Meghalaya High Court Acquits Woman In Husband & Son's Murder Case, Flags Defective Confession & Weak Evidence

The Meghalaya High Court set aside conviction of a woman, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment for the alleged murder of her husband and for causing grievous injury to her minor daughter. The Court held that the prosecution failed to establish guilt beyond reasonable doubt, particularly in a case resting entirely on circumstantial evidence.A Division Bench of Justice Revati Mohite...

Allahabad HC Notifies Fresh Roster Across Multiple Benches; Justice Sreedharan To Now Hear Family Appeals, Senior Citizen Act Matters

The Allahabad High Court last week notified a new Constitution of Benches/roster, which came into effect today. The administrative order passed on March 19 under the orders of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali has made significant changes across multiple divisions and Single Judge Benches. The notification supersedes the previous roster, which had been in effect since January 5, 2026. In...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actress Sonakshi Sinha, Orders Takedown Of Obscene AI Content

The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha. Justice Jyoti Singh restrained several artificial intelligence platforms and online retailers from unauthorisedly using her name, likeness, voice and other personality attributes.The Court passed the order in the interim injunction plea filed by Sinha in her suit filed...

Bonafides Of Explanation For Condonation Of Delay Must Be Ascertained First: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that while delay with delay condonation, the Court must first ascertain the bona fides of the explanation furnished by the party seeking such condonation. While dealing with an appeal, filed with a delay of 654 days, against a judgment declaring a marriage void, the bench of Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Satya Veer Singh held,“The Court owes a duty to...

Preliminary Issue Can't Be Raised 18 Years After Framing Of Issues In Suit: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that preliminary issue in a suit cannot be raised 18 years after framing of issues in a trial. Justice Manish Kumar Nigam held,“Plea regarding maintainability of suit is required to be raised at the first instance in the pleading (written statement), then only such plea can be adjudicated by the trial court on its merit as preliminary issue under Order XIV...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Re-Evaluation Of Victims' Injuries After Accused Alleges Gross Exaggeration, Falsification Of Medical Report

The Rajasthan High Court recently directed medical re-evaluation of two persons who were allegedly injured by a man, after he claimed that the victims' injuries have been "grossly exaggerated" in order to falsely elevate the severity of offences alleged against him. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali observed that allegations made by the petitioner–accused of causing injuries to victims–who...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup: March 16 - March 22, 2026

Nominal Index:Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs Romesh Chander & Ors. and Shriram General Insurance Co. Ltd. Vs Pritam Singh & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 101Mohammad Yaqoob Beigh Vs Union Territory of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 102Mohd. Umar Nizami Vs Collector Land Acquisition (ACR), Ramban & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 103Subash Raina v. State of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw...

Gautam Gambhir Withdraws Plea Seeking Interim Relief Against Infringing Content In Suit For Protecting Personality Rights

Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday (March 23) withdrew from Delhi High Court his application for interim injunction against content allegedly infringing his personality rights. The application was filed in his main suit seeking protection of his personality rights. When the matter was taken up in the morning at the outset Justice Jyoti Singh asked advocate Jai Anant...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Directing Minority School To Issue Fresh Show-Cause Notice To Teacher Dismissed By Unauthorised Person

The Gujarat High Court upheld a tribunal's order directing a minority school to issue a fresh show-cause notice to a teacher–dismissed for misconduct, before directing punishment, noting that the dismissal order was passed by a person who was not properly authorized by school management as per Gujarat Secondary Education Act. Justice Maulik J Shelat in his order observed that the...

'Courts Can't Supplant Executive Wisdom': Karnataka High Court Refuses To Entertain Hotels Association's Plea Over LPG Shortage

The Karnataka High Court, on Monday, declined to issue directions to the government over the ongoing commercial LPG shortage with regard to the hotel industry. It reasoned that constitutional courts are not equipped to monitor evolving global energy crises or interfere in the executive's distribution policies.The single-judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum noted that it can't...

'Medical Evidence Shows Prior Sexual Experience, No Injury Marks': Patna High Court Sets Aside POCSO Conviction For Rape

"Medical officer did not find any mark of violence on her body. On the other hand, she found old rupture of hymen and the vagina easily admitting one finger meaning thereby the victim had previous experience of sexual intercourse,” court said.

Bypassing Regular Appointments Through Long-Term Outsourcing Is Unfair: Allahabad High Court Says State Must Not Be Exploitative

The Allahabad High Court last week strongly deprecated the practice of public employers bypassing regular recruitment by continuously engaging staff through outsourcing agencies. Observing that such a system provides wide "room for exploitation and unfairness", a bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan directed the Bareilly Nagar Nigam to consider regularising a Computer Operator who has been...