NEET-UG 2026 | UP Govt's Enhanced Reservation In Four Medical Colleges Prima Facie Amounts To Contempt: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has stayed a Uttar Pradesh government order reserving 62 of the 85 MBBS seats in each of four government medical colleges for Scheduled Caste candidates, holding that it defied the Court's earlier directions and the State's own undertaking to follow the U.P. Admission to Educational Institutions (Reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other...

Forest Department Can't Evict Alleged Encroachers Without Following Supreme Court Directions In Abdul Khalek: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that if the Forest Department proposes to take action against alleged occupants of a reserved forest, it must follow the procedure laid down by the Supreme Court in Abdul Khalek v. State of Assam.Justice Devashis Baruah, observed, “...taking into account the directions, which were passed by the Supreme Court in Abdul Khalek (supra), whereby there was a...

Passport Doesn't Give Automatic Right To Travel Abroad; Police Can Apply To Court For Surrender Of Passport: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a passport does not guarantee spontaneous passage across border for a person who has criminal cases pending against him. It held that while the grant of passport cannot be denied merely due to pendency of criminal case, the police can apply to court for surrender of passport to prevent the person from leaving the country. The bench of Justice...

LiveLaw Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 14 To September 20, 2026

Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 840 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 8NOMINAL INDEXP B AGRO LLP v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 840 AJAY KUMAR v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & other connected matter 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 841 SHIVAM GUPTA v. THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 842 ANISH SANDEEP PATIL (MINOR) THROUGH HIS FATHER SANDEEP HEMANT PATIL v. UNION OF INDIA & ORS...

[Motor Vehicles Act] Carriage Permit Applicant Cannot Cure Statutory Defects After Consideration Of Application: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that once a statutory authority finds that a carriage permit application under the Motor Vehicles act is incomplete and suffers from defects going to its maintainability, the applicant cannot be allowed an opportunity to cure the defect by remitting the matter back. The Court observed that permitting the applicant to subsequently cure deficiencies after adjudication would prejudice competing operators who had raised objections to the application in its...

Courts Cannot Reassess Interview Marks Or Comparative Merit Absent Proven Mala Fides Or Bias: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that judicial reassessment of comparative merit, including marks awarded in an interview by a duly constituted Selection Committee, is impermissible in the absence of mala fides, bias or violation of statutory rules or the applicable policy. The Court observed that merely because an unsuccessful candidate was awarded fewer interview marks, the Court cannot assume the role of an expert or Selection Committee and re-evaluate the candidates'...

Municipal Officer Cannot Take One-Sided Demolition Action Pending Statutory Appeal: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has observed that municipal authorities should not entertain complaints or initiate further coercive action concerning an alleged unauthorized construction when a statutory appeal against the demolition order is already pending before the competent appellate authority. The Court remarked that such an approach could unnecessarily draw citizens into litigation and emphasized that municipal officers must act fairly and should not “take one side and create hardship...

Allahabad High Court Initiates Contempt Against UP's Principal Food Secretary For Disobeying Judicial Orders

The Allahabad High Court has ordered registration of contempt of court proceedings against Principal Secretary, Department of Food and Civil Supply, Government of U.P. , Ranvir Prasad, for not complying with the orders of a coordinate division bench regarding commencement of arbitration within the stipulated time and also for stating that the arbitration was not maintainable in view of Government Orders. While ordering contempt proceedings to be instituted against Ranvir Prasad, the...

"Family Feud" Need Not Span Generations, Dispute Between Members Of Same Generation Also Qualifies: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a “family feud” need not be a dispute continuing across generations and that a prior dispute between family members of the same generation can amount to a family feud. The Court observed that where the facts of a case attract different categories under the same Guidelines, the category more beneficial to the convict must be applied. A division bench of Justice Vaishali Patil-Jadhav and Justice Sandipkumar C. More was hearing a petition filed by a convict...

Rules Allowing Claims Tribunal To Withhold Compensation Based On Claimant's Literacy, Financial Condition Violate Article 14: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that Rules 5.1 and 5.4.1(i) and (ii) of the Railway Accidents and Untoward Incidents (Compensation) Rules, 1990, which allow the Railway Claims Tribunal to release only a part of the awarded compensation and park the rest in fixed deposit depending on the claimant's literacy and financial condition, discriminate between claimants and violate Article 14...

Absence From Duty, Proxy Teaching At Most Service Misconduct; Not Cheating: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed a cheating FIR lodged against a government teacher for substituting another person to perform his teaching duties, observing that the said allegations at most constitute service misconduct. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 377]Observing that the FIR did not disclose any essential ingredients of cheating, the bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi held,"Even otherwise, a...

Delhi High Court Highlights Poor Pay, Neglect Of Labourers; Says Society Has Failed To Value Their Work

The Delhi High Court has observed that the society has failed to value and respect physical labour as labourers in the country are “least paid, least cared and least bothered.” [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 883]Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav made the observations while dealing with an appeal arising from a 2002 assault on a labourer who was sleeping at a shop in city's Lajpat Rai Market.The Court...