Valuables Should Not Remain In Police Custody: Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Custody Of Seized Articles To Accused

Granting interim custody of seized items to the accused hacker in the Reward360 cyber fraud case, the Karnataka High Court has held that valuable articles cannot be kept idle in police custody for an unduly long period merely because there are 'rival claims' over their ownership.Justice Mohammad Nawaz set aside a Magistrate Court order that had rejected applications for interim custody filed...

“Not A Shortcut”: Madras High Court Cautions Against Routine Use Of Detention Orders

The Madras High Court recently observed that the detention law cannot be used as a substitute for regular criminal law procedure. The bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice P Dhanabal added that the authorities can not resort to passing detention orders in every case of murder. The court added that instructions should be given to the Government to ensure that detention orders...

MP High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Flaws In Driving License Issuance Process, Road Safety Failure

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued notice on a petition alleging systemic failures in road safety, including alleged irregularities in issuance of driving licenses, faulty road construction and lack of accountability among authorities. The petition states that the RTO issues hundreds of driving licenses each day. Assuming that each test takes approximately 15 minutes, the petition...

Rajasthan High Court Stays Transfer Of Panchayat-Controlled Ponds To Fisheries Department

The Rajasthan High Court, by its order dated March 17, stayed the effect and operation of an order passed by the Panchayati Raj Department, dated August 27, 2025, wherein certain ponds which were under the control of the concerned Panchayat were shifted back to the Fisheries Department of the State. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Baljinder...

'CM Has Better Work To Do': Karnataka High Court Asks CM Office Not To Directly Entertain Transfer Requests

The Karnataka High Court has observed that the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) should not directly entertain or interfere in the transfer and posting of government and public undertaking employees, while remarking that the 'highest authority of the State' has more important duties to perform.A division Bench of Justice D.K Singh and Justice T.M Nadaf held that the appellant employee's...

Kerala High Court Cancels Bail Granted To 8 Accused In Walayar Mob Lynching Case

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (March 19) cancelled the bail awarded to all the accused in the Walayar mob lynching case in which Ram Narayan Bhagel, a native from Jharkhand belonging to a scheduled caste community, was brutally attacked and killed by 8 men on December 17, 2025.Justice A. Badharudeen allowed the State's appeal to cancel bail after hearing the accused, the State and the...

[POCSO Act] Girl Being Friendly With Boy On Valentines Day No License For Forced Sex: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court today refused to grant regular bail to an accused booked in a case registered under the POCSO Act, observing that a girl being friendly with a boy on Valentines Day is no licence to establish forceful sexual relations with her. Justice Girish Kathpalia said that putting vermilion on her head with her consent cannot be justified even though it is not a prescribed offence...

'Caste Has No Real Existence Except In People's Minds': Madras High Court Declines Permission For Statue Over Caste Concerns

The Madras High Court recently lamented that instead of focusing on real and tangible things in life, people are focusing on non-existent things like caste, which do not have any existence than in the minds of people. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy made the observations while noting that the state authorities in Ramanathapuram District had denied permission for installing a statue...

Delhi High Court Calls For Streamlining Of Prosecution Of Bails, Says Higher Police Authorities Unaware Of Ground Level Work

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant anticipatory bail to an accused booked in a case involving allegations of sexual assault, cruelty and domestic violence, while also expressing serious concern over the failure of the Delhi Police to file a status report despite repeated opportunities.Justice Girish Kathpalia said that it is being observed frequently that the status reports in...

Litigant Can't Disown Counsel's Statement To Reopen Case, Such Pleas Undermine Judicial Process: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that a litigant cannot later disown a statement made by his counsel in court by alleging lack of instructions, terming such an attempt a “procedural heresy” and an abuse of the judicial process.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "The judicial process operates on the foundational presumption that statements made by a counsel at the Bar are made with...

Railways Liable To Pay Compensation For Loss Of 'Unborn' Child Aged 5 Months Or More In An Accident: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that an unborn child aged five months or more in the mother's womb is treated as equal to a child in existence and the Railway would be liable to pay separate compensation for the accidental death of such an unborn child, distinct from the compensation awarded for the death of the mother. A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar thus allowed an appeal...

'Unfortunate': MP High Court Laments IAS Officer Blindly Passing Order In Illegal Mining Case Without Verifying Facts, Imposes Costs

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a penalty order passed by the Chhindwara Collector, holding that the authority acted mechanically by blindly accepting the Mining Officer's report without verifying the underlying facts, thereby wrongly fastening the liability on an unrelated person. The division bench of Justice Viviek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal observed; "The petitioner has...