Right To Adopt Cannot Be Defeated By Procedural Delay: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a prospective adoptive parent cannot be deprived of the right to adopt merely because the child crosses the statutory age limit during pendency of court proceedings, particularly when the delay is attributable to the judicial process itself. Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul), allowing a civil revision petition, set aside an order of the District Judge, Nadia,...

Mid-Session Fee Hike Cannot Apply To Already-Admitted Students: Calcutta High Court Quashes College's Demand Notice

The Calcutta High Court has held that a mid-session fee hike cannot be imposed on students who had already taken admission on the basis of a previously notified fee structure. A Division Bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Supratim Bhattacharya, while hearing three connected appeals filed by first-year B.Tech students of Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, set aside the...

'State Largest Litigant, Must Act With Accountability': Karnataka High Court Calls For Digital Litigation Monitoring System To Prevent Delays

The Karnataka High Court has held that the State Government, as the single largest litigant before constitutional courts, bears a 'corresponding responsibility' to conduct its legal affairs with institutional accountability. The court added that the government cannot expect preferential treatment regarding the law of limitation. “…The Government cannot take advantage of bureaucratic...

Madras High Court Imposes ₹50K Costs On 'Unusual' Plea Seeking Daily Protest At A Busy Public Junction Till 'World War' Ends

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a man's plea seeking permission to conduct daily protests till the end of World War. Justice Victoria Gowri also imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the man for filing frivolous petitions for his eccentric needs. The court noted that constitutional rights were meant to enlarge participation and could not be used to assert a right in total...

'Pitiable Condition' Of NH-8: Gujarat High Court Seeks NHAI Response On Repairs, Amount Spent On Maintenance & Toll Collected

The Gujarat High Court has asked the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to file an affidavit informing about repair works conducted in the last 3 years on a section of NH-8 as well as the amount spent for maintenance of these sections along with the toll amount collected for the time period. The court was hearing a PIL highlighting mismanagement of a section of the...

2013 Wenlock Hospital Murder: Karnataka High Court Orders Action Against District Surgeon & IO For 'Serious Lapses' In Probe

The Karnataka High Court has directed the State's Health and Home Secretaries to initiate disciplinary proceedings against the District Surgeon of Wenlock Hospital and a Police Circle Inspector for 'serious lapses' in reporting and investigating a murder that occurred within hospital premises in 2013. While upholding the acquittal of the accused by a Mangalore Sessions Court in 2017, a...

Telangana High Court Weekly Round-Up : March 16 - March 22, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 22 - Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 30Nominal IndexX v. Y 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 22Bhashapaka Pragna Vardhini v. State of Telangana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 23Palivela Ravikumar & Ors. v. State of Telangana & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 24Om Prakash Sharma v. Directorate of Enforcement 2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 25M/s Sirpur Paper Mills Ltd. v. State of Telangana...

Motor Accidents Claims | Widow Entitled To Compensation For Loss Of Dependency Even If Employed Or Remarried: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that a widow is not disentitled to compensation under the head of loss of dependency for the reason that she is employed or remarried subsequent to her husband's death in a motor accident.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen held:“The material date for deciding the compensation is the date of accident/death. Any subsequent act cannot deprive her...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 16 To March 22, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 259 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 291NOMINAL INDEXSHRI BALAJI v. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 259 DIMPY CHUGH v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) AND ANR 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 260 ED v. M/S Mahanivesh Oils & Foods Pvt Ltd 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 261 State v. Shiv Shanker 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 262 HIMAYANI PURI v. KUNAL SHUKLA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 263 Ghunna...

MP High Court Halts Rewa District Bar Association Election Over Non-Compliance With SC Order On 30% Women Representation In Bar Bodies

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order on Tuesday (March 25) restrained the District Bar Association Rewa from conducting elections till further orders, citing non-compliance with the Supreme Court's January decision mandating 30% women's reservation in the executive committee of the Bar Association. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...

Plea In Madras High Court Seeks Rescheduling Of IPL Matches In Chennai Due To Assembly Polls

A man has approached the Madras High Court seeking to reschedule the dates for IPL matches that are proposed to be held in the Chepauk Stadium in Chennai considering the upcoming assembly elections in the State. In the alternative, the petitioner T Prabhakaran has sought court direction to ensure that the Model Code of Conduct is strictly complied with during the match and no...

Bangalore Metro Moves High Court Seeking Permission To Fell Trees For Constructing JP Nagar 4th Phase Mysuru Road Rail Line

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) has moved an application before the Karnataka High Court seeking permission to fell trees for the proposed JP Nagar 4th Phase -Mysuru Road Rail Line.The interim application has been filed by the respondent authority in a public interest litigation filed by Bangalore Environment Trust and environmentalist Dattatraya Devare in 2018 for...