AP High Court Condones 1024-Day Delay To Bring Legal Heirs On Record, Says Party Not Expected To Keep Checking Status Of Pending Case

The Andhra Pradesh High Court condoned delay of 1024 days in filing an application to bring the legal heirs of a deceased appellant on record, reiterating that in a pending appeal a party is not expected to keep visiting the court or his lawyer every few weeks to ascertain the position of the case. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 146]Allowing the Civil Revision Petition, Justice Ravi Cheemalapati referred...

Limitation To Redeem Usufructuary Mortgage Runs From Payment Of Mortgage Money, Not Date Of Mortgage Deed: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that limitation for a suit to redeem usufructuary mortgage or recover possession begins to run only when the mortgagor pays or tenders the mortgage money and not from the date on which the mortgage deed is executed.A usufructuary mortgage is one where the mortgagor hands over possession to the mortgagee, who keeps the rents and profits in lieu of interest...

Can Banks Refuse Education Loan To Student Due To Parent's Low Credit Score? Kerala High Court Answers

The Kerala High Court has ruled that banks can refuse education loan to students if their parent, who signs the loan as a co-borrower, has a poor credit score. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 387]Justice M.A. Abdul Hakhim dismissed a batch of petitions filed by students challenging the banks' refusal to grant them educational loan.The petitioners argued that denial of loan to them on the basis of...

Electrocution Inside Consumer's Home While Using Water Pump Not Covered Under Compensation Scheme: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that compensation under the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited's Circular is not payable where an electrocution accident occurs within a consumer's domestic premises while operating an internal electrical appliance such as a Tullu Pump. The Court expressed concern over the Electricity Department's failure to communicate the rejection of...

National Co-operative Consumers' Federation Excluded From Rent Control Protections Being PSU Under Rent Control Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the National Co-operative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF), a multi-state co-operative society, is functioning as an implementing agency of the Central Government, and qualifies as a "Public Sector Undertaking" for the purposes of Section 3(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999. The Court observed that the expression "Public...

All Legal Heirs Of Deceased Tenant Need Not Be Impleaded In Eviction Proceedings; One Co-Tenant Can Represent Entire Tenancy: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that impleadment of every legal heir of a deceased tenant is not mandatory in eviction proceedings. It held that the tenancy of a deceased tenant devolves upon the heirs as a joint and indivisible unit, and effective representation of the tenancy by one co-tenant in possession suffices. It held that non-joinder of the remaining heirs not being fatal to...

HP High Court Directs State To Return Land Given For Government School After Closure Due To Zero Enrolment

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the State cannot continue to retain land provided for the establishment of a government school after the very purpose for which it was given has been abandoned. Observing that the Education Department could not retain possession of the land following the closure of the school due to zero student enrolment, the Court directed the State to...

Registered Gift Deed Can't Be Unilaterally Revoked Before Sub-Registrar Without Approaching Civil Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a registered gift deed, once accepted by the donee, cannot be unilaterally revoked by the donor through a revocation deed executed before the Sub-Registrar, and that such revocation deeds are void unless the gift is first set aside by a competent civil court. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 137]In doing so, the court held that there is no presumption that...

Subsequent Developments Can't Be Used To Bypass Writ Court Orders In Contempt Proceedings: Uttarakhand High Court

Holding that subsquent developments cannot be used to bypass orders of the writ court in contempt proceedings, the Uttarakhand High Court held the officials of State authority in contempt of an earlier order directing inclusion of a party in the tender process for a road contract. The court noted that the respondents by pleading new developments attempted to frustrate the order of writ court...

Lessee Can't Be Forced To Pay Installments Accruing Due To State's Delay In Termination Of Mining Lease: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where a mining lessee defaults in paying royalty and thereby gives the State ground to terminate the lease, the State's unexplained delay in exercising its power to determine the lease under Rule 58 of the U.P. Minor Minerals (Concession) Rules, 1963 amounts to arbitrary action. It held that the lessee cannot be forced to pay the installments that fell...

Appeal Under UP Rent Act Not Maintainable Against Rejection Of Plea To Recall Ex-Parte Eviction Order: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an appeal under Section 22 of Uttar Pradesh Urban Buildings [Regulation of Letting, Rent and Eviction] Act, 1972 is not maintainable against an order rejecting an application for recall of an ex-parte release (eviction) order passed under Section 21(1)(a) of the Act. It held that such an order is referable to the procedural powers exercisable under...

Party Can't Be Granted Interim Relief Merely Because Opposing Counsel Failed To Answer Court's Query: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that a party cannot succeed on the weakness of the opposite party's case and must stand on the strength of its own case, observing that interim relief cannot be granted merely because the opposite party's counsel failed to answer a legal query posed by the Court. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 132]Accordingly, it set aside a Single Judge's interim order in a...