'Unbelievable That Husband Would Set Wife On Fire Over Separate Residence Demand': 22 Years On P&H High Court Acquits Man In Murder Case

The Punjab and Haryana High Court acquitted a man after 22 years, who was sentenced to life for allegedly setting his pregnant wife on fire, holding that it was highly unbelievable that a "trivial dispute" over separate residence could lead him to murder his wife adding that the alleged motive was extremely weak.The Court set aside the judgment passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, in...

J&K&L High Court Admits Plea Challenging CPC Amendments Made Under Reorganisation Order 2020 As 'Ultra Vires'

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has admitted a writ petition challenging the validity of amendments made to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, through the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, and has stayed further proceedings before the trial court in the meantime.A bench of Justice Sanjay Parihar was hearing the petition under Article 226 of...

Bar On Bail Under Section 37 NDPS Act Lifted Where Co-Accused Acquitted On Same Evidence: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court granted bail to an NDPS accused after holding that, once the co-accused in the same case (tried separately) had been acquitted and such findings had not been disturbed in appeal, the Court was bound to proceed on the basis that those findings were valid for the purpose of bail, thereby satisfying the twin conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act.Justice Sanjeev...

Delhi High Court To Hear In April NIA's Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) granted time to National Investigation Agency to submit its rejoinder to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik's reply in the agency's appeal seeking death penalty for Malik in a terror funding case. During the hearing, SPP Akshai Malik appearing for NIA, before a division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought some time...

MPPSC Can't Reject Doctors For PG Additional Registration Not Prescribed In Recruitment Advertisement: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday (January 27), allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by qualified medical practitioners challenging the rejection of their candidature in the recruitment process conducted by the MP Public Service Commission for the post of Medical Officer (Grade-I) and Specialist Doctors under the Public Health and Medical Education Department.The bench of Justice...

Agreement To Sell Doesn't Create Rights Over Reserved Forest Land: Gujarat High Court Dismisses 22-Year-Old Appeal

The Gujarat High Court has held that an agreement to sell in respect of land forming part of Government forest land does not create any right, title, or interest, and that possession claimed on the basis of such an agreement cannot be protected against the State.Justice J. C. Doshi dismissed a second appeal filed under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure back in 2004, affirming...

'Childhood Not Lived On Screens': Delhi High Court Rejects 'Stereotypical' Tender Years Doctrine, Grants Custody To Father

The Delhi High Court has held that the long-standing "Tender Years Doctrine", which presumes that custody of young children should ordinarily vest with the mother, is rooted in "highly stereotypical" premises and is "no longer apposite" to contemporary custody adjudication.Observing that "childhood is not lived on screens", a Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: January 19 - January 25, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 21 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 32Nominal IndexCP v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 21Naresh Sawnla v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 22Nasir v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 23Satyabir Singh v MP Industrial Development Corporation 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 24Ramgopal Sakhwar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 25Rakesh Kumar Shukla v State...

Right Of Pre-Emption Is 'Extremely Weak', Filing Injunction Suit Without Claiming It Amounts To Waiver : J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reiterated that the right of pre-emption is a very weak right, which can be lawfully defeated by a purchaser and can also be waived by the pre-emptor through conduct, as inferred from the facts and circumstances of a case.Setting aside a judgment and decree passed by the District Judge, Poonch, in 2001, the Court held that a pre-emptor who...

Trial Can't Proceed Without Deciding Plea Of Unsoundness Of Mind Under BNSS: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside a trial court order directing continuation of trial merely based on medical report concluding the petitioner to be of sound mind, without any reasoned adjudication on the application filed under Section 368 BNSS.Section 368 BNSS lays down the procedure for trial of a person of unsound mind. The bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upman observed that...

Writ Court Under Article 226 Examines Decision-Making Process, Not Merits: Gauhati High Court Refuses To Interfere With PDS Licence Cancellation

The Gauhati High Court declined to interfere with the cancellation of a fair price shop (PDS) licence, holding that its writ jurisdiction under Article 226 is confined to examining the decision-making process and not the merits of the decision, and finding that no case for interference was made out.Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, presiding over the case, said, “The certiorari jurisdiction to...

Rajasthan High Court Slams Lawyers' Strike Over Working Saturdays, Says Boycott Of Courts Violates Litigants' Rights Under Article 21

The Rajasthan High Court has frowned upon lawyers' strike to protest against its decision making two Saturdays working in every month, reiterating that lawyers have no right to strike especially when the matter involves personal liberty of citizens.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that when lawyers boycott Courts, it results in direct violation of the litigants' rights to...