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Rajasthan High Court Declines CLAT Candidates Plea To Change Reservation Category After Result Declaration

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed the petition filed by a CLAT 2026 candidate seeking modification of her reservation category from Unreserved General-Women to General-Rajasthan Domicile, after the first provisional list was already declared by the CLAT-Consortium. The bench of Justice Maneesh Sharma observed that a belated correction or modification of an application form, especially...

JJ Act | Rajasthan High Court Directs 1% Reservation For Youth Leaving Care Homes, Flags Mechanical Juvenile Assessments

Taking serious note of the lapses in preliminary assessments of a minors under Section 15 of the Juvenile Justice Act (“JJ Act”), the Rajasthan High Court has ordered constitution of a panel of Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and experts in Child psychology in each district.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand further highlighted the harsh reality faced by the “care leavers”,...

Muscle Power Cant Override Law: Rajasthan High Court Orders Police To Restore Banks Possession On Property Forcibly Taken By Borrowers

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the police officials to take all possible endeavours to restore the possession of a mortgaged property forcibly taken over by loan defaulters from the bank, which had lawful authority over it in terms of the SARFAESI Act.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand noted that respondent-borrowers had used "muscle power" to take over the property and an FIR was...

Permanent Lok Adalat Has No Jurisdiction Over Service Matters: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Award Granting Benefits From 1978

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside an order of a Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) in dispute relating to service benefits, opining that the jurisdiction of PLA could only be invoked for redressal of grievances that dealt with “public utility services” as defined under Section 22A(b) of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (the “Act”).The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was...

Substratum Of Dispute No Longer Exists: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Rape, POCSO FIR After Marriage Between Parties

The Rajasthan High Court has allowed quashing of an FIR for the offence of rape and under POCSO Act, on the ground of compromise reached between parties, taking into account the past cordial relationship between them as well as their marriage and consequentially bleak chances of successful prosecution. The bench of Justice Anil Kumar Upman opined that it was highly unlikely that the victim...

Rajasthan High Court Rejects Plea Against Deletion From Voter List, Cites Bar Under Article 243ZG

The Rajasthan High Court has rejected a man's plea challenging the deletion of his name from the voter list for the Nagar Palika General Election 2026, in light of the prohibition imposed by Article 243-ZG of the Constitution of India. Article 243 ZG bars courts from interfering in the matters relating to municipal elections. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that the...

Rajasthan High Court Bars Declaration Of Assistant Professor Recruitment Results Over Objections To Answer Key

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed the declaration of final results of the selected candidates in the recruitment process to the post of Assistant Professor (English). The bench of Justice Ganesh Ram Meena was hearing a petition that alleged that the State proceeded ahead in the recruitment process without considering the objections raised to the model answer key published on 31.12.2025...

Govt Dispensary In-Charge Responsible For Records, Cant Blame Subordinate: Rajasthan High Court Upholds Doctors Compulsory Retirement

While upholding penalty imposed on an in-charge of a Government Ayurvedic Dispensary, Rajasthan High Court observed that failure on part of the petitioner's subordinate in carrying out his duties, did not absolve the petitioner from all his responsibilities, especially when nothing on record suggested any action taken against the subordinate.The bench of Justice Anand Sharma was hearing...

No Straitjacket Formula For Condoning Delay In Written Statement In Non-Commercial Suits: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has upheld a trial court's decision to condone the delay in filing a written statement in a non-commercial civil suit, observing that the timeline under Order VIII Rule 1 CPC is directory and not mandatory, and that there can be no straitjacket formula for deciding whether a delayed written statement should be accepted.The bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal held that...

Order XI CPC Discovery Cant Be Used To Collect Evidence Available In Public Domain, Law Doesnt Aid Indolent: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has observed that the mechanism of discovery and production of documents under Order XI, Rules 12 and 14 of CPC, could not be invoked merely because a litigant found it convenient to obtain evidence though the opposite party, especially when such evidence was otherwise reasonably accessible to them. “The processes of court cannot be made a handmaiden of...

Rajasthan High Court Disposes PIL Seeking Appointment Of Art Teachers In Govt Schools, Notes States Compliance With RTE Act

The Rajasthan High Court has disposed of a PIL filed in 2018, seeking directions for regular appointment of Art Teachers (Drawing and Music) in government schools, alleging that the existing teachers who were imparting Arts education to students were not graduate in Art. The division bench of Justice Inderjeet Singh and Justice Sandeep Taneja took note of the affidavit filed by the State as...