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Denial Of Maintenance Forcing Wife Into Destitution Violates Her Right To Live With Dignity Under Article 21: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court last week observed that denial of maintenance, forcing the wife into destitution, violates the constitutional guarantee under Article 21, which includes the right to live with dignity.The Court added that the maintenance ensures that the wife is not compelled to lead a life of destitution for such deprivation would offend the dignity guaranteed under Article 21. A...
Calcutta High Court Permits Jamiat-E-Ulama Rally Against Removal Of Loudspeakers From Mosques, Caps Attendance At 750
The Calcutta High Court on Monday permitted Jamiat-e-Ulama to hold a protest rally in Kolkata against the removal of loudspeakers from mosques.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya allowed the rally to be held from Rajabazar to Moulali on August 11, between 11:30 AM and 1 PM. The Court, however, capped the number of participants at 750.Jamiat-e-Ulama had approached the Court after the Kolkata...
Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On Couple For Securing Interim Protection By Concealing Man's Existing Marriage
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) last week imposed ₹1 lakh costs on a couple after finding that they had concealed the fact that the man was already married to secure interim protection from police harassment and coercive action.Dismissing their petition, a bench of Justice Rajnish Kumar and Justice Babita Rani noted that the couple had moved the Court with a false affidavit and...
HP High Court Quashes FIR Against Liquor Bottling Unit Over Failure To Affix Holograms, Imposes ₹1 Lakh Penalty Under Excise Act
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the mere failure to affix holograms on liquor bottles does not constitute a criminal offence under Sections 39(1) and 39(2) of the Himachal Pradesh Excise Act, 2011. The Court observed that such omission is specifically covered under Section 43 of the Act, which provides for imposition of a monetary penalty and is compoundable. Accordingly, the...
Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo Motu Notice Of Structural Defects In Own Building After IIT Bombay Warns Central Dome May Collapse Any Time
The Rajasthan High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the serious structural defects in its Principal Seat building at Jodhpur, including the Central Dome, after an ongoing structural audit by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay indicated that the Dome is at risk of imminent collapse.A Division Bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Praveer Bhatnagar noted...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Entertain NEET Student's Plea Alleging Marks Mismatch After NTA Says Screenshot Of Website Is Forged
The Karnataka High Court on Monday [August 10] refused to entertain a NEET aspirant's plea who had alleged a "massive discrepancy" between her online marks and her official scorecard, after the National Testing Agency (NTA) contended that the document in question [screenshot allegedly taken from the website] was forged and did not originate from its website.The Division Bench of Justices...
LiveLaw Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 3 to August 9, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 361 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 370Nominal Index:Kannamwar Co-Op. Hsg. Soc. Association Ltd. vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 361Kiran Vasantrao Rajwade vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 362Nitin Jairam Gadkari vs Meta Platforms, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 363Prasad Kashiram Bade vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 364MOIL Janshakti Mazdoor Sangh vs Union...
Allahabad High Court Orders ₹25 Lakh Compensation For 2 Sisters Illegally Confined By Father After Conversion To Islam
The Allahabad High Court last week ordered the father of two adult sisters and the Uttar Pradesh Government to jointly pay ₹25 lakh compensation after holding that the women were illegally confined at their parental home following their decision to convert from Hinduism to Islam.A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain passed the order while allowing a habeas corpus petition concerning Diya Bhatia...
No Fundamental Right To Gun License; Employment Need Doesn't Entitle Person To Renewal: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court has held that there is no fundamental right to obtain or renew a gun license, observing that a license under the Arms Act, 1959 is only a statutory privilege.A single judge Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi made the observation while dismissing a plea by three persons who claimed that expiry of their gun licenses had rendered them jobless as the licenses were required...
'Becoming A Menace': J&K&L High Court Restrains Alleged Illegal Use Of Srinagar Building As Hotel; Directs ACB To Collect NOC Records
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that unchecked building violations are becoming a menace, leaving law-abiding residents as helpless spectators while municipal authorities, “by design or default”, turn a blind eye until illegal constructions attain completion, forcing aggrieved neighbours into repeated litigation. Taking serious note of allegations that...
Telangana High Court Quashes Police Notice To X Seeking User Details Of Person Not Named In FIR
The Telangana High Court quashed a Section 94 BNSS notice issued by the police to social media platform 'X' (formerly Twitter) seeking details of a user/account holder, after noting that user's name did not feature in the FIR under investigation and hence there was no prima facie basis for issuance of the notice. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 126]For context Section 94 empowers Courts and police...