Doctor's Registration Can't Be Withdrawn Without Effective Hearing, Reasoned Order: Gauhati High Court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

Objective Test For Compassionate Appointment Applicants Reasonable When Vacancies Are Limited: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where more dependants apply for compassionate appointment than there are posts earmarked for them, requiring the candidates to sit in an objective type test is not an unreasonable way of choosing between them. It rejected the challenge to the note appended to rule 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Sub-Inspector and Inspector (Civil Police) Service Rules, 2015,...

Scolding Minor & Refusing To Return His Ball Which Damaged Shop Not Abetment Of Child's Suicide U/S 305 IPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that refusal by a shopkeeper to hand back a playing ball to a minor and asking him to bring his father to take back the ball after which he allegedly got upset and died by suicide, does not amount to abetment of suicide of a child under Section 305 IPC. Section 305 concerns the offence of abetment of the suicide of a child or an insane person. To establish...

Absence Of Railway Ticket No Bar For Bona Fide Passenger To Claim Accident Compensation: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the absence of a railway ticket from a deceased passenger's belongings, by itself, does not mean that he was travelling without a ticket. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 216]In doing so, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Balaji Medamalli allowed an appeal filed by the parents of a deceased passenger and set aside the Railway Claims Tribunal's order dismissing...

Kerala High Court Directs Expeditious Decision On Jiostar's Plea Against Order Halting Web Series 'Anali' Allegedly Based On Koodathayi Murders

The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 18) directed the Munsiff Court, Ernakulam to expeditiously hear and dispose of Jiostar Pvt. Ltd.'s plea to set aside an order halting the release of JioHotstar webseries 'Anali', which is allegedly based on the Koodathayi murders. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 515]The order to halt the series was passed in an injunction suit filed by prime accused Jollyamma...

Forged TET Certificate Renders Appointment Void Ab Initio, No Regular Departmental Enquiry Needed Before Termination: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the certificate on which a public appointment rests is found to be forged, the appointment is void ab initio and its cancellation is not a punitive termination attracting the Uttar Pradesh Government Servant (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1999. It held that a show-cause notice and compliance with the broad principles of natural justice...

Order Confirming Attachment Of Property Under UAPA Appealable Under NIA Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that an order passed under Section 25(6) of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA), confirming seizure or attachment of property as “proceeds of terrorism”, can be challenged before the High Court under Section 21 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (NIA Act). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 866]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla...

No Blanket Injunction In Personality Rights Suits: Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Obscene Content Against Actress Meenakshi Chaudhary

The Delhi High Court on Friday passed an ex parte ad interim injunction directing takedown of obscene and sexually explicit content posted against actress Meenakshi Chaudhary. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 865]Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani however clarified that it cannot pass any blanket injunction order in the actress' suit seeking protection of her personality rights qua other reliefs, at the ex...

Delhi High Court Grants Bail To British National Jagtar Singh Johal In Murder, UAPA Cases

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted bail to British national Jagtar Singh Johal in seven murder and UAPA cases being probed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 864]A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja allowed the bail appeals filed by Johal in the UAPA cases alleging series of targeted killings during 2016-2017 in Ludhiana...

SBI Illegally Debits ₹19.90 Lakh From Widow's FD For Husband's Loan: Allahabad High Court Orders Refund, ₹1 Lakh Compensation

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the State Bank of India (SBI) to refund ₹19,90,693 that it had debited from a widow's fixed deposit towards her deceased husband's outstanding personal loan and to pay ₹1 Lakh as compensation.The Court held that the Bank had no legal basis to recover the husband's dues straightaway from the wife's account. A Bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf...

Gauhati High Court Refuses To Halt Transfer Of 5 Captive Elephants To Tamil Nadu Temples, Finds No 'Prima-Facie' Possibility Of Ill-Treatment

The Gauhati High Court refused to halt the transfer of five captive elephants belonging to private persons to Tamil Nadu for religious purpose, "prima-facie" observing that it finds no reason as of now to pass any restraint order unless it is shown that necessary clearances have not been obtained. The court thus asked Assam Government to file a detailed affidavit on an application...

Illegal Search Doesn't Automatically Warrant Quashing Of Criminal Complaint Under Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed petitions seeking quashing of a criminal complaint under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, holding that even if the underlying inspection was authorised by an individual officer rather than the collective three-member District Appropriate Authority, this does not automatically vitiate...