High Courts
'ECI Cannot Act Arbitrarily Under Article 324': Calcutta HC Told In Plea Against Transfer Of 79 Top Cops, Bureaucrats Ahead Of State Polls
The Calcutta High Court on Monday heard a petition challenging the Election Commission of India's “unprecedented” transfer of senior bureaucrats in West Bengal following the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) ahead of Assembly elections.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay, appearing for the petitioner, submitted that the election notification was issued on March 15 at 3 PM,...
Environment Clearance Certificate Not Mandatory During Land Acquisition For NHAI Projects, Needed For Construction: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has recently observed that obtaining an environment clearance certificate is not compulsory during the acquisition of land for projects for National Highways. As per the Environment Impact Assessment Notification dated September 14, 2016, obtaining an environment clearance was mandatory for all projects and activities in the nature of expansion of National...
Don't Blame Bench Or Bar: Allahabad High Court Flags 'Obnoxious' Litigant Tactic To Stall Appeal Hearings After Getting Bail
The Allahabad High Court has strongly called out and condemned the "obnoxious tendency" among litigants to secure bail in criminal appeals and subsequently instructing their lawyers not to appear for final hearings.The Court remarked that in seminars, when the causes of delays in Courts are debated, the role of the litigants is mostly discounted, and the litigant is seen as a helpless man in...
Meghalaya High Court Acquits Woman In Husband & Son's Murder Case, Flags Defective Confession & Weak Evidence
The Meghalaya High Court set aside conviction of a woman, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her husband and for causing grievous injury to her minor daughter. The Court held that the prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, particularly in a case resting entirely on circumstantial evidence.A Division Bench of Justice Revati Mohite...
Allahabad HC Notifies Fresh Roster Across Multiple Benches; Justice Sreedharan To Now Hear Family Appeals, Senior Citizen Act Matters
The Allahabad High Court last week notified a new Constitution of Benches/roster, which came into effect today. The administrative order passed on March 19 under the orders of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali has made significant changes across multiple divisions and Single Judge Benches. The notification supersedes the previous roster, which had been in effect since January 5, 2026. In...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actress Sonakshi Sinha, Orders Takedown Of Obscene AI Content
The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained several artificial intelligence platforms and online retailers from unauthorisedly using her name, likeness, voice and other personality attributes.The Court passed the order in the interim injunction plea filed by Sinha in her suit filed...
Bonafides Of Explanation For Condonation Of Delay Must Be Ascertained First: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that while delay with delay condonation, the Court must first ascertain the bona fides of the explanation furnished by the party seeking such condonation. While dealing with an appeal, filed with a delay of 654 days, against a judgment declaring a marriage void, the bench of Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Satya Veer Singh held,“The Court owes a duty to...
Preliminary Issue Can't Be Raised 18 Years After Framing Of Issues In Suit: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that preliminary issue in a suit cannot be raised 18 years after framing of issues in a trial. Justice Manish Kumar Nigam held,“Plea regarding maintainability of suit is required to be raised at the first instance in the pleading (written statement), then only such plea can be adjudicated by the trial court on its merit as preliminary issue under Order XIV...
Rajasthan High Court Directs Re-Evaluation Of Victims' Injuries After Accused Alleges Gross Exaggeration, Falsification Of Medical Report
The Rajasthan High Court recently directed medical re-evaluation of two persons who were allegedly injured by a man, after he claimed that the victims' injuries have been "grossly exaggerated" in order to falsely elevate the severity of offences alleged against him. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali observed that allegations made by the petitioner–accused of causing injuries to victims–who...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup: March 16 - March 22, 2026
Nominal Index:Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs Romesh Chander & Ors. and Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs Pritam Singh & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 101Mohammad Yaqoob Beigh Vs Union Territory of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 102Mohd. Umar Nizami Vs Collector Land Acquisition (ACR), Ramban & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 103Subash Raina v. State of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw...
Gautam Gambhir Withdraws Plea Seeking Interim Relief Against Infringing Content In Suit For Protecting Personality Rights
Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday (March 23) withdrew from Delhi High Court his application for interim injunction against content allegedly infringing his personality rights. The application was filed in his main suit seeking protection of his personality rights. When the matter was taken up in the morning at the outset Justice Jyoti Singh asked advocate Jai Anant...
Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Directing Minority School To Issue Fresh Show-Cause Notice To Teacher Dismissed By Unauthorised Person
The Gujarat High Court upheld a tribunal's order directing a minority school to issue a fresh show-cause notice to a teacher–dismissed for misconduct, before directing punishment, noting that the dismissal order was passed by a person who was not properly authorized by school management as per Gujarat Secondary Education Act. Justice Maulik J Shelat in his order observed that the...