Section 311 CrPC | Accused Can't Be Denied Cross-Examination Due To Counsel's Illness: Rajasthan High Court

While underscoring the wide amplitude of powers available to Courts under Section 311 CrPC, the Rajasthan High Court has held that an accused cannot be denied the opportunity of cross-examination owing to the counsel's illness and resultant inability to attend the scheduled court date.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition challenging the decision of the trial court...

Different Age Criteria For Contractual And Regular Appointments Unconstitutional: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has struck down Rule 6 of the Rajasthan Contractual Hiring to Civil Posts Rules, 2022 (“2022 Rules”) as unconstitutional for being violative of Articles 14 & 16, as it prescribed 21 years as eligibility criteria for contractual recruitment to a post as compared to 18 years prescribed by Rajasthan Medical Health And Subordinate Service Rules, 1965...

Mass Transfer Of Teachers Mid-Academic Session 'Arbitrary', Disturbs Education Ecosystem: Rajasthan High Court

While staying transfer of a Government school principal, Rajasthan High Court held it to be arbitrary and damaging to the education as it was ordered in the middle of the academic session. Justice Ashok Kumar Jain said that such mass transfers in September not only disrupted classes and students' continuity but also reflected the lack of administrative sensitivity towards the school...

Outstanding Sportsperson Quota: Rajasthan High Court Prescribes Five-Step Scrutiny, Seeks Reconsideration Of Nursing Officer Candidates

While hearing a bunch of petitions by candidates for the post of Nursing officer, seeking their consideration under Outstanding Sports Person Category, Rajasthan High Court held that such claims had to be examined by the concerned State body in accordance with policy of State mentioned in the circular dated May 27, 2022 by the Department of Personnel (K-2). The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar...

Rajasthan High Court Flags Inclusion Of Scheduled Areas Within Municipalities' Limits Due To Legal Vacuum, Issues Hybrid Arrangement

The Rajasthan High Court expressed “serious constitutional concern” wherein Scheduled Areas were being included within municipal corporations' limits in the absence of a legal framework owing to prolonged non-enactment of Municipalities (Extension to the Schedules Area) Bill 2001 (MESA). The division bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Sanjeet Purohit said that in...

Rape By Father 'Transcends Ordinary Criminality'; Victim-Daughter's Testimony Sufficient: Rajasthan High Court

While dismissing an appeal against a rape conviction in a POCSO Case, the Rajasthan High Court held that the testimony of the victim herself, being the daughter of the convict, constituted the best possible evidence of the occurrence, since there was no reason for her to falsely implicate her own father. The division bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur and Justice Chandra Shekhar Sharma...

Poverty Can't Be Bar To Parole: Rajasthan High Court Waives Surety Condition For Indigent Life Convict, Frames Guidelines

The Rajasthan High Court has held that any insistence on sureties from an indigent prisoner as a precondition for being released on parole, who is unable to fulfil that condition, especially after repeated judicial interventions in the past that waived that requirement, is violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution and morally indefensible. The division bench of Justice Arun Monga...

Rajasthan High Court Forms Five-Judge Panel To Review Decision On Working Saturdays After Lawyers' Strike

Rajasthan High Court has constituted a committee comprising the following 5 (five) Judges, to submit their report on whether the decision of the Full Court regarding working of the Rajasthan High Court on two (2) Saturdays each month, is required to be reviewed:Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sameer JainHon'ble Mr. Justice Kuldeep MathurHon'ble Mr. Justice Anil Kumar UpmanHon'ble Mr. Justice Yogendra...

Bail Is The Rule For Juveniles Even If Tried As Adults; Gravity Of Offence No Ground To Deny Bail Under JJ Act: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that bail is the rule for a child in conflict with law under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 (“the Act”) even if the Juvenile was being tried as an “Adult Accused” before the Children's Court.While setting aside orders that rejected bail application of the juvenile petitioner accused of murder, the bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand affirmed that the...

Rajasthan High Court Annual Digest 2025: PART I [Citations 1 - 200]

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 200Rajasthan HC Cancels Air Force Personnel's Anticipatory Bail Due To Misrepresentation, Hiding True Facts Like Grievous Injury Caused to VictimTitle: Ramesh Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the anticipatory bail of an Air Force personnel on the...

Rajasthan High Court Lawyers Abstain From Work Over Working Saturdays, Bar Bodies To Meet Acting Chief Justice Tomorrow

Lawyers at the Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur abstained from work on Monday (January 5) to protest against High Court's decision declaring the second Saturday of every month as a working day.A press release issued by the Rajasthan High Court Advocates Association, Jodhpur and Rajasthan High Court Lawyers Association, Jodhpur states that in a joint meeting held on January 3 a resolution was...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: December 2025

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 401 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 430 NOMINAL INDEX Adnan Haider Bhai v State of Rajasthan, and other connected petition; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 401 Ravi v State of Rajasthan; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 402 Sayed Sarfaraj v Reserve Bank of India & Anr.; 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 403 Rajasthan High Court Advocates' Association & Anr. v State of Rajasthan & Anr.;...