J&K Govt Must Prescribe Procedure For Willow Act Confiscations After Forest Act Repeal: High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that if the Government is serious about effectively enforcing the Jammu & Kashmir Willow (Prohibition of Export and Movement) Act, 2000, it must urgently bridge the legislative vacuum by prescribing a statutory procedure governing seizure and confiscation of willow and vehicles used in alleged violations.Holding that enforcement of...

LiveLaw Andhra Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 3 - August 9, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 170 – 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 182Nominal IndexKareti Venkata Vahini v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 170Devathi Ravi Kumar v. Smt. Botla Rama Devi, 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 171Adury Venkatramaiah v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 172Siddabattula Swarna Latha v. State of Andhra Pradesh & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (AP) 173The New...

Kerala High Court Issues Notices To Congress MLAs Sajeev Joseph & Rajan J Pallan In Election Petitions

The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 10) issued notices to Congress MLAs Sajeev Joseph and Rajan J. Pallan, in challenge to their recent Assembly elections.Justice Easwaran S. issued summons to Joseph, currently serving as Irikkur constituency MLA, and directed the District Election Officer to preserve the electoral papers on Kerala Congress (M) candidate Advocate Mathew...

Plea Of Res Judicata Need Not Be Decided At Threshold In Small Causes Suits: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a defendant in a suit before a Court of Small Causes cannot insist, as a matter of right, that his plea of res judicata be decided at the threshold. It held that whether such a plea is taken up first depends on the nature of the enquiry it calls for, and where it turns on disputed facts, it must be decided along with the rest of the suit.Section 11 of...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup August 3 - August 9, 2026

Nominal Index:Nisar Ahmad Joo v. UT of J&K & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 333Lek Raj Padha v. Union Territory of J&K & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 334Nargis Begum v. Union of India & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 335Naveen Jamwal v. High Court of J&K and Ladakh and Others 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 336State of J&K v. Mohammad Ramzan Mir (connected with Abdul Majeed Beigh v. Mohammad Ramzan...

Breach Of Promise To Marry Not Cheating Unless Proved To Be Dishonestly Made At Inception: Orissa High Court Reiterates

The Orissa High Court has held that a man cannot be convicted of the charge of cheating under Section 417 of the IPC in an alleged case of sex on false promise of marriage, if it is not proved by the prosecution that his initial promise of marriage was dishonest or fraudulent and the same induced the victim to submit herself to the intercourse. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 91]Clarifying the...

RBI Staff Regulations | Personal Dispute Can't Be Treated As Service Misconduct Without Nexus To Employment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an act of an employee arising out of a purely personal dispute cannot be treated as misconduct under Regulations 32, 34 and 47(1) of the Reserve Bank of India (Staff) Regulations, 1948 unless it has a nexus with the employment or affects the discipline, functioning or reputation of the employer.Regulation 32 of the Reserve Bank of India (Staff)...

AIBE | Allahabad High Court Directs UP Bar Council To Issue Enrollment Numbers To Advocates Within 4 Weeks Of Result

The Allahabad High Court has directed the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh to issue enrollment numbers to advocates who qualify the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) within four weeks of receiving their result cards, observing that their “precious time may not be wasted”.A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal also directed the Director General of Police, UP, to issue necessary directions...

Calcutta High Court To Hear PIL Challenging Removal Of All Loudspeakers From Mosques In West Bengal

The Calcutta High Court on Monday agreed to hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the alleged removal of loudspeakers from all mosques across West Bengal.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay mentioned the matter before a Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee, describing it as an “extremely urgent PIL”.During...

Video Alleging Police Foisted False Cases Against Muslims Doesn't Amount To Offence Of Insulting Religion: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently quashed a criminal case registered against a man for circulating a video alleging that the police were foisting false cases against Muslims. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 374] Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that the statement, even if taken in entirety, was only a political statement. The court thus noted that an offence under Section 295, as alleged in...

Public Function Of Imparting Education Alone Does Not Make Army's Op Sadbhavana School Amenable To Writ Jurisdiction J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the mere fact that an educational institution established under the Army's "Operation Sadbhavana" performs the public function of imparting education does not make every dispute concerning its employees amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution.The Court ruled that where the relationship between the...

Suspension Order Not Invalid Merely Because It Doesn't Expressly State Inquiry Is Contemplated: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that where the application of mind by the concerned authority was apparent in a suspension order, such that it reflected that disciplinary proceedings were warranted, then omission of specific terms like “in contemplation of inquiry” would not render the order illegal. [2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 321]The bench of Justice Rekha Borana further stated that servicing...