Surveillance Register Entries Can't Be Based On Police Likes Or Dislikes: Rajasthan High Court Condemns Arbitrary Opening Of History Sheets

While setting aside the order of a Superintendent of Police opening history sheet against the petitioner, Rajasthan High Court held that the police does not have a license to enter the names of whosoever they like or dislike in the surveillance register.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that the criteria for opening history sheet was subjective satisfaction of authority, and it...

Allahabad High Court Orders Status Quo On Demolition Of SP Leader's Bareilly Marriage Hall, Directs BDA To Decide Compounding Plea

In a relief for the Samajwadi Party leader who owns "Aiwane-e-Farhat" in Bareilly, a banquet hall, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday restrained the Bareilly Development Authority (BDA) from carrying out any further demolition of the residential structure and marriage hall. A bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Kunal Ravi Singh directed the parties to maintain...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 01 To December 07, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1629 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1681NOMINAL INDEXV.THIRUNAVUKKARASU v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1629 HARINDER BASHISHTA v. STATE NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1630 MOHD SHAUKAT ALI @ DOLLY v. THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1631 MASTER ARNAV RAJ v. DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1632 South East Asia Company...

School TC Not A 'DOB Certificate' U/S 94 JJ Act; Habeas Plea Against 'Mechanical' CWC Order Maintainable: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a mere School Transfer Certificate (TC) or an entry in an admission register of the school does not satisfy the requirement of a "date of birth certificate from the school" under Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. A Bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Zafeer Ahmad observed thus while...

Allahabad High Court Issues Show Cause Notice For Contempt To SP, CWC Chairperson For 'Detaining' Woman Despite Stay On Arrest

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued show cause notices for civil contempt to the Superintendent of Police (Mau), the Station House Officer (Maduban) and the Chairperson of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Mau, for taking a woman into custody despite a specific HC order staying her arrest. A bench of Justice JJ Munir and Justice Sanjiv Kumar observed that any kind of action...

Missing UP Cop Dead? : Allahabad High Court Converts Habeas Plea To Criminal Writ, Flags 'Suspicion' Over Dysfunctional CCTVs

In a grim turn of events surrounding the disappearance of a suspended Uttar Pradesh Police Officer, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday observed that Aligarh Sub-Inspector Anuj Kumar "apparently has met with a gory fate". Noting that the matter involves 'serious' and 'grave' issues, the HC directed the conversion of his mother's habeas corpus petition into a Criminal Miscellaneous...

All Departments Of State Govt Should Consider Representations By Persons With Disabilities At Earliest: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has asked the Chief Secretary of the Tamil Nadu state to issue a necessary circular to all State Government Departments to ensure that all representations submitted by Persons with Disabilities should be considered at the earliest. “We are inclined to issue a direction to the Chief Secretary, State of Tamil Nadu, to issue necessary circular within...

'Right To Housing Is Fundamental Right': P&H High Court Sets Aside Rejection Of Jhuggi Dwellers' Claims Under Small Flats Scheme

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed an order of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) rejecting the claims of a group of jhuggi dwellers for allotment of flats under the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme, 2006, holding that the decision was taken in violation of the principles of natural justice.Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal and Justice Mandeep Pannu said, "It is manifest that the claim...

Financial Constraints No Grounds To Deny Medical Reimbursement To Retd Employees: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the Haryana Police Housing Corporation cannot deny medical reimbursement to its retired employees on the ground of financial constraints, quashing two orders that had denied the benefit to former staff members. The Court reiterated that once medical reimbursement is part of the service conditions, retired employees cannot be placed in...

Madras High Court Asks Union Govt To Take Policy Decision On Allowing Movie Theatres Within Airport Premises

The Madras High Court has directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation to take a policy decision on allowing cinema multiplexes within the airport premises. In doing so, Justice M Dhandapani also gave relief to PVR INOX, which was asked to close down its cinema hall functioning in the Multi-Level Car Parking Complex near the Chennai Airport. The court ordered that till a policy decision...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Govt Order Closing Jan Aushadhi Kendras In Govt Hospitals

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday allowed a batch of petitions and quashed a government order dated May 14 which directed closure of all Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) operating within the premises of government hospitals.A single judge Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad bench allowed the petition filed by Rakesh Mahalingappa L and Others. It said “Allowed and quashed.” A...

Haryana Govt's Withdrawal Of Clerk's Increment Prima Facie Violates Undertaking Before Larger Bench: P&H High Court Issues Contempt Notice

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that the Haryana Government's action in withdrawing an increment earlier granted to an employee of the Women and Child Development Department prima facie violates an undertaking recorded before a Larger Bench of the Court regarding the applicability of the State Eligibility Test in Computer Appreciation and Applications (SETC).The Court has...