Economic Offences Cannot Be Treated As Separate Class For Denial Of Bail; Gravity Of Charge Not Sufficient To Deny Liberty: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that economic offences cannot be placed in a separate category for the purpose of automatically denying bail and that the mere fact that an accused is facing a charge punishable with life imprisonment does not disentitle him from seeking release on bail.The Court observed that once investigation qua an accused is complete and...

MP High Court Issues Notice On Arms Dealer's Defamation Complaint Against BJP MLA Sanjay Pathak

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notice to the State Government in a case filed by Nazim Khan, a licensed arms dealer, seeking directions to consider and decide his defamation complaint against BJP MLA Sanjay Satyendra Pathak. The bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Agarwal, after accepting the State's prayer seeking time to obtain instructions, listed the matter after two weeks. Per...

Rajasthan High Court Orders 46 Years' Disability Pension Arrears To Ex-Air Force Corporal, Says Benefit Can't Be Denied Due To State Inaction

The Rajasthan High Court has granted relief to an Ex-Corporal of the Indian Air Force whose disability pension was discontinued in 1980 owing to pending re-assessment of his disability. [2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 256]Even after the disability was assessed to be in continuation, the Armed Forces Tribunal directed payment of arrears only since 2019, instead of calculating it from the date...

ITBP Constable's Removal For Affair With Superior Officer's Wife Disproportionate; Compulsory Retirement Appropriate Penalty: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the punishment of removal from service imposed on an ITBP constable for maintaining a consensual illicit relationship with the wife of his superior officer was disproportionate in the peculiar facts of the case. Noting that the superior officer had also faced disciplinary proceedings and was found guilty of recording the sexual act on his laptop...

No Trade Licence Needed To Register Partnership Firm Of Advocates Under Partnership Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a partnership firm constituted exclusively for carrying on the legal profession cannot be compelled to produce a trade licence as a precondition for registration under the Indian Partnership Act, 1932, observing that such a requirement finds no place in the statutory scheme governing registration of partnership firms.Justice Bivas Pattanayak, sitting at...

Review Petition Seeking Mere Clarification To Prevent Procedural Ambiguity Can Be Entertained: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a review application filed under Article 226 of the Constitution seeking clarification to prevent procedural ambiguity or future frivolous litigation is allowed.[2026 LiveLaw (MP) 225]The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai held:"The scope of review jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is inherently narrow. It is an...

'Street Vendors May Lose Sole Means Of Livelihood': PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks Action Against Alleged Illegal Evictions

The Calcutta High Court has been moved by an advocate through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging that authorities in West Bengal are preparing to carry out large-scale eviction of street vendors across the State without complying with the mandatory safeguards under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.The petitioner, claiming to be...

CPIM(L) Moves Calcutta High Court Challenging WB Govt's 'Blanket Re-Verification' Of 1.69 Crore Caste Certificates

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Calcutta High Court by the Communist Party of India, (Marxist Leninist), Liberation, challenging a memorandum issued by the West Bengal Government directing a blanket re-verification of all Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) caste certificates issued in the State since 2011.The petition assails...

Calcutta High Court Weekly Round-Up 16 June To 21 June, 2026

Withdrawal Of Earlier Challenge To Defective Charge Memo Doesn't Bar Disciplinary Authority From Issuing Fresh, Valid Charge Memo: Calcutta HCCase Name : Gitesh Das Mahapatra Vs. State of West Bengal & Ors. Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Cal) 250A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Madhuresh Prasad and Justice Prasenjit Biswas held that the dismissal of a prior...

P&H High Court Quashes EPFO Circular Mandating Pro-Rata Pension For Higher Wage Employees, Holds It Contrary To EPS Scheme

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed a circular issued by the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) mandating pro-rata computation of pension for employees opting for higher wages under the Employees' Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS, 1995), holding it to be contrary to the statutory scheme and Supreme Court case in State of Uttar Pradesh vs. Arvind Kumar Srivastava, 2014. [2026...

P&H High Court Directs 7th Pay Commission Benefits For National Health Mission Contractual Employees In Haryana

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that contractual employees engaged under the National Health Mission (NHM), Haryana, are entitled to the benefits of the 7th Pay Commission, observing that the State cannot arbitrarily deny parity once it has consciously adopted a structured pay framework and extended earlier pay commission benefits. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 206].Justice Sandeep...

Bombay High Court Pulls Up Maharashtra Govt Over Drinking Water Crisis, Says Progressive State Cannot Give Excuses

Even after 75 years of independence, if a citizen has to approach a constitutional court seeking a direction to the State to provide potable drinking water, in such a circumstance, a progressive State like Maharashtra cannot be heard to be giving excuses for not providing the relief, observed the Bombay High Court on Monday (June 22) while noting that several parts across the State are...