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Rajasthan High Court Grants Last Chance To Lead Evidence In Land Acquisition Case After 12 Years, Directs Planting Of 25 Trees

The Rajasthan High Court has granted a last opportunity to a woman to lead her evidence in a land acquisition case pending for over 12 years, subject to her depositing Rs. 10,000 in the Junior Advocates Welfare Fund and planting 25 shade-bearing trees in a public area.A bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition challenging an order of the Senior Civil Judge, Jaipur...

In Sunday Special Hearings, Rajasthan High Court Protects Councillors From Arrest Ahead Of Municipal Chairperson Polls

In two hearings held on Sunday, the Rajasthan High Court granted interim protection from arrest to two ward members booked in separate FIRs ahead of elections to two separate Municipal Councils. In the first case, the petitioner therein had been elected as a Ward Member of the Municipal Council, Shri Vijaynagar, District Sri Ganganagar, on September 14, 2026. He was subsequently declared...

Financial Difficulty Alone No Ground To Transfer Matrimonial Case; Husband Can Bear Wifes Travel Expenses: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court dismissed a petition by a wife, seeking transfer of divorce proceedings from Alwar to Jaipur opining that that merely because petitioner had claimed to be not financially well-off, it could not be accepted that she was unable or incapable of travelling, especially when the respondent-husband was ready to pay off her expenses for such travel. The bench of Justice...

Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Divorce Decree After Estranged Couple Reconciles, Restores Marriage

While quoting Mahabharata, Rajasthan High Court reversed a divorce decree in light of the post-facto reconciliation reached between the couple for the welfare of their minor daughter, and opined that while administering justice, the Court could not lose sight of the fact that matrimonial litigation was not merely competing legal claims but involved human relations. The division bench of...

Rejection Of Municipal Election Nomination Can Be Challenged Only Through Election Petition: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a petition challenging rejection of Petitioner's nomination papers for the election of Ward Member, Municipal Board Brij Nagar, District Deeg, opining that as per the bar under Article 243-ZG, no election to any municipality could be called into question except by filing an Election Petition, The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that as per...

Employees Conviction For Serious Crime Doesnt Permit Automatic Pension Forfeiture; Hearing Must Be Given: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside an order of the State that stopped and forfeited petitioner's entire pension on the ground of a conviction and imprisonment under the Prevention of Corruption Act (“the Act”), in the background of the fact that no notice was serviced upon the petition before passing of the order.The bench of Justice Anand Sharma affirmed that even where conviction...

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...