Bombay High Court Quashes Food Safety Case Against Britannia Dairy Over Allegedly Unsafe Cheese Cubes

The Bombay High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Britannia Dairy Private Limited over allegations concerning unsafe Britannia Cheese Cubes, holding that the company was denied statutory safeguards under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Court observed that the delay in issuing notice, non-supply of the laboratory testing report and consequent deprivation of...

RTI Applicant's Claim That Information Would Help Pending Civil Litigation Can't Override Third-Party Exemption: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the Punjab State Information Commission's refusal to furnish RTI information relating to an FIR, holding that an applicant's claim that the information would assist him in pending civil litigation does not, by itself, establish the larger public interest necessary to override the third-party information exemption...

Common NDPS Search Notice Does Not Establish Accused Was Individually Informed Of His Rights: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has set aside a man's conviction in a cocaine possession case, after finding that the police had served a common notice to the appellant and other accused and the State had failed to establish that he was individually and meaningfully informed of his right under Section 50 NDPS Act before his personal search.[2026 LiveLaw (AP) 152]Section 50 pertains to conditions...

'Very Sorry State Of Affairs': Gujarat High Court Laments IOs' Absence With Case Papers, Failure To Properly Assist State Counsel

The Gujarat High Court has lamented the absence of Investigating Officers with investigation papers of the concerned matter as well as failure in giving proper instructions to the State's counsel to assist the court. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 249]Granting regular bail to a man booked in a murder case, the court further observed that if where IO is present they do not have knowledge about...

DUSU Polls: Delhi High Court Bars Victory Processions, Summons Student Bodies Asking Why Exemplary Damages Should Not Be Imposed

The Delhi High Court on Friday barred any kind of victory processions by the students organizations, candidates or anyone else in the ongoing Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 867]A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued notices to all student organizations and their candidates asking them to show...

HP High Court Directs DGP To Issue Guidelines On Proving Age Of Child Victims, Cites Repeated Investigative Lapses

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, to circulate Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 along with necessary guidelines to all Investigating Officers, after observing that prosecution cases have failed due to lapses in collecting evidence relating to the age of child victims.A Division Bench...

Letter To Chief Minister, PIL Without Proper Complaint Won't Advance Case: Madras High Court In Plea Seeking Probe Into Missing Temple Idols

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking a CBI probe in connection with the theft of two idols in the Arulmighu Kalatheeswarar Abirami Temple. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 451] The bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan and Justice R Sakthivel noted that the petitioner should have first filed a proper complaint before the appropriate investigating agency and then approach the court if...

'Courts Can't Be Mulcted With Managing Drinking Water & Building Bridges': Karnataka High Court Slams State Inaction

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 18) expressed strong displeasure over the State Executive's failure to address basic governance issues, observing that courts cannot be burdened with the task of managing essential public services such as drinking water supply and construction of infrastructure. The Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice T.P. Vivekanada made...

Furniture Shops Must Register Under Assam Wood-Based Industry Rules, But Non-Compliance Is Not 'Forest Offence': Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that furniture businesses falling within the category of Secondary Wood-Based Industrial Units under the Assam Wood-Based Industries Rules, 2022 are required to register, but breach of the Rules cannot by itself constitute a “forest offence” where no punishment is prescribed.Justice Devashis Baruah held, “The above analysis would make it apparent that for...

Agreement To Sell With Landlord Doesn't By Itself End Tenancy Or Turn Tenant's Possession Into Part Performance: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where a tenant enters into an agreement to purchase the tenanted property from his landlord, the mere execution of the agreement does not bring the tenancy to an end, nor does it make the tenant's possession one in part performance of the agreement under Section 53-A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. It held that the tenant must prove that the...

CJP Member Moves Allahabad High Court Against UP Police FIR Over Video Showing 'Dilapidated' Govt School

A student and member of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has approached the Allahabad High Court seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him after he allegedly recorded and circulated on social media a video showing the condition of a Government Primary School in Farrukhabad.The petition filed by Gaurav Bharti @ Gaurav Kumar challenges the FIR lodged on August 19 under Sections 352 and...

Doctor's Registration Can't Be Withdrawn Without Effective Hearing, Reasoned Order: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that the power of the Ethical Committee under Section 32(D) of the Assam Medical Council Act, 1999 to withdraw a doctor's registration is quasi-judicial and must be exercised consistently with natural justice, including an effective hearing, independent consideration of the material and a reasoned order.Justice Kaushik Goswami, observed, “The power...