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Kerala High Court Directs Devaswom Board To Expedite Construction Of Biogas Plant & Gas Cylinder Storage Plant In Sabarimala
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 28) directed the Travancore Devaswom Board and the State government to take steps to expedite the construction of a biogas plant and a storage plant for gas cylinders in Sabarimala.The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the order while considering a suo motu petition based on the...
Karnataka High Court Suggests Empowering Civil Courts To Stay Mutation Orders In Title, Possession Dispute Cases
The Karnataka High Court (Dharwad bench) has suggested empowering the Civil Court to pass interim measures staying mutation orders passed by revenue authorities under the State Land Revenue Act concerning properties involving possession or title disputes. This the court said would help avoid multiplicity of parallel proceedings and aide litigants, since a title dispute can only be adjudicated...
Continuity Of Service For Pension Benefits Preserved When Technical Resignation Is Followed By Immediate Rejoining Without Break: Orissa HC
A Division Bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra held that continuity of service for pension benefits is preserved under CCS (Pension) Rules when an employee submits a technical resignation and immediately rejoins the same post under the same employer without interruption. Background Facts The employee was appointed as...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 19 To January 25, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 104NOMINAL INDEXSANGITA RAI v. NEW DELHI BAR ASSOCIATION & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 82 PRATAP CHANDRA v. MR. MANISH SISODIA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 83 Somnath Bharti v. Shri Satish Upadhyay 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 84 Prannoy Roy v. Commissioner of Income Tax & other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 85 Babita Chopra v. State...
Online Defamation Suit Maintainable Only Where Defendant Is Located Or Where Harm Occurs: Delhi High Court In Sameer Wankhede vs Netflix
The Delhi High Court today dismissed a defamation suit filed by IRS officer Sameer Dnyandev Wankhede against Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood”, holding that it lacked territorial jurisdiction to entertain the plea.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav held that an online defamation suit is maintainable only before a court within whose jurisdiction the defendant is located or where...
Cows Dead, Missing Hooves & Horns: P&H High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance, Seeks Chandigarh UT Response On Alleged Cruelty
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of the reported death of nearly 50 cattle at a gaushala in Chandigarh's Raipur Kalan, following media reports highlighting alleged cruelty, neglect and illegal disposal of carcasses.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu ans Justice Sanjiv Berry asked the UT administration to file a response.Justice Sanjay Vashisth, while passing the initial...
High Courts Work Even On Holidays, Denial Of Compensatory Leave To Its Officers Illegal, Violates Article 229: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (January 28) held that denial of compensatory leave to the Gazetted Officers of the High Court is illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 229 of the Constitution.Justice N. Nagaresh observed: “In High Court, the functional realities are materially different from other Government Departments. Administrative and judicial work continues even during...
Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari Moves Calcutta High Court Alleging Targeted Attacks On Opposition Leaders, Police Complicity
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday (January 29) moved an application before the Calcutta High Court, alleging targeted and recurring acts of violence on opposition leaders. The application has been moved in a writ petition originally filed in October 2025, claiming that despite prior notification to the Police and adherence to prescribed protocols, violent...
30 Years On, Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction Of Police ASI For Accepting ₹5,000 Bribe
The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of a police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) in a corruption case dating back nearly three decades.A bench of Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha held that minor inconsistencies in witness testimony cannot eclipse clear proof of demand and acceptance of illegal gratification."A whole reading of the entire materials on record would only show...
Convoy Attack Case | 'No Coercive Steps' Against LoP Suvendu Adhikari Till Feb 19: State Gives Assurance In Calcutta High Court
In a reprieve for West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition (LoP), Suvendu Adhikari, the State Government today assured the Calcutta High Court that no coercive action will be taken against the BJP leader until the next scheduled hearing on his plea on February 19, 2026.Adhikari approached the HC last week seeking protection against alleged coercive actions by the police in connection with...
Oral Evidence Can't Prove Citizenship Without Documentary Linkage: Gauhati High Court Dismisses Challenge To Foreigners' Tribunal Opinion
The Gauhati High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging a Foreigners' Tribunal opinion, holding that the petitioner had “miserably failed” to prove that he is a citizen of India and born out of bona fide citizens, and finding no perversity or error on the face of the record in the Tribunal's decision declaring him a foreigner A division bench comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Surana...
Marriage Can't Be Dissolved By Way Of Affidavit Made Before Notary: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court has held that a marriage cannot be dissolved by way of an affidavit made before a Notary, and that in the absence of any material showing invocation of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939, a claim of divorce based merely on a notarised affidavit cannot be accepted. Setting aside the Family Court's maintenance order, the Court found that the Respondent's...