Transit Remand Not Mandatory If Arrested Person Is Produced Before Jurisdictional Magistrate Within 24 Hours: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that obtaining transit remand from a Magistrate in the place of arrest is not mandatory where a person arrested outside the jurisdiction is produced directly before the jurisdictional Magistrate within 24 hours of arrest, excluding the time necessary for the journey.While dismissing a habeas corpus petition challenging the remand of a man arrested...

Pendency Of Guardian And Wards Act Proceedings No Absolute Bar To Grant Of Child Custody By Writ Court: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the pendency of proceedings under the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890 is not an absolute bar to a habeas corpus petition seeking custody of a minor child. It held that each such case turns on the facts before the writ court, whose discretion under Article 226 of the Constitution of India plays a vital role.The bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and...

'Decree-Holder's Rights Must Not Be Rendered Illusory': Allahabad High Court Says Article 227 Can Prevent Undue Delay In Execution Proceedings

The Allahabad High Court has held that its supervisory jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India may be exercised to direct an executing court to decide an objection under Order XXI Rule 97 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 within a fixed period, without the High Court going into the merits of the objection. Such a direction, it held, neither curtails the...

LinkedIn Doesn't Perform Public Function, Account Restriction Can't Be Challenged In Writ Jurisdiction: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition challenging the restriction of a user's LinkedIn account, holding that the social networking platform does not perform a public function or discharge a public duty and is therefore not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India.Justice Amit Mahajan observed that merely providing a platform for communication and...

Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Be 'Weaponised' To Bypass Statutory Appeals, Clog Constitutional Courts: Rajasthan High Court

Can't render statutory tribunals redundant, especially in taxation matters where State revenue is at stake, Court said.

Karnataka High Court Fines Panchayat Officer ₹50K Over Illegal Demolition Without Formal Acquisition & Compensation To Victim

The Karnataka High Court upheld an order which held that the demolition of a citizen's residential or commercial property for public projects like road widening without initiating formal acquisition proceedings or paying compensation amounts to a deprivation of property and livelihood, violating Article 300A of the Constitution of India. A Division Bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna and...

Madras High Court Orders Release Of Cop Arrested Without Reasons Despite Complying With BNSS Notice

When we apply Articles 21 and 22 of the Constitution to grant relief to terrorists, it would be inequitable to deny the protection to Police officers who are on the wrong side of the law, Court said.

Waqf Registration Of Property Based On Tenant's Application Without Notifying Mutawalli Violates Natural Justice: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that registration of a property as a waqf property at the instance of a tenant facing eviction, instead of a Mutawalli(manager), amounts to gross violation of the principles of natural justice, and a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging such registration certificate would be maintainable.Justice T.P. Vivekananda was hearing a writ...

Continuing Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Teachers On Contract For Years On Paltry Pay Is 'Forced Labour' Under Article 23: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the continued engagement of teachers in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas on year-to-year contracts, without any step by the State to create posts for them or to pay them at par with regularly appointed teachers, amounts to a form of forced labour prohibited by Article 23 of the Constitution of India. The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Scheme was...

Bombay High Court Rejects Woman's Plea To Terminate 24-Week Pregnancy, Says Marital Discord Not Irreconcilable

The Bombay High Court has rejected a 34-year-old woman's plea to terminate her 24-week pregnancy, observing that the marital discord between her and her husband did not appear to be serious or irreconcilable.A division bench of Chief Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Advait Sethna refused to grant any relief to the woman, who contended in her petition that she was subjected to...

'No Special Circumstances': Gujarat High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Direction To Register FIR, Cites Remedy Under BNSS

The Gujarat High Court has reaffirmed that a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the registration of a FIR is premature and not maintainable when an efficacious alternative statutory remedy is already available under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS). [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 299]Consequently, Justice J.C. Doshi dismissed the petition seeking...

Villagers' Concerns Over Groundwater Depletion Not Enough To Halt Beverage Factory With Statutory Approvals: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a petition challenging a beverages manufacturing unit in Nagarapalem village, Srikakulam district. It held that unsupported fears of environmental damage and groundwater depletion cannot justify halting an industrial project that has obtained statutory approvals. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 265]The Court noted that the petitioners had failed to...