IRCTC Scam: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Tejashwi Yadav's Plea Against Framing Of Charges

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav challenging framing of charges against him in the alleged IRCTC scam case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of CBI and listed the matter for hearing on January 14 when a similar plea filed by Lalu Prasad Yadav is also listed.Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal appeared for Yadav. CBI was represented...

PIL In Calcutta High Court Flags 'Hazardous' AQI In Kolkata; Seek GRAP, Urgent State Action To Protect Right To Clean Air

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Calcutta High Court by Advocate Akash Sharma, a practising advocate of the Court, highlighting the continuing and recurring deterioration of air quality in the Kolkata–Howrah metropolitan region and seeking urgent, enforceable intervention by the State.The PIL records that as on 02.01.2026, real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) data...

Gujarat High Court Asks State Govt To Submit Current Policy On Remission & Premature Release Of Convicts

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (January 5) asked the State government to place on record the current policy on remission and premature release of convicts applicable in the state. A division bench of Justice Ilesh J Vora and Justice RT Vachhani in its order noted that the bench had been constituted to monitor and supervise the implementation of the remission and the premature release...

MPCB Cannot Impose Territorial Curbs On Authorised Hazardous Waste Facility Through Circulars; Violates Article 19(1)(g): Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has no authority under the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, to impose territorial restrictions on the business operations of an authorised pre-processing facility. The Court held that the amended circular dated 15 February 2024 and the consequential insertion of...

Law & Order Issue Imaginary Ghost Created By State: Madras High Court Upholds Order For Lamp Ligthing Atop Thiruparankundram Hills

The Madras High Court (Madurai bench) on Tuesday (January 6) upheld a single judge's order directing lighting of the lamp at the stone pillar atop the Thiruparakundram hills near a dargah. A division bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan, while pronouncing the order, held that the order of single judge is not hit by res judicata as the issue was not decided in...

Allahabad High Court Grants ₹1 Lakh Cost To Woman Illegally Dispossessed Of Her Property; Calls For Disciplinary Action Against Civil Judge

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted Rs. 1 lakh cost to a lady and her three minor children who were illegally dispossessed of their property. In addition to directing restoration of possession, the Court directed that the order be placed before the Chief Justice for appropriate action against the Civil Judge (Junior Division) who granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of...

Family Court Retains Jurisdiction To Decide Property & 'Stridhan' Claims Even After Divorce Decree: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a Family Court does not lose jurisdiction to decide disputes relating to stridhan, gifts, and other matrimonial property merely because a decree of divorce has already been passed. Setting aside the Family Court's dismissal of the wife's application under Section 27 of the Hindu Marriage Act, the High Court remarked that property disputes between...

Divorced Muslim Woman Can Seek Maintenance U/S 125 CrPC Even After Receiving Payment Under 1986 Act: Kerala High Court

Relying on Mohd. Abdul Samad v. State of Telangana, the Kerala High Court recently held that a divorced Muslim woman can invoke Section 125 Cr.P.C. or Section 144 BNSS to claim maintenance from former husband even if he had discharged his obligations under Section 3 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act, 1986.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath observed that when a Muslim...

Setback For Sharad Pawar's Grandson, Bombay High Court Stays Elections Of Maharashtra Cricket Association Amid 'Nepotism' Allegations

Amid the political 'slugfest' between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar Faction) (NCP-SP), Bombay High Court on Monday (January 5) stayed the proposed elections of the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA), which were scheduled to take place on January 6 till further orders. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice...

MP High Court Directs School To Include Father's Name In Child's Records, Says Marital Dispute Can't Undermine His Parental Rights

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Little Angels High School in Gwalior to update a child's school records to include the name of his biological father, observing that marital dispute between parents cannot undermine the parental rights of the biological father. The division bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Anil Verma observed; "...school record would ultimately form the basis...

Father-In-Law Refusing To Intervene In Husband's Affair, Advising Wife To 'Tolerate' Domestic Violence Not Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Bombay HC

A woman's father-in-law refusing to listen to her complaint about her husband's 'extra-marital affair' and her brother-in-law (husband's brother) asking her to 'tolerate' her husband's beating would not amount to cruelty under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Bombay High Court held recently.A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Shyam Chandak delivered the ruling...

Court Stenos, Readers Who Underwent Computer Training Between 2006–2014 Entitled To Advance Increment: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (January 5), held that the benefit of one advance increment must be extended to all Class III judicial employees who had undergone computer knowledge training between February 6, 2006, to September 29, 2014, as a right has been accrued in their favour. The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal observed; "Those who were...