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'Vague Allegations': Patna High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Award Of ₹28,000-Crore Pirpainti Thermal Power Project To Adani Group
The Patna High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the award of the Pirpainti Thermal Power Project to the Adani Group, holding that the allegations raised in the petition were “vague” and “nebulous” and did not warrant interference in a policy decision of the State. The Court further observed that the petition did not qualify as a genuine public...
Senior Citizens Act Can't Be Invoked To Decide Title Dispute Unless Transfer Is Challengeable Under Section 23: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 cannot be invoked to decide title disputes which fall beyond the scope of the provision. It held that unless the conditions provided in Section 23 are met, title disputes cannot be decided by the Tribunal under the Act. For context, Section 23 allows senior citizens to...
Senior Citizens Cannot Be Penalised For Not Tracking Cases Online: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has held that while litigants are expected to track their cases on court websites, however persons who are not technologically savvy such as senior citizens cannot be penalised for not doing so. The court was hearing an appeal wherein the respondent-plaintiff had filed suit to declare his right, title and interest in the suit schedule property and for recovery of...
Motor Accident Claims | Supreme Court Lays Down Law On Using ITRs To Assess Victim's Income
For bringing in a consistency in the mode of calculation of a deceased's annual income for determining the motor accident compensation claims, the Supreme Court has laid down comprehensive guidelines for assessing the annual income of victims in motor accident compensation cases, drawing a clear distinction between salaried employees and self-employed persons. A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol...
Kerala High Court Strikes Down 20-Page Cap On Free RTI Information For Below Poverty Line Applicants As Ultra Vires RTI Act
The Kerala High Court has struck down proviso to Rule 4(4) of the Kerala Right to Information (Regulation of Fee and Cost) Rules, 2006, which restrict free supply of information under RTI Act to persons below the poverty line (BPL) to twenty pages. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 355]Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. found that the proviso to the afore Rule, requiring payment for information above 20...
Telangana High Court Rejects Plea For Restoration Of Deleted Voter Names, Directs Petitioner To Avail SIR Process
The Telangana High Court has asked a family to participate in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the State over their grievance on deletion of their names from the electoral rolls.[2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 96]A division bench of Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin noted that the SIR process provides for a forum and procedure for inclusion of electors...
State Disability Commissioner Has No Jurisdiction To Adjudicate Land Disputes Between Private Parties: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has held that the State Disability Commissioner has no jurisdiction to adjudicate disputes relating to title over immovable property between private parties. The Court observed that while the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 confers certain powers of a civil court upon the Commissioner for the purpose of conducting inquiries under the Act, it does not...
State Can't Indefinitely Reserve Private Land Without Commencing Acquisition Or Timely Development Plan Revision: Gujarat High Court
Revoking the continued reservation of a person's land for fifty years without initiation of acquisition proceedings, the Gujarat High Court held that if land is not acquired nor revision proceedings are initiated within 10 years and despite notice the authority fails to commence acquisition within six months then such reservation shall lapse. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 182]In doing so the court...
Period Of Limitation For Execution Of Partition Decrees Is Independent Of Engrossment: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that the period of limitation for execution of a partition decree is independent of it's engrossment. It also held that stamp duty on engrossment of the partition decree is different and operates in a different field from court fees payable on execution or appellate proceedings. “As to when would such right to apply for engrossment of a final decree on...
State Cannot Summarily Cancel Longstanding Jamabandi, Civil Suit Only Remedy: Patna High Court Flags State's 'Autocratic' Action
The Patna High Court has held that the State cannot seek to cancel a longstanding jamabandi through summary proceedings and that its only remedy is to approach a competent civil court. Warning the authorities against disregarding settled judicial precedent, the Court observed that any attempt to proceed otherwise would be treated as contemptuous.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Sourendra...
Medical College Has No 'Lien' Over Student's Original Certificates To Enforce Service Bond Executed During Admission: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has held that a medical college cannot withhold a doctor's original educational certificates to enforce a service bond executed at the time of admission. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 90]The Court observed that even if a candidate breaches the bond by failing to serve in government hospitals, the college has no lien over the original certificates and must recover the bond...