Unproved Witness Statement To Police Can't Be Used In Disciplinary Proceedings: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Govt Officer's Pension Forfeiture

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the disciplinary action against a government officer stopping his 100% pension for life, which was solely based on statements of a person given to the police under Section 161 CrPC who was neither examined during the departmental enquiry nor before court. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that a statement given under Section 161 CrPC, held...

Scholarship Granted To Woman Before Marriage Doesn't Bar Her Husband's Claim Post-Marriage: Rajasthan High Court

While granting relief to a man who was denied the Swami Vivekanand Scholarship for Academic Excellence, the Rajasthan High Court has held that rejecting the scholarship solely based on the fact the applicant's wife was also granted benefit of the scholarship before the wedding, was not legally tenable and ran contrary to the very intent of the Scholarship Schemes.While analyzing the situation...

'Beyond Imagination': High Court Flags Inadequate Water, Unhygienic Conditions In Rajasthan Jails, Orders Statewide Inspections

The Rajasthan High Court has taken note of inadequate and unhygienic sanitation facilities for jail inmates in the State and has directed the authorities to constitute a “Grievance Redressal Committee” consisting of District Magistrates and Judges, Chief Judicial Magistrates, District Social Welfare Officers, Superintendent of Jail, Secretaries DSLA of all districts of Rajasthan, to...

Rajasthan High Court Directs Bank To Freeze Only Disputed Amount In Cybercrime Case, Not Entire Account

The Rajasthan High Court has granted relief to a petitioner whose bank account was frozen by the Bank of Baroda, since the account was in receipt of some amount allegedly in relation to a cyber-crime complaint.While disposing the writ petition, the bench of Justice Sunil Beniwal, directed the bank to keep only such amount frozen in the petitioner's account that was allegedly transferred...

Forcing Arrestees To Strip, Circulating Their Photos In Media Direct Assault On Human Dignity: High Court Raps Rajasthan Police

The Rajasthan High Court has taken serious note of the alleged routine practice of police officials compelling accused/ arrestees to sit at the entrance of the police station and then taking their photographs, which are then widely circulated online. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali further noted that in certain instances, arrestees are allegedly compelled to strip and remain in...

Rajasthan High Court Dismisses Stale Pension Claim, Raps State For Losing Service Records

The Rajasthan High Court has held that even though loss or misplacement of service records by the State is a serious administrative failure, the same cannot by itself create a substantive right for an employee to get pension. At the same time, the bench of Justice Anand Sharma expressed strong disapproval of the State's plea in the matter that the service records of the petitioner were lost....

Family Courts Must Recognise Valid Divorce Under Muslim Law: Rajasthan High Court Lays Guidelines To Recognize Extra-Judicial Divorces

The Rajashtan High Court has held that Family Courts are bound to recognize and declare dissolution of marriage, where a valid divorce had already taken place under Muslim Personal Law through 'Talaq-ul-Hasan' or 'Mubarat', and such relief could not be denied on "hyper-technical fronts".Considering the submissions by counsel for the parties that petitions seeking dissolution of marriage...

Single Blunt Blow Causing Grievous Injury Not Attempt To Murder Without Homicidal Intent: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a single blow on head with a blunt object resulting in grievous injury does not quality as an attempt to murder in absence of repeated blows with such ferocity that reflect a deliberate design to extinguish life, since mens rea of a homicidal degree is sine qua non for the offence of attempt to murder. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali further observed...

Disciplinary Orders Must Show 'Real Consideration' Of Employee's Defence, Not Mechanically Recite “Considered”: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that merely reciting in the disciplinary order and the appellate order that the records have been “considered” could not be treated as a valid and objective consideration in the legal sense, and was an empty formality. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma further held that since penalty order and appellate order caused serious prejudice to the...

Inadvertent OMR Error Can't Cause Irreparable Prejudice: Rajasthan High Court Restores JET-2025 B.Tech Admission

The Rajasthan High Court has granted relief to the petitioner whose provisional admission to the B.Tech course was cancelled owing to his error in filling his attempted subjects in the OMR for Joint Entrance Test (JET) 2025, opining it to be an inadvertent mistake and a venial lapse on this part. The bench of Justice Nupur Bhati observed that the petitioner ought to have been more vigilant...

'Nata Vivah' Recognised As Marriage: Rajasthan High Court Directs Family Pension To Deceased Govt Employee's Wife

Considering that Nata Vivah is also considered as a form of marriage in rural areas of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan High Court has directed grant of family pension to a woman, who performed the customary marriage with the deceased government employee.For context, Nata Vivah is a practice prevalent in some of the rural areas of Rajasthan where after death or separation from existing husband,...

Rajasthan High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part II [Citations 201 - 430]

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 201 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 430 Orders/Judgments of the Year (June 2025 – December 2025)Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Plant Ten Times The Number Of Trees Affected By Road Widening & Beautification Work Title: Gyanchand Soni v State of Rajasthan & Ors., and other connected petitions Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 201 While...