'Highly Condemnable': Allahabad High Court Slams UP Authorities Over 'Arbitrary' Eviction Of Shopkeepers For Govt Hospital Project

High Court questions eviction of 6 shopkeepers without determining leases or proposing rehabilitation or compensation for them.

Husband's Extramarital Affair By Itself Not Cruelty To Wife Under S. 498A IPC: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that a husband's illicit relationship with another woman, by itself, is not cruelty under Section 498A of the IPC. Justice Sunder Mohan thus refused to interfere with the acquittal of a husband, who was charged under provisions for cruelty and dowry harassment after his wife committed suicide along with their child. “In this case also,...

Delhi High Court Upholds Cash Assistance In Lieu Of School Uniforms For EWS Students, Rejects Review Plea

The Delhi High Court has held that the decision of the Delhi Government to provide cash assistance to students belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged Group (DG) categories in lieu of school uniforms cannot be said to be “completely arbitrary, whimsical or capricious.”A Division Bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Renu Bhatnagar observed...

Doctor Must Correct Educational Records Before Applying For Medical Officer Post Under Changed Name: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a doctor seeking to participate in the Medical Officer Direct Recruitment Examination, 2026, under his changed name must first get his name corrected in his educational documents.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that the relief sought by the petitioner could not be granted until his name was corrected in his school and college records....

Jharkhand High Court Quashes 'Preordained' Rejection Of Convict's Premature Release Plea, Says Review Board Failed To Analyse Reports

The Jharkhand HC has held that the State Sentence Review Board cannot reject a convict's plea for premature release through a mechanical order without considering the relevant reports concerning his conduct, age, propensity to commit crime and prospects of rehabilitation.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay was hearing a writ petition filed by a life convict...

Allahabad High Court Upholds Murder Conviction Of Husband, In-Laws Based On Dying Declaration Despite Witnesses Turning Hostile

Observing that the dying declaration could not be disbelieved in toto merely because all prosecution witnesses of fact had turned hostile, the Allahabad High Court recently upheld the murder convictions of a husband and his parents in a case involving the death of a woman from burn injuries.A Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay observed that there are...

50 Years After State Acquired Land, Patna High Court Says Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Entitled To Compensation Under 2013 Act

The Patna HC has held that former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is entitled to compensation under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 for land acquired by the State in 1976, after finding that the Collector had no jurisdiction to initiate proceedings under Section 4(h) of the Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 without...

AP High Court Sets Aside Order Allowing Wife To Reopen Ex-Parte Divorce After Husband Remarried; Cites 680-Day Delay

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed an order setting aside ex-parte divorce decree which was challenged by the wife after 680-day delay, noting that the trial court failed to assign reasons for condoning delay and did not consider the consequences of the husband's subsequent remarriage. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 257]In this context, Section 15 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, deals with the...

'No Mechanical Arrests': Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines For Police To Curb Unwarranted FIRs Over Social Media Posts

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed an FIR registered against the administrator of an X (formerly Twitter) account, for allegedly promoting communal disharmony by sharing a news report about an incident of stalking in Puttur. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 425] The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna also censured the police for registering multiple FIRs on the same incident. The...

Rajasthan High Court Rejects Third Bail Plea Of Cyber Fraud Accused Amid Rise In Online Scams

The Rajasthan High Court has rejected the third bail applications filed by two accused in a cybercrime case, observing that digital scams have emerged as one of the most insidious forms of cybercrime amid a noticeable rise in online frauds.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that phishing scams targeting bank customers were among the most widespread cybercrimes.“Cyber...

Magistrate Taking Cognizance Before Transfer To Special Court Does Not Vitiate Proceedings Under SC/ST Act: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a Magistrate taking cognizance of an offences under the SC/ST Act before committing the case to the Special Court does not, by itself, result in the entire criminal proceedings being vitiated.A bench of Justice Santosh Rai observed that even if the ACJM's initial exercise of jurisdiction in taking cognizance and recording statements under Sections...

Kerala High Court To Hear On Monday Appeals By Pinarayi Vijayan, Kin Against Order Directing Vigilance FIR In CMRL-Exalogic Case

The appeals preferred by former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, daughter Veena T. and son-in-law/ex-Minister Muhammed Riyas against the Single Bench order directing Vigilance FIR against them in CMRL-Exalogic pay off case is likely to be heard by the Kerala High Court on Monday (October 26).The appeals were mentioned before the Division Bench of Justice Satish Ninan and Justice P. Krishna...