Quantity Of Contraband Not Relevant For Preventive Detention Under PITNDPS Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that the quantity of contraband is not a relevant factor to decide whether a detention order under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (PITNDPS Act) should be passed against a person found engaged in illicit traffic of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.The Division Bench of Dr. Justice...

Kerala High Court Asks State Whether Suchitwa Mission Can Provide Expertise To Remove Pilgrims' Clothes Discarded In Pampa River

The Kerala High Court on Friday (March 14) asked the State to inform whether the Suchitwa Mission can provide expertise or technical support to remove the clothe waste remaining in river Pampa discarded by Sabarimala pilgrims.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar noted the submission of the Standing Counsel appearing for the Travancore Devaswom Board...

Completing Class 8 After Age 14 Not Illegal Under RTE Act: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging the appointment of a Part-Time Multi Task Worker, clarifying that the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 ensures free education for children aged six to fourteen but does not prohibit a person above that age from continuing schooling.The Court further noted that the certificate had been verified by...

State Undertakes Before Kerala High Court To Ensure Uninterrupted Service Of Sanitation Workers At Sabarimala

The Government Pleader on Thursday (March 12) undertook before the Kerala High Court that uninterrupted service of sanitation workers shall be ensured at Sabarimala.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar recorded the submission while considering a suo motu petition initiated on the basis of the Sabarimala Special Commissioner's report regarding...

Gujarat High Court Allows Undertrial To Be Taken Home In Police Custody To Perform Pet Dog's Last Rites

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (March 13) permitted a man in judicial custody in a case lodged by his wife, to perform the last rites of his pet dog he had for the past 14 years. During the hearing the counsel appearing for the applicant submitted that there was a dispute between the husband and the wife who had stayed together for 22 years, adding that the applicant was emotionally attached...

Can't Restrict Number Of Namaz Worshipers On Law & Order Ground; Resign If Unable To Do Duty : Allahabad High Court To Sambhal SP, Collector

The Allahabad High Court recently rejected the Uttar Pradesh administration's decision restricting the number of persons offering Namaz during Ramzan at a mosque in Sambhal district, observing that maintaining law and order is the responsibility of the State.In an order passed on February 27, a bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan remarked that if the Superintendent...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 39 To 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 79NOMINAL INDEXUrban Improvement Trust v Poonam Chand; 2026 Live Law (Raj) 39Rajeev Bhandari v Jodhpur Development authority & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 40National Insurance Company Ltd. v Manju Bai & Ors., and anr. connected petition; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 41Arvind Charan v the State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj)...

Madras High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Challenge To BNSS Provision On Pre-Cognizance Hearing

A plea has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the first proviso of Section 223 of the BNSS. As per the first proviso to Section 223 of the BNSS, A magistrate cannot take cognisance of an offence without giving the accused an opportunity of being heard. The plea, filed by Nakkheeran Gopal, an investigative journalist and owner of Nakkheeran Publications, states that the...

MP High Court Refuses To Quash Defamation Case Against Shahdol Bar Association President Over Allegedly False Complaint

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed the application of an Advocate and President of the District Bar Association of Shahdol, challenging the order affirming the order taking cognisance of defamation charges, noting that the allegations prima facie satisfy the ingredients of the offence. The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi observed, "It is trite that inherent powers under Section...

Setting Aside Or Modifying Trial Court Order Not Reflection On Judge's Integrity: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that merely because an order passed by a trial court is set aside or modified by a higher court, no inference can be drawn regarding the competence, integrity, or ability of the judicial officer concerned, unless specific adverse observations to that effect are recorded.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that such judicial scrutiny is an inherent feature of...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Cooperative Bank To Pay PMFBY Insurance To Farmers, Says They Cannot Suffer Due To Data Entry Error

Rajasthan High Court directed the Nagaur Central Cooperative Bank (“Bank”) to disburse the insurance money to farmers, opining that the farmers could not be denied benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) owing to error committed by the cooperative societies in filling the data on the National Crop Insurance Portal (“NCIP”). The bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur...

Defamation Not Limited To Intent To Harm Reputation; Knowledge That Imputation May Harm Also Attracts Offence: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has clarified that the offence of defamation is not confined to cases where a person intends to harm another's reputation. The Court held that Section 499 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) also covers situations where a person publishes an imputation knowing or having reason to believe that such imputation would harm the reputation of...