AP High Court Invokes Teachings From Hinduism, Christianity & Islam To Reinforce Protection Of Water Bodies, Halts Sand Excavation From Pond

Invoking teachings from Hinduism, Christianity, Islam which recognize water as a "common heritage" reflecting the essence of Public Trust Doctrine, the Andhra Pradesh High Court quashed District Collector's proceedings permitting excavation of sand and gravel from a village pond for National Highway construction.[2026 LiveLaw (AP) 183]The Court held that excavation of minor minerals cannot...

Bombay High Court Justice Gautam Ankhad Recuses From Hearing Pleas Challenging Public Safety Act Over Claims Of Stifling Free Speech

Bombay High Court judge Justice Gautam Ankhad on Monday (August 10) recused himself from hearing a bunch of petitions filed by the Indian National Congress (INC), the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and also the Communist Party of India (Marxist) challenging the constitutional validity of the Maharashtra Special Public Security Act, (MSPSA) 2025 The three political parties have argued...

Cashew Corp Scam: Former KSCDC Officials Move Kerala High Court Against Single Judge Orders Leading To Prosecution Sanction Against Them

Appeals have been moved before the Kerala High Court by two former officials of the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation (KSCDC), who have been accused of corruption and causing loss of crores of rupees to the Corporation.Former Managing Director K.A. Ratheesh and former KSCDC Chairman R. Chandrasekhar, against whom sanction to prosecute has recently been granted, have moved the...

Karnataka High Court Seeks Action Taken Report On Illegal LED Hoardings In Bengaluru; Says Any Regularisation Subject To Its Orders

The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to file a report detailing the action taken against allegedly illegal LED hoardings in Bengaluru, while making it clear that any regularisation of such hoardings would remain subject to the outcome of the pending public interest litigation (PIL) challenging their legality.A Division Bench of Chief Justice...

Drunken Driving | 0.1mg Above Prescribed Alcohol Limit Not Enough To Face Criminal Trial: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR registered against a 25-year-old student for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, holding that subjecting him to a criminal trial when his breath alcohol reading was only 0.1 mg above the statutory limit would amount to an abuse of the judicial process.Single-judge Justice Ashwin Bhobe quashed an FIR lodged against the Petitioner under...

'Helmets Not Compliant With Indian Standards Cannot Be Sold': Bombay High Court Allows Return Of Imported Helmets, Bars Sale In Market

The Bombay High Court has held that helmets which do not conform to the Indian Standards prescribed under the Quality Control Order, 2020 cannot be permitted to be sold or used after June 1, 2021, even if they were imported before the said date. The Court, however, permitted that the seized helmets be returned to the petitioner subject to the condition that they shall be destructed/disposed of...

Property Purchaser Can't Seek Enforcement Of Sale Deed After Failing To Deposit Balance Amount For 20 Years: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a property purchaser cannot seek enforcement of a sale deed after failing to deposit the balance sale consideration for 20 years. In doing so the court quashed an order granting time to a purchaser, whose suit for specific performance was decreed, to deposit the balance sale amount after noting that he waited for 20 years to move the plea for extension...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Alleged Lawrence Bishnoi Gang Member In Double Murder Case After 4 Years In Jail

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a man alleged to be a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in a case of double murder, holding that the role ascribed to him, of arranging firearms and harbouring the assailants, is distinct and remote from the direct commission of the offence under Section 302 IPC. [2026 LL (PH) 263]The Court said that the case against him rests on...

Adverse Entry For Specific Period Won't Bar Selection Grade Based On Subsequent Unblemished Service: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where an adverse entry against a government servant is confined to a specified period, the service he renders after that period counts towards the ten years of satisfactory service required for grant of selection grade. It further held that a selection grade falling due on the day immediately after superannuation remains admissible to him.The bench...

Residential Construction Permitted In Eco-Sensitive Zone: Karnataka Housing Board Defends Bannerghata Land Acquisition In High Court

The Karnataka Housing Board told the High Court on Monday [August 10] that residential construction is permitted inside the eco-sensitive zone in Bannerghatta National Park, defending the acquisition of land in the area for a residential project overseen by the board. The Division Bench of Justice D.K. Singh and Justice H. G. Shanthi Bhushan reserved its verdict in appeals filed by the...

Police Can Freeze Bank Accounts During Investigation Under Section 106 BNSS: Karnataka High Court In Jar Gold Case

The Karnataka High Court has held that investigating officers are empowered to freeze bank accounts during investigation under Section 106 of the BNSS and are not required to invoke Section 107 for attachment of property in every case. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 286]The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna made the ruling while allowing criminal petitions filed by the State of Karnataka...

Calcutta High Court Allows Lawyers To Appear Before Senior Citizens' Tribunal, Lifts Embargo U/S 17 Senior Citizens Act

The Calcutta High Court has declared Section 17 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, ultra vires Section 30 of the Advocates Act, 1961, thereby lifting the embargo on advocates appearing before Tribunals and Appellate Tribunals constituted under the Senior Citizens Act.The judgment was delivered today by Justice Krishna Rao.Section 17 of the Maintenance...