Misuse Of Authority By Bank Officials Undermines Customers' Trust In Banks: Gujarat High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail

The Gujarat High Court has observed that misuse of authority by banking officials who are charged with guarding customers' money strikes at the very foundation on which financial institutions function. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 289]In doing so the court rejected a man's anticipatory bail plea after noting that a specific role was attributed to him–as an official in a bank accused of defrauding...

Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Passing Classified Military Documents To Pakistan High Commission

The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a man accused of possessing classified military documents and allegedly facilitating their transmission to an official of the Pakistan High Commission, observing that the prosecution's case could not be characterised as resting only on a disclosure statement or an uncorroborated allegation.Justice Sanjeev Narula observed that although allegations...

Denial Of Wages For Work Actually Performed Violates Article 23: J&K&L High Court Orders Payment To Doctor Despite Retrospective Cancellation Of Engagement

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that withholding remuneration for work actually performed violates Article 23 of the Constitution of India, even where an employee's engagement is subsequently cancelled ab initio on account of an adverse character verification report.The Court ruled that a condition in an engagement order disentitling an appointee to wages for the...

Practice Of Engaging Persons Of Choice As Casual Workers And Later Regularising Them Is Fraud On Constitution: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has held that the Government or its officers are not empowered to pick up people of their own choice from the open market, engage them by giving the nomenclature of daily wagers, casual workers, ad hoc appointees or consolidated workers, and then come up with a policy of regularisation to confer the benefit of permanent employment...

Excise Inspection Without Prescribed Police Officer Is Invalid, Distillery's Licences Restored: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the absence of a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police from an excise inspection team constitutes a material defect, rendering the entire inspection proceedings invalid. The Court quashed the cancellation of licences granted to K.M. Distillery Pvt. Ltd., holding that the mandatory requirements under the Himachal...

HP High Court Refuses To Reject Suit Challenging Cooperative Society Election, Says Defence Cannot Be Considered Under Order VII Rule 11 CPC

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has reiterated that while deciding an application for rejection of a plaint under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, courts must confine their examination to the averments in the plaint and the documents accompanying it, without considering the defence raised by the defendants. Dismissing a petition challenging the rejection of such...

Pending Criminal Cases Without Conviction Can't Alone Justify Denial Of Bail: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the pendency of criminal cases that have not resulted in conviction cannot, by itself, be a ground to deny bail when the other circumstances of the case favour the accused.Justice Sachin Datta made the observation while granting bail to a man who had been in judicial custody since June 04, 2025, in a case involving allegations of assault and offences under...

Contractual Women Employees Can't Be Denied Maternity Leave Merely Due To Nature Of Employment: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that nature of employment, whether regular, casual or contractual, cannot by itself be treated as a conclusive ground for denying maternity benefits to a woman employee, where other applicable statutory conditions are fulfilled. In this regard, any contractual condition, contrary to the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961 (the “Act”) shall be overridden by the...

Muslim Mother Can Be Appointed Guardian Of Minor's Property, Sell Share For Child's Welfare: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has recently held that though mother is not a legal guardian of the minor's property as of right under the Muslim Law, she can still be appointed as guardian of such property by competent Court under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 ('the 1890 Act'), when such appointment is required for welfare and evident advantage to the minor. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 120]While...

Husband's Plea For Restitution Of Conjugal Rights Under Muslim Law No Ground To Quash Wife's Cruelty FIR: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a husband's plea seeking restitution of conjugal rights under Muslim law cannot by itself be a ground to quash his wife's FIR alleging cruelty and dowry harassment. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 422]Dismissing a husband's petition seeking quashing of an FIR for cruelty (Section 498A of the IPC) and Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act, the bench...

Access To Hygienic Public Toilets Part Of Right To Life: Delhi High Court Proposes Surprise Inspections By Social Work Students

The Delhi High Court has observed that the right to access hygienic public toilets is part of the right to life while proposing a mechanism involving social work students to conduct surprise inspections of public toilets across the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) area.A Division Bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Justice Sanjay Sharma said that despite the...

Written Agreements Recording Mutual Consent Make Rape Prosecution On False Promise Of Marriage Difficult To Sustain: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has observed that when two adults live together under a mutually consented written agreement and thereafter end their arrangement also via a written agreement then the complainant's claim of rape on false promise of marriage becomes difficult to sustain. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 288]The court said that the long drawn relationship of the appellant with the respondent,...