Live-In Agreement With Man To Give Birth For Consideration Akin To Surrogacy, No Free Consent: Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash Rape Case

An alleged consent given in an agreement to 'live' with a man for a year and give birth to his child for some consideration, is not a free consent as it is a form of surrogacy, which is banned in India, held the Bombay High Court while refusing to quash rape FIR against a man. A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Sanjay Deshmukh rejected the argument of the applicant - Amit...

Ensure Questions For Visually Impaired Students In Class 10, 12 Exams Are 'Specifically Mentioned': Gujarat High Court To State Board

The High Court has directed the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Board (GSHSB) to henceforth ensure that the list of instructions preceding questions for Class 10 and 12 examinations, shall specifically state which questions are to be attempted by visually impaired students. The petitioner argued that the 10th board exam for subject Basic Mathematics contained ambiguous...

NEET-Constitute Committee To Resolve Grievances Of Candidates Suffering Loss Of Time Due To Technical Issues: Delhi High Court To NTA

While dealing with a plea concerning NEET-UG 2025, the Delhi High Court has directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to constitute a Standing Grievance Redressal Committee to resolve issues of candidates who suffer loss of time due to technical issues, without any fault on their part.Justice Vikas Mahajan further ordered that the Standing Committee shall also be at liberty to devise a...

No TIP, Witness Could Not Identify Accused With Certainty: Gujarat High Court Acquits 3 In 2002 Post-Godhra Riots Case

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (July 28) acquitted three men who had been convicted in 2006 by a sessions court in Anand for rioting and for being members of unlawful assembly, in connection with the 2002 Post-Godhra riots.The high court observed that no Test Identification Parade was conducted and in absence of the same the dock identification of accused was doubtful. It further observed...

Merely Attending PFI Seminars & Physical Training Does Not Amount To Terrorist Act Under UAPA: Bombay High Court

Merely attending seminars and participating in physical training like karate etc conducted by the Popular Front of India (PFI), will not attract provisions of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) which penalise terrorist act, held the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court recently held while granting bail to three men booked for being active members of PFI.A...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Ahmedabad Municipality's Decision To Terminate Fire Officers Who Secured Appointment Using Dubious Documents

The Gujarat High Court upheld Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's order terminating services of three persons appointed as Station Fire Officers on the ground that they secured appointment by resorting to dubious documents underscoring that illegal acts would also cover even those actions committed prior to appointment. The high court was hearing Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's plea...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 21, 2025 To July 27, 2025

Nominal Index: Raju Ram vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 97 Rama Devi & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 98 Rishi Raj v/s Ram Krishan & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 99 Amar Nath v/s State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 100 Farooq Ahmad v/s State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 101 Jogindra v/s State of H.P. &...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup July 21 - July 27, 2025

Nominal Index:GHULAM MOHAMMAD PAYER Vs AMANULLA KHAN 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 283Sundri and Ors Vs J&K Bank &Anr 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 284UT of J&K vs Ameer Hamza Shah 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 285State of Jammu and Kashmir Vs Tajinder Singh 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 286Naresh Kumar Gulia Vs Directorate of Enforcement 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 287Aamir Bashir Magray Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL)...

Major Dependant Children Entitled To Compensation Under MV Act, Dependency Of Married Children To Be Seen Carefully: Rajasthan High Court

While rejecting an insurance company's plea challenging Motor Vehicle Claims Tribunal's award granting over Rs. 66 Lakh compensation to a 58-year-old deceased government servant's kin, the Rajasthan High Court reiterated that adoption of the split multiplier method for calculating compensation was impermissible in law.The court further reiterated that major dependant children are entitled...

Rajasthan High Court Grants Relief To Teachers Demoted On Ground Of 1-Year Certificate Course Not Considered Equivalent To Degree Course

Rajasthan High Court granted relief to government teachers whose promotion to the post of senior teachers was overturned on the ground that the B.A. Additional course undertaken by them for being eligible for the post was just a certificate/vacation evaluation course and not equivalent to the degree course.The bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur found the decision of the State to be...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [July 21 To July 26, 2025]

Nominal IndexParamjit Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 290RXXX v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 291Uggar Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 292RAKHI v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 293Baba Gurmeet Singh @ Maharaj Gurmeet Singh @ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh v. Central Bureau of Investigation 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 294Jaswinder Singh alias...

Madras HC Allows Forensic Examination Of Video In Corruption Case, Says Apprehension That Content May Be Altered No Ground To Refuse Analysis

The Madras High Court recently noted that an apprehension that some contents may be altered was not a ground for refusing forensic examination. The court added that such apprehension only reinforces the need for an expert analysis. “The apprehension that the contents may have been altered is not a justification for refusing forensic examination. On the contrary, such concerns...