'1.45 Lakh Cases Pending Without Closure Report Despite Completed Investigation': Chhattisgarh High Court Seeks DGP's Reply

The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the Director General of Police to file an updated status report on cases in which investigations have been completed but closure reports have not yet been filed before the competent courts. The Court noted that despite a reduction in the backlog, over 1.45 lakh such cases remained pending.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice...

Calcutta High Court Seeks Report On Alleged Police Encounter Death Of Baruipur Rape-Murder Accused

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Police to place on record a report explaining the circumstances leading to the encounter killing of one of the accused in the alleged rape and murder of a minor girl in Baruipur, South 24 Parganas.Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen passed the direction while hearing a writ petition questioning...

Wrong Claim Of Travel Distance For Transport Allowance Doesn't By Itself Amount To Misappropriation: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that making an incorrect claim regarding travel distance for transport allowance cannot, by itself, be equated with misappropriation of the employer's funds. The Court further observed that where the misconduct is accompanied by mitigating circumstances, and the punishment of dismissal is shockingly disproportionate to the nature of the charge proved,...

P&H High Court Upholds Increment Stoppage Against Official For Non-Compliance With PIO's Directions Under RTI Act

The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed two pleas challenging disciplinary proceedings and a consequent penalty imposed on a Section Officer of the Punjab State Planning Board for failing to comply with the directions of a Public Information Officer (PIO) under the Right to Information Act, 2005. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 248]It rejected the contention that the RTI Act's own statutory...

Interest On Delayed Gratuity Payment Can't Be Mandatory Pre-Deposit For Appeal Under Payment Of Gratuity Act: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that while interest on delayed payment of gratuity may be legally recoverable, it cannot be elevated to a jurisdictional requirement for entertaining or restoring an appeal where the statute expressly mandates deposit only of the gratuity amount determined by the Controlling Authority.The Court was hearing a writ petition filed by the...

Mere Demand For Loan Repayment Without Overt Act Of Instigation Not Abetment To Suicide: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed proceedings under Section 306 IPC against two accused named in a suicide note left behind by a family of four, holding that persistent demands for repayment of a loan, even accompanied by allegations of harassment, do not by themselves satisfy the ingredients of abetment of suicide in the absence of any overt act of instigation proximate to...

Bombay High Court Adjourns Same Sex Couple's Tax Exemption Plea Till Karnataka High Court Decides Identical Matter

The Bombay High Court on Thursday (July 30) adjourned sine die the plea filed by a same sex couple seeking 'exemption' under section 56(2)(x) of the Income Tax (IT) Act, which grants exemption from tax on 'gifts' between heterosexual couples.A division bench of Justice Burgess Colabawalla and Justice Firdosh Pooniwalla has kept the matter in abeyance until an identical matter pending before...

Can't Direct Adult Daughter's Paternity Test Without Consent, Infringes Right To Privacy & Carries Societal Consequences: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has said that family court cannot direct DNA test to determine paternity of alleged adult daughter without taking her consent as it infringes her right to privacy and may carry significant societal consequences. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 208]The petitioner had challenged an order allowing the alleged wife's plea for DNA test of her daughter to determine her paternity....

'Orphan' Means Both Parents Dead; Candidate With Surviving Mother Can't Be Given Recruitment Weightage: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a candidate whose mother is alive cannot be treated as an "orphan" for claiming five marks of recruitment weightage, ruling that the expression "orphan" under the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC) advertisement requires the death of both parents. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 249]The Court accordingly set aside a Single Judge's order directing HSSC...

Delhi High Court Strikes Down Mandatory CET Requirement For Admission To Full-Time Diploma Courses In BTE-Affiliated Private Institutions

The Delhi High Court has struck down the compulsory requirement of undergoing Common Entrance Test (CET) for admissions to diploma courses in private institutions affiliated to the Board of Technical Education (BTE), while exempting institutions under the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) from the requirement. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 710]Justice Jasmeet Singh observed that...

Umar Khalid Moves High Court Seeking Bail In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case, Hearing Tomorrow

Umar Khalid has moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the case alleging larger conspiracy into the commission of 2020 North East Delhi riots registered under UAPA.The matter will be heard tomorrow by a division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Vikas Mahajan. Khalid has challenged the trial court order denying him bail on July 04. Vide the impugned order, the trial...

Kerala High Court Seeks MLA V. Kunhikrishnan's Response To CPI(M) Leader's Plea Challenging His Election

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (July 30) sought the response of Payyannur MLA V. Kunhikrishnan in the election petition filed by CPI(M) leader T.I. Madhusoodhanan challenging the former's recent victory in the 2026 Assembly Elections.Justice G. Girish today issued notice to the MLA and posted the case to September 8 for further consideration.V. Kunhikrishnan contested as an...