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Decline In Enrolment Of Nearby Girls' School No Ground To Ban Admission Of Girls In Co-Educational Institution: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) cannot withdraw co-education facilities from a school merely to protect the enrolment of a nearby girls' school. The Court quashed the Board's orders, which restricted admission of girl students in Classes V to VIII at Sonamui Co-Education School.Justice Krishna Rao noted that Sonamui Co-Education...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 26 - February 01, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 49 - 62]Kerala High Court Gazetted Officers' Association v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 49XX v Union Territory of Lakshadweep and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 50Balu Gopalakrishnan v State of Kerala and Ors. and connected matters, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 51Safwan Adhur v. State of Kerala, 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 52Shyjal C. v. State of Kerala,...
Calcutta HC Directs State To Ensure Safe Convoy To Ministers In Suvendu Adhikari's Plea Alleging Targeted Attacks On Opposition Leaders
The Calcutta High Court, on Monday (February 2), directed the State to ensure adequate safety to convoys of political leaders. ministers and Members of Parliament in accordance with their entitlement in a petition filed by the Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, alleging targeted and recurring acts of violence on opposition leaders.The division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy...
Forest Authorities Not 'Police Officers' Under CrPC, Cannot Investigate IPC Offences: Telangana High Court
The High Court of Telangana has held that forest officials are empowered to investigate offences under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, but do not have authority to investigate offences punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC). .Justice J. Sreenivas Rao passed the order while partly allowing a writ petition filed seeking quashing of a Preliminary Offence Report (POR) registered by...
Simultaneous Issuance Of Recovery & Arrest Warrants For Maintenance Arrears Is Illegal: Allahabad High Court, Says Practice Must Stop
The Allahabad High Court has held that the routine practice prevalent in the Family Courts of issuing warrants for recovery and arrest simultaneously is illegal and inhumane and the same must stop. A bench of Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla observed that a person liable to pay maintenance is not to be treated as a person who has committed a crime and the dignity and liberty of...
Secured Job On Forged Docs? : High Court Orders Scrutiny Of All UP Assistant Teachers In 6 Months; Orders Cancellation, Salary Recovery
In a significant order, taking a stern view of the 'disturbing' pattern of appointments secured by many Assistant Teachers in UP on the strength of forged and fabricated certificates, the Allahabad High Court has issued a mandamus to the state government directing a comprehensive, statewide scrutiny of them. The Court has directed the Principal Secretary, Basic Education, to complete...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 26 To February 01, 2026
Citations 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 105 to 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 124NOMINAL INDEXNarender Singh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 105 SMT. LAKSHMI DEVI AND ANR v. UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 106 MAHILA HAWKER WELFARE ASSOCIATION v. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, SHAHDRA & ORS 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 107 Karan Singh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 108 Harsh v. State 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 109 X v. Y 2026...
Allahabad High Court Monthly Digest: January 2026
Nominal Index: [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 1 - 48]Absence Of Written Tenancy Agreement Or Not Furnishing Particulars Of Tenancy Don't Bar Rent Authority Jurisdiction: Allahabad High CourtCase Title: Canara Bank Branch Office and 1 other Versus Sri Ashok Kumar @ Heera Singh 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 1 [MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No. - 626 of 2024]Case citation: 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 1The Allahabad High...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 26 To February 01, 2026
Avanish Chandra Srivastava vs. State of U.P. and Another 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 42 Abhinav Gaur vs. Union of India and 3 others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 43Khalsa Medical Store Thru. Prop. Yashwant Singh vs Reserve Bank Of India Thru. Governor And 3 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 44Rajesh Kukreja vs. State of U.P. and Anr 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 45Jyoti Kamal and others vs. State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home....
Quasi-Judicial Authority Can't Challenge Order Setting Aside Its Own Decision: Kerala High Court Rejects Admission Supervisory Committee's Appeal
The Kerala High Court has held that the Admission Supervisory Committee for Medical Education in Kerala, being a statutory body exercising adjudicatory functions under the Kerala Medical Education (Regulation and Control of Admission to Private Medical Educational Institutions) Act, 2017, cannot be treated as an “aggrieved person” entitled to maintain a writ appeal against a judgment...
State Can't Forfeit EMD After Bid Validity Expires; Show Cause Notice Mandatory: HP High Court Quashes Intas Pharma's Blacklisting
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed an order of blacklisting and directed the refund of Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) to Intas Pharmaceuticals, holding that once the bid validity period has expired, the State cannot penalise a bidder for refusing to extend the bid validity. The Court further held that a three-year debarment has serious civil and adverse consequences and cannot be...