High Court
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...
Kerala High Court Strikes Down Rule Prohibiting Women From Working In Toddy Shops, Says It Violates Articles 14, 15, 19 & 21
State must ensure workplace safety, not prohibit women from working in industries of their choice, Court said.
Right To Protest Can't Be Nipped In The Bud: Madras High Court Allows Villagers To Hold Sit-In At Cremation Ground
The Madras High Court has permitted a "unique" sit-in protest by villagers of Sitharkadu village in Mayiladuthurai District in a crematorium, against government inaction with respect to the pollution caused by a state-run rice mill. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 517] Justice V Lakshminarayanan held that the villagers had a right to protest, which was a form of expression under Article...
Kerala High Court Allows Cybercrime Victim To Use Bank Account Frozen Over ₹1.16 Crore Fraud
The Kerala High Court recently directed Axis Bank to permit a cybercrime victim to operate and close her frozen bank account ignoring the requisition of ₹1.16 crores on the account. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 604]Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim was considering a writ petition preferred seeking a direction to the bank to unfreeze the account held in the name of the petitioner's LPG...
Unsubstantiated Claims Of Wife's Mental Disorder Amounts To Cruelty, Attacks Dignity Protected Under Article 21: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that making unsubstantiated allegations of mental disorder or absent-mindedness against a spouse constitutes legal cruelty, as such claims attack an individual's core dignity and right to live a dignified life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. A Division Bench of Justice Ashok S. Kinagi and Justice Subramanya Rangarao dismissed an appeal filed by...
Even Small-Scale Land Acquisition Must Follow Due Procedure, Right To Property Can't Be Deprived Except As Per Law: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the right to property under Article 300-A of the Constitution cannot be disregarded merely because a small portion of land is being acquired. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 260]It observed that deprivation of property must not only be authorised by law but must also follow the procedure established by law, even where the acquisition serves a larger...
Motherhood, Breastfeeding Falls Under Article 21: Rajasthan High Court Stays Transfer Of New Mother, Urges State To Frame Policy
Forcible separation due to mother's far-off transfer would cause health hazard to the infant, Court said.
Prescribed Authority Under UP Ceiling Act Not A Civil Court, Its Orders Are Amenable To Article 226: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the Prescribed Authority under the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 is not a Civil Court and that an order passed by it can be challenged by way of a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. It held that the powers and privileges of a Civil Court conferred on the Prescribed Authority by Section 37 of the Act do...
Orders Passed Blindly On Legal Opinion Of Panel Counsel Without Independent Application Of Mind Are Arbitrary: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that an order passed by an administrative authority “blindly” on the opinion of a panel counsel, without application of its own mind, would be arbitrary, invalid and without jurisdiction.Consequently, Justice T.M. Nadaf quashed an endorsement passes in a “haste” to evade contempt proceedings, while allowing the petition seeking to challenging the...
Allottee Must Be Compensated For Investment If Advertisement Is Withdrawn Due To Authority's Own Fault: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that where an advertisement is cancelled after a Letter of Intent has been issued, and the cancellation is the authority's own fault rather than any breach by the allottee, the allottee must be compensated for what he has spent in complying with the Letter of Intent. Moulding the relief under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Court awarded...
Allahabad High Court Declares Mandatory Injury Report Requirement Under UP Financial Assistance Scheme For POCSO Survivors 'Unconstitutional'
The Allahabad High Court has declared 'unconstitutional' the mandatory requirement under the Uttar Pradesh Rani Lakshmi Bai Mahila Evam Bal Samman Kosh Scheme, 2015, to submit an injury report indicating penetrative sexual assault to claim financial assistance for child sexual assault survivors.A Bench of Justice Saral Srivastava and Justice Garima Prashad held that the condition was...
Rajasthan High Court Admits Appeal Against SC/ST Ward Reservation Over Allegedly Fake Population Data, But Refuses To Stay Election Process
The Rajasthan High Court has admitted an appeal challenging the reservation of wards in Gram Panchayat Majhiwala for persons belonging to Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), allegedly based on incorrect population data, but refused to stay the ongoing Panchayat election process.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal and Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu declined...