MP High Court Refuses To Protect Shyamla Hills Occupants From Eviction, Says No Legal Or Forest Rights Established Over Govt Land

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has declined to grant further protection against eviction of a group of residents occupying the government land in Bhopal's Shyamla Hills area, observing that the occupants failed to establish any legal, tenancy, ownership or forest rights over the disputed property. The division bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Vivek Jain observed:"we are of the...

LIC Employees Can Be Engaged As Enumerators & Supervisors For Census Duties: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the employees of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) can legally be engaged as 'Enumerators' and 'Supervisors' for census duties.A bench of Justice Dinesh Pathak thus dismissed a petition moved by 'North Central Zone Insurance Employees', an association of Class III and Class IV employees of the LIC, challenging the entrustment of census...

Justice Ravindra Ghuge Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of Bombay High Court

The Central Government on Monday (June 1) notified the appointment of Justice Ravindra Ghuge as the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court.This comes after the HC's Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar was elevated to the Supreme Court. "In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is pleased to appoint Shri Justice Ravindra V Ghuge, Judge...

Sriharikota Rocket Station Evacuees Are Assignees Of Govt Land Under GO, Can't Claim Absolute Ownership Based On Later Memo: AP High Court

Clarifying the legal status of lands assigned to Sriharikota Rocket Station evacuees under a 1970 rehabilitation scheme, the Andhra Pradesh High Court held that such persons were assignees of Government land with restricted rights and could not claim absolute ownership based on a subsequent memo or revenue entries.A Division Bench comprising Justice Ravi Nath Tilhari and Justice Maheswara...

Special Marriage Act | 1-Year Waiting Period For Filing Divorce Plea Can Be Waived In Cases Of 'Exceptional Hardship': Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the statutory one-year waiting period for filing a divorce petition under the Special Marriage Act, 1954, can be waived in exceptional circumstances where continuation of the marriage would only prolong the parties' hardship.A Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Renu Bhatnagar allowed an appeal filed by a husband challenging a...

Plea Seeking Probe Against Chief Minister Vijay Over Alleged Income Suppression Withdrawn From Madras High Court

The Madras High Court, on Tuesday (June 2), permitted the withdrawal of a plea seeking probe into alleged suppression of income by TVK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay.The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan accepted the request of the petitioner to withdraw the plea and ordered accordingly. The petition, filed by M Rajkumar of Chennai has sought...

CBSE OSM Row : NSUI Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Independent Inquiry

National Students' Union of India (NSUI) has filed a plea before the Delhi High Court alleging “large scale irregularities and deficiencies” under the newly introduced On- Screen Marking (OSM) system by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The public interest litigation, filed through NSUI's President Vinod Jhakhar, seeks an independent inquiry, citing technical issues...

Acquittal In Sexual Offence Cases Warrants De-Indexing Of Name-Based Search Results To Protect Reputation: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that acquittal in sexual offence cases warrants de-indexing of such accused from name based search results to protect reputation. “This Court is of the view that in cases of acquittal from charges of sexual offences, where the petitioner is a private individual and no specific articulable continuing public interest in their identification can be established,...

Hindu Wife Removing 'Thali' Amounts To Mental Cruelty To Husband: Madras High Court Grants Divorce

While upholding an order granting divorce to a man, the Madras High Court observed that the removal of the Thali (mangalsutra) by a Hindu wife would amount to mental cruelty upon the husband.The court also observed after considering the evidence, the husband's allegation that the wife converted to Christiany also cannot be thrown away. “The next ground for divorce is that the...

S.13B(2) HMA | Continuation Of Cooling-Off Period Where Couple Conciously Decides To Part Ways Can Prolong Hardship: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reiterated that the six-month cooling-off period under Section 13-B(2) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, governing divorce by mutual consent, is directory and not mandatory, and may be waived where parties have genuinely settled all disputes and there is no possibility of reconciliation.Justice Venkateswarlu Nimmagadda, while clarifying the object of...

Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 25 - May 31, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 198 to 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 214NOMINAL INDEXMilap Chand Dandiav v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 198State of Rajasthan v Smt. Seems Jakhar; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 200Karan Pratap Singh v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 202Prem Prakash Bidyasar v State of Rajasthan, and other connected matter; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 203Taimoor v State of Rajasthan;...

'Sad Picture': MP High Court Enhances Maintenance Of Wife Allegedly Married As Teenager, Says She Can't Be Denied Reasonable Sum

The Madhya Pradesh High Court enhanced maintenace amount ordered by a family court to a woman, remarking that it was a sad picture of the rights of girls wherein the woman who was allegedly a victim of child marriage, was again being victimized by being provided "meagre amount of maintainance". The woman, who was allegedly married in 2015 while she was only 13 years old, had alleged cruelty...