Empanelment Of Advocates For Block Year 2025-28 At Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)

Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) invites application for engaging Panel Counsel(s) for BlockYear2025-28 to represent the Central Board, EPF before the Supreme Court of India, New Delhi and Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), New Delhi. Name of the Post: Panel Advocate Essential Qualification and Experience Law firms can also apply for empanelment. The firm shall ensure that there is no conflict of interest in matters they are contesting for EPFO.The Advocate ...

POCSO Act | MP High Court Grants Bail To Accused On Noting Suppression Of Victim's Age, Forged Aadhaar

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted bail application to a 34-year-old man accused of raping his 15-year-old wife, noting that the man was allegedly defrauded by the victim's family by forging her Adhaar Card and suppressing her age. The bench of Justice Subodh Abhyankar observed;"FIR lodged at the instance of the applicant's side at Police Station Chhipa Barod, District Baran,...

Immoral Traffic Prevention Act | Major Victim Can't Be Detained In Protective Home Only For Lack Of Family: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court while observing that the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 is not meant to punish victims of sexual exploitation, ordered the release of a woman who was rescued during a police raid and was sent into the custody of a protection home on the ground that she has not source of income, nor family and thus she may again indulge in 'immoral' activities.Single-judge...

Victim's Statement Alone Can Sustain Charge Under SC/ST Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court in a recent decision held that an accused cannot be discharged merely because the statements of the witnesses do not disclose ingredients of the offence under Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(s) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 2018.Justice A. Badharudheen clarified that if the statement of the aggrieved person prima facie discloses...

2026 LiveLaw (SC) 60 | MEENAKSHI v. STATE OF HARYANA

Asking Accused To Appear In Every Appeal Hearing Unwarranted When Sentence Has Been Suspended : Supreme Court MEENAKSHI v. STATE OF...

Asking Accused To Appear In Every Appeal Hearing Unwarranted When Sentence Has Been Suspended : Supreme Court

Taking note of a practice in Haryana, the Court asked that its order be placed before Chief Justice of the High Court for intimation to district judiciary.

'Nata Vivah' Recognised As Marriage: Rajasthan High Court Directs Family Pension To Deceased Govt Employee's Wife

Considering that Nata Vivah is also considered as a form of marriage in rural areas of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan High Court has directed grant of family pension to a woman, who performed the customary marriage with the deceased government employee.For context, Nata Vivah is a practice prevalent in some of the rural areas of Rajasthan where after death or separation from existing husband,...

Right To Appear In Exams Akin To Right To Life : Allahabad High Court Orders Special Exam For Student Left Out Over Portal Glitch

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the right to appear in an examination is akin to the right to live with human dignity enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution. Adding that a student's future cannot be jeopardised due to “technical lapses” or administrative inertia, a bench of Justice Vivek Saran directed a Prayagraj-based university to conduct a special examination for...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 12 To January 18, 2026

ORDERS/JUDGMENTS OF THE WEEK Rohingya Funding Syndicate | Allahabad High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Alleged Kingpin, Slams IO For 'Callous' Approach Case Title - Dr. Abdul Ghaffar vs. State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chif Secy. / Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 2 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 18 Citation : 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 18 The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Friday...

Allahabad High Court Annual Digest 2025 : Part II [Citations 301 - 590]

[SARFAESI Act] Limitation To Be Calculated From Date Of Last Action Against Which Aggrieved Party Approached DRT U/S 17: Allahabad High Court Case Title: Vimla Kashyap and Ors v. Union of India and Ors [MATTERS UNDER ARTICLE 227 No.3953 of 2025] Case citation : 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 301 The Allahabad High Court has held that limitation for filing securitization...

MP High Court Directs Prompt Action Against Industries Operating Without Valid Pollution Clearance

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Chief Secretary of the State to ensure prompt and coordinated action is taken against all industries running without a valid pollution clearance.The Court was dealing with a suo moto public interest litigation registered based on the news published in the local newspaper, highlighting that 5961 industries are being run without the valid permission...

Supreme Court Annual Digest 2025: Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012

Application in Consensual Adolescent Relationships - The Supreme Court emphasized a nuanced application of the POCSO Act in cases involving consensual romantic relationships between adolescents, prioritizing the best interests of the victim and her dependents. (Paras 15, 31) In Re: Right to Privacy of Adolescents, 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 617 : 2025 INSC 778 Life Imprisonment...