High Court
PITNDPS Act | Unexplained Delay In Acting On Police Dossier Makes Preventive Detention A "Mockery": J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of a man booked under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act, 1988, holding that the authorities' unexplained delay of more than four months in acting upon the police dossier destroyed the very basis of the detention.Observing that preventive detention...
Chhattisgarh High Court Quashes Dismissal Of Teacher On Allegations Of Objectionable Whatsapp Message To Girl Student
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that an authority cannot dispense with the inquiry contemplated under Article 311(2) of the Constitution by merely recording its satisfaction. The Court held that where recourse is taken to Article 311(2)(b), the authority must record reasons in writing for dispensing with the inquiry, and in the absence of such reasons, the order of dismissal cannot...
J&K Reservation Act Is Complete Code; Statutory Appeal & Revision Must Be Exhausted Before Invoking Article 226: High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004, read with the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Rules, 2005, constitutes a complete statutory code providing remedies of appeal and revision against orders relating to the issuance, rejection or cancellation of category certificates.Holding that such statutory remedies must ordinarily...
UP Apartment Act | Writ Petitions Not Maintainable For RWA Disputes: Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Frame Grievance Mechanism
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has ruled that writ petitions are not maintainable for general Resident Welfare Association (RWA) disputes regarding day-to-day society management. Noting a legislative vacuum in the Uttar Pradesh Apartment (Promotion of Construction, Ownership and Maintenance) Act, 2010, the Court also directed the UP Government to frame a formal...
Party Can't Invoke Article 226 Jurisdiction After Withdrawing Previous Writ Without Seeking Liberty To File Afresh: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a party which withdraws a writ petition without obtaining liberty to file a fresh petition cannot subsequently invoke the High Court's writ jurisdiction again on the same cause of action, observing that the remedy under Article 226 is deemed to have been abandoned. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 124]A Single Judge Bench of Justice Sumathi Jagadam disposed of...
Family Court's Custody Order Based On Child Interaction That Never Took Place 'Unsustainable': Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has set aside an interim custody order passed by a Family Court after finding that it was based on observations purportedly made during a personal interaction with the minor child, even though no such interaction had actually taken place. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 105]Holding that findings regarding a child's wishes, preference and demeanour cannot be founded on an event...
Writ Jurisdiction Can't Be Invoked In Contractual Disputes Involving Disputed Facts Where Arbitration Clause Exists: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is not maintainable in a contractual dispute where the controversy involves disputed questions of fact and remedy of arbitration is available to the aggrieved party under the agreement.The Court declined to entertain a challenge to the termination of a fisheries lease and the forfeiture of...