ponmudi against Vaishnavism, Saivism, and women.It may be noted that on April 17th, 2025, the High Court had asked the...
Anna Nagar Sexual Assault Case: Madras High Court Directs POCSO Court To Hold Day-To-Day Trial, Orders Protection For Victim & Family
The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (24 March), directed the Special Court for trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act to conduct a day-to-day trial in connection with the sexual assault of a 10-year-old in Chennai's Anna Nagar area. The bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice M Jothiraman directed the court to expedite the trial and dispose of it...
Arms Act Case Based On Social Media Photos Unsustainable; No Proof Of Possession: P&H High Court Quashes FIR
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that prosecution under Sections 25(1-B)(a) and 29(B) of the Arms Act cannot be sustained in the absence of essential ingredients such as unlawful possession, delivery of arms, or requisite mens rea. The Court observed that the prosecution appeared to have been initiated in the backdrop of political rivalry as the petitioner is a political figure, being...