Civil Court Can't Determine Agricultural Land Boundary Based On Advocate Commissioner's Report: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where the real controversy in a suit for injunction is the boundary between two adjoining agricultural holdings, the Civil Court cannot settle that boundary on a map prepared by an Advocate Commissioner. It held that Section 24 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 provides a statutory mechanism of survey and demarcation before the competent...

'Trees Are The Lungs': Jharkhand High Court Stays Bypass Road Construction Requiring Felling Of 13,681 Full-Grown Trees

The Jharkhand High Court has stayed construction of a bypass road connecting Chatra town with NH-99 (New NH-22) and NH-100 (New NH-522) after noting that 13,681 full-grown trees identified for the project would have to be felled. The Court observed that “these huge chunk of trees are not merely a canopy, but are the lungs, which cannot be allowed to be destroyed by cutting them...

Husband Not Liable For Wife's Dues From Her Tenure As Sarpanch Without Proof Of His Involvement: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that husband and wife were separate entities, and neither could be held liable for the misconduct or disgraceful act of the other, done in the capacity of a public representative, unless they have also indulged in the same. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand opined, a spouse of an erstwhile public representative, could not be asked to pay dues owed by...

Declaration Of Title In Immovable Property Suits Governed By Article 65 Limitation Act, Not Article 58: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a claim for declaration of title concerning immovable property is governed by Article 65 of the Limitation Act, and not the three-year limitation period under Article 58, where the suit is not one seeking declaration simpliciter. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 205]In doing so, the Court upheld the order permitting the plaintiff to amend a pending suit...

UP Panchayat Raj Act | Inquiry Against Gram Pradhan For Fund Misuse Not Wiped Out Merely Because Her Tenure Ended: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a pending inquiry under Section 95(1)(g) of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 against a Gram Pradhan cannot be treated as infructuous, or allowed to be stalled, merely because her tenure in office has since come to an end. The Court held that such proceedings must be carried to their logical conclusion, given the consequences that survive the end of...

Revenue Entry Not Set Aside By Competent Authority Can't Be Treated As Forged Merely On Allegation: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a revenue entry which has not been cancelled, corrected or set aside by a competent revenue authority or court, cannot be treated as forged merely because the opposite party alleges forgery. It held that though such an entry does not by itself create title, its evidentiary effect cannot be ignored altogether, and a party relying on its falsity must...

Appointments Can't Be Cancelled By Appointing Authority Merely On Direction Of State Govt: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an appointing authority cannot cancel appointments merely on the direction of the State Government, without applying its own mind. It set aside the termination of Assistant Managers of the U.P. Cooperative Bank whose appointments were cancelled in 2019 after the Principal Secretary, Cooperative, directed that they be cancelled.Justice Rajeev...

'False Allegations': Gujarat High Court Fines PIL Litigant ₹1 Lakh For Seeking Closure Of Industry Over Environmental Violations

The Gujarat High Court dimissed a PIL seeking closure of an industry making paper products over allegations of noise, air and water pollution, further imposing cost of Rs. 1 Lakh after noting that the allegations made in the petition were vague and frivolous as the industry was meeting all environmental standards. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 237]In doing so the court observed PIL was filed by person...

Person Receiving Pension Not Entitled To Maintenance Under Senior Citizens Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a senior citizen who is receiving regular pension as well as family pension and is able to maintain himself does not fall within the meaning of Section 4 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007. The Court highlighted that the Act was brought on the statute book to provide for appropriate mechanism to be set up to...

Oral Partition Can Be Proved Through Oral Evidence, Long Separate Possession: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that oral partition can be accepted on the basis of oral evidence where parties have been separately possessing and enjoying their respective shares for several decades. The Court observed that although there was no written partition, the witnesses had proved that the properties had already been partitioned and the parties were separately enjoying...

Interim Stay Can Be Granted In Time-Barred Appeal Without Condoning Delay Only In 'Exceptional Cases': Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside an interim order passed by the Revenue Appellate Authority (“RAA”) in a time-barred appeal, opining that interim stay in a time-barred appeal could be passed only in extreme circumstances of a given case where the order in appeal had some serious consequences. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that without condoning the delay in...

Bidder Who Furnished Unconditional Undertaking To Execute Work Cannot Challenge Letter Of Acceptance Subsequently: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that a bidder who had voluntarily furnished an affidavit and undertaking expressing its unconditional willingness to execute the work at the quoted rate, and on the basis of which the Letter of Acceptance was issued, cannot subsequently challenge the validity of the Letter of Acceptance on grounds of want of jurisdiction and expiry of the bid validity period....