Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 To April 19, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 371 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 395NOMINAL INDEXJASPREET KAUR v. JAGJEET SINGH & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 371 RISHABH GEHLOT v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 372 BALBIR CHAND TIWARI v. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION & ORS and other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 373 ONKAR SHARMA v. UNION OF INDIA 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 374 SUMIT v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 375 Gayassudin v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 376 Mujabil v. GNCTD 2026 LiveLaw...

WB Polls: PIL In Calcutta High Court Challenges Alleged List Of 'Troublemakers' By ECI To Detain TMC's Political Workers

The Calcutta High Court has been moved with a public interest litigation alleging that the Election Commission of India has secretly prepared and circulated a list of so-called “trouble makers” across West Bengal, with directions to identify and arrest or preventively detain such persons before polling in the 2026 Assembly elections.The petition, filed by advocate Md. Danish Farooqui, claims the alleged list predominantly contains workers, office-bearers and elected representatives associated...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 To April 19, 2026

Nominal Index [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 182 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 196]Mangesh vs State of Maharashtra, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 182Vidyut Metallics Employees Union vs Vidyut Metallics Private Limited, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 183Nivara Infradevelopers LLP vs Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 184GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Limited vs Suhas Shankar Pagare, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 185Vinayak Vasudev Tilak Decd vs...

MP High Court Reinstates Election Of BJP Municipal Council President, Rejects Claim Of 'Unlawful' Votes From Congress Councillors

The Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the Election Tribunal's decision which had annulled the returning candidate's election–who belongs to the BJP–as Multai Municipal Council's President on the allegation that there was cross voting wherein the successful candidate got votes from Councillors of Congress party. In doing so the court held that the Tribunal had engaged in "moral policing"...

WB Polls: PIL Before Calcutta High Court Challenges Voter Roll Deletions, Seeks Clear Appellate Framework Before Polling Begins

A Public Interest Litigation has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking urgent judicial intervention over alleged large-scale deletions from the West Bengal electoral rolls following the Election Commission of India's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.The petition, filed by Sk Anwar Ali, contends that despite directions issued by the Supreme Court in the batch of matters concerning the West Bengal SIR process, the appellate mechanism for aggrieved voters remains “unclear,...

Reverse Burden U/S 139 NI Act Strengthens Fair Trial Rights: Rajasthan High Court Orders FSL Exam Of Disputed Cheque Signatures

The Rajasthan High Court has held that since Section 139 of the Negotiable Instruments Act creates a presumption in favour of the cheque holder and places the burden on the accused to rebut that presumption, the right to a fair trial assumes greater significance. The Court observed that where the accused is required to disprove liability, fair and adequate opportunities to defend oneself must...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Allu Arjun, Restrains AI Misuse & Objectionable Content

The Delhi High Court has passed an ex parte ad-interim order protecting the personality rights of Telugu actor Allu Arjun, restraining multiple entities from unauthorised commercial exploitation of his personality, including misuse through artificial intelligence tools, deepfakes and sale of infringing merchandise.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that the actor's name, image, voice, dialogue delivery, gestures and other distinctive attributes are exclusively identifiable with him and...

Karnataka High Court Bars Midway Shift To Grading System For SSLC Exams, Orders Evaluation Of Third Language As Per Existing Rules

The Karnataka High Court on April 15 (Wednesday) directed the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) to evaluate the March 2026 SSLC exams in line with the rules applicable at the time of issuing the exam notification. This development takes on prominence in light of the recent statement by the Karnataka Education Minister that a grading system will be implemented instead...

Gujarat High Court Warns Of 'Reverse Bias' Against Accused In POSH Cases; Says Misuse May “Create More Glass Ceilings” For Genuine Employees

The Gujarat High Court upheld a report by a cooperative society's Internal Complaints Committee which had rejected a woman employee's sexual harassment complaint against two officials–including a woman, as false and baseless. In doing so the court found that the ICC was unbiased and had complied with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act....

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: March 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 89 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 128 Nominal CitationsNaveen R & Anr. v/s State of Karnataka & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 89Geetha R v/s State of Karnataka & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 90Manjappa v/s State of Karnataka 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 91State v/s Ashraf @ Ballary Ashraf & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 92Mohammed Haris Nalapad v/s State By SGWF Post P.S. (RPF)...

Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 to April 19, 2026

NOMINAL INDEXDeepa Ram Meghwal v/s State of Rajasthan & Others and Batch; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 131Prashant Kaushik & ors. v State of Rajasthan & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 133S d/o A v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 134Hema v Mohit Bhardwaj; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 135Jhalkan Singh Rathore & Ors. v the State of Rajasthan & Ors., and other connected petitions;...

Forest Rights Act Recognizes Existing Rights, Supersedes Prior Court Orders: Allahabad HC Grants Relief To Tharu Community

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006.A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary thus quashed a 2021 order passed by the District Level Committee, Lakhimpur, refusing to finalise the claims of 107 'Tharu' community members for forest rights, specifically the right to collect...