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'Judicial Murder': Allahabad High Court Orders Administrative Action Against Trial Judge For Causing Illegal Gain To Party In Title Dispute
The Allahabad High Court recently expressed shock at the conduct of a trial judge for ignoring photocopy of the death certificate of an individual in a title dispute, thereby causing wrongful gain to the plaintiff. Stating that the reasons assigned by the judicial officer were perverse, dishonest and passed to give undue advantage to the plaintiff, Justice Sandeep Jain observed:“The...
Gujarat High Court Acquits Cop In 50-Year-Old Custodial Torture Case Citing State's Failure To Prove Illegal Confinement & Assault
The Gujarat High Court acquitted a police officer convicted by trial court in 2003 in a custodial torture and illegal confinement FIR lodged in 1976, holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the complainant was tortured wherein the allegations were not supported by reliable medical or corroborative evidence.Justice Gita Gopi observed:“The prosecution had failed to prove the case...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 23 To March 01, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 223 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 238NOMINAL INDEXHeritage Foods Limited v. Jagati Publications Limited & Ors. 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 223 Asif @ Naeem v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 224 JAYANT VATS v. STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 225 Save India Foundation v. MCD 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 226 JUBIN NAUTIYAL v. JAMMABLE LIMITED & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 227 Mujeeb...
Democratic Process Can't Be Curbed Unreasonably: Karnataka High Court Asks Police To Permit Use Of Loudspeakers For Trade Union's Campaign
The Karnataka High Court recently directed the police to permit a trade union to use loudspeakers for creating awareness about the organisation of a protest subject to certain conditions, observing that an awareness campaign is a facet of democratic process which cannot be restricted unreasonably. The court was hearing a plea moved by Centre for Indian Trade Unions and its President challenging...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Treats Disabled Petitioner's Plea Seeking Accessible Housing As PIL
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has treated a plea as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a physically disabled individual seeking allotment of a structurally suitable and occupationally fit house with necessary accessibility modifications in terms of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.The petitioner, who appeared in person, has been diagnosed with PPRP of the...
S.135(C) Gujarat Land Revenue Code | Revenue Authorities Must Mutate Entry When Based On Registered Sale Deed: High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that when rights in land are acquired through a registered document under the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, the revenue authorities are duty-bound to mutate the entry. In doing so the court said that the refusal to restore such entry despite subsequent consent of parties and rectification of defects is “not legally sustainable.”Justice Divyesh A. Joshi referred...
Referring To Someone By Their Profession Doesn't Attract SC/ST Act Offence If No Intent To Humiliate: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that merely calling a person by referring to his or her profession would not, by itself, attract the provisions of the SC/ST Act. The Court clarified that such words must be used intentionally to humiliate a victim belonging to the SC/ST Community to constitute an offence under the Act. A bench of Justice Anil Kumar-X thus partly allowed...
Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026
Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 30 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 88Nominal IndexSri Sirajuddin v/s State of Karnataka 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 30Prof Niranjana v/s State & Another 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 31Dr. BR Ambedkar Youth Social and Cultural Welfare Trust v/s Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 32X v/s State of Karnataka 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 33Shri Jayant Jadhav Anr. v/s Principal Secretary & Others...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused In Double Murder Case Registered After 2 Years Of Death
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday granted regular bail to a 39-year-old woman accused of conspiring to murder her husband and alleged paramour's wife , noting the inordinate delay in registration of the FIR, absence of postmortem examination, and lack of direct recovery linking her to the alleged crime.Justice Sanjay Vashisth noted, "The FIR in the present case was got...
Kerala High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP's K Surendran In 2019 Hartal Violence Case
The Kerala High Court on Monday (February 23) stayed all criminal proceedings initiated against Bharatiya Janata Party leader K. Surendran in relation to a 2019 crime perpetrated during a flash hartal.Justice C.S. Dias admitted Surendran's plea to quash criminal proceedings against him and issued notice to the parties. The judge then passed an interim order staying further criminal...
Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath Inaugurates Upgraded Model Mediation Centre At Allahabad High Court
In a moment of institutional significance, the 7th Floor of the Mediation & Conciliation Centre at the Administrative Annexe Building of the Allahabad High Court was inaugurated by Justice Vikram Nath, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Chairman of the Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), on February 27, 2026.From its inception in a single room, the Mediation...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Under PITNDPS Act, Cites Non-Application Of Mind
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed a preventive detention order passed under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, holding that the detaining authority failed to independently apply its mind and merely reproduced the proposal submitted by the police.Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin Chander Negi said, "we are of...