'Medical Evidence Shows Prior Sexual Experience, No Injury Marks': Patna High Court Sets Aside POCSO Conviction For Rape

"Medical officer did not find any mark of violence on her body. On the other hand, she found old rupture of hymen and the vagina easily admitting one finger meaning thereby the victim had previous experience of sexual intercourse,” court said.

Bypassing Regular Appointments Through Long-Term Outsourcing Is Unfair: Allahabad High Court Says State Must Not Be Exploitative

The Allahabad High Court last week strongly deprecated the practice of public employers bypassing regular recruitment by continuously engaging staff through outsourcing agencies. Observing that such a system provides wide "room for exploitation and unfairness", a bench of Justice Vikram D Chauhan directed the Bareilly Nagar Nigam to consider regularising a Computer Operator who has been...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 16 - March 22, 2026

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 107 - 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 117Nominal Citation Shri Mahesh v. State of Karnataka & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 107Directorate OF Enforcement v. ZO Pvt. Ltd, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 108X v. Z, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 109Shri V. Sivaprasad Reddy v. Smt Pillamma, 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 110Y v. State of Karnataka & Ors., 2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 111Income Tax Officer and CPIO v....

Trial Court Judgment Set Aside In Earlier Round Becomes Non-Existent, Can't Be Reconsidered In Appeal On Merits: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that where an earlier trial court judgment had already been set aside by the appellate court remanding the matter for fresh adjudication, the appellate court cannot later reconsider the earlier "non-existent judgment" on merits and uphold it.Justice Anjan Moni Kalita observed that Judgment dated 30.04.2011, passed by the magistrate court was in essence set aside...

Kerala High Court Stays Judgment Removing Vellappally Natesan As General Secretary Of SNDP Yogam

The Kerala High Court on Monday (March 23) stayed the operation of the judgment ordering removal of Vellappally Natesan and others as directors of Aruvipuram Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP Yogam).The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. was considering a batch of appeals preferred against the judgment of the Single Judge by which certain directors...

'Nothing Left To Decide' : Supreme Court Disposes Plea Challenging Sonam Wangchuk's Detention Noting His Release

The Supreme Court today disposed of the habeas corpus petition filed by Dr Gitanjali Angmo challenging the detention of Ladakh activist and her husband Sonam Wangchuk's detention under the National Security Act(NSA) as illegal.A bench comprising Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice PB Varale noted that the Union Government on March 14 revoked the detention, and the petition therefore has...

Supreme Court Says Allahabad HC Judge 'Abdicated Responsibility' By Not Clarifying If Quashing Order Applied To Co-Accused

The Supreme Court requested the HC Chief Justice to transfer the connected cases to another bench.

UP Revenue Code | SDM's Duty To Protect Allottee's Possession Continues Beyond Initial Allotment: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that under Section 65 of the U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, the Sub-Divisional Officer/ Sub-Divisional Magistrate is required to protect the possession of the allottee as long as the title of the property vests in the State. It held that the job of the SDO does not end at after allotment of initial possession but continues till the State has title over the...

Supplying Product With Lesser Quantity Than Advertised Amounts To Defect, Unfair Trade Practice: Kollam District Commission

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kollam, comprising Smt. S.K. Sreela (President) and Sri. Stanly Harold (Member), has held that supplying goods with lesser quantity than advertised amounts to a “defect” and constitutes misleading advertisement and unfair trade practice under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019. In the present case, the Commission found the seller,...

Ex-Parte Divorce Decree Can't Be Set Aside After Spouse's Death: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an ex-parte divorce decree cannot be set aside after spouse's death. The bench of Justice Arindam Sinha and Justice Satya Veer Singh relied on Smt. Yallawwa vs. Smt. Shantavva (1997) where the Supreme Court gave directions regarding maintainability of the application for setting aside the ex-parte decree in the matrimonial case against a deceased...

'Obstinate Attitude' : Supreme Court Raps West Bengal For Stalling Kolkata's Orange Line Metro Project

"Do not politicise everything. This is a development issue," CJI said.

National Highways Act Is A Complete Code; Waqf Tribunal Lacks Jurisdiction To Stall Highway Project: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court set aside the injunction granted by the Waqf Tribunal restraining NHAI from highway construction, holding that the National Highways Act is a complete code in itself for the purpose of acquisition of land for the national highwaysA Single Judge Bench comprising Justice Bibek Chaudhuri was hearing an appeal under Section 83(9) of the Waqf Act, 1995 read with the...