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Karnataka High Court Sets Aside Trial Courts Spot Inspection In Property Suit, Says It Must Generally Follow Recording Of Evidence

The Karnataka High Court has held that the power of a trial court under Order XVIII Rule 18 CPC to inspect a suit property and record a memorandum of facts must ordinarily be exercised only after evidence has been recorded in the suit.ORDER XVIII pertains to hearing of the suit and examination of witnesses wherein Rule 18 states that Court may at any stage of a suit inspect any property or...

Absolute Inertia: MP High Court Issues Arrest Warrants Against Govt Officials For Not Appearing In Contempt Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has issued arrest warrants against two IAS officers after they failed to either engage counsel or file a compliance report in a contempt petition, despite being aware of the proceedings. Remarking that the State Government has "adopted an absolute inertia in contempt proceedings matters", the bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed:"The aforesaid act of the...

Calcutta High Court Upholds Jail Sentence For Building Owner Who Carried Out Unauthorised Construction Under Roof-Repair Permit

The Calcutta High Court has upheld a two-year sentence imposed on a building owner for carrying out unauthorised construction under the cover of a municipal permit that was limited to reconstruction of the roof of an existing two-storeyed structure. Justice Uday Kumar held that a permission granted specifically for “reconstruction of roofs only” could not be treated as authorisation...

Orissa High Court Reinstates Judge, Says Resignation Over Lack Of Medical Facilities For Autistic Son Was Not Voluntary

The Orissa High Court has ordered reinstatement of a female Judicial Officer who was relieved from service by the Government in January 2023 even after urging the High Court on the administrative side to not accept her resignation letter, which she sent earlier citing lack of therapy facilities for her autistic child at the then place of posting. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 109] A Division Bench...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheating FIR Against Accused In Ambidant Investment Scam, Refuses To Quash ED Summons In PMLA Case

The Karnataka High Court has recently quashed a cheating FIR against realtor-businessman Vijay Tata, booked in the Ambidant Marketing investment "scam"–a company accused of cheating its customers of their money, holding that there was no incriminating material against him except inadmissible confession statements of co-accused. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 347]For context, in 2018, a case was...

Teacher Suspended Over Allegations Of Forced Islamic Practices At School Gets Relief From Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court last week granted relief to a teacher who was suspended over allegations that students at the school were performing Islamic prayers and wearing uniforms indicating that they belonged to a "special community". A bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan directed that the departmental inquiry against the teacher be concluded at the earliest, preferably within 15 days,...

Waqf Board Cant Appoint Ad-Hoc Panel To Manage Waqf Institution By Bypassing Statutory Rules: Karnataka High Court

The Dharwad Bench of the Karnataka High Court quashed an Office Memorandum issued by the State Board of Auqaf constituting an ad-hoc committee for eleven months to manage and supervise a waqf institution, holding that the Board bypassed the statutory mechanism under the Karnataka Wakf Rules, 2017.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum was hearing a plea moved by the President and Secretary of the...

Judges Must Have Spine To Do Justice: P&H High Court Grants Interim Bail To 76-Year-Old PMLA Accused Citing Ill-Health, Prolong Custody

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim bail on medical grounds to a 76-year-old accused in a money laundering case, holding that before rejecting a bail application of a person above 75 years of age with health issues, a judge "must have the spine to do justice" and examine such pleas with utmost sympathy and concern.Justice Anoop Chitkara and Justice Harmeet Singh Deol...

Concerned: Calcutta High Court Orders State To Reply To PIL Seeking Road Access For Students Forced To Walk On Marshland To Reach School

The Calcutta High Court has expressed concern over the lack of an access road to two schools in South 24 Parganas, observing that students were being forced to wade through marshy land to reach a newly constructed school building for midday meals.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge and Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty made the observation while hearing a public...