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Permanent Lok Adalat Has No Jurisdiction Over Service Matters: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Award Granting Benefits From 1978

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside an order of a Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) in dispute relating to service benefits, opining that the jurisdiction of PLA could only be invoked for redressal of grievances that dealt with “public utility services” as defined under Section 22A(b) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (the “Act”).The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was...

Passport Issued Despite Pending Citizenship Reference: Gauhati High Court Orders Inquiry, Directs Assam DGP To Fix Responsibility

The Gauhati High Court has directed the Assam Home Department and the Director General of Police to inquire into how a passport was issued to a person whose citizenship was already under question in a pending Foreigners Tribunal reference.A Division Bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Justice Pranjal Das, observed:“This Court fails to comprehend as to how such Passport could have...

Minor Rape Survivor Cant Be Compelled To Carry Pregnancy, Has Right To Decide On Motherhood: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a minor rape survivor cannot be compelled to carry the pregnancy and deliver the child and has the right to decide it she wants to be a mother or not. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 845]Justice Madhu Jain said that in cases arising out of sexual assault, compelling a survivor to continue with a pregnancy resulting from the assault and fastening upon her...

Substratum Of Dispute No Longer Exists: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Rape, POCSO FIR After Marriage Between Parties

The Rajasthan High Court has allowed quashing of an FIR for the offence of rape and under POCSO Act, on the ground of compromise reached between parties, taking into account the past cordial relationship between them as well as their marriage and consequentially bleak chances of successful prosecution. The bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upman opined that it was highly unlikely that the victim...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On ANIs Appeal Against Denial Of Interim Relief In Copyright Case Against ChatGPT

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on an appeal filed by Asian News International (ANI) challenging a single judge's order rejecting its interim injunction application filed in its copyright infringement suit against OpenAI Inc, which founded ChatGPT.A division bench comprising Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora sought response of Open AI and listed...

Long Separation Does Not Extinguish Wifes Right To Maintenance If Marriage Subsists: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that merely because a husband and wife have been living separately for several decades, the latter's statutory right to claim maintenance is not extinguished so long as the marriage continues to subsist. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 844]Justice Madhu Jain made the observation while dismissing a petition filed by a retired Army personnel challenging an order of the...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Two More Accused In UGC NET Paper Leak Case, Including Alleged Kingpin

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to two accused, Robin Singh alias Robin and Neeraj Kumar Dhanak, in the case concerning the leak of CSIR-UGC NET examination question papers, in two separate orders arising from the same FIR.Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal said, "The object of bail is to secure the attendance of an accused person in his trial. The object is neither...

PIL Moved In Karnataka High Court Against State Govt Order Directing Singing Of Only First-Two Stanzas Of Vande Mataram Song

A PIL has been moved before the Karnataka High Court challenging the State Government's recent order mandating that only the first two stanzas of the National Song 'Vande Mataram' shall be sung at State Government functions, except those attended by the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, or Governor.The matter is expected to be mentioned today before the high court for listing. The...

NEET-UG: Delhi High Court Questions Requirement For NRI Sponsor To Prove They Looked After Student As Guardian

The Delhi High Court has questioned the requirement for an NRI sponsor to establish that they had actually looked after a student as his or her guardian for the purpose of NRI quota admission following the NEET-UG examination. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 843]Justice Jasmeet Singh said that the requirement “appears to introduce a subjective criterion,” which may vary from case to case.The Court...

Parole Cannot Be Denied Merely Because Convict Is Citizen Of Nepal When Family Residing In India For Decades: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a convict's Nepalese citizenship, by itself, cannot be a ground to deny parole when his family has been residing in India for several decades. The Court observed that where the prisoner's family has established long-standing residential and social ties in India, and his conduct in custody is satisfactory, apprehensions of absconding to Nepal...

Delhi High Court To Hear Tomorrow PIL Alleging DUSU Election Process Violates Lyngdoh Committee Norms

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court challenging the election notification concerning the Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) polls for the academic year 2026–27.The matter was mentioned today by a counsel before a division bench headed by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya which allowed listing for tomorrow.The DUSU elections are scheduled for September 18....