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Missing Employee Can't Be Treated As 'Dead In Harness' After 7 Years To Claim Compassionate Appointment: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that a missing employee cannot be treated as a case of “death in harness” merely because 7 years have passed raising presumption of death under Section 108 Indian Evidence Act, to claim benefit of compassionate appointment scheme if scheme contains a separate category for missing employees.Dismissing a writ appeal filed by the son of a missing...
WB Polls: TMC Candidate Jahangir Khan Moves Calcutta High Court Against Criminal Cases Filed Against Him Before Falta Re-Poll
The Calcutta High Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea moved by a contesting candidate from the Falta Assembly constituency seeking disclosure of all FIRs registered against him and protection from coercive action ahead of the re-poll scheduled on May 21.Former Advocate General and senior advocate Kishore Datta mentioned the matter before the Court, submitting that, Jahangir Khan, who is contesting the re-poll, was being targeted with multiple criminal cases during the election period.“Every...
Similarity Of Grounds With Police Dossier Not Enough To Quash Preventive Detention Unless Non-Application Of Mind Shown: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that merely because certain factual recitals in the grounds of detention resemble portions of the police dossier, the detention order cannot be quashed unless the Court finds that the detaining authority acted mechanically and failed to independently apply its mind to the material before it.The Court was hearing a habeas corpus...
Being On Bail Does Not Disqualify Convict From Seeking Premature Release: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has held that a convict's application for premature release can be considered even if the convict is on bail, as eligibility depends on the total sentence served and not only on the period of physical incarceration. A Division Bench of Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar was hearing a criminal appeal where the Court was examining the refusal to...
AP High Court Upholds Acquittal In Attempt To Murder Case, Says 'Improved Testimonies' Of Prosecution Witnesses Warrants Benefit Of Doubt
The Andhra Pradesh High Court upheld the acquittal of six persons in an attempt to murder case, observing that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses had pointed to overt acts by the accused before the trial court which were not stated in their earlier testimonies and were thus improved statements. The court thus said that omissions in prosecution witness' statements during...
Can't Turn Plea Against PMLA Arrest Into Surrogate Bail Hearing: Telangana High Court Denies Relief To Doctor In Illegal Surrogacy Case
The Telangana High Court refused to interfere with the arrest of fertility doctor under the PMLA in a case containing allegations of cheating and illegal surrogacy, holding that a writ petition challenging arrest under PMLA cannot be converted into a “surrogate bail hearing” or a “mini-trial” on the correctness of the investigation.A Division Bench of Justice P. Sam Koshy and...
Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 11 - May 17, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 151-2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 156Nominal IndexAnkush Kapoor v/s NIA & ANR, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 151Dolly Khilankumar Vadalia Nee Dolly Ketan Barai v/s Union of India & ORS., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 152Bharatbhai Ghanshyambhai Shah v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 153Shardaben Maganbhai Zala & Ors. v/s Divisional Controller, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 154Patel...
Mutating Private Names Over Govt Land Amounts To Creating 'Parallel Revenue Documents': Patna HC Upholds Dismissal Of Clerk
The Patna High Court has upheld the dismissal of a Revenue Clerk accused of mutating names of private persons over government land, observing that the misconduct amounted to creation of “parallel revenue documents” inconsistent with official revenue records. A Division Bench of Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Shailendra Singh was hearing an intra-court appeal challenging a Single Judge order dismissing the appellant's writ petition against disciplinary proceedings initiated against him.The...
Allahabad HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Woman Accused Of Falsely Posing As 'Aaj Tak' Reporter
The Allahabad High Court recently granted interim protection from arrest to a journalist accused of falsely projecting herself as a reporter of the 'Aaj Tak' news channel and misusing its logo in the photographs with the UP Chief Minister and other eminent persons. Observing that the matter requires consideration, a bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Padam Narain Mishra directed that the petitioner, Maneesha Thakur, shall not be arrested until further orders in connection with the...
Varanasi Iftar Row | 'Throwing Non-Veg Food Remains In Ganga Can Hurt Religious Sentiments Of Hindus': Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court last week allowed the bail applications of 8 Muslim men accused of organizing an Iftar party, consuming non-vegetarian food on a boat in the river Ganga (in Varanasi) and throwing leftover waste into the river.In separate orders issued on the same day (May 15), Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla granted bail to 5 of the accused, while Justice Jitendra Kumar Sinha granted bail to 3. With this, 8 out of the 14 accused in the case have now been granted bail.It is pertinent to...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Challenging Consumer Protection Act Provisions Relating To 'Substantial Question Of Law'
The Delhi High Court, comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia, has issued notice to the Union of India in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the constitutional validity of provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. The plea challenges provisions which vest the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) with the power to...