Major Adults Entitled To Marry As Per Their Choice; Police Duty-Bound To Protect Their Life And Liberty If Approached: J&K&L High Court

Any person having attained the age of majority is entitled to contract the marriage as per his/her wishes and the police department is duty bound to protect their life and liberty, if approached, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed while directing the police authorities to consider the request for protection of a couple who claimed to have married against the wishes of...

'No Citizen Can Be Terrorised': Bombay High Court Cites Sachin Waze's Police 'Clout', Criticises Special Court For Granting Him Bail

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (November 5) while quashing the bail granted to controversial cop Sachin Waze by a special court, in the infamous Antilia Bomb Scare case, made it clear that no citizen of this country be it a common man or an industrialist can suffer even a remotest threat of terror.A division bench of Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Dr Neela Gokhale while criticising...

Appointing Court Commissioner In Possession Suit To Identify Disputed Land Before Trial Begins Is Evidence Collection: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court quashed a trial court order, appointing an Advocate as a Court Commissioner to identify disputed lands in a possession suit in the presence of Survey and Land Records Department personnel, holding that such an appointment at the threshold even before commencement of trial amounts to 'gathering evidence'.The single judge bench of Justice J. Sreenivas Rao said:"A perusal...

NEET PG In-Service Quota: MP High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Exclusion Of Central PSU Doctors From 30% Quota

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notice on a writ petition challenging the exclusion of medical practitioners employed by Central Government establishments and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) from the 30% in-service quota for postgraduate medical admissions in the State.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Alpesh Y Kogje and Justice Vivek Jain issued notice to the respondents...

Takedown Notices For IFF, SFLC Were Sent By Impostor, Not Delhi Police: X Corp Tells Delhi High Court

X Corp (formerly Twitter) on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that the takedown notices sent to Internet Freedom Foundation and SFLC were by some impostor and not by the Delhi Police.X's counsel told Justice Amit Mahajan that a complaint has been filed with the Delhi Police to find the impostor and that no action is taken against IFF and SFLC. The Court was dealing with the petitions filed...

Intervening Termination Won't Disentitle Employees From Regularisation If They Complete 10 Years' Service: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed the special appeal filed by the State against a single judge's order directing regularization of the respondents, opining that an abrupt termination of the respondents by the appellants in the past was a mechanism adopted by the department to deprive employees from the fruits of regularization. The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and...

Rajasthan High Court Asks Authorities To Decide Rape Convict Asaram's Open Air Camp Eligibility Within 3 Weeks

While hearing rape and POCSO Act convict- Asaram's plea to be shifted to the Open Air Camp, the Rajasthan High Court has directed the competent authority on the administrative side to take a decision on the application, in light of the Court's recent full bench decision to the effect the rape/POCSO convicts are not absolutely barred from open-air camps. The division bench of Justice Arun...

Supreme Court Expresses Pain Over Death Of Girl Due To School Pillar Collapse, Quashes Criminal Case Against Officer-Bearers

The Supreme Court on Monday (November 02) quashed criminal proceedings against the President and Superintendent of an Ashram School in Maharashtra, who were charged over the death of a 12-year old student after a pillar under construction on the school premises collapsed on her.A bench of Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manmohan quashed the proceedings, allowing the appeal against the...

Sanction For Prosecution Under Prevention Of Corruption Act Is Governed By Law On Date Of Offence, Not Date Of Cognizance: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the requirement of sanction under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is governed by the law in force when the offence was committed and the FIR lodged, and not by the law in force when the trial court takes cognizance. It held that an officer who had retired long before the FIR was not a public servant on that date and could be...

Calcutta High Court Defers KMC Elections Till Plea Challenging Ward Delimitation From 144 To 209 Is Decided

The Calcutta High Court vacation bench has restrained the West Bengal State Election Commission from proceeding with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections until a pending challenge to the delimitation of municipal wards is finally decided.The Division Bench modified an earlier order of the single judge, which had declined to stay the election process despite a challenge to the...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Over Social Media Post Linking Rahul Gandhi With Pakistani Army Officer

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case against a man who shared an objectionable picture of Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on social media.Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by G.Nagesh alias Rajesha Hirimane and quashed proceedings initiated against him under Section 353 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita. Section 352 (2) punishes Statements conducing to...

Gujarat High Court Fines Gram Panchayat ₹1.20 Lakh For Demolishing Homes Without Following 'Due Process'

The Gujarat High Court fined a gram panchayat in Anand district Rs. 1,20,000 after prima facie observing that homes in a village in the district were demolished without following any due process of law. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 307]The court however held that it would not interfere with regard to the issue of demolition as of yet, observing that it appeared that the properties were on a public...