Family Pensioner Cannot Be Treated As 'Dependent' To Deny Medical Reimbursement: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that a recipient of family pension cannot be treated as a “dependent” for the purpose of denying medical reimbursement under applicable Government Orders, particularly where the benefit is claimed in an independent capacity. The Court observed that once the State has extended the benefit of a health scheme to a family pensioner and continued to...

Justice Sharma's Children Have 'Active Professional Ties' With Govt, Raises Conflict Of Interest Concerns: Arvind Kejriwal To Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Monday agreed to take on record the rejoinder filed by Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal in relation to CBI's response to his additional affidavit alleging bias on part of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma, on the ground that her children are Central government panel counsel.Kejriwal has sought Justice Sharma's recusal from hearing CBI's plea against his discharge in...

Govt Department Can't Terminate Outsourced Employee; Can Only Recommend Action To Agency: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held an employee working with government through an outsourcing agency can't be terminated by the department and the proper recourse is to request or recommend action to the concerned agency.The bench of Justice Munnuri Laxman made the observation while dealing with a case where the Petitioner was working as State Coordinator E-Governance under Rashtriya Gram...

Magistrate May Seek Police Assistance Under Section 225 BNSS To Probe Complaint Without Ordering FIR: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has held that under Section 225 BNSS before issuing process, a Magistrate can–without ordering an FIR, direct a police officer or any other person who he thinks fit to conduct an investigation on a complaint to decide if there are sufficient grounds to proceed against the accused.The court observed that this investigation under Section 225 BNSS is "an extension of...

Biomedical Waste Charges: Telangana High Court Upholds CPCB's Differential User Fee For Bedded, Non-Bedded Hospitals

The Telangana High Court has upheld the validity of Guideline No.14 of Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) Guidelines for Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities, 2025 and the consequential Telangana Pollution Control Board (TGPCB) circular adopting a “per bed per day” user-charge model for bedded hospitals.In doing so the court held that the classification...

Arrest Begins When Liberty Is Restrained, Not When Police Record It: Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders Release In NDPS Case

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that arrest commences the moment a person's liberty is restrained and not from the time recorded in police documents. The Court observed that an entry in police records regarding the time of arrest is not conclusive, and the actual test is the factual restraint on the movement of the individual.Justice Sumeet Goel was hearing a petition filed by...

Patna High Court Defers Hearing Plea On RTI Pendency In Bihar, Cites Ongoing SC Proceedings

The Patna High Court has deferred hearing in a Public Interest Litigation seeking directions to clear the massive pendency of RTI applications and appeals in Bihar, noting that the issue is presently under consideration before the Supreme Court.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Harish Kumar was hearing a PIL seeking issuance of a writ of continuing...

Gujarat High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 13 - April 19, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 114 - 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 124Nominal IndexDhruti Vinubhai Dodiya v/s State of Gujarat & Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 114Sanjaybhai Mangalbhai Gadhavi v/s State Election Commission & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 115Joshi Umang Vijaykumar v/s Union of India & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 116 Manishkumar Shivlal Chuahan v/s State of Gujarat, 2026 LiveLaw (Guj)...

Calcutta High Court Acquits Man Sentenced To Death For Wife's Murder, Says Trial Court “Misconstrued” Facts To Fill Gaps

The Calcutta High Court has acquitted a man who had been sentenced to death for allegedly murdering his wife and concealing her body in a septic tank, holding that the prosecution utterly failed to establish an unbroken chain of circumstances and that the trial court had proceeded with a “pre-determined mind” by attempting to make the facts fit the prosecution's story.A Division Bench...

Calcutta High Court Directs State To Grant Surrogacy Eligibility Certificate To Couple Who Crossed Age Limit After Starting ART Process

The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to issue an eligibility certificate under the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 to a married couple who crossed the statutory age limit after initiating fertility treatment, holding that they should not be denied parenthood after already undergoing the Assisted Reproductive Technology process and successfully...

Relief For Advocate In 'Illness Slip' Row: Allahabad HC Waives ₹20K Cost, Expunges Adverse Remarks Following Apology

The Allahabad High Court last week expunged its adverse remarks made earlier against an advocate who had attempted to deceive the Court by sending an illness slip while appearing in another case before another Court on the same day.Accepting the unconditional oral apology tendered by the advocate, a bench of Justice Gautam Chowdhary also waived the cost of Rs. 20,000/- imposed upon in the...

'Education Now A Business': Madras HC Transfers Probe Into UKG Student's Death In School; Says 'Poor Rarely Get Justice'

Observing that normally poor victims rarely get justice in the current system, the Madras High Court recently transferred the probe into the unnatural death of a 5-year-old UKG Student inside her school campus in March this year.Stressing that the victims have a right to a fair investigation, which is an integral part of the right to life guaranteed under Article 21, a bench of Justice...