Unregistered Agreement To Sell Can Be Used For Purpose Of Assessing Nature Of Possession At Interim Stage: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that an unregistered agreement to sell, though inadmissible to prove title, can be relied upon for collateral purposes, including for determining the nature and character of possession at the stage of consideration of an application for temporary injunction.The Court further held that the enquiry at the interim stage is limited to...

Bombay High Court Refuses Bail In Former State Minister Baba Siddique Murder Case, Says Co-Accused Confession Admissible Under MCOCA

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (May 7) denied bail to a man booked in the murder case of former Maharashtra Minister Baba Siddiqui, who was shot to death in broad daylight on October 12, 2024 at Mumbai's plush Bandra area. At least three assailants had opened fire against Siddiqui, while he was about to enter his car after meeting his son Zeeshan in Bandra East. A total of six bullets...

Karnataka High Court Permits Continuation Of Hormone Replacement Therapy For Two Transgender Persons Challenging 2026 Amendment Act

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday [May 7] permitted two transwomen, who have challenged the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act 2026, to continue with their ongoing hormonal replacement therapy subject to the outcome of the writ petition, as an interim arrangement.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum was hearing two separate pleas, one filed by...

Delhi High Court Passes Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor

The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 8) passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.Issuing notice on the application for interim injunction and summons in Tharoor's main suit seeking protection of his personality rights, Justice Mini Pushkarna while dictating the order said,"Orders will be passed in terms of prayers a, b , c and d". Appearing...

WB Polls: PIL In Calcutta High Court Seeks Action Against Alleged 'Bulldozer Demolition' At Kolkata's New Market

A public interest litigation has been moved before the Calcutta High Court seeking action against police officers allegedly present during the vandalism and bulldozer demolition near the historic Hogg Market area in central Kolkata following the declaration of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results. The plea also seeks the court's intervention into other instances of post-poll...

AP High Court Modifies Preliminary Decree In Partition Suit, Grants Daughter Equal Share Under Amended Hindu Succession Act

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a daughter has equal share in the co-parcenary property as per amended Section 6 Hindu Succession Act and a preliminary decree in a partition suit can be modified to grant such right so long as final decree proceedings are pending and partition has not taken place by metes and bounds. For context, Section 6 post the 2005 amendment to the Act,...

Calcutta HC Directs Howrah Municipal Corp To Execute 2010 Land Sale, Says Undisclosed Cabinet Decision Can't Defeat Highest Bidder's Rights

The Howrah Municipal Corporation cannot indefinitely withhold execution of a sale deed in favour of the highest bidder merely because the State Government failed to grant approval, the Calcutta High Court has held, while directing completion of a land sale process pending since 2010.Justice Shampa Sarkar observed that the statutory powers of the municipal corporation under the Howrah...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Accused In Alleged Mob Lynching Over Pro-Pakistan Slogans During Cricket Match

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (May 7) granted bail to one of the accused in alleged mob-lynching of a man from Kerala who purportedly chanted pro-Pakistan slogans at a cricket stadium in Mangalore's Kudupu Village last year. The single judge bench of V Srishananda passed the order granting bail to the third accused- Manjunatha Mallikarjuna. The court directed the accused to be...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: April 2026

Nominal Index [Citations 101 - 139]Manjit Singh v/s State of Punjab 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 101 Alam v. Rajasthan State Road Transport Corporation & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 102Parthesh Sharma v. Punjab Public Service Commission and Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 103Saral Mobile Project Services Pvt. Ltd. v. State of Haryana & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 104Anil Sharma v. State of U.T., Chandigarh &...

Mere Complaint Through MHA Cybercrime Portal Cannot Justify Freezing Of Bank Accounts: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that bank accounts cannot be frozen merely on the basis of complaints received through the Ministry of Home Affairs' cybercrime portal, without any order from a competent court under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).Justice Krishna Rao directed the immediate defreezing of the accounts of Xenixt Technologies Private Limited after finding that...

Unsubstantiated Claim That Wife Accused Husband Of Having HIV/AIDS Insufficient To Grant Divorce: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a claim by a person that their spouse has accused them of suffering from a grave illness like HIV/AIDS won't amount to mental cruelty in order to seek divorce, unless corroborated with sufficient evidence.The Division Bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj and Dr Justice Chillakure Sumalatha, setting aside the decree for divorce, opined that the Family...

Selection Process Ends With Appointment; Future Vacancies Not Part Of Same Process: J&K&L High Court Dismisses Judicial Officers' Seniority Plea

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by four judicial officers who sought quashing of a seniority list of Munsiffs issued in 2011 and a direction to fix their seniority on the basis of their inter se merit in the selection process conducted by the Public Service Commission. The Court held that the selection process came to a close with the...