Orissa High Court Quashes Medical Board's Report Excluding NEET-UG Candidate With Thalassemia From Disability Quota

Medical Board's opinion that Thalassemia does not impact functional ability can't discard candidate's disability claim, the Court said.

J&K&L High Court Directs Passport Authority To Decide 78-Year-Old Man Application Despite Police Report Citing 1988 FIR

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has directed the passport authorities to decide the application of a 78-year-old man for issuance of a passport, notwithstanding the police verification report recording his involvement in a 38-year-old FIR registered in 1988.The Court observed that once no charge sheet arising out of the FIR was pending before the concerned court, the...

Gulbarga Fort: Karnataka High Court Asks ASI To Verify Encroachments Within 100-Metre Protected Area

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 15) directed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to verify whether any encroachments exist outside the Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) Fort but within the 100-metre protected area surrounding the historic monument.A Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice T.P. Vivekananda was hearing a 2018 public interest litigation (PIL) filed by...

Loss Of Milk Business Qualifies For Compensation As Benefit Arising From Acquired Land: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that loss of milk business carried on from a stable situated on acquired land qualifies for compensation, as “land” under Section 3(a) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, includes the benefits arising out of land. The Court observed that the Appellant had produced evidence regarding his milk business and that the loss of such business resulted from acquisition...

Delhi High Court Chief Justice Nominates Sr Advocate Sonia Mathur & Advocate Monika Arora As Members Of Delhi Bar Council

Delhi High Court's Chief Justice, Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, has co-opted two lawyers as women members of the Bar Council of Delhi.The two women lawyers are Senior Advocate Sonia Mathur and Advocate Monika Arora. The information has been provided in a letter issued by the Registrar General of the Delhi High Court. “I am directed to refer to your letter No. 183/Gen/SF/2026...

Police Cannot Decide Legality Of Dairy Farms Or Health Hazard Claims, Pollution Control Board Is Appropriate Authority: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the police are not the appropriate authority to decide whether dairy farms are being operated in accordance with law or whether their operation is causing health hazards, directing a petitioner aggrieved by neighbouring dairy units to approach the West Bengal Pollution Control Board.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing a writ petition filed by...

Bail Applications Without Details Of Criminal Antecedents, Prior Pleas Not To Be Numbered: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has directed that bail applications not disclosing criminal antecedents and details of prior bail pleas as mandated by the Apex Court in Zeba Khan v. State of U.P. and Others, cannot be numbered. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 504]Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath observed that bail applications rarely comply with the afore directions and the administrative mandate contained in the...

Criminal Action For Carrying Out Emergency Repairs In Protected Monument Zone Is 'Opposed To Article 21': Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held restoring the crumbling wall of a house or making emergency repairs to stablize a structure located in the 300-metre range of a protected monument amounts to restoration, and cannot be termed as construction which is prohibited under Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 245]In doing so the court held that...

Karnataka High Court Asks 32-Year-Old Woman To Clarify Basis Of Challenge To 35-Year Minimum Age For Surrogacy

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 15) asked a 32-year-old woman challenging the constitutional validity of the 35-year minimum age prescribed for single women seeking surrogacy to clarify the basis of her challenge.Justice C.M. Poonacha was hearing the woman's plea seeking a direction to the authorities to issue Essentiality and Eligibility Certificates to enable her to...

Twisha Sharma Dowry Death Case: MP High Court Gives CBI One Week To Respond To Giribala Singh's Bail Plea

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted a week's time to the CBI to file its reply in former judge Giribala Singh's bail application, in a case involving dowry harassment and the death of her daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma.The bench of Justice Ajay Kumar Nirankari allowed the CBI counsel's request and listed the matter for September 21.Twisha, a 33-year-old woman, was found dead at...

Karuvatta Murder Case: Kerala High Court Upholds JJB Order Allowing Escorted Movement Of Minors For Evidence Collection

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 15) upheld the order of the Juvenile Justice Board, Alappuzha that allowed the escorted movement of the children in conflict with law (CCLs) for evidence collection in the Karuvatta murder case. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 505]The case refers to the murder of a 67-year-old man on August 17, 2026 allegedly by his 13-year-old granddaughter and three other...

Deceased's Statement To Media Cannot Be Treated As Dying Declaration At FIR Registration Stage: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a statement allegedly made by a deceased person before electronic media cannot, at the stage of seeking registration of an FIR, be conclusively treated as a dying declaration. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 368]The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi dismissed the application by the deceased's wife seeking registration of an FIR against the police officers...