Rajasthan High Court Rejects Plea Against Deletion From Voter List, Cites Bar Under Article 243ZG

The Rajasthan High Court has rejected a man's plea challenging the deletion of his name from the voter list for the Nagar Palika General Election 2026, in light of the prohibition imposed by Article 243-ZG of the Constitution of India. Article 243 ZG bars courts from interfering in the matters relating to municipal elections. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that the...

Article 227 Petition Maintainable Against Small Causes Court's Refusal To Stay Suit Under Section 10 CPC: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an order rejecting an application under Section 10 read with Section 151 CPC, seeking stay of a suit pending before a Court of Small Causes, does not constitute a “case decided” within the meaning of Section 25 of the Provincial Small Cause Courts Act, 1887. It held that since the revisional remedy under Section 25 was therefore not available, a...

Bar Association Membership Disputes Private In Nature, Not Amenable To Writ Jurisdiction: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that Bar Association membership disputes are private in nature and are not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Court sadi that disputes concerning membership, suspension or debarment of members do not involve any public law element.A Bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary made the...

Orissa High Court Rejects Challenge To Appointment Of Deputy Chief Ministers, Calls It 'Mere Descriptive' Post With No Superior Privilege

The Orissa High Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the appointment of Deputy Chief Ministers in the State, by observing that the post is “merely descriptive” and its incumbent does not enjoy superior constitutional power over other members of the Council of Ministers. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 107]While clarifying the ceremonial purpose of the designation,...

Surrogacy | Kerala High Court Rejects Couple's Plea To Use Frozen Embryos After Husband Crossed 55-Year Age Limit

The Kerala High Court, in a recent decision, has upheld the constitutional validity of the age limits imposed by the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021 on intending couples seeking surrogacy services. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 494]The Division Bench of Justice K. Natarajan and Justice Johnson John dismissed an appeal filed by an intending couple challenging the Single Bench's dismissal of their...

Even Genuine Parental Concern Cannot Override Major Individual's Right To Choose Life Partner: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that even genuine parental concern cannot override the constitutionally protected autonomy of a major individual to choose a life partner.The Court added that the right to choose one's partner is a facet of personal liberty and dignity guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.A bench of Justice Sandeep Jain made the observation while allowing a...

Madras High Court Directs Nurses Council To Record Transgender Man As 'Male' In All Records

Right to construct one's own identity is part of right to privacy, Court held.

Excluding Legally Unavailable Posts From Ongoing Recruitment Doesn't Amount To Changing “Rules Of Game” Midway: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that withdrawing vacancies from a running recruitment, because those posts could not lawfully be filled under the rules named in the advertisement, does not amount to altering the “rules of the game” midway. It held that correcting the vacancy position is different in kind from changing eligibility or selection criteria. It held that only the latter is...

Can't Direct Equal Recitation Of Tamil Hymns Alongside Sanskrit At Meenakshi Temple Consecration In Absence Of Law: Madras High Court

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed pleas seeking permission to perform Velvi Kunda Nigalvugal (sacred fire ritual) and permit recitation of Tamil spiritual hymns on an “equal footing” with Sanskrit during the upcoming Kumbabishegam (consecreation ceremony) at Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 430]Justice C. Saravanan held that a writ court...

'Violation Of Fundamental Rights': Bombay High Court Directs ₹2 Lakh Compensation To Man Detained Without Notice, Grounds Of Arrest

The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs. 2 Lakh as compensation to a 26-year-old man who was arrested without being informed of the grounds of arrest or being issued a proper notice. A Division Bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Raj D. Wakode reiterated the well-settled principle that High Courts under Article 226 of...

Allahabad High Court Says State's “NIL” Dues Claim Must Be Tested Against Department's Own Earlier Admission

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the State asserts, on the strength of a fresh verification exercise, that nothing remains outstanding to a contractor, the writ court is not bound to act on that assertion and must itself check the amounts released against the figure the department had earlier admitted to be payable. The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Abdhesh...

Preventing SC Person's Temple Entry On Caste Grounds Constitutes 'Untouchability', Perpetrators Can Be Prosecuted: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently held that preventing a person from the Scheduled Caste community from entering temples would amount to practicing untouchability and would be violative of fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 17 of the Constitution. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 421] Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy held that any person perpetrating such a practice would be liable to be...