Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup July 27 - August 2, 2026

Nominal Index:Arjun Kumar Through His Father Sham Lal v. UT of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 326Inder Krishan Raina v. Union Territory of J&K through SHO Police Station, Nawabad, Jammu 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 327Javid Ahmad Lone & Ors. v. Union Territory of J&K through SHO, Police Station Karnah, District Kupwara 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 328Bashir Mohammad Choudhary v. Union...

ED Officials Attack: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Nine Accused

The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 3) granted regular bail to nine accused in the crime registered pursuant to the attack on Enforcement Directorate officials. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 420]The case refers to the alleged attack on ED officials and damage to vehicles following an ED search operation at the residence of Opposition Leader Of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan and his daughter on May...

IIT Kanpur PhD Admission Stalled Due To SIR Deletion: Calcutta High Court Directs Tribunal To Decide Appeal Expeditiously

The Calcutta High Court recently directed the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) Appellate Tribunal to expeditiously decide the appeal of a Ph.D. aspirant whose admission to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur had allegedly been stalled after his name was struck off the electoral roll.Justice Krishna Rao observed that since the petitioner's admission to the Ph.D. programme was...

LiveLaw Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 27 to August 2, 2026

Citations: 2026 : LiveLaw (Ker) 397 - 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 418Nominal IndexP. v. R, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 397Mahesh B. @ Mahesh Panju and Anr. v State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 398V v. P and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 399Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 400P. Gopinathan v. Union of India, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 401Inspector General of Registration and Anr. v Muhammed...

Meghalaya High Court Seeks Report On Non-Functional CCTV Cameras In Police Stations, Impleads ED, CBI NIA, NCB & DRI

The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday (July 30) directed the State to file a comprehensive affidavit detailing the installation, functioning and maintenance of CCTV cameras in police stations across the State, after prima facie finding non-compliance with the Supreme Court's directions on CCTV surveillance in police stations. The division bench comprising the Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere...

Section 141 NI Act Inapplicable To Sole Proprietorships; Family Members Can't Be Prosecuted As 'Partners': Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the vicarious liability provision under Section 141 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 cannot be invoked against family members of the proprietor of a sole proprietorship concern, reiterating that a sole proprietorship has no separate legal identity and is outside the ambit of the provision.The Court further held that criminal liability under Section...

Show-Cause Notice Mandatory For Blacklisting Contractor; Arbitration Clause No Bar To Writ Petition Against Debarment: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that a contractor cannot be blacklisted without being served a specific show-cause notice expressly proposing such action. The Court further observed that the existence of an arbitration clause does not bar the exercise of writ jurisdiction where the challenge is directed against arbitrary administrative action or violation of the principles of...

Allahabad High Court Calls For Crowd Behaviour Science To Prevent Stampedes At Mathura-Vrindavan Religious Gatherings

The Allahabad High Court has held that the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution casts a positive obligation on the State to create and maintain conditions in which lives are not lost to preventable disasters. It held that institutionalising the science of crowd behaviour in academia, administration and policy is a constitutional imperative.The Court was hearing a writ...

'Rule Of Men Is Death Knell To Democracy': Telangana High Court Asks State To Relieve HYDRAA Chief Over Demolition Despite Court Orders

The Telangana High Court asked the State government to relieve Hyderabad Disaster Response and Assets Protection Agency (HYDRAA) Commissioner AV Ranganath from his post over HYDRAA carrying demolition in violation of court orders, observing that it was a classic case of Rule of Men trying to prevail over Rule of Law which would be a death knell to democracy. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 123]HYDRAA is...

High Court Bars Punjab Govt From Undertaking Large-Scale Advertisement Campaigns Till Employees Are Paid Dearness Allowance Arrears

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday dismissed the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) appeal against a Single Judge's direction to release pending Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to its employees and pensioners.Acting Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor also restrained the State from undertaking any large-scale advertisement...

Madras High Court Grants Bail To DMK MLA Markandayan Booked For Making 'Threatening' Remarks Against CM Vijay

The Madras High Court has granted bail to Vilathikulam MLA GV Markandayan in a case registered against him for allegedly making derogatory and threatening remarks against CM Joseph Vijay. Justice GK Ilanthiraiyan was inclined to grant bail on the condition that Markandayan files an affidavit undertaking that he will not make such remarks against the CM in the future. Markandayan has also...

Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Former AAP MLA Naresh Balyan In MCOCA Case

The Delhi High Court on Monday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan in a case registered against him under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, related to an alleged organised crime. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 716]Justice Manoj Jain said that there was discernible nexus between Balyan and other members of syndicate as well as head of the...