[Railways Act] Dependent's LR Entitled To Compensation Even If Dependent Of Deceased Dies During Pendency Of Appeal: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has held that the legal representative of a dependent of a deceased passenger is entitled to receive compensation under the Railways Act, 1989, even if the dependent dies during the pendency of proceedings. The Court observed that such compensation partakes the character of the deceased dependent's estate and does not abate with their death.Justice N.J. Jamadar was...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025

Citations: [LiveLaw (2025) AP 110 – LiveLaw (2025) AP 124]Nominal Index:Bepari Shaik Arshiya Anjum Vs. The High Court Of Andhra Pradesh and Others: LiveLaw (2025) AP 110K.Md.Sadiq And 10 Others and Others v. Chief Executive Officer waqf And 3 Others: LiveLaw (2025) AP 111Sri Potti Sriramulu Upper Primary SPSUP School vs The State Of AP & Ors: LiveLaw (2025) AP 112M/s Chaitanya High...

CCS Pension Rules | Pension Can't Be Arbitrarily Denied To Employees Under Old Scheme Who Were Transferred Without Break In Service: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that an employee can't be arbitrarily denied pension under old scheme when he was transferred through the proper channels and without any break in service.Justice Satyen Vaidya: “In the facts of the case in hand, petitioner also qualified other condition as he had been transferred to the borrowing employer through proper channel w.e.f. 15.11.2002...

HC Cannot Order Re-Investigation Until Trial Court Decides On Whether Probe Is Tainted Or Not, Causes Prejudice To Accused: J&K High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has refused to entertain a writ petition seeking reinvestigation or alteration of charges in an alleged assault and disrobing case, directing the petitioner to pursue remedies before the trial court.A bench of Justice Sanjay Parihar observed that the petitioner had an adequate opportunity before the trial court to raise her grievances, and that writ...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025

Nominal Index:Iftikhar Ashraf Trumboo vs Furqaan Ah. Rather 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 217Thakur Ashwani Singh vs State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 218Attiqa Bano Vs National Insurance Company Ltd 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 219Tahir Riyaz Dar vs UT of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 220Sajad Ahmad Khan Vs Union of India & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 221Bhole Bhandari Charitable Trust Vs Shri Amarnathji Shrine...

Bonafide Requirement Must Be Seen On Date Of Initiation Of Eviction Process, Not During Pendency Of Proceedings: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the death of a landlord's son during the pendency of eviction proceedings does not affect the landlord's bona fide requirement for eviction, as the date for assessing such requirement is the date of filing the eviction petition and not during the pendency of the proceedings.The Court observed that eviction proceedings take time, and the landlord...

CJI Gavai Launches Live Streaming Facility In Bombay High Court

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Gavai on Saturday launched the "live streaming" of the Bombay High Court proceedings.As of now only the proceedings of the first five benches of the HC will be live streamed, which are:Chief Justice Alok Aradhe & Justice Sandeep MarneJustice Revati Mohite-Dere & Justice Dr Neela Gokhale Justice Mahesh Sonak & Justice Jitendra JainJustice...

J&K HC Acquits Man Accused Of Killing Wife By Setting Bed Ablaze, Says It Was Unexplained Why He Didn't Save His Son If He Was Present At Scene

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court acquitted a man convicted for murder, pointing to multiple shortcomings in the prosecution's case, including variations and contradictions in the initial report and testimony of key witnesses and conflicting accounts of the type of weapons used, the manner of assault, and nature of injuries.The court also expressed concern over the prosecution's failure...

MP High Court Directs State To Ensure Adequate Doctors Are Employed At Primary Health Centre Catering To Over 50K Rural Residents

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (July 3) directed the State Government to ensure that adequate number of doctors and paramedical staff are deployed at the Primary Health Centre at Rajnagar in Anuppur, which is stated to be catering to over 50,000 rural and tribal residents. During the hearing Advocate Siddharth Gontia appearing for the petitioner submitted before a division bench...

Disorderly Behaviour Becoming Frequent: Gujarat High Court Initiates Suo Motu Contempt Against Man Captured On VC Seated On Toilet Seat

The Gujarat High Court has initiated suo-motu contempt case against a man who was captured seated on a toilet seat during the court's online proceedings last month. In doing so the court observed that the "infamous video tarnishing the image of this Court" was widely circulated in social media and requires to be "immediately banned and deleted". The court, which in its order took "serious...

Gujarat HC To Hear 10+ Yr Old Criminal Appeals On Working Saturdays; 5600+ Cases From 1995-2014 Lined Up For Disposal

In a bid to tackle the backlog of decade-old criminal appeals, the Gujarat High Court has constituted Special Benches to hear such matters on working Saturdays. The arrangement, starting today, will continue at least till October 2025. According to an official notification issued in this regard by the Registrar (Judicial), a total of 12 benches (including 9 division benches)...

'Grave Offences Of Public Importance': Rajasthan High Court Denies Relief To 3 Booked For Forging Degrees, Impersonation In Govt Exam

The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a batch of pleas by three persons–including a woman–seeking quashing of an FIR accusing them of a "large scale conspiracy" involving fabrication of educational credentials and impersonation in public examination, observing that these were grave offences “of public importance”. Justice Sameer Jain ruled that the findings recorded by the Special...