Rajasthan High Court
“Casual And Lackadaisical”: Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside One-Line Order Rejecting Prisoner's Plea For Transfer To Open Air Camp
While setting aside an unreasoned order rejecting petitioner's application to be transferred to Open Air Camp, Rajasthan High Court held that mere existence of power to reject such request did not justify mechanical exercise in the absence of any compelling reasons recorded in writing. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali held that the order reflected a “casual and lackadaisical” approach...
Vague Medical Opinions In Criminal Cases Undermine Fair Trial: Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Formulate Medico-Legal Guidelines
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Chief Secretary to issue directions for preparation and implementation of comprehensive and uniform medico-legal guidelines to be followed by all the government medical officers, while furnishing medical opinions in criminal cases for ensuring their clarity, legibility, completeness, and unambiguity. The bench of Justice Chandra Prakash...
Accused Can Withdraw Consent For Narco Analysis Before Or During The Test: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that an accused has the right to withdraw consent right before or while undergoing the Narco analysis test, even though such consent was given earlier by him/her based on which the conduct of such test was allowed by the Magistrate. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that consent once given could not be treated as irrevocable and conduct of such...
Rajasthan High Court Stays Arrest Of upGrad Director In Cheating Case Over Course Fee Refund Dispute
The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the arrest of directors and other employees/affiliates of Upgrad, a digital learning platform offering online higher education programs, in relation to the criminal case registered against them for cheating and criminal breach of trust. Justice Anil Kumar Upman passed the order.As per the quashing petition submitted by the petitioners, the case was...
Person Convicted For Gang Rape Of Minor Not Absolutely Barred From Open Air Camp; Rule Allows Exceptions: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that a person convicted for gang-rape of a minor though ineligible to be shifted to open air camp, can be considered for the relief in case of exceptional circumstances.The division bench of Justice Farjand Ali and Justice Sandeep Shah noted that Rule 3(d) of the Rajasthan Prisoners Open Air Camp Rules, 1972 prescribes classes of prisoners who shall...
Denying Authenticated Clone Copies Of Electronic Evidence To Accused Violates Right To Fair Trial Under Article 21: Rajasthan High Court
While allowing petitioner's application of getting cloned copy of the electronic evidence used by prosecution in a corruption case, Rajasthan High Court opined that furnishing of unrecognized copies or denial of authenticated copies not only violated petitioner's right to fair trial under Article 21 but also hampered his/he right to effectively invoke remedy of discharge.The bench of...
'Concealed Personal Interest': Rajasthan High Court Bars Litigant From Filing PILs In Future, Mulls Imposing ₹25 Lakh Costs
The Rajasthan High Court has come down heavily upon a petitioner who had filed a PIL over Highway weigh-bridges, after finding he had personal interest in the matter.A division bench of Justice Arun Monga and Justice Sunil Beniwal has now not only barred the petitioner from filing any PIL in future but has also issued him a notice, asking to show cause why proceedings shall not be...
Victim's Appeal Against Grant Of Probation To Convict Not Maintainable Under S.372 CrPC: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that a victim's statutory right to appeal against grant of probation to the convict is not maintainable under Section 372 CrPC.In doing so the court observed that a victim's appeal challenging the convict's probation was jurisdictionally wrong as its foundation laid in the victim's dissatisfaction with the sentence imposed. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali...
Banks Must Show Empathy Toward Employees With Medical Ailments; Can't Rigidly Follow Transfer Circulars: Rajasthan High Court
While setting aside transfer of a SBI employee from Jaipur to Hyderabad who was suffering from a medical ailment that resulted in damage to his body, the Rajasthan High Court has held that banks must take a pragmatic approach and show empathy towards their employees. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sangeeta Sharma opined that for postings...
Relative's Mere Presence In Matrimonial Home Or Passive Familial Association Can't Attract S.498A IPC: Rajasthan High Court
While setting aside summons under Section 498-A IPC against some family members of a married man, the Rajasthan High Court has held that criminal liability could not be inferred merely on the basis of a relative's presence in the matrimonial house in absence of any precise attribution of role to such family members in the allegations of cruelty. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali opined...
Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: February 2026
Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 39 To 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 79NOMINAL INDEXUrban Improvement Trust v Poonam Chand; 2026 Live Law (Raj) 39Rajeev Bhandari v Jodhpur Development authority & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 40National Insurance Company Ltd. v Manju Bai & Ors., and anr. connected petition; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 41Arvind Charan v the State of Rajasthan & Ors.; 2026 LiveLaw (Raj)...
Rajasthan High Court Directs Cooperative Bank To Pay PMFBY Insurance To Farmers, Says They Cannot Suffer Due To Data Entry Error
Rajasthan High Court directed the Nagaur Central Cooperative Bank (“Bank”) to disburse the insurance money to farmers, opining that the farmers could not be denied benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY) owing to error committed by the cooperative societies in filling the data on the National Crop Insurance Portal (“NCIP”). The bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur...