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Gauhati High Court Refuses To Halt Transfer Of 5 Captive Elephants To Tamil Nadu Temples, Finds No Prima-Facie Possibility Of Ill-Treatment

The Gauhati High Court refused to halt the transfer of five captive elephants belonging to private persons to Tamil Nadu for religious purpose, "prima-facie" observing that it finds no reason as of now to pass any restraint order unless it is shown that necessary clearances have not been obtained. The court thus asked Assam Government to file a detailed affidavit on an application...

Illegal Search Doesnt Automatically Warrant Quashing Of Criminal Complaint Under Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed petitions seeking quashing of a criminal complaint under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, holding that even if the underlying inspection was authorised by an individual officer rather than the collective three-member District Appropriate Authority, this does not automatically vitiate...

Attempt-To-Murder Accused Gets Short-Term Bail From Allahabad High Court To Take UP Home Guard Physical Test

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday granted short-term bail to an attempt to murder accused lodged in jail to enable him to appear for the UP Homeguard recruitment physical test.The Court directed that he be released from jail at 4:30 AM and remain in police custody throughout the period. A bench of Justice Rajeev Bharti passed the order in a short-term bail application moved...

Creating WhatsApp Group Without Employers Permission Cant Be Ground To Compulsorily Retire An Employee: Bombay High Court

Merely creating a WhatsApp group by an employee without permission of the employer is not a ground to remove a person from his or her job, the Bombay High Court held on Wednesday (September 16) while quashing a voluntarily retirement order passed against a Professor, working with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), who was punished for creating a 'parallel' WhatsApp group. A division...

Sad State Of Affairs: Allahabad High Court Slams SP, DM Over Failure To Display Fairness In Gang Chart Approval

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday slammed the Superintendent of Police (SP) and District Magistrate (DM) posted in Bahraich district for being 'unmindful' of Constitutional Court Judgments requiring application of mind and display of fairness while approving gang charts under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.A bench of Justice Manish Mathur...

Father Lacking Moral Support From Son Who Acquires His Property Cant Claim Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC Unless Destitute: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that a son failing to support his father after obtaining his self-acquired property by itself was not a ground to claim maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC when the father is not living in vagrancy or destitution. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 449] “This is certainly a hard case when the son is accused of obtaining the self-acquired property of a father by...

Orissa High Court Alters Murder Conviction Of 72-Yr-Old To Culpable Homicide, Applies Transfer Of Malice Rule

The Orissa High Court has recently modified a Sessions Court's order convicting a man for commission of murder of his sister-in-law in 2008 by altering the same to one for culpable homicide not amounting to murder. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 111]For partially upholding the guilt of the appellant, the Bench of Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak (now transferred) and Justice Sashikanta Mishra applied...

Kanjhawala Hit-And-Run Case: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Accused Amit Khanna, Cites Gravity Of Alleged Murder

The Delhi High Court has denied bail to Amit Khanna, an accused in the Kanjhawala hit-and-run case in which a 20-year old girl was killed after she was dragged under a car for around 13 km. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 863]Justice Girish Kathpalia said that the gravity and manner in which the alleged murder was committed dissuaded the Court from granting bail to Khanna. The Court dismissed the...

Professor At Statutory University Does Not Hold Public Office, Cant Be Subject To Quo Warranto: Kerala High Court

Kerala High Court recently dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a writ of quo warranto to quash the appointment of a professor of Mathematics department in the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT).The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. referred to the Allahabad High Court judgment [Dr. Neetu Singh v. State of U.P., Thru....

Will Bring Respite To Mumbaikars: Bombay High Court Permits Cutting Of 1,237 Mangroves For Connector Bridge In Western Suburbs

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (September 17) permitted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to cut down a total 1,237 mangroves for constructing the Versova-Madh Island 'connector' bridge, which would reduce the travel time from 22 km to 1.5 km for one to reach to Madh Island from western suburbs. A division bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait...