Undertaken Systemic Exercise To Align Recognised Sports Associations With National Sports Code: J&K Sports Council To High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recorded that the Jammu & Kashmir Sports Council has undertaken a systemic exercise to bring recognised sports associations in line with the governing norms relating to constitution, democratic elections, eligibility of office bearers, representation of sportspersons, district units and financial discipline under the National...

“Cannot Maintain Double Standards”: Calcutta HC Pulls Up Centre For Selective Compliance Of Court Order Over Andaman DRMs Regularisation Row

The Calcutta High Court has held that the Union Government cannot selectively comply with a binding judicial decision by implementing one part of it while resisting the rest on the ground of “policy,” in a case concerning regularisation of Daily Rated Mazdoors (DRMs) in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Deciding an appeal in Union of India & Ors. v. Andaman Sarvajanik Nirman...

Foreigners Have No Right To Reside Or Do Business: Karnataka High Court Upholds 'Leave India' Notice For Running Restaurant On Tourist Visa

The Karnataka High Court has refused to set aside a 'Leave India' notice issued against a French national for running a restaurant in Gokarna on a tourist visa for the past 15 years, holding that foreign nationals have no fundamental right to reside or carry on their business in India.The single judge bench of Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum has directed Christophe Stephane Monxion, a...

Goonda Act | Preventive Detention Invalid If Based On Acts Committed As Juvenile: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court held last week [April 29] that a preventive detention order passed against a 19-year-old under the Karnataka Goonda Act, 1985 would stand vitiated since most of the offences forming the foundation of the said order were committed by the detenu when he was a juvenile.The division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju allowed a habeas corpus...

High Court Reserves Verdict On Plea Against Punjab's Action On Company Owned By MP Who Switched From AAP To BJP

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday reserved its judgement on a petition moved by Trident Limited for a stay on any coercive steps against it in connection with a recent alleged raid by Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) on its factory in Punjab's Barnala.It was alleged by Trident Limited that PPCB raided the factory after owner of the Company— MP Rajinder Gupta, left the Aam...

Appointing Authority Can Dismiss Employee Despite Being Appellate Authority If Higher Appeal Forum Exists: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that an appointing authority is not precluded from imposing the penalty of dismissal merely because it also functions as the appellate authority, so long as a higher forum of appeal is available in the administrative hierarchy. Setting aside an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, the Division Bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya and Justice...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Advocate For Interrupting It While Dictating Order

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a show cause notice for criminal contempt against an advocate who disrupted court proceedings during a virtual hearing and openly questioned the court's views while the order was being dictated.The incident took place during the hearing of an appeal where arguments had already been concluded and noted for the purpose of dictating the order in...

13 Yrs On, Gujarat High Court Acquits Man In Murder Case, Says Prosecution "Suppressed" Alibi Evidence

The Gujarat High Court acquitted a man in a murder case after observing that he had raised a plea of alibi which was supported by 13 independent witnesses, however this material was "deliberately suppressed" and not produced along with the charge-sheet.In doing so the court observed that the Investigating Officer failed to place the material on record before the trial court amounting...

Order 8 Rule 1-A CPC | HP High Court Refuses Belated Production Of Public Documents, Cites Lack Of Due Diligence

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that a defendant cannot be permitted to introduce certified copies of Jamabandi and mutation records at a belated stage after the conclusion of evidence, particularly when such documents are public in nature and presumed to be within his knowledge. The Court observed that no satisfactory explanation was furnished for the failure to produce these...

Allahabad HC Sets Aside Divorce Granted Under Non-Existent Law; Pulls Up Family Court For 'Casual' Approach

The Allahabad High Court recently set aside a divorce decree granted by a Family Court in Banda, noting that the judgment relied upon a statute ['Muslim Women Marriage Dissolution Act, 1986'] that does not actually exist. A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Vivek Saran also took exception to the concerned Judicial Officer, who holds the rank of a Senior District Judge,...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 27– May 03, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 164- 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 170Nominal CitationM/s. Vishnu Sri Builders and Developers vs The Commissioner, BBMP & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 164Mr B K Diganth V. State Of Karnataka & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 165Smt. Rathna P v. Sri Chikkamanchaiah S.M., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 166TV9 Karnataka Pvt Ltd & Ors v. CBI & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw(Kar) 167H.D.Revanna...

Market Value Certificates Of Later Periods Can't Be Relied On To Enhance Land Acquisition Compensation: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed pleas seeking enhancement of compensation for land acquisition, noting that the plaintiffs had relied upon market value certificates of the land of a later date despite possession taking place earlier. In doing so the court observed that a party cannot rely on market value certificates of a later date in order to seek enhanced compensation.A division...