Karnataka HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Acceptance Of Lokayuktha Police's Closure Report In MUDA Case Against CM Siddaramaiah, Others

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (March 26) issued notice on a plea moved by Snehamayi Krishna challenging acceptance of a 'B Report'/ Closure Report filed by Lokayuktha police before the trial court in the alleged MUDA land scam lodged against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others. The single judge bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav has issued notice to the respondents in the...

UP Police Now Claims 80% Missing Persons Traced Since 2024; Allahabad HC Notes Previous 'Shocking' Data Was Miscommunicated

The Uttar Pradesh Police, in fresh data submitted before the Allahabad High Court, has claimed that between January 1, 2024, and March 17, 2026, a total of 1,19,070 persons went missing in the state, out of which 95,061 (79.84%) have been successfully traced. Taking this updated data into account, a Division Bench noted that earlier figures, which suggested the UP Police took action in a...

Jharkhand High Court Directs Withholding Of Transport Officer's Salary For Non-Payment Of Employee's Pension, Retiral Dues

The Jharkhand High Court has, in an unusual development, ordered withholding of the salary of the District Transport Officer, Palamau for failure to comply with directions to pay retiral dues, warning that continued non-compliance would result in similar action against the Deputy Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Regional Transport Authority.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Ananda Sen was hearing...

Temporary Surrender Of Land Endowed To Religious Institution For Public Infrastructure Not 'Transfer' Under Madras HR & CE Act: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has held that temporary surrender of land for a public infrastructure project does not amount to a transfer requiring prior statutory sanction under Section 29 of the Madras Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Act, 1951.A Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K.V. Jayakumar, were delivering the judgement in a writ...

Supreme Court Urges P&H HC To Consider Request To Relax 45% Minimum Mark Condition For SC Candidates In Civil Judge Exam

The Supreme Court recently requested the Punjab and Haryana High Court to "sympathetically consider" a request to relax for the Scheduled Caste category candidates the condition of securing 45% in the mains examination for the recruitment of Civil Judge (Junior Division), held as per the advertisement issued by the Haryana Public Service Commission in January 2024.The Court was hearing a...

Transfer | Bipolar Disorder Alone Doesn't Qualify Under Medical Disability Clause Without Benchmark Disability: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court, while upholding the transfer of a Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) teacher, has held that bipolar disorder, in the absence of certification of benchmark disability, does not qualify under the medical disability clause of the applicable transfer policy.A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Amit Mahajan thus dismissed a writ petition challenging the...

The Jurisprudence Of Command And The Constitutional Impasse

The Indian constitutional project currently faces a defining moment of friction, a precipice where the destiny of thirteen thousand Group-A cadre officers and the institutional integrity of the Supreme Court of India stand in the balance. At the heart of this storm lies the decision in Sanjay Prakash & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. (2025 INSC 779), a judgment that did not merely settle a service dispute but sought to restore a foundational compact between the State and those...

Statutory Authorities Cannot Defeat Appellate Orders Through Delay: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court held that statutory authorities are duty-bound to implement binding appellate directions and cannot avoid such obligations through prolonged inaction. It remarked that unexplained administrative delay cannot defeat statutory orders or the rights flowing from them.Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Biswajit Palit remarked that:“The official respondents are...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Issue Notice On DIGIPUB News Foundation's Plea Against SAHYOG Portal, Lists Along With X Corp's Appeal

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (March 26) refused to issue notice on a plea filed by DIGIPUB News India Foundation and journalist Abhinandan Sekhri challenging an order holding Section 79(3)(b) IT Act as a standalone provision conferring authority on Central government officers to issue blocking orders through Sahyog Portal.The court said that it was not issuing notice on Digipub's plea...

Veena George Assault Case: Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand On Plea By Accused For Supervised Investigation By Senior Police Officer

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (March 26) sought the State's stand on the plea by the 1st accused seeking supervised investigation by a senior police official to look into the alleged assault on Health Minister Veena George at Kannur Railway Station.When the matter came up for consideration today, Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath granted time to the prosecutor to take instructions and posted...

'Listed 22 Times, Yet No Compliance': MP High Court Orders Imprisonment Of Govt Officials For Contempt In Service Matter

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sentenced the Medical and Health Department officials for failing to comply with its orders, observing that the matter had been listed as many as 22 times without compliance with the previous court order. The bench of Justice Pranay Verma observed; "The petition has been listed for the 22 nd time, and still the order has not been complied with. As per...

Right To Seek Contract Rescission Accrues Upon Expiry Of Time In Decree, Not Upon Receiving Notice Of Subsequent Proceedings: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that that right to seek rescission of a contract accrues upon the expiry of the time stipulated in the decree for deposit of balance consideration and not upon the receipt of notice of the subsequent proceedings.Justice P. Krishna Kumar, delivered the judgment in an original petition in a suit for specific performance of an agreement for sale of an...