Rajasthan High Court Rejects Anticipatory Bail In 'Digital Arrest' Case Involving ₹80 Lakh Fraud On 83-Year-Old

The Rajasthan High Court rejected the anticipatory bail application filed by a “key conspirator” in an international cyber fraud racket that involved digital arrest of an 83-year old woman who was deceived and coerced into transferring her entire savings of around Rs. 80 Lakhs from her bank account.The bench of Justice Sameer Jain rejected the plea of compromise put forth by the petitioner...

Even USA Feeling The 'Pinch Of Illegal Immigrants': Gauhati High Court Refuses Relief To Declared Foreigner's Family

The Gauhati High Court has held that once a person is declared a foreign national by a Foreigners' Tribunal, constitutional safeguards meant for citizens cannot be extended to such a person, and no further right of hearing is required before expulsion. The judgment was delivered by a Division Bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Susmita Phukan Khaund, which observed, “Even the...

JJ Act | No Need For Bone Ossification If Documents Prove Age Of Minor At The Time Of Incident: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that there is no need for Juvenile Justice Board to direct an ossification test for determination of age where the documents provided prove the accused to be minor at the time of the incident. Perusing Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, Justice Manish Kumar held,“it is evident that even if any of the document...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: March 2026 [Citations 250 - 324]

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 250 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 324NOMINAL INDEXMohan Tanksale v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 250 Uday Chib v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 251 KARTIK & ANR v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 252 Vimla Singh EX PGT History v. Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 253 Ram Kumar Pathak v. Shashi Devi & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw...

Madras High Court Quashes Case Against BJP Minister L Murugan For Violating Election Norms During 2024 Election

The Madras High Court has quashed two cases against Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs L Murugan for alleged bribery in connection with the 2024 Parliamentary Election. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira quashed the two cases on Thursday (2nd April). The prosecution case originated from a complaint lodged by the Deputy Tahsildar based on a report of the Village...

'Doesn't Answer Our Question, Nothing But Contempt': Gujarat High Court Slams Public Service Commission's Affidavit In Arthashastra Question Row

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (April 2) orally remarked that the affidavit filed by the officers of State Public Service Commission over the Arthashastra question row, was "nothing but contempt" as it did not answer the specific queries posed by the court in its previous order. The court was hearing a matter wherein the candidate had fallen short of 1-mark to qualify GPSC's...

Journalist Moves High Court Against AAP's Copyright Strikes On His Facebook Page For Using Punjab CM's Photos; Notice Issued

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday (April 2) issued notice on a journalist's plea challenging actions taken against his Facebook pages and copyright strike imposed on his account for allegedly using photographs of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann or news regarding same.In doing so the court also said that the petitioner Rattandeep Singh Dhaliwal has the liberty to the approach...

MP High Court Initiates Suo Moto Criminal Contempt Against BJP MLA For Attempting To Influence Judge In Illegal Mining Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (April 02) directed its Registry to initiate suo motu criminal contempt proceedings against BJP MLA Sanjay Pathak from Vijayraghavgarh constituency for improperly contacting a sitting judge in connection with an illegal mining case.The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf directed, "...the Registry to register a...

'Would Trigger Domino Effect': MP High Court Rejects Plea For Alteration Of Candidate's Preference In Govt Exam After Allotment Of Post

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (April 2) dismissed a candidate's plea seeking alteration of his preference for post in the 2024 Combined Recruitment Test, holding that allowing a one candidate to alter their preference from 1st to 36th post would trigger a domino effect disrupting the state-wide allocation matrix.This, the court said would also infringe the vested rights of...

State Appointing Law Officers Only On Basis Of Political Allegiance, Not Merit: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently remarked that the State government was appointing Government pleaders, public prosecutors, and law officers only based on their political allegiance and not on the basis of merit. Justice B Pugalendhi noted that in some cases, the only qualification of the law officers appointed by the State was their involvement in menial political activities, like...

Associate Of Lawyer Who Was Allotted Chamber Cannot Claim Vested Right To Use It : Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that an advocate using a chamber merely as an associate of the original allottee does not acquire any vested right over the said premises being “mere permissive user.”Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav was dealing with a plea filed by lawyer Anju Tanwar challenging the decision of Chamber Allotment Committee (CAC) of Saket Courts directing her to vacate...

Second FIR Maintainable When It Uncovers Wider Conspiracy; 'Test Of Sameness' Is Decisive: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a second FIR is not barred in law where it relates to a distinct and wider conspiracy, even if it is connected to an earlier incident, reiterating that the governing principle is the “test of sameness.”The Court was hearing petitions challenging an order of the trial court framing charges in a case arising out of an FIR, where...