J&K&L High Court Admits Plea Challenging CPC Amendments Made Under Reorganisation Order 2020 As 'Ultra Vires'

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has admitted a writ petition challenging the validity of amendments made to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, through the J&K Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, and has stayed further proceedings before the trial court in the meantime.A bench of Justice Sanjay Parihar was hearing the petition under Article 226 of...

Bar On Bail Under Section 37 NDPS Act Lifted Where Co-Accused Acquitted On Same Evidence: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court granted bail to an NDPS accused after holding that, once the co-accused in the same case (tried separately) had been acquitted and such findings had not been disturbed in appeal, the Court was bound to proceed on the basis that those findings were valid for the purpose of bail, thereby satisfying the twin conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act.Justice Sanjeev...

Delhi High Court To Hear In April NIA's Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Yasin Malik

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 28) granted time to National Investigation Agency to submit its rejoinder to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik's reply in the agency's appeal seeking death penalty for Malik in a terror funding case. During the hearing, SPP Akshai Malik appearing for NIA, before a division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought some time...

MPPSC Can't Reject Doctors For PG Additional Registration Not Prescribed In Recruitment Advertisement: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday (January 27), allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by qualified medical practitioners challenging the rejection of their candidature in the recruitment process conducted by the MP Public Service Commission for the post of Medical Officer (Grade-I) and Specialist Doctors under the Public Health and Medical Education Department.The bench of Justice...

Manipur Violence| Supreme Court Extends Tenure Of Justice Gita Mittal Committee Till July 2026

The Supreme Court today extended the tenure of the 3-member committee headed by Justice Gita Mittal, which was constituted to oversee the humanitarian aspects of the Manipur ethnic violence incident, till July 2026.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi agreed to grant the extension.Sr Advocate Vibha Makhija, the appearing for the Committee, informed the bench that the tenure...

Agreement To Sell Doesn't Create Rights Over Reserved Forest Land: Gujarat High Court Dismisses 22-Year-Old Appeal

The Gujarat High Court has held that an agreement to sell in respect of land forming part of Government forest land does not create any right, title, or interest, and that possession claimed on the basis of such an agreement cannot be protected against the State.Justice J. C. Doshi dismissed a second appeal filed under Section 100 of the Code of Civil Procedure back in 2004, affirming...

Para Legal Volunteers Vacancy At District Legal Services Authority, Chamoli [Apply Now]

District Legal Services Authority, Chamoli invites application for the post of Para Legal Volunteers. Name of the Post: Para Legal Volunteers No. of Post: 104 (One Hundred and Four) Essential Qualification and Experience Minimum Matric pass. Preference is given to senior citizens, retired persons, postgraduates, graduates, law students, MSW diploma holders, and those with computer knowledge. Members of women neighborhood groups, Maitri Sangh & other self-help groups,...

Kerala Court Grants Bail To MLA Rahul Mamkootathil In Third Rape Case

The Pathanamthitta Sessions Court on Wednesday (January 28) granted bail to Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil in the third rape case alleged against him.Sri. N. Harikumar, Sessions Judge, passed the order. The present complaint against Mamkootathil is made by an NRI woman, who alleged that the incident took place in 2024 in a hotel room in Thiruvalla. She alleged that Mamkootathil befriended her...

'Promotes Discrimination Against General Classes' : Lawyer Seeks Urgent Hearing Of Plea In Supreme Court Against UGC Regulations

A petition filed in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India today for urgent listing.Orally mentioning the matter for urgent listing, the counsel submitted, "The urgency is, there are certain provisions in the regulations...

'Childhood Not Lived On Screens': Delhi High Court Rejects 'Stereotypical' Tender Years Doctrine, Grants Custody To Father

The Delhi High Court has held that the long-standing "Tender Years Doctrine", which presumes that custody of young children should ordinarily vest with the mother, is rooted in "highly stereotypical" premises and is "no longer apposite" to contemporary custody adjudication.Observing that "childhood is not lived on screens", a Bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan...

POCSO Act | False 'Sexual Harassment' Allegation Won't Attract Prosecution Under Section 22: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a prosecution for making a false complaint under Section 22 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) is maintainable only if the alleged false information relates to offences under Sections 3 (penetrative sexual assault), 5 (Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault), 7 (Sexual Assault) or 9 (Aggravated Sexual Assault) of...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: January 19 - January 25, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 21 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 32Nominal IndexCP v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 21Naresh Sawnla v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 22Nasir v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 23Satyabir Singh v MP Industrial Development Corporation 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 24Ramgopal Sakhwar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 25Rakesh Kumar Shukla v State...