Madhu Lynching Case: Kerala High Court To Pronounce Verdict In Appeals On May 25, Directs Convicts To Appear

The Kerala High Court has called for the appearance of the convicts in the murder of Madhu, a mentally challenged tribal youth, who was brutally lynched to death for stealing rice from a grocery shop in Attappady, Palakkad in February 2018.The Court also said that it would pronounce the judgment on the day fixed for their appearance (May 25).The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar passed the following order in the appeals preferred by the convicts as well...

Services Utilised For Long Period Cannot Go Unpaid Merely Due To Absence Of Sanctioned Post: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that where services of an employee are continuously utilised for a long period, payment cannot be denied merely because there was no sanctioned post and such non-payment would be unconstitutional and violative of fundamental rights.The court was hearing a school employee's plea who continued working in a Grade-IV post for nearly 35 years without a sanctioned...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Flags Uneven Deployment Of AYUSH Doctors, Says Public Healthcare Cannot Remain 'Paper Assurance'

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has observed that issues relating to the deployment of medical officers transcend a mere service dispute and directly implicate the larger question of availability and accessibility of public healthcare in the State.Justice Sandeep Moudgil said, "In a welfare State governed by constitutional morality, healthcare cannot remain a matter of paper assurances...

Splitting Single Cause Of Action Into Multiple Criminal Cases Legally Impermissible: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the facts of the same occurrence cannot be allowed to be broken into pieces so as to file multiple complaints, and that all offences arising out of the same occurrence are to be investigated and tried together as per the scheme of criminal law.Quashing an FIR registered at Police Station, Budgam, along with the order of the...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup May 11 - May 17, 2026

Nominal Index:Vilayat Aziz Mir v. UT of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 195Mohammad Ashraf Sheikh Vs Union Territory of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 196Darshan Singh @ Deepu v. UT of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 197Manish Kumar Bharti v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 198Aultaf Ahmad Shah v. J&K Bank Ltd. & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 199Rouf Ahmad Mir...

'Government Servant Cannot Be Kept Under Suspension For Indefinite Period': Uttarakhand HC Quashes 5-Year Suspension

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that “a government servant cannot be kept under suspension for an indefinite period ”. The Court was dealing with a case where, subsequent to suspension, disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner included allegations of unauthorised absence and use of a forged Scheduled Tribe certificate to gain appointment.Observing that the petitioner had...

Delhi High Court Issues Criminal Contempt Notice To Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Leaders Over Posts Against Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to ex-CM Arvind Kejriwal and other leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party in the criminal contempt proceedings initiated for allegedly vilifying Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma through a targeted campaign across social media platforms.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has asked all the alleged contemnors to file their responses within four weeks.Meanwhile, it has asked the Registry to preserve copies of the...

'Shoot And Scoot Acts Not Protest': Delhi High Court Refuses To Discharge Men Accused Of Throwing Burning Effigy At Politician's Bungalow

The Delhi High Court has recently observed that violence in the guise of protest “cannot be acceptable to any tenet of demosprudence” while refusing to discharge several persons accused of throwing a burning effigy at the official bungalow of a prominent political leader in 2022.Justice Girish Kathpalia said that “shoot and scoot” acts carried out after setting an effigy on fire...

Dr Vandana Das Murder Case: Convict Moves Kerala High Court Challenging Conviction, Life Sentence

Sandeep G., who was found guilty by the trial court for the the murder of Dr. Vandana Das, has moved the Kerala High Court challenging his conviction and life sentence.Dr. Vandana was a 22-year-old house surgeon, who was stabbed to death, in May 2023 while she was on duty at a Taluk hospital in Kottarakkara, Kollam.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar admitted the appeal on Tuesday (May 19).In March, Additional Sessions Judge - I, Kollam had found...

Ensure Permanent Ramps At Routinely Notified Polling Booths, Make Websites Disabled-Friendly: Madras High Court To Election Commission

The Madras High Court recently directed the Election Commission of India to ensure that the schools and public buildings, which are usually notified as polling booths for elections, should be made wheelchair accessible by constructing permanent ramps. The bench of Chief Justice SA Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan also directed the ECI to take steps to make sure that...

Delhi High Court Sends Lawyer-YouTuber To Jail For Criminal Contempt After 'Taanashahi' Remark Against Judiciary

The Delhi High Court has sentenced a YouTuber and advocate Gulshan Pahuja to six months' simple imprisonment in two criminal contempt cases for scandalising the judiciary and lowering the authority of courts through his videos targeting judicial officers.A division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja observed that Pahuja had shown “no regret” or “course correction” despite being found guilty of criminal contempt. The Court noted that during the hearing on sentence, Pahuja...

Termination Of Employee On Allegation Of Disobedience Without Departmental Inquiry Legally Impermissible: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that terminating the services of an employee over allegations of disobedience or indiscipline without permitting him to adduce evidence in a properly constituted inquiry is legally impermissible, making such termination unsustainable. The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai observed that the respondents had terminated the petitioner's services by...