J&K&L High Court Grants Interim Bail To Former Cop Accused Of Killing Wife, Considers His Ailing Father & Minor Son

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has granted interim bail to a former Inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, who is an undertrial in custody, pending the final adjudication of his main bail petition.The Court granted the relief considering that the petitioner's custody was having adverse effects on two lives, namely his 82-year-old ailing father and his...

Patna High Court Upholds ₹5 Lakh Compensation To L-1 Bidder Disqualified Over Condition Absent From Notice Inviting Tender

The Patna HC has upheld an award of Rs.5 lakh as compensation to an L-1 bidder who was arbitrarily excluded from a tender process for failing to comply with a condition that was not prescribed in the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT). The Court clarified that the compensation did not constitute contractual damages, as the relief was granted for arbitrary exclusion from the tender process.A...

“Are We Living In A Police State?”: Senior Advocate P Wilson Questions Before Madras High Court Anbil Mahesh's Arrest From Lawyer's Office

Senior Advocate P Wilson on Thursday (October 29) questioned the manner in which former Tamil Nadu Minister Anbil Mahesh was arrested from his office, asking whether the police were justified in arresting the former Minister without allowing time to go through the court order denying anticipatory bail. Wilson made the submissions before the Madras High Court's Justice V Lakshminarayanan...

'Compromise Cannot Be Sole Ground For Quashing Rape Case, Overall Circumstances Must Be Examined': Patna High Court

The Patna HC has held that criminal proceedings involving serious offences such as rape cannot be quashed solely because the parties have reached a compromise. However, the Court observed that the overall facts and circumstances, including the material collected during investigation and any subsequent settlement, must be considered while deciding whether such proceedings should continue.A...

“Not Happy With How Munnar, Idukki Being Handled”: Kerala High Court Seeks Names For Special Task Force To Tackle Land Encroachments

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (October 29) urged the State to promptly suggest names of government officers, who can be part of the Special Task Force (STF) proposed to tackle the issue of large-scale encroachment of government lands in Munnar, Vagamon and nearby areas.The Munnar Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji orally remarked that there cannot be any more...

Mitigating Factors Can Entitle Accused To Bail But Cannot Be Grounds To Quash POCSO Chargesheet: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Srinagar has dismissed a petition filed by a minor victim under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of a charge sheet filed against the accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.Dismissing the petition, the Court held that the factors of a consensual relationship,...

J&K&L High Court Quashes Preventive Detention, Says Yak Transportation Cannot Be Basis To Presume Communal Disharmony

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has quashed a preventive detention order passed under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, holding that the subjective satisfaction arrived at by the detaining authority became a casualty where it mechanically failed to take into account that the petitioner was alleged to be involved in the transportation of male bovine...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against Advocate Over Alleged Assault, Outraging Modesty Of Client

The Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR lodged against a lawyer for outraging the modesty of the complainant who was his client, noting that the ingredients of the offence were missing and that the complainant had categorically stated that the lawyer never assaulted her and did not commit any act outraging her modesty. The case stemmed from a complaint lodged on June 30, 2021, by the...

Rule That Select List Confers No Indefeasible Right Can't Substitute For Examining Claim Based On Available Vacancy: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the settled principle that inclusion in a select list confers no indefeasible right to appointment cannot be used to reject the claim of a selected candidate who relies on vacancies alleged to be available and on an earlier direction of the Court requiring his case to be reconsidered. It held that the recruiting authority was obliged to ascertain the...

'No Special Circumstances': Gujarat High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Direction To Register FIR, Cites Remedy Under BNSS

The Gujarat High Court has reaffirmed that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the registration of a FIR is premature and not maintainable when an efficacious alternative statutory remedy is already available under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 299]Consequently, Justice J.C. Doshi dismissed the petition seeking...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Placing Footwear On Ambedkar, Jagjivan Ram Photos; Says Probe Complete

The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to a 38-year-old man accused of tying footwear on the photographs of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram, reasoning that he had already been in judicial custody for nearly six months and the investigation was complete. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 439]The single judge bench of Justice Rajeshwari N. Hegde allowed the plea filed by the accused while...

'Utter Ignorance': MP High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Costs On Indore Municipal Officer For Passing Order Under Repealed Provisions

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed costs of ₹1 Lakh on an erring officer of the Indore Municipal Corporation for passing an order by relying on statutory provisions that were omitted in 2020. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 436]Observing that the incident reflected the officer's "utter ignorance" of the law and wasted precious judicial time, the bench of Justice Sandeep N Bhatt directed:"It...