Mutation Proceedings Not Meant To Decide Property Title, Parties Must Approach Civil Court: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that question of property title ought not to be gone into or decided in mutation proceedings and can only be decided in a civil suit. Upholding Naib Tehsildar's order rejecting mutation in records after 34 years, Justice J.J. Munir held,“The claim of the petitioner, pitted against that of the fifth respondent, no doubt, involves a complicated question of...

Delhi High Court Directs Immediate Restoration Of X Accounts 'Dr Nimo Yadav', 'Nehr Who'

The Delhi High Court on Monday (April 06) ordered immediate restoration of the parody account “Dr. Nimo Yadav”, operated by petitioner Prateek Sharma on X.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order while hearing a plea filed by Prateek Sharma against blocking of his parody account “Dr. Nimo Yadav”.The court also passed similar direction with respect to a petition filed by...

Delhi High Court Expedites Hearing On Activist's Plea To Vacate Injunction Over Posts Linking Hardeep Puri's Daughter To Epstein

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked the single judge to expeditiously decide an application filed by Kunal Shukla, a Raipur based social activist, seeking stay or vacation of the injunction order directing him to take down posts linking Himayani Puri, Union Minister Hardeep Puri's daughter, to American financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.A division bench comprising Justice...

'Profound Invasion Of Privacy': Rajasthan High Court Directs Centre, Meta To Remove 'Obscene Images' Of Minor From Instagram

While directing Centre to coordinate with Meta Platforms to remove "obscene and private images" of a minor boy from social media, the Rajasthan High Court observed that dissemination of private and intimate content without consent was not only a legal wrong, but a "profound invasion of dignity and irreversible consequences".Underscoring the far-reaching, compounding and deeply...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 30 - April 05, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 135 To 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 143 NOMINAL INDEX M Sirajudeen Sayeed and Others v The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board and Another, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 135 T Sathiskumar v The State Government of Tamilnadu, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 136 R v P, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 137 KK Ramesh v Union of India and Others, 2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 138 M Barani Dharan v. State of Tamil Nadu...

Habeas Plea Not A Tool To Trace Husband Evading Maintenance; Family Court Can Initiate Coercive Measures: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a habeas corpus petition cannot be used as a tool to secure the presence of husband who is allegedly evading warrants in a maintenance execution case. A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Vinai Kumar Dwivedi noted that it is for the Family Court concerned to initiate all coercive measures in such cases to secure the presence of...

State Government Can't Transfer Officers Engaged In SIR Work Without Prior Approval Of Election Commission: Chhattisgarh HC

A Division Bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal held that the transfer of an officer engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls without prior approval of the Election Commission violates Section 13CC of the Representation of the People Act, 1950, and therefore, is arbitrary. Background...

Delay In Grant Of Sanction Within 4 Months By Itself Not Enough To Quash Prosecution In Corruption Case: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court refused to quash disproportionate assets case against a public servant, holding that mere delay in grant of sanction by itself is not enough to abort a corruption case. This, when the Anti-Corruption Bureau had consistently pursued sanction and the accused had not invoked available remedies at the relevant time.Referring to Supreme Court's decision in Vijay Rajmohan v...

Supreme Court Orders CBI Preliminary Inquiry Into Allotment Of Contracts To Arunachal CM Pema Khandu's Kin

The Supreme Court today(April 6) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the alleged irregular allotment of public contracts by the Arunachal Pradesh Government to companies owned by relatives of Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu.The Court has directed the CBI to submit a report within 16 weeks as to whether an independent...

Civil Services Rules | 'Awaiting Posting Orders' Can't Be Used To Bypass Disciplinary Process For Alleged Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the Awaiting Posting Order (APO) against the petitioner who was accused of misconduct, opining that the lawful course of the action was to initiate disciplinary action against the petitioner, instead of bypassing the same by invoking APO order under Rule 25A of Rajasthan Service Rules, 1951 (RSR). The bench of Justice Anand Sharma held that this was...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Single Judge Directive To Enforce Former CM Arvind Kejriwal's Speech Promising Rent Relief For Poor

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday set aside a single judge directive making promises extended by former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for payment of rent on behalf of poor tenants in 2020 “legally enforceable.”A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Om Prakash Shukla modified the single judge ruling and rejected the prayer in the petition seeking a direction to...

Allahabad High Court Raps UP Govt For Filing Appeal Against Dead Person Instead Of Legal Heirs

The Allahabad High Court has recently dismissed a highly belated first appeal filed by the State of U.P. against a dead person, without impleading any of his legal heirs. Observing that State's delay in filing appeal cannot be condoned merely because permission to file appeal was obtained late, Justice Sandeep Jain held,“...there was gross negligence on the part of the State in preferring...