Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To MLA Rahul Mamkootathil In Rape & Miscarriage Case, Orders Him To Surrender His Phone

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (February 12) granted anticipatory bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the first rape and miscarriage case alleged against him. Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath pronounced in open court:"Bail application is allowed on the following conditions:The applicant shall appear before the investigating officer on 16.2.2026 at 10 am for interrogation. He...

Working Mother Leaving Child With Her Parents Not Illegal Detention, Habeas Corpus Can't Bypass Custody Proceedings: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that a working mother's decision to leave her minor daughter with her own parents for care and upbringing does not amount to illegal confinement and cannot be challenged in a habeas corpus plea, particularly in the absence of any custody order or pending custody proceedings.A Division Bench of Justice N.S. Sanjay Gowda and Justice D.M. Vyas was hearing a...

Kerala High Court Directs Vigilance Probe Into Suspicious Fund Transfers By Sabarimala Staff During Mandala Season

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (February 11) directed the Chief Vigilance and Security Officer (Superintendent of Police) of the Travancore Devaswom Board to conduct a detailed probe into suspicious fund transfers by the staff employed at Sabarimala during the 2025-26 Mandala-Makaravilakku season.The Division Bench consisting of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar passed...

Public Servant Can't Exit Service By Resignation To Frustrate Disciplinary Inquiry: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Dismissal

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a petition filed by an RAS officer challenging rejection of his resignation by the State as well as an order imposing penalty of removal from service, opining that considering the conduct of the petitioner, the State's actions did not suffer from any legal infirmity. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma held that no vested or automatic right was created...

Kerala High Court Expresses Satisfaction With KITFRA's Proposal To Digitise Temple Accounts, Seeks State & Devaswom Board's Response

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (February 11) expressed prima facie satisfaction on the proposal put forth by the Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd. (KITFRA) to facilitate digitisation of temple accounts.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar directed the State Government and the Travancore Devaswom Board to respond to...

Authorities Bound To Follow 2019 GO On Protection Measures Including Safe Houses For Runaway Couples: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently reiterated the State's obligation to protect the life and liberty of couples marrying against familial wishes. The Court directed strict compliance with the UP Government 2019 Order, which sets out mandatory preventive and remedial measures for such couples. While disposing of a protection plea for a couple, a bench of Justice Garima Prashad noted...

Admission In Employer's Written Statement Sufficient To Prove Employment Relationship Under Workmen's Compensation Act: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court quashed an order rejecting a compensation claim by the kin of a deceased worker holding that a clear admission made by the employer in a written statement filed before the authority is sufficient to establish existence of an employer–employee relationship under the Workmen's Compensation Act. In doing so the court observed that strict proof as per Indian Evidence Act...

“Soon Even BMC Commissioner Will Have To Ride Horse To Work”: Bombay High Court Slams Civic Body Over Illegal Encroachments

While pulling up the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) over its failure to act against illegal encroachers on public roads, theBombay High Court on Wednesday orally remarked that if such an approach of the civic body continues, then in the coming decade, people will switch to bicycles and horses and even the civic chief would ride a horse to reach his office. The sarcastic comment was...

Vedanta Ltd Moves Madras High Court Against TNPCB's Refusal To Permit Green Copper Manufacturing Unit At Thoothukudi

Vedanta Limited has approached the Madras High Court challenging an order of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) refusing to permit its “Green Copper” manufacturing unit at the Sterlite Copper unit in Thoothukudi. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Srivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan has directed the state government to respond to the plea. The court has also...

Caste Determined By Birth Remains Unchanged Despite Conversion Or Inter-Caste Marriage: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the caste of a person assigned at the time of his birth remains the same even if he changes his religion. The Court added that even the marriage of a woman does not change her caste.A bench of Justice Anil Kumar-X thus DISMISSED a criminal appeal filed by Dinesh and 8 others challenging an order passed by the Special Judge, SC/ST Act, Aligarh,...

Writ Not Maintainable For Enforcement Of Private Service Contract Against Unaided School: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is not maintainable for enforcement of service-related rights arising out of a private contract between a teacher and a private unaided school.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar reiterated that though private educational institutions may, in certain circumstances, be amenable to writ...

Positive Action Of Accused Needed Around Time Of Suicide: P&H High Court Grants Bail To Woman Accused Of Abetting Husband's Suicide

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a woman accused of abetting her husband's suicide, observing that the accused must have done some positive act at the time proximate to the occurrence of event.Justice Manisha Batra explained, "in order to bring a case within the provisions of Section 108 of BNS, undoubtedly, there must be a case of suicide and in the commission of...