Accused Can't Be Made To Sit At Police Station All Day Without Concrete Evidence: Rajasthan High Court Asks SP To Monitor 5-Yr Murder Probe

While considering a plea to quash a murder FIR, Rajasthan High Court directed Dausa Superintendent of Police to monitor the investigation pending for over 5 years and to ensure that the accused persons were not harassed unnecessarily on the pretext of being required for interrogation, unless there was certain evidence against them.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that...

Potency Test Conducted On POCSO Accused Without Consent Does Not Violate Right To Privacy Or Bodily Integrity : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently observed that potency test can be conducted on a man, who is accused in a criminal case, without his consent and it is not violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.Justice A. Badharudeen rejected the ground raised that the potency test conducted without informed consent violated his right to privacy and bodily integrity guaranteed under Article 21....

Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: May 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 228 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 272Nominal IndexAnil Baburao Baile vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 228Late Mahadev Dhondiba Marne vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 229Siesta Industrial & Trading Corporation vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 230Surendra Gadling vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 231Jhalak Constructions...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: May 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 171 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 194Nominal IndexSmt. Marry Usha v. State of Karnataka & Ors, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 171Christophe Stephane Monxion v. The Foreigners Regional Registration Officer, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 172The Managing Director, KKRTC v. Sunita and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 173X v. Y & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 174Bharath Earth Movers Employees...

Can't Punish Employee For Delay Over Employer's Inaction: MP High Court Rejects State's Review Against Order Granting Pay-Hike Under Scheme

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the power of review under Order 47 Rule 1 CPC is narrow in scope and cannot be exercised as a substitute for an appeal.For context, the provision enables the court to review its own judgment only in limited circumstances, such as discovery of new and important evidence, a patent error apparent on the face of the record or other analogous...

'Loyalty Towards Rulers, Not Constitution; Rule Of Law Treated As Inconvenience': Allahabad HC Tears Into UP Police, Bureaucracy

In the third such order passed this week, which contains strong observations on the state of affairs in the Uttar Pradesh bureaucracy, the Allahabad High Court once again delivered a damning indictment of the State's administrative machinery.A bench of Justice Diwakar also stated that officers, including police officials, are loyal to the ruling dispensation rather than to the Constitution....

'Encounter Killings, Selective Crackdowns': Allahabad HC Slams UP Police Over Targeted Actions; Flags Misuse Of Gangsters Act

While quashing criminal proceedings initiated against 3 family members over a civil dispute, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday delivered a scathing reprimand to the Uttar Pradesh Police for the targeted use of the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986.A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar also flagged how the encounter killings and selective crackdowns...

Rajasthan HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance of Threats to State Wetlands, Orders Immediate Protective Measures

Rajasthan High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the threats being faced by wetlands across the state of Rajasthan owing to pollution, encroachments, discharge of sewage, shrinking water spread, inadequate conservation measures, etc.While underscoring the right under Article 21, duties under Articles 48A and 51(A)(g) of the Constitution, as well as the Public Trust doctrine, the...

CPC Cannot Override RP Act In Election Petitions; Only Parties Specified Under Section 82 Can Be Impleaded: J&&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that anything contained in the Code of Civil Procedure which is contrary to the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 cannot be made applicable to the trial of election petitions.Since Section 82 of the Act of 1951 provides as to which persons are to be impleaded as respondents to an election petition, anything...

Kahcharai Land Is State Property, No Individual Right To Claim Compensation For Its Acquisition For Public Purpose: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that kahcharai land, being State-owned land reserved for common and community use, does not confer any individual proprietary interest, and compensation for its acquisition is payable to the concerned Panchayat for the welfare of the local community, not to private individuals.The Court dismissed a writ petition seeking compensation...

Executive Magistrate Can Order Removal Of Obstruction From Long-Used Village Path Without Deciding Title Dispute: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has upheld an order passed by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Kalpa, directing removal of an obstruction from a pathway allegedly used by villagers for decades, holding that the Magistrate had merely protected an existing right of user under Section 147 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and had not adjudicated any question of ownership.The Court observed...

NDPS Act| Vehicles Turn To Junk, Value Goes Down The Drain: P&H High Court Slams Idle Confiscation, Orders Release

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ordered the release of a truck seized in an NDPS case on financial bonds, emphasizing that keeping vehicles idle for prolonged periods leads to deterioration, economic loss, and serves no useful purpose.Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Sukhvinder Kaur said, "...when any confiscated vehicle is kept out of use by placing it in a parking lot, it serves...