Effectively Implement SC Order On Installation, Maintenance Of CCTVs In Police Stations: Tripura High Court Directs State

The Tripura High Court has directed the State Government to implement "in letter and spirit" Supreme Court's directions regarding the installation of CCTVs in the police stations across the State. The Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit directed the State to implement the directions of the Supreme Court in Paramvir Singh...

S.223 BNSS | Magistrate Cannot Take Cognizance On Complaint Without First Hearing Accused: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that after the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) came into force, a Magistrate cannot take cognizance of an offence on a complaint without first giving the accused an opportunity of being heard. The Court clarified that the requirement under the first proviso to Section 223(1) of the BNSS is mandatory.Justice Biswajit Palit, while...

Tripura High Court Upholds Interim Maintenance To Wife, Says Man Cannot Benefit From Suppressing Existing Marriage

The Tripura High Court has upheld an order granting ₹15,000 per month as interim maintenance to a woman who alleged that the man had represented himself as divorced and subsequently married her. The Court, while noting that the issue of marriage was yet to be finally determined by the Family Court, observed prima facie that the parties had maintained a marital relationship for a...

S.173 BNSS Mandates FIR Registration When Cognizable Offence Disclosed, Even If Allegations Are Against Police: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) mandates registration of an FIR where a complaint discloses cognizable offences, even when the allegations are directed against police personnel. The court made the observation while directing registration of a complaint alleging misappropriation of gold ornaments and gold bars following...

Tripura High Court Directs Govt To Fill 1116 Vacant PG Teacher Posts, Says No Need To 'Re-Create' Posts After Retirement/Death

The Tripura High Court on Wednesday (September 9) pulled up the State Government over initiating the process for re-creation of 1116 PG teacher posts in various subjects, that according to the Government, had fallen vacant due to death, retirement, resignation and termination of services.The division bench of the Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit observed:“We fail...

Retired Judge Can't Claim Remuneration As Committee Chairman On Basis Of Appointment Without Doing Any Work: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that a retired High Court Judge appointed as Chairman of a fee regulatory committee cannot claim remuneration merely on the basis of his appointment when he had not actually performed any work. The Court noted that the appellant had neither invited applications from private technical institutions nor undertaken any exercise to determine the fee structure during...

"Highways Disintegrating Before First Monsoon Season": Tripura High Court Calls For Systemic Audit Of NHAI, NHIDCL

The Tripura High Court has called for a systemic audit of the functioning of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), expressing concern over the deterioration of National Highways constructed at substantial public cost. The Court observed that reports of highways disintegrating soon after...

Tripura High Court Sets Aside Cancellation Of Graduate Teacher's Appointment After University Confirms Degrees As Genuine

The Tripura High Court has set aside the cancellation of a candidate's appointment as Graduate Teacher, holding that the State had no basis to cancel the appointment after the petitioner produced subsequent genuineness certificates issued by Madurai Kamaraj University, which remained unrebutted by the authorities. Justice Biswajit Palit remarked that: “there was no basis on the part of...

Premature Release Can't Be Denied Solely On Police Verification Report Not Contemplated By Rules: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court recently set aside a decision of the State Level Committee rejecting the premature release of seven convicts who have undergone incarceration for periods between 15 years and 21 years.The committee denied the premature release of the convicts on the basis of a Police Verification Report. However, the Court noted that the notification dated September 3, 2025 issued by...

Divorced Daughter Cannot Be Denied Family Pension Merely Because Divorce Occurred After Father's Death: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that a divorced daughter cannot be denied family pension merely on the ground that she was not divorced on the date of her pensioner-father's death. The Court remarked that the requirement that a daughter must have been divorced during the lifetime of the pensioner was not contained in the applicable pension rules. The Court also criticised the Agartala...

Tripura High Court Upholds BSF Personnel's Dismissal For Firing 20 Rounds While Drunk, Aiming Rifle At Superiors

The Tripura High Court has upheld the dismissal of a BSF Head Constable who, while on duty and allegedly in an inebriated state, indiscriminately fired 20 rounds from his service rifle in the air and subsequently aimed the rifle at his superior officers. The Court found no violation of natural justice or other ground warranting interference with the disciplinary proceedings and dismissed his...

'Laid Back Attitude Not Warranted': Tripura High Court Pulls Up State For Failing To Implement SC Directions On Open Prisons

The Tripura High Court on Wednesday (August 26) pulled up the State Government for failing to conduct the assessment of prison infrastructure and prepare an action plan for establishing Open Correctional Infrastructure (OCI), as directed by the Supreme Court in Suhas Chakma v. Union of India and Others.A division bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit...