Remand Illegal When Offences Are Bailable: Karnataka High Court Quashes Man's Custody For Allegedly Kidnapping Wife

The Karnataka High Court has directed release of a man sent to judicial custody by the trial court for allegedly kidnapping his wife, after noting that admittedly his major wife had voluntarily gone with him and thus the offence was wrongly invoked. Noting that the offences invoked were bailable, the court said that the trial court had erred in sending the petitioner to judicial custody....

Maharashtra Govt Flags Security Risk In Allowing Muslim Cab Drivers To Offer Namaz Near Airport; High Court Calls For Alternate Arrangement

The Maharashtra Government on Thursday informed the Bombay High Court that it cannot permit Autorickshaw-Taxi and Ola-Uber cab drivers to offer Namaz at a temporary shed in the vicinity of the Domestic Terminal of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), even for the ongoing holy month of Ramadan, due to 'security' reasons.A division bench of Justice Burgess Colabawalla...

State Can't Arbitrarily Scrap Near-Complete Recruitment, Constitutional Courts Can Intervene If Decision Lacks Rationality: J&K&L High Court

Emphasising that the State's power to abandon a recruitment process is not absolute, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that once a selection process reaches an advanced stage, its cancellation must rest on justifiable and rational grounds.The Court underscored that Constitutional Courts, in exercise of judicial review, are empowered to scrutinize such decisions and...

'Online Abuses Hurled At Superior Courts Cross The Line': Allahabad High Court Warns Netizens Of Strict Contempt Action

The Allahabad High Court recently warned social media users against hurling online abuses directed at the judiciary that go beyond the defence of fair comment or informed criticism of a judgment. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava added that if the court takes cognizance of such posts in contempt jurisdiction, the same will attract strict legal...

Citing Garuda Purana, P&H High Court Holds Reimbursement For Emergency Medical Treatment In Non-Empanelled Hospital Can't Be Curtailed

In a significant ruling reinforcing the constitutional right to health and dignity, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that the State cannot mechanically restrict medical reimbursement to notified PGI/AIIMS rates when life-saving treatment was taken in a non-empanelled private hospital during a certified emergency.Justice Sandeep Moudgil said "it is important to bear in mind that...

Labour Courts Continue To Have Jurisdiction Till Tribunals Are Formed Under Industrial Relations Code 2020: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Labour Courts, Tribunals and other statutory authorities functioning under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, will continue to exercise jurisdiction till the Tribunals are constituted and become functional under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020. The Court observed that in view of the amendment to Section 104 of the Code on 16.02.2026, the repeal...

Honour Killing Double Murder Case | 'Offence Strikes Root Of Public Conscience': Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Bail

Observing that "offences of this nature strike at the very root of public order and societal conscience," the Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied regular bail to an accused in a 2021 double murder case allegedly arising out of an honour killing.Justice Sumeet Goel said, granting bail in such cases would not only undermine the gravity of the offence but may also embolden the accused.The...

'Fissiparous Tendency' : Gauhati High Court Issues Notice To Assam CM On Petitions Against 'Hate Speeches' Targeting Muslims

The Gauhati High Court on Thursday (February 26) issued notice on a PIL petition and two connected cases seeking directions to restrain Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from making alleged hate speeches against the minority communities in the state.The PIL states that despite the presence of public videos of alleged hate speeches of CM Sarma, Assam Police has not filed a suo motu FIR....

J&K&L High Court Orders NHAI To Initiate Acquisition Or Restore Land Illegally Occupied Since 1957 Without Compensation

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the State and its instrumentalities cannot continue to occupy private land for decades without initiating acquisition proceedings or paying compensation, reiterating that deprivation of property without authority of law violates the constitutional and human right to property protected under Article 300-A of the Constitution.Justice...

Habeas Corpus Plea Cannot Be Maintained For Minor's Custody Between Parents: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has declined to entertain a habeas corpus petition filed by a father seeking production and custody of his minor daughter, holding that in custody disputes between parents, the appropriate remedy lies before the competent Guardian Court.While dismissing a habeas corpus petition filed by a father seeking production and custody of his minor daughter, Chief...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Upholds Termination Of Scindia School Employee For Selling Tobacco, Cigarettes On School Premises

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the termination of a peon working with the renowned Scindia School at Gwalior, for selling tobacco cigarettes, bidi and gutka on the school premises.The bench of Justice Anand Singh Bahrawat observed, "The services of petitioner were terminated on account of serious charges of selling tobacco, cigarettes, bidi, gutka and other such items within the...

[Specific Relief Act] Opportunity To Amend Must Be Given Before Dismissing Suit U/S 34 Proviso: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that before dismissing a suit under the proviso to Section 34 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 for want of appropriate consequential relief, the Court must afford the plaintiff an opportunity to amend the plaint or, in deserving cases, mould the relief. The Court observed that the proviso is intended to avoid multiplicity of litigation and not to...