Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 25 - May 31, 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 198 to 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 214NOMINAL INDEXMilap Chand Dandiav v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 198State of Rajasthan v Smt. Seems Jakhar; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 200Karan Pratap Singh v State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 202Prem Prakash Bidyasar v State of Rajasthan, and other connected matter; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 203Taimoor v State of Rajasthan; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 204Anil Prakash Goyal & Ors. v State of Rajasthan & Anr., and other connected...
Revised Pay Rules | Doctors Consciously Engaged In Private Practice Can't Seek Non Practicing Allowance Attached To Surrender: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court set aside the order that directed the State to step up the pay of those Medical Officers who had not opted for Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA), to ensure their pay parity with their juniors who had opted for the NPA.For context, the law provides for payment of NPA (calculated at 20% of the Basic Pay) to those Medical Officers who choose to not undertake any private...
Rajasthan High Court Imposes One-Year Social Media Ban On POCSO Accused Held For Allegedly Cyber-Stalking Minor
While granting bail to a POCSO accused, Rajasthan High Court imposed a unique condition that bars him from using all kinds of social media platforms for 1 (one) year, for ensuring safety of the victim. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that if the accused was found using social media under his own name or any other fictitious name, during this period, the bail order shall...
Rajasthan High Court Asks NLU Jodhpur To Inform On Issuance Of Mark-Sheet To Student Alleging Denial Of Gold-Medal During 2025 Convocation
While hearing a plea by an NLU Jodhpur student who has alleged denial of Gold Medal by the varsity in the 17th Convocation ceremony held in 2025, the Rajasthan High Court last week asked the varsity to complete its instructions with regard to issuance of mark-sheet to the student. For context, the high court had on November 6, 2025 issued notice on the student's plea. When the matter was...
Poverty Can't Defeat Right To Bail; Accused Can't Be Kept In Jail For Want Of Sureties: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the condition of furnishing sureties imposed on an accused, who was granted bail but was not released, since he was not in a position to furnish the sureties. The Court opined that poverty should not violate accused person's right to life and liberty under Article 21. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that no accused person could...
'Strikes At Very Core Of Dignity': Rajasthan High Court On Police Allegedly Humiliating Accused By Parading Him In Female Attire
The Rajasthan High Court has taken serious note of police authorities' alleged conduct of shaving an accused's head and forcefully making him parade in a crowded market-place in woman's clothes. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali opined the incident to be such that struck at the very core of human dignity and constitutional morality, and stated that the petitioner had the option of...
Adarsh Cooperative Society 'Scam': Rajasthan High Court Revokes Default Bail Granted To Co-Accused On Ground Of Incomplete Charge Sheet
Rajasthan High Court cancelled the default bail granted under Section 167 (2) CrPC, to one of the co-accused, Rajeev Kumar Rana, under IPC, Prize Chits and Money Circulation Scheme (Banning) Act, and IT Act (2000), in an alleged Rs. 9238 Crores Loan scam case. The accused has been asked to surrender within 4 weeks. The State moved the high court seeking cancellation of bail granted by the...
Rajasthan High Court Asks State To Consider Establishing Well-Equipped Investigation Labs For Expeditious Criminal Probes
The Rajasthan High Court held that in the current era of rapid pace, where criminals were adopting the latest and advanced techniques to commit crimes, the investigation mechanism of the police has to be strengthened with modern and well-equipped Investigation Labs that have adequate scientific facilities. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand highlighted the unavailability of such labs...
'Filing Indecent Photos Invades Her Privacy': Rajasthan HC Issues Guidelines To Protect Sexual Offence Victim's Identity In Court Filings
Taking a serious note of the practice of annexing "obscene" photographs, videos of parties in pleas concerning sexual offence cases thereby disclosing the prosecutrix/survivor's identity, the Rajasthan High Court issued a slew of directions for the high court Registry and the State's trial courts on filing of such material. The Court highlighted the adverse implications on the woman...
'Fair Trial Requires Mental Fitness': Rajasthan High Court Upholds Release Of Murder Accused Arrested After Absconding For 30 Yrs
The Rajasthan High Court has upheld a trial court order releasing a murder accused, who was arrested by the police after 30 years of absconding. The release was ordered based on the medical report that certified that the accused was suffering from dementia, and thus was not having cognitive ability to understand or participate in the court proceedings.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar...
Reservation Can't Justify “Complete Abandonment Of Merit”: Rajasthan HC Quashes Selection Of 1200+ Class-IV Candidates With Near-Zero Marks
The Rajasthan High Court has quashed the selection list to the extent of around 1200 candidates of Class IV government employees, mostly within the reserved category, who were selected despite having achieved zero or virtually zero marks in the written examination. State has been directed to undertake fresh exercise of preparation of merit list to this extent.The bench of Justice Anand...