Can't Allow Country To Be Maligned Internationally: Delhi High Court In Author Amrit Wilson's OCI Card Cancellation Case

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the Central Government to file its submissions to the plea filed by UK based writer and journalist Amrit Wilson against cancellation of her OCI card.During the hearing, Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav orally remarked that “we should not be such a tolerant State that we allow our own country to be criticised or maligned at international...

Cheque Bounce Cases: Delhi High Court Grants Interim Suspension Of Sentence To Actor Rajpal Yadav

The Delhi High Court on Monday suspended for the interim, the sentence imposed on Bollywood actor Rajpal Naurang Yadav in relation to his conviction in cheque dishonour cases.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma granted interim suspension of sentence till March 18. While paving way for release of the actor from jail for now, the Court noted that Yadav has given Rs. 1.5 crore to the complainant...

'Testing Waters': Punjab & Haryana High Court Pulls Up Lawyer Who Moved Two Bails Pleas In Same FIR, Imposes Costs

The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused anticipatory bail to an Advocate, booked in a rice trading fraud case, holding that the filing of two separate pre-arrest bail petitions in the same FIR—supported by affidavits denying pendency of similar proceedings—amounted to “forum shopping” and an affront to judicial sanctity.Justice Sumeet Goel observed that the petitioner had...

S.482 BNSS | Pre-Arrest Bail Not Maintainable After Arrest, Even If Accused Released On Transit Bail: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that an accused arrested and released on transit bail cannot prefer an anticipatory bail plea, and he is only allowed to prefer a regular bail application before the jurisdiction court.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath dismissed a pre-arrest bail application of a Kashmiri man, who is arrayed as an accused in a crime registered by the Cyber Crime Police...

Hardship In Raising Mentally Disabled Child No Ground To Kill Her: Madras High Court Upholds Parents' Conviction For Poisoning Daughter

The Madras High Court recently upheld the conviction and sentence of a couple for administering poison and killing their child with mental disorder. While the bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice R Poornima sympathised with the parents and the difficulties that they may have faced to bring up the child, the court noted that the parents had a bounden duty to take care of their...

Quashed FIR For Minor Offence Not Ground To Deny Job In Police Force: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that a candidate selected for the post of Unarmed Police Constable cannot be denied appointment solely on the basis of a pending criminal case, especially when the FIR has been quashed. In doing so the Court quashed the order refusing appointment and directed reconsideration of the candidate's case. Justice Nirzar S. Desai was hearing a Special Civil...

TN Service Rules Prohibit Bigamy, Can't Include Second Wife's Name In Pension Order Even After Death Of First Wife: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that the Tamil Nadu Government Servants Conduct Rules prohibit contracting of a second marriage during the lifetime of the first wife. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice C Kumarappan noted that bigamous marriage was a grave misconduct under the service rules, warranting departmental action. Thus, the court ruled that the second wife's...

Karnataka High Court Directs Bengaluru Municipality To Inspect Paying Guest Accommodations From February 18

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to inspect accommodations run by the Paying Guest Accommodation Welfare Association in Bengaluru, including to check whether the construction in question is as per the sanction plan. The court was hearing the Association's petition challenging certain notices issued to it by the BBMP over alleged violation...

PIL In Madras High Court Challenges Centre's New Law Replacing MGNREGA, Says It Makes Centre Incharge Of State Subjects

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging eight provisions of the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act [VB-G-RAM G]. The plea, filed by Advocate T Sivagnanasambandan alleges that the provisions of the new Act, which is replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), are anti-federal and ultra vires...

Suraj Lama Case: Kerala High Court Modifies Order, Directs DIG-Rank Officer To Head SIT

The Kerala High Court on Monday (16 February) modified its interim order directing the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to continue its investigation to document the sequence of events from the time of Suraj Lama's arrival in India until his death.In the interim order dated 11 February, the Court had directed the SIT to be headed by the Commissioner of Police or an officer of equivalent...

Identity Of Petitioner Must Be Verified Through SHO In Bank Account Defreezing Cases: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court on Friday (13 February) ordered that no writ petition or similar plea seeking defreezing of bank accounts shall be entertained unless the Station House Officer (SHO) concerned is made a party respondent.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M, passed the order in a suo motu Judicial Practice and Procedure proceeding initiated by...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : February 09 - February 15, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 82 - 99]Sanil Narayanan Nampoothiri v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 82Havildar B. Manikuttan v. Union of India and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 83Venkatraman Bhat and Ors v Anantha Bhat and Ors. and connected matter, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 84Velayudhan v. State of Kerala and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 85State of Kerala and Ors. v...