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AP High Court Refuses To Interfere With Proposed Construction Of Public Toilet On Municipal Land, Directs Maintenance Of Hygiene
The Andhra Pradesh High Court declined to interfere with the proposed construction of a public toilet on Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation's land (GVMC) located adjacent to the petitioners residential property who had objected on the ground of apprehended loss of hygiene and utility. The court however asked the agency managing the toilets and the authorities to ensure that toilets...
'No One Has Right To Obstruct Public-Way: AP High Court Directs Adoni Municipality To Remove Encroachments From Layout Road In 5 Weeks
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed municipal authorities to remove encroachments from a 33-foot-wide layout road in Adoni after issuing show cause notices to the encroachers, holding that no person has a right to obstruct a public way and that private interests must yield to public interest.Justice Gannamaneni Ramakrishna Prasad while presiding over the case directed the...
Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 1 - June 7, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 215-2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 223NOMINAL INDEXPramod Jain v the Regional Officer, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 215Yasmeen Bee & Ors. v State of Rajasthan & Ors., and other connected matters; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 216Feliram v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 217Dhananjay Kumar v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw...
MP High Court Directs Father To Pay Over ₹46 Lakh Towards Daughters' Education In Maintenance Case, Calls It His Obligation
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has enhanced the maintenance of the two daughters, emphasising that a father is obligated to provide for the education expenses of his daughters. Highlighting that women's empowerment should not remain on paper, the bench of Justice Gajendra Singh highlighted:"Father is obliged to provide the education to daughter also. Woman empowerment does not remain on paper...
'Preventive Detention Not Sustainable Upon Mere Suspicion': P&H High Court Quashes Detention Under PIT-NDPS Act
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside a preventive detention order passed under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988 (PIT NDPS Act), on several grounds including that unexplained and inordinate delay at multiple stages vitiated the detention.Justice Vinod S. Bhardwaj said, "Preventive detention would not be sustained upon a...
P&H High Court Refuses To Quash FIR In Dera Samadh Trust Misappropriation Case, Orders Expeditious Probe
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to quash an FIR alleging embezzlement, forgery and misappropriation of funds belonging to Dera Samadh charitable trust, holding that the allegations required a thorough investigation and cannot be adjudicated in proceedings under Section 482 Cr.P.C.Justice H.S. Grewal noted, "the complaint in question contains specific allegations against...
MP High Court Grants Maintenance To Woman & Child; Draws Adverse Inference Against Man For Refusing DNA Test
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has awarded maintenance to a woman and her son after holding that an adverse interference could be drawn against a man who refused to undergo a DNA fingerprinting test sought to establish the child's paternity. The court observed that proceedings under Section 125 CrPC are welfare-oriented in nature and do not require strict proof of marriage as is necessary...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹50,000 Cost On Party For Suppressing Foreign Citizenship, Denies Permission To Travel Abroad
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed an application seeking permission to travel abroad filed by a man after finding that he had suppressed a material fact regarding his citizenship–that he was a citizen of a foreign country, Republic of Vanuatu and was not an Indian citizen. The Court also imposed costs of ₹50,000 to be deposited with the Poor Patients Welfare Fund,...
RTI Applicant Entitled To Recruitment Exam Merit List, Marks Subject To No Social Media Publication: Sikkim High Court
The Sikkim High Court directed the Sikkim Public Service Commission (SPSC) to furnish a consolidated merit list and interview marks of candidates who appeared in the Sikkim Services (Combined Recruitment) Examination, 2022, while recording an undertaking from the RTI applicant that the information would not be published on any social media platform.Recording the SPSC's willingness to comply...
High Court Allows Eviction Proceedings Against Former J&K Congress President; Says Exchange Of Proprietary Land Impermissible
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that encroached Kahcharai land cannot now be exchanged against proprietary land under the amended legal framework and that courts cannot issue a writ directing authorities to consider such exchange requests in the absence of statutory backing.The Court further held that a former State Congress President was found to be in...
Individual Landowners Cannot Claim Compensation From State For Overhead Lines: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a Letters Patent Appeal challenging the dismissal of a writ petition seeking compensation for land affected by 220 KV transmission lines, holding that the aerial right of way for transmission lines remains with the State and individual landowners cannot claim compensation in respect thereof, except for the land on which towers...