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Senior Citizens Act Can't Be Invoked To Decide Property Ownership/ Title Disputes: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007 and the Rules made thereunder cannot be invoked to title and ownership disputes between third parties who are not related to the senior citizens. It held that the Act is for the maintenance and protection of senior citizens by those who will inherit their property, not for...
When The Law Looks Away
On March 6, 2026, ten police officers in plain clothes arrived in Krishnarajapuram in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu and took away a 26-year-old Dalit engineering graduate, R. Akash Delison. He had been accused of attacking two men, a serious allegation that required investigation and trial. Instead, within forty-eight hours, he was dead.In his dying declaration, Akash described how he was blindfolded, his legs placed on stones, covered with a wet sack, and beaten repeatedly with an iron rod....
Allahabad High Court Seeks Trial Judge's Explanation For Failing To Discuss Victim's Injury Report In POCSO Acquittal Judgment
The Allahabad High Court earlier this week took strong exception to a trial court judge's failure to mention and discuss the injuries sustained by the minor victim in the judgment that ultimately acquitted the accused in a POCSO Act case.Taking serious note of this lapse, the Court has called for an explanation from the Presiding Officer over the failure to consider the medico-legal...
BNSS | Gauhati High Court Upholds Telephonic Intimation Of Arrest To Accused's Family, Notes No Prejudice Caused
The Gauhati High Court refused to grant bail to an NDPS accused who had claimed violation of arrest procedure under BNSS, after finding that his family who lived in Manipur were informed of the arrest via telephonic intimation and there was subsequent service of written notice under section 48 of BNSS. Justice Anjan Moni Kalita, noted that at the time of the accused's arrest in Guwahati, his...
Bihar Special Courts Act | Confiscation Proceedings Can Proceed Against Wife After Death Of Public Servant With Illicit Assets : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that upon the death of a delinquent officer found to have amassed disproportionate assets, a confiscation proceeding under the Bihar Special Courts Act, 2009, can still be sustained against his wife, a non-public servant.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N. Kotiswar Singh set aside the Patna High Court's judgment, which had declared the confiscation...
Married Daughter Living In Matrimonial Home Can't Seek Compassionate Appointment After Her Father's Death: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has upheld an order which had held that a married daughter living in her husband's home cannot seek compassionate appointment on the ground of her father's death. In doing so, the court said that compassionate appointment aims to provide relief for 'immediate financial distress' to a 'family in crisis' following the death of an employee.The court was hearing a...
₹1,000 Cr Allocation 'Drop In The Ocean' Against ₹20,000 Cr Need: Rajasthan High Court Doubts State's Sincerity For Govt School Infra
While underscoring the need for adequate budget allocation towards government school infrastructure, the Rajasthan High Court directed the Chief Secretary to file an affidavit disclosing the complete road map for construction/repair of the school buildings/rooms as well as the measures adopted for ensuring safety of school going children. The division bench of Justice Mahendra Kumar Goyal...
'State's Right To File Reply Cannot Be Curtailed': HP High Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order Granting Service Benefits
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a State's right to file a reply cannot be curtailed by adjudicatory bodies, setting aside a Tribunal order that granted service benefits without affording the State an opportunity to respond. Emphasising principles of natural justice and procedural fairness, the Division Bench of Chief Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin Chander Negi ruled...
Valuables Should Not Remain In Police Custody: Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Custody Of Seized Articles To Accused
Granting interim custody of seized items to the accused hacker in the Reward360 cyber fraud case, the Karnataka High Court has held that valuable articles cannot be kept idle in police custody for an unduly long period merely because there are 'rival claims' over their ownership.Justice Mohammad Nawaz set aside a Magistrate Court order that had rejected applications for interim custody filed...