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Insurer Not Liable If Learner's Licence Holder Not Accompanied By Instructor With Valid License At The Time Of Accident: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that an insurance company won't be liable if a vehicle driven by a learner's license holder met with an accident, and the driver failed to prove compliance with Rule 3 of the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, such as being accompanied by an instructor with valid license when the accident happened. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 360]The single judge bench of...
Rajasthan High Court Declines CLAT Candidate's Plea To Change Reservation Category After Result Declaration
The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed the petition filed by a CLAT 2026 candidate seeking modification of her reservation category from Unreserved General-Women to General-Rajasthan Domicile, after the first provisional list was already declared by the CLAT-Consortium. The bench of Justice Maneesh Sharma observed that a belated correction or modification of an application form, especially...
Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Relief To TMC MP Kirti Azad In Alleged Extortion Case
The Calcutta High Court has granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress MP Kirti Azad in connection with an extortion case, observing prima facie that it did not find substance in the allegations against the former cricketer based on an audio recording played before the Court.Justice Kausik Chanda, while granting the interim protection, directed Azad to cooperate...
UP Bureaucrats Using Goondas Act As 'Tool Of Oppression'; To Face Punitive Damages For Illegal Orders: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the UP Goondas Act is being used as a tool of oppression by the Uttar Pradesh bureaucrats and the State despite the Court's consistent rulings on the issue. A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain held that the bureaucracy must stop issuing illegal and arbitrary orders, or else it will have to face punitive damages. "This Court has uptill now refrained...
Kerala High Court Grants Pre-Arrest Bail To Lawyer Accused Of Sexually Harassing Lady Advocate, Notes Prior Counter Case
The Kerala High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to a lawyer, who is accused of sexually harassing a lady advocate outside a Palakkad court. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 509]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath noted that a prior crime was registered against the complainant at the instance of the petitioner lawyer and went on to grant him bail. The Court was of the view that custodial interrogation...
Gauhati High Court Questions Demolition Of Private Houses In Goalpara, Says Authorities Prima Facie Misused Disaster Management Act
The Gauhati High Court has said that the demolition of residents' homes on private land in Goalpara did not "prima-facie" show any imminent threat requiring such action and further prima facie pointed to misuse of the Disaster Management Department Act.The court was hearing a petition moved by various persons challenging notice issued by Circle Office, Matia (Respondent No. 3) "threatening"...
P&H High Court Chief Justice Nominates Retired Justice Jaishree Thakur And Sr Advocate Gursharan Kaur Mann As State Bar Council Members
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has nominated retired Justice Jaishree Thakur and Senior Advocate Gursharan Kaur Mann as members of the Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana.The Registrar General issued a memorandum notifying the co-option/nomination of two members, in compliance with directions issued by the Supreme Court in Yogamaya M.G. v. Union of India and others, Writ Petition (Civil)...
JJ Act | Rajasthan High Court Directs 1% Reservation For Youth Leaving Care Homes, Flags 'Mechanical' Juvenile Assessments
Taking serious note of the lapses in preliminary assessments of a minors under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act (“JJ Act”), the Rajasthan High Court has ordered constitution of a panel of Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and experts in Child psychology in each district.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand further highlighted the harsh reality faced by the “care leavers”,...
Kerala High Court Permits Widow To Use Preserved Embryos For Assisted Reproduction After Husband's Death
The Kerala High Court recently permitted a woman to use embryos preserved for assisted reproduction after her husband died. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 508]Justice Harisankar V. Menon referred to Section 22 of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021, which provides that an ART clinic can perform any treatment or procedure only with the written informed consent of parties....
'Muscle Power' Can't Override Law: Rajasthan High Court Orders Police To Restore Bank's Possession On Property Forcibly Taken By Borrowers
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the police officials to take all possible endeavours to restore the possession of a mortgaged property forcibly taken over by loan defaulters from the bank, which had lawful authority over it in terms of the SARFAESI Act.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand noted that respondent-borrowers had used "muscle power" to take over the property and an FIR was...
Karnataka High Court Awards ₹10.52 Lakh To Parents Of Boy Electrocuted While Retrieving Kite, Quashes Finding On Child's Negligence
The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed a 2015 order of Belagavi Lok Adalat which had rejected compensation claim for a minor boy's death by electrocution by attributing negligence to the boy who had died while trying to retrieve a kite entangled in a high-tension electric line. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 359]Th single-judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum allowed the plea filed by...