Does Wife Asking For Separate Residence From Husband's Family Amount To Cruelty? Kerala High Court Answers

The Kerala High Court recently held that a wife demanding separate residence away from husband's family without sufficient reason would amount to cruelty. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 431]The Division Bench of Justice Satish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna Kumar held:“A demand for a separate residence away from the husband's family, without sufficient reason, by itself constitutes an act of...

Srinagar Jail Riot Case: J&K&L High Court Directs Reconsideration Of UAPA Charges, Says Further Probe Can't Reassess Old Material

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that while further investigation under Section 173(8) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (now Section 193(9) BNSS) is legally permissible, a supplementary charge-sheet introducing graver offences must ordinarily be founded on fresh oral or documentary evidence and not merely on a re-evaluation or reassessment of material already...

Breaking | Bombay High Court Convicts Journalist Tarun Tejpal In 2013 Rape Case, Sets Aside Acquittal

The Bombay High Court Goa Bench on Thursday (August 6) set aside the judgment of a Sessions Court in Mapusa which had acquitted Tehelka Magazine's former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal in a rape case lodged against him by a junior colleague in November 2013.A division bench of Justice Dr Neela Gokhale and Justice Amit Jamsandekar, allowing the appeal filed by the Goa Government, convicted...

Debarment And Blacklisting Are Distinct; Cannot Blacklist Bidder Where NIT Only Provided For Debarment: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that a tendering authority cannot blacklist a bidder where the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) only provides for debarment. It held that blacklisting carries wider civil consequences and cannot be substituted for a contractual debarment merely because a bidder failed to execute the agreement.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice...

Rajasthan High Court Flags 'Gross Negligence' In Restoring Ramgarh Lake Near Jaipur, Directs Action Against Encroachments

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that there has been "gross negligence" on the part of the administration in restoring Ramgarh Lake, the main water resource for Jaipur and nearby districts, while hearing a batch of public interest litigations concerning the protection of rivers, lakes and water bodies. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Bhuwan Goyal...

Contractor Cannot Indirectly Challenge Govt Action Against Another Entity Through Writ Petition: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a contractor cannot indirectly challenge Government action taken against another entity by filing a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary added that where the grievance essentially arises out of contractual rights flowing from Letters of Intent, the appropriate remedy...

Two-Finger Test Violates Rape Survivors' Privacy, Dignity And Physical & Mental Integrity: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has upheld the conviction and 20-year sentence imposed on a man under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for repeatedly raping his adopted daughter, while expressing surprise that a doctor conducted a two-finger test on the survivor despite Supreme Court decisions on the issue.A Division Bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice...

State's Affidavit 'Misleading': Rajasthan High Court Gives Govt 7 Days To Explain JVVNL Employees' Absorption Into Govt Service

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State government to file a fresh affidavit in response to a petition alleging corruption in the absorption of employees who were working in private JVVNL corporations, into government service, while opining that the earlier affidavit was 'misleading'.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Bhuwan Goyal took...

Trial Court Cannot Examine Witness At Pre-Cognizance Stage To Generate Fresh Evidentiary Material: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a trial court cannot examine a witness at the pre-cognizance stage to generate fresh evidentiary material, as such a course is "wholly" outside the scheme of Section 190 CrPC.A Bench of Justice Santosh Rai observed that a court which has not yet taken cognizance does not possess a "free-standing power" to collect additional or corroborative evidence, as...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Collections From 'Illegal' Toll Plaza Be Used For Tree Plantation

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Project Director of the Rajasthan State Highways Authority to expeditiously decide, within three months, an application seeking implementation of the District Collector's order directing relocation of an allegedly illegal toll plaza. The Court also directed that details of the toll collections be retained and placed before the Project Director, who...

LiveLaw Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: July 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 266 to 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 313NOMINAL INDEXVinod Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 266M/s Shyam and Shyam Oil Mills Private Limited v Gnet Impex Private Limited & Anr.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 267Conflict with law Juvenile X v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 268Jeet Singh v State of Rajasthan, and other connected petitions; 2026...

Telangana High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Election Of BRS MLA KT Rama Rao

The Telangana High Court has rejected an election petition challenging the victory of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party's KT Rama Rao during the 2023 Telangana Assembly Elections. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 125] Justice N Rajeshwar Rao allowed a plea by Rao seeking to reject the election petition filed by Kondam Karuna Mahender Reddy. Reddy had filed the election petition seeking to declare...