After 9 Failed Attempts, Gujarat High Court Rejects UPSC Aspirant's Belated Challenge To Scribe System For 'Compensatory Attempt'

The Gujarat High Court dismissed a man's plea against alleged in-built flaws in the procedure for availing scribe facility for the UPSC Civil Services Exam, after noting that the petitioner had continued to appear in the exam, exhausted the maximum number of attempts and after being unsuccessful in all of them, could not question the procedure any longer.The petitioner, who appeared in...

AP High Court Declines Party's Apology For Selling Property In Violation Of Court Order, Orders ₹10K Costs & 1-Month Imprisonment

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has refused to accept an apology tendered by an individual contemnor (Respondent 2), who mortgaged a disputed property and sold part of it to third parties despite a Court order specifically restraining him from doing so, while holding that the disobedience was a “conscious” and “deliberate” act.Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Maheswara Rao...

Cannot Indulge Those Who Compete With 'Kumbhkarna', Delay Invites Disaster: Patna HC Dismisses Appeal In Service Regularisation Claim

The Patna High Court has reiterated that mere filing of representations does not extend limitation, holding that courts will not entertain belated claims where a litigant has approached after inordinate delay, and dismissed an intra-court appeal seeking regularisation of service.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar was hearing a Letters...

'Investigation Tainted, One-Sided': Allahabad High Court Acquits 2 Men In 1986 Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court last week set aside the life imprisonment of 2 men convicted in a 1986 murder case as it observed that the investigation in the case was "tainted and one-sided". A bench of Justice Chandra Dhari Singh and Justice Devendra Singh-I also found faults with the trial court over its failure to examine the case of the accused-appellants in respect of the cross-case in...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up April 6 - April 12, 2026

Nominal Index:Syed Lutfullah Shah & Anr. v. A.W. Kirpak Supdt. Engineer & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 136Subash Chander Sharma v. SHO P/S Anti Corruption Bureau Jammu & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 137Ishfaq Ahmad Wani Vs Chairman Legislative Council & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 138Amit Kumar Bansal & Ors. Vs Sanjeev Kumar Gupta & connected matters 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 139Amin Allaie...

Mutt Can Claim Motor Accident Compensation For Death Of Head Priest: Karnataka High Court Recognises 'Institutional Dependency'

Observing that a religious mutt can claim compensation for the motor accident death of its head priest (mathadipathi), the Karnataka High Court underscored that 'institutional dependency' would be made applicable, similar to the concept of 'familial dependency' normally applicable in road accidents.A Division Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Justice Tyagaraja N.Inavally allowed the...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : April 06 - April 12, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 186 - 195]Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Ors. & Ernakulam Kshethra Kshema Samithi v. Cochin Devaswom Board and Ors.,2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 186XXX v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 187Human Rights Foundations v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 188The Regional Manager, Food Corporation of India v. Mohandas, 2026 LiveLaw...

Brother Not Covered For Purpose Of Family Pension, When Eligible Claimant Mother Never Availed It: Calcutta HC

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee and Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty held that the brother of a deceased government teacher does not qualify as “family” under Clause 5(s)(2) of the Pension Scheme, 1981, and he cannot claim family pension arrears, especially when the original beneficiary (mother) never claimed the benefit during...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest : March 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (HP) 37 to 2026 LiveLaw (HP) 49Nominal Index:Ankush Thakur v. State of HP & Ors,2026 LiveLaw (HP) 37Pawan Basant Borle v/s Union of India & others, 2026 LiveLaw (HP) 38Diwakar Dev Sharma v/s Railway Police Force and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (HP) 39M/s Zenith-Event & Services and another v. State of HP and others., 2026 LiveLaw (HP) 40 Sandeep Kumar v/s...

Rajasthan High Court Asks State To Frame Policy Curbing Khap Panchayat 'Diktats', Says Social Boycott Violates Citizens' Fundamental Rights

The Rajasthan High Court has issued a slew of directions to the State Government including formulation of a policy and Standard Operating Procedure to ensure comprehensive adjudication of complaints by citizens against "diktats" and "social boycott orders" issued by Khap Panchayats. In doing so the court highlighted that Khaps "have been a deeply concerning practice appears to be prevalent...

Mere Administrative Exigency Or Convenience Can't Be Ground To Invoke Urgency Clause Under Land Acquisition Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that mere administrative exigency or convenience cannot be a ground to invoke urgency clause under Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894. It held that there must be some real and demonstrable urgency which must be recorded with reasons in the notification for invocation of Section 17 of the Act. The bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Brij...

Family Courts Can't Transfer Cases, Power Lies Only With HC Or District Court Under Section 24 CPC: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has clarified that family courts lack the power to transfer cases from one family court to another within the same district as Section 24 CPC only empowers District Courts or High Courts to transfer cases. Section 24 CPC states, that High Court or District Court can while acting on an application or suo motu, transfer, withdraw, or re-transfer suits, appeals, or...