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Microscopic Examination Has No Sanctity As Analytical Test Under Prevention Of Food Adulteration Act: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that microscopic examination is not an analytical or chemical analysis test and cannot be relied upon to establish food adulteration under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. The Court observed that the Act does not provide for or acknowledge microscopic examination as a test and held that the results of such examination had no sanctity.Justice Abhay...

Easementary Right By Prescription Cant Be Claimed Without Specifically Pleading & Identifying Pathway: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed a claim seeking recognition of a prescriptive right of way, holding that an easementary right by prescription cannot be established unless the alleged passage is specifically pleaded and clearly identified. The Court noted that the plaintiff had failed to sufficiently establish the pathway through the defendants' land, with the pleadings and...

Delhi High Court Orders Police Protection For Woman Lawyer Facing Family Pressure To Marry Against Her Will

The Delhi High Court has directed the police to provide protection to a 26-year-old woman advocate who alleged that she was facing threats, coercion and interference from her parents and relatives over her refusal to marry a person chosen by them. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 875]Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the order while dealing with a plea filed by the woman seeking protection of her life,...

Delhi High Court Rejects 6,290 Days Delay In 1988 Appeal, Says Losing Contact With Lawyer No Ground To Condone Delay

The Delhi High Court has refused to condone a delay of 6,290 days, or over 17 years, in seeking restoration of an appeal filed in 1988, that was dismissed for non-prosecution in the year. 2002. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 874]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri held that losing contact with a lawyer is no ground to condone such long delay and that litigant cannot shift the entire responsibility of pursuing the...

Moti Bagh Collapse And Case For Delhi Paying Guest Regulation Law

A five-storey building operating as a paying guest hostel for students, "Hostel Days" collapsed near Satya Niketan in Delhi's Moti Bagh on September 6, 2026. The building housed a boys' paying guest accommodation close to Delhi University's South Campus and stood on a plot of about 55 square yards. Municipal officials have since stated that no sanctioned building plan existed for the structure, and that construction carried out in the basement was unauthorised. The death toll has risen to six,...

Same-Sex Partners Cant Claim Spouse Tax Benefits Without Marriage Recognition: Centre Tells Karnataka High Court

The Central Government has opposed a plea by a same-sex couple before the Karnataka High Court seeking to avail the Income Tax Act's exemption on gifts received from a 'relative', submitting that the benefit available to a 'spouse' cannot be extended to same-sex partners without recognising their relationship as a legally valid marriage.The petitioners have challenged the constitutional...

Erroneous Exercise Of Power By Revenue Officials Cannot Be Converted Into Criminal Case Without Evidence Of Corrupt Intent: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed a criminal prosecution initiated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against Revenue Officers and the beneficiaries of certain mutations, holding that the mere circumstance that an order passed by a statutory authority may subsequently be considered erroneous or legally unsustainable would not, by itself, constitute criminal...

Advocate Merely Allowed Office For Meeting, Did Not Play Major Role In Alleged Forex Fraud: Bombay High Court Grants Protection

The Bombay High Court has granted protection from arrest to a woman advocate accused in a forex fraud case, observing that the only allegation against her was that she had allowed her office to be used for a meeting by the other accused persons. The Court noted that there was no material to show that she was aware of the nature of the meeting and neither had she played any major role in...