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UP Tenancy Act | Court Fee On Appeal Must Be Valued On Subject Matter In Dispute, Not Fee Paid Before Rent Authority: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that an appeal preferred to the Rent Tribunal under Section 35 of the U.P. Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 must be valued on the subject matter in dispute in appeal, and not on the court fee paid on the application originally instituted before the Rent Authority.Where a composite decree of eviction, arrears of rent and mesne profits is assailed...
Land Acquisition Act 1894 | Award As Per Court's Direction Can't Be Agitated For Not Computing Market Value Under 2013 Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that an award made under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in compliance with a judicial direction to frame it in light of the Supreme Court's decision in Delhi Airtech Services Private Limited and another vs. State of U.P and another cannot be assailed on the ground that the market value ought to have been computed as on 01.01.2014, the date on which the Right...
"No Dishonest Intention": Madras High Court Quashes Case Against YouTuber Karthik Gopinath For Collecting Money For Temple Restoration
The Madras High Court recently quashed a case registered against YouTuber Karthik Gopinath, who collected money using a crowdfunding app for a temple's renovation. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 379] Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that although the money was collected without prior approval from the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Department, he did not have any criminal intention...
What Rules Govern Font, Spacing, Margins In Petitions? Allahabad High Court Seeks Registrar General's Report
The Allahabad High Court has sought details of the rules or directives, if any, governing the use of typing font, spacing, signs, and margins while drafting the petition to be presented before the Court.A bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Garima Prashad sought the details after initially objecting to a petition whose relief clause had been drafted using italicised fonts. The Court...
Fair Compensation Act | State Can't Stay DM's Quasi-Judicial Order On Lapse Of Land Acquisition Without Statutory Power: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that an order of the District Magistrate deciding a claim of lapse of acquisition under Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is quasi-judicial in character, and the State Government cannot stay or nullify it by an executive order. It held that Section 24 confers no power...
Patna High Court Directs CBI Probe Into Missing Man After Alleged Detention, Custodial Violence By Excise Officials, Slams Police Inaction
The Patna High Court has transferred to the CBI the investigation into the disappearance of a man who allegedly went missing after being detained and brutally assaulted by Excise Police officials in Bhojpur district.A Division Bench of Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Alok Kumar Sinha said that the case presented “rare and exceptional” circumstances warranting transfer of the...
UP Secondary Education Act | Appointment Against Fraudulently Created Short-Term Vacancy Can't Be Regularised: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that Section 33-F of the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board Act, 1982 cannot be invoked to claim substantive appointment where the short term vacancy against which the teacher was appointed was itself fraudulently created.Section 33-F provides for regularisation of appointments made against short term vacancies, entitling teachers appointed...
Messi Event Fiasco: Calcutta High Court Extends Aroop Biswas' Interim Protection Till November 30, Allows Probe To Continue
The Calcutta High Court has extended till November 30 the interim protection from coercive action granted to former West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas in connection with the disruption during Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium in December 2025.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya passed the order while hearing Biswas' plea seeking quashing of the criminal proceedings against him.The...
'Ruining Career Of Aspirants More Heinous Than Murder': Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Bail To Ex-CGPSC Secretary In Exam Paper Leak Case
The Chhattisgarh High Court has rejected the bail plea of former Secretary of the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) Jeevan Kishor Dhruv, observing that prima facie material indicated his involvement in a conspiracy to leak confidential question papers to allegedly benefit his son who was subsequently selected as Deputy Collector.“Having considered the entire fact situation of...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Declines Ex-DIG IPS Bhullar's Second Bail Plea In CBI Trap Bribery Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declined regular bail to Harcharan Singh Bhullar, a suspended DIG of Ropar Range, Punjab Police, in a CBI case alleging demand of illegal gratification, holding that the absence of recovery from the accused himself is of little consequence where the co-accused is alleged to have accepted the bribe on his behalf. [2026 LiveLaw (PH) 267]Justice Manisha...
Mere Ownership Of Land Where Transformer Is Installed Insufficient To Prosecute For Electrocution Death: Karnataka High Court
Clarifying the criminal liability for electrocution deaths, the Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against a doctor who was charge-sheeted for the death of a labourer due to electrocution on her agricultural land. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 289]The single judge bench of Justice Anant Ramanth Hegde held that mere ownership of property where a transformer is installed cannot...