Punjab & Haryana High Court Treats Disabled Petitioner's Plea Seeking Accessible Housing As PIL

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has treated a plea as a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a physically disabled individual seeking allotment of a structurally suitable and occupationally fit house with necessary accessibility modifications in terms of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.The petitioner, who appeared in person, has been diagnosed with PPRP of the...

S.135(C) Gujarat Land Revenue Code | Revenue Authorities Must Mutate Entry When Based On Registered Sale Deed: High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that when rights in land are acquired through a registered document under the Gujarat Land Revenue Code, the revenue authorities are duty-bound to mutate the entry. In doing so the court said that the refusal to restore such entry despite subsequent consent of parties and rectification of defects is “not legally sustainable.”Justice Divyesh A. Joshi referred...

Referring To Someone By Their Profession Doesn't Attract SC/ST Act Offence If No Intent To Humiliate: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently observed that merely calling a person by referring to his or her profession would not, by itself, attract the provisions of the SC/ST Act. The Court clarified that such words must be used intentionally to humiliate a victim belonging to the SC/ST Community to constitute an offence under the Act. A bench of Justice Anil Kumar-X thus partly allowed...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026

Citation 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 30 to 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 88Nominal IndexSri Sirajuddin v/s State of Karnataka 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 30Prof Niranjana v/s State & Another 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 31Dr. BR Ambedkar Youth Social and Cultural Welfare Trust v/s Union of India 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 32X v/s State of Karnataka 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 33Shri Jayant Jadhav Anr. v/s Principal Secretary & Others...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused In Double Murder Case Registered After 2 Years Of Death

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday granted regular bail to a 39-year-old woman accused of conspiring to murder her husband and alleged paramour's wife , noting the inordinate delay in registration of the FIR, absence of postmortem examination, and lack of direct recovery linking her to the alleged crime.Justice Sanjay Vashisth noted, "The FIR in the present case was got...

Kerala High Court Stays Proceedings Against BJP's K Surendran In 2019 Hartal Violence Case

The Kerala High Court on Monday (February 23) stayed all criminal proceedings initiated against Bharatiya Janata Party leader K. Surendran in relation to a 2019 crime perpetrated during a flash hartal.Justice C.S. Dias admitted Surendran's plea to quash criminal proceedings against him and issued notice to the parties. The judge then passed an interim order staying further criminal...

Supreme Court Judge Justice Vikram Nath Inaugurates Upgraded Model Mediation Centre At Allahabad High Court

In a moment of institutional significance, the 7th Floor of the Mediation & Conciliation Centre at the Administrative Annexe Building of the Allahabad High Court was inaugurated by Justice Vikram Nath, Judge of the Supreme Court of India and Chairman of the Mediation & Conciliation Project Committee (MCPC), on February 27, 2026.From its inception in a single room, the Mediation...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Under PITNDPS Act, Cites Non-Application Of Mind

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed a preventive detention order passed under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1988, holding that the detaining authority failed to independently apply its mind and merely reproduced the proposal submitted by the police.Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin Chander Negi said, "we are of...

MP High Court Orders Protection Of Water Pipelines Laid Under Jal Jeevan Mission In Plea Alleging Damage Due To Optical Cable Fibre Work

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order directed protection of protect water pipelines laid under the Jal Jeevan Mission part of the Madikheda Multi-Village Scheme, while hearing Larsen and Toubro Ltd's plea alleging large-scale pipeline damage due Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) works carried out in the same corridor. Issuing notice on the petition, Justice Amit Seth directed, "In view...

Faulty CCTVs A 'Routine Feature' In UP: Allahabad High Court Deems Surprise Police Station Inspections Part Of CJMs' Official Duty

Taking a serious view of the state of CCTV maintenance and footage preservation in the Police stations across Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court recently noted that not properly maintaining CCTV cameras has become a "routine feature" across the state. To deal with the situation and ensure compliance with the directions of the Apex Court in the case of Paramvir Singh Saini v....

Magistrate Discharging Judicial Duty Is Above DM, SP & Political Head; Disregarding His Orders 'Unpardonable': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that a Judicial Officer, while discharging his judicial function, is above the District Magistrate or District Police Chief and even the political head of a State, and that disregarding his order is 'unpardonable'. The Court added that such disregard for the orders passed by a Judicial Officer is not merely contempt of court but a...

[Cooperative Societies Act] Audit Reports/Inquiry Orders Are Only Preparatory Steps, Not 'Orders' For Revision: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a Special Report submitted under Section 81(5B) of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, and an order directing inquiry under Section 88 are not “orders” or “decisions” amenable to revisional jurisdiction under Section 154 of the Act. The Court observed that if Section 154 is interpreted to include audit reports under Section 81, the...