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Malviya Nagar Fire: Delhi High Court Grants Interim Bail To Hotel Owner On Medical Grounds

The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail to Lavkesh Bajaj, the owner of the hotel building in Malviya Nagar where a devastating fire killed 21 people in June.Justice Sachin Datta granted interim bail to Bajaj on medical grounds for four weeks so as to enable him to recuperate and recover adequately."....having regard to the nature of the surgery undergone by the applicant and the...

Division Of Cooperative Society Ends Delegates Status; Retaining Old Name, Registration Number Dont Preserve Eligibility: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that when a cooperative society is divided under Section 126 of the U.P. Cooperative Societies Act, 1965, the original society also becomes a new body corporate, even if it is allowed to keep its old name and registration number. It held that upon such division, the delegates of the original society cease to be delegates under Rule 87(ix) of the U.P....

NDPS Accused Cannot Manufacture Medical Ground For Bail By Delaying Treatment, Refusing Consent: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed a bail application filed on medical grounds by an accused in a commercial quantity NDPS case, holding that the statutory conditions under Section 37 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 must take precedence over the plea of prolonged incarceration, likely delay in trial, or the medical condition of...

Civil Suits Can Be Consolidated If Issues Are Similar And Common Evidence Sufficient To Decide: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that civil suits may be consolidated only when the issues involved in the suits are similar, and the common evidence is sufficient to decide those issues. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 379]Dismissing a revision petition challenging the order that rejected the plea for consolidation, the bench of Justice Ashish Shroti observed: "Thus two suits can be, and should...

Benefit Under Caste Certificate Nullified By Scrutiny Committee Cant Be Withdrawn Until 30 Days After Rejection Of Appeal: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that benefits granted on the basis of a caste certificate cannot be withdrawn until 30 days after rejection of an appeal challenging its invalidation by the Scrutiny Committee. The Court, relying on Section 10(5) of the Maharashtra Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, De-notified Tribes, Nomadic Tribes, Other Backward Classes and Special Backward Category...

Touching A Childs Breasts With Sexual-Intent Constitutes Sexual Assault U/S 7 POCSO Act: Meghalaya High Court

The Meghalaya High Court has held that touching the breast of a child with sexual intent constitutes “sexual assault” under Section 7 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act), even in the absence of penetration. The Court observed that the statutory definition expressly covers sexual-intent physical contact with the breast of a child and upheld the...