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Six New Judges Sworn-In At Karnataka High Court
Six new judges were sworn in at Karnataka High Court yesterday. Today, Senior Counsel Venkaraddi Devaraddi Kamaraddi, Chairman of the Karnataka State Bar Council, extended a warm welcome to the six advocates who were sworn in as Additional Judges.Karnataka State Bar Council (KSBC) Chairman assured them of 'wholehearted cooperation' from the legal fraternity.The President of India had...
Madras High Court Lays Down Guidelines To Prevent Police Harassment During Investigation, Mandates Written Summons U/S 179 BNSS
The Madras High Court has issued guidelines to be followed by police personnel while summoning persons in connection with a case. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 373] Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan held that while courts do not normally interfere with the investigation conducted by police officers, it could also not turn a blind eye to harassment by police officers under the guise...
Salary Can't Be Denied On Objections To Compassionate Appointment So Long As Approval Order Subsists: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that where an order approving a compassionate appointment has never been withdrawn, recalled or annulled by a competent authority, the salary flowing from that appointment cannot be denied. It held that an administrative order which continues to operate in law cannot be defeated indirectly by refusing the benefits which follow from it.Justice Manju Rani...
Rajasthan High Court Directs Reimbursement Of COVID-Era Medical Expenses Incurred At Non-Recognised Hospital
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the government to reimburse the medical claim of an ex-Associate Professor at University of Rajasthan, who underwent treatment at multiple hospitals during Covid-19, before finally succumbing to the illness.The bench of Justice Rekha Borana observed that during unprecedented times of Covid 19, when immediate availability of medical care was of...
Bombay High Court Directs BCI To Scrutinise & Clear Pending Affiliation Approvals For Law Colleges
The Bombay High Court has directed the Bar Council of India (BCI) to forthwith scrutinize and process the applications submitted by four law colleges seeking approval and, if the applications are found in order, grant the necessary approvals by August 6, 2026. The Court further directed the Directorate of Higher Education, Pune to verify the approvals and include the approved colleges in...
LiveLaw Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 3 - August 9, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 209 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 218Nominal IndexSheikh Salim Shekhbabu v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 209Dr. Vilas Tukaram Kharat v/s The Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 210Shaikh Husain Ajij v/s State of Gujarat & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 211Lakhiben Punabhai Solanki v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 212Madanlal Radhelal Bansal &...
Land Acquisition | Awards From Different Villages Can Be Relevant To Determine Compensation If Location Is Comparable: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that even where the principle of 'same village and same notification' does not strictly apply, the location of the land dealt with in earlier judgments can be relevant consideration for determining compensation under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894.The Court relied on two Supreme Court decisions on land in another village, acquired under earlier...
Rajasthan High Court Flags 'Systemic Fraud' In Murder Trial; Orders Inquiry Into Trial Court, Prosecutor
While hearing a bail application, Rajasthan High Court raised apprehension of a “systemic fraud”, involving the trial court as well as the Additional Public Prosecutor (PP), in the background of a lapse of almost two years between the examination in chief and the cross-examination of the star witness in a murder case. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain has directed the...
'Personnel On Casual Leave To Be Treated As On Duty': Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Special Family Pension To Soldier's Widow
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held the death of an Army personnel caused by cardiac arrest while he was on casual leave as attributable to military service, thereby granting special family pension to his widow. [2026 LL (PH) 261]A Division Bench of Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Amarinder Singh Grewal dismissed petition filed by the Union of India challenging an order of...
Virtual Hearing Not A Fundamental Right, But A Matter Of Convenience Subject To Court's Discretion: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that appearance through Video Conferencing is not a fundamental right, but merely a mode of convenience subject to the Court's discretion. A bench of Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery made the observation while dealing with a petitioner-in-person who appeared through Video Conferencing despite an earlier direction requiring him to appear before the Court...
Advocates Who Fail To Clear AIBE Within 2 Years Of Provisional Enrolment Cannot Continue To Practise: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has clarified that advocates who obtained their law degree in the academic session 2009-10 or thereafter and were provisionally enrolled with the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh cannot continue to practise if they fail to qualify the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) within 2 years of their provisional enrolment.A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal said that...