High Courts Flooded With Service Matters: Madhya Pradesh HC Suggests State To Create In-House Employee Dispute Resolution System

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Wednesday (January 28), suggested the State Government to set up a Dispute Resolution System to internally resolve the complaints of its employees.The bench of Justice Vinay Saraf observed that the High Courts are flooded with service matters which could be resolved at the initial stage itself.The bench observed;"I deemed it proper to suggest the State...

State Can't Unilaterally Deploy Temple Funds To Upgrade Temple Without Trustees' Approval: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that the State cannot unilaterally declare projects using temple funds. The court added that the State has no role to envision projects for temples without consulting with the temple itself.The bench of Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice C Kumarappan thus set aside a Government Order issued by the State for carrying out civil works in Shri...

Can't Force Accused To Create Evidence, Draft Facts Memo U/S 91 CrPC: Delhi High Court Upholds Quashing Of CBI Notice To Ex-HC Judge

The Delhi High Court, has held unsustainable a notice issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) under Section 91 CrPC, to a retired judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, Justice Ishrat Masroor Qureshi, holding that such a notice could not be used to "compel the accused" to furnish information requiring disclosure of facts based on personal knowledge.The Court held that the...

Compassionate Appointment Meant For Immediate Succour, Not To Serve As Channel Of Public Employment After Decades: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to grant relief to an individual— who filed an application for compassionate appointment after an inordinate delay of 14 years after the death of his father, holding that the underlying objective of compassionate appointments is to provide immediate succour, and not serve as a delayed channel of public employment decades after the death of the...

'Malikhana' Distinct From 'Privy Purse': Kerala High Court Rejects Challenge To Zamorin Raja's Allowance; Cites Article 363 Bar

The Kerala High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the grant of Malikhana allowance to a member of the Zamorin royal family, holding that disputes relating to rights arising from pre-Constitution covenants are barred from judicial scrutiny under Article 363 of the Constitution Of India.A Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice KV Jayakumar further...

Supreme Court Daily Round-Up : January 29, 2026

Links to today's stories.Rs 30 Lakhs Compensation For Manual Sewer Cleaning Deaths Before To 'Balram' Judgment If Unpaid : Supreme Court ClarifiesTrade Unions Largely Responsible For Stopping Country's Industrial Growth; Many Units Closed Due To Them : CJI Surya Kant'Capable Of Misuse, Vague': Supreme Court Stays UGC Equity Regulations 2026After WhatsApp Hacking Of Advocates, SCBA Issues...

Supreme Court Raises 4 Questions On UGC Equity Regulations 2026, Asks Why Caste-Based Discrimination Separately Defined

The Supreme Court has framed four substantial questions of law in the petitions challenging the constitutionality of the University Grants Commisison (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi observed that the Regulations suffered from "certain ambiguities" and that the "the...

Sabarimala Gold Theft: Kerala Court Grants Bail To Former Devaswom Board Official

The Court of the Enquiry Commissioner and Special Judge, Kollam on Thursday (January 29) granted bail to S. Sreekumar, the former Administrative Officer of the Travancore Devaswom Board, who is arraigned as the 6th accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case.Sri. Mohit C.S., Special Judge, passed the order granting him bail. Sreekumar was arrested on December 17, 2025 and had been in custody...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Dismissing Bail Plea As “Too Voluminous”, Says Liberty Can't Depend On Bulk Of Pleadings

The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside an order passed by a trial court dismissing a bail application solely on the ground that it was “too voluminous and bulky.”Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that judicial discipline requires that matters be decided on substance rather than rejected on form, and that liberty of an accused cannot be made to hinge upon the perceived 'bulk' of the...

Supreme Court Protects Rank And Pay Of Rajasthan Principal District Judge Who Was Transferred 7 Times In 4 Years

The Supreme Court protected the substantive rank, pay, and administrative status of a Rajasthan Principal District Judge who has faced seven transfers since 2021 and has now been posted as the Presiding Officer of a Labour Court-cum-Industrial Tribunal.A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi granted the relief to Dinesh Kumar Gupta, a Principal District Judge in...

Decree Holder Can't Defeat Compromise Or Trigger Execution By Refusing To Accept Judgment Debtor's Cheque: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a decree holder cannot frustrate the terms of a compromise decree or trigger execution proceedings by deliberately refusing to accept or encash a cheque tendered by the judgment debtor in lawful satisfaction of the decree. The bench of Justice Alok Awasthi held that where a compromise decree does not prescribe any specific mode of payment, interest...

Supreme Court Extends Deadline For Bar Council Of Uttar Pradesh Election Till February 2

The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the deadline for conducting the elections of the Bar Council of Uttar Pradesh for the Prayagraj district till February 2, 2026.A Bench comprising the Chief Justice of India and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after an interlocutory application seeking extension of time was orally mentioned before the Court.The application was filed on behalf of ...