Inherent Powers U/S 151 CPC Can Be Exercised Post-Award To Prevent Unjust Enrichment In Land Acquisition Cases: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a court can exercise its inherent powers under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure even after an award has attained finality, to correct an inadvertent error resulting in excess payment and to prevent unjust enrichment.The Court further held that Section 17-B of the J&K Land Acquisition Act, which provides for recovery...

Employee Resigning In Breach Of Service Bond Cannot Force Employer To Issue Relieving Letter Or Experience Certificate: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an employee who resigns in breach of a service bond cannot insist that the employer must issue a relieving letter or experience certificate. The Court observed that when resignation is tendered contrary to contractual obligations under a valid service bond, the employer is justified in not accepting the resignation and consequently cannot be compelled to...

'143 Premature Release Applications Pending Before Remission Board; Delay Defeats Reformative Objective': Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has expressed concern over the pendency of 143 applications for premature release before the Bihar State Sentence Remission Board, observing that delay in processing such cases defeats the very philosophy of reformation and rehabilitation.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar was hearing a criminal appeal where issues...

MP High Court Constitutes Committee To Protect Gwalior Hillocks From Encroachment, Illegal Excavation By Land Mafia

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the constitution of a specialised committee under the Chairmanship of the District Collector of Gwalior to safeguard the Gwalior hillocks from environmental degradation and illegal encroachment by land mafia. The direction passed by the division bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Pushpendra Yadav was guided by the principle of 'social...

"Vindictive": MP High Court Quashes Suspension Of Cop Who Raided IAS Officer's Farmhouse Over Gambling Allegations

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed the suspension of a police officer who raided a farmhouse allegedly involved in an illegal gambling racket, later found to belong to a serving IAS officer, observing that the suspension was arbitrary and vindictive rather than based on administrative exigency.The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai observed; "The immediate issuance of the suspension...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Rapido Cab Driver Whose Customer Was Apprehended With Drugs

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a cab driver accused in a case involving recovery of commercial quantity of Tramadol, observing that prima facie the contraband was recovered from a passenger who had booked the ride through the Rapido app and that the question of conscious possession would be determined during trial.Justice Subhas Mehla noted, "The petitioner is a...

Genuine Residents Can't Be Left Remediless Due To Aadhaar Deactivation, Biometric Mismatch: Bombay High Court Issues Guidelines

The Bombay High Court while taking note of the increasing cases where citizens are compelled to approach courts on account of biometric mismatch, deactivation or suspension of Aadhar Cards, issued detailed guidelines ordering the authorities to adopt a 'citizen-centric' approach in dealing with such cases and also to ensure the grievances are redressed within four weeks. A division bench...

'Matru Devo Bhava': Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds ₹30,000 Interim Maintenance To Aged Mother, Directs Deduction From Son's Salary

The Punjab & Haryana High Court upheld an order directing two sons to pay ₹30,000 per month as interim maintenance to their aged widowed mother, while restructuring the mode of payment to ensure effective enforcement through salary deductions and auto debit from their account to mother's. Justice Neerja K. Kalson said, "It becomes necessary to recall that the obligation of a child...

Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque Row | ASI Records, Inscriptions Show Temple Existed At Site: Hindu Petitioners Tell MP High Court

In the ongoing proceedings over the Bhojshala Temple-Kamal Maula Mosque dispute, Kuldeep Tiwari, one of the petitioners, argued that the inscriptions found at the site clearly establish the remains of a Temple. The dispute concerns Bhojshala, an 11th-century monument protected by the Archaeological Survey of India. Hindus regard the site as a temple dedicated to Vagdevi, or Goddess...

Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Acquittal In 2010 Dantewada Naxal Attack Which Killed 76 Security Personnel, Laments State's 'Flawed Probe'

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld acquittal of all 10 accused persons in an April 2010 attack which occurred in Tadmetla forest of Dantewada, claiming lives of 75 CRPF personnel and one member of State Police.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal found the investigation conducted by the police as “flawed”. Expressing displeasure over the...

2026 CLAT-UG | Allahabad High Court Restores Final Answer Key, Sets Aside Single Judge Direction To Revise Merit List

The Allahabad High Court has SET ASIDE an order of the single judge, passed in February this year, directing the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the merit list for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG 2026. By doing so, a Division Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh and Justice Swarupama Chaturvedi, in effect, restored the final answer key released by the Consortium on December 16, 2025, after the expert committees reviewed the raised objections. The bench...

Disaster Management Act | District Authority Can't Issue Memo To Stop Construction Over Ground Water Depletion: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that the District Disaster Management Authority or its Chairperson cannot issuse a stop memo to a person barring all construction activities under the Disaster Management Act.The court was considering whether the Disaster Management Authority or the Chairperson invoking the powers under Section 26(2) can issue direction or stop memo in exercise of...