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Delhi High Court Orders Police Protection For Woman Lawyer Facing Family Pressure To Marry Against Her Will

The Delhi High Court has directed the police to provide protection to a 26-year-old woman advocate who alleged that she was facing threats, coercion and interference from her parents and relatives over her refusal to marry a person chosen by them. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 875]Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the order while dealing with a plea filed by the woman seeking protection of her life,...

Delhi High Court Rejects 6,290 Days Delay In 1988 Appeal, Says Losing Contact With Lawyer No Ground To Condone Delay

The Delhi High Court has refused to condone a delay of 6,290 days, or over 17 years, in seeking restoration of an appeal filed in 1988, that was dismissed for non-prosecution in the year. 2002. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 874]Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri held that losing contact with a lawyer is no ground to condone such long delay and that litigant cannot shift the entire responsibility of pursuing the...

Moti Bagh Collapse And Case For Delhi Paying Guest Regulation Law

A five-storey building operating as a paying guest hostel for students, "Hostel Days" collapsed near Satya Niketan in Delhi's Moti Bagh on September 6, 2026. The building housed a boys' paying guest accommodation close to Delhi University's South Campus and stood on a plot of about 55 square yards. Municipal officials have since stated that no sanctioned building plan existed for the structure, and that construction carried out in the basement was unauthorised. The death toll has risen to six,...

Same-Sex Partners Cant Claim Spouse Tax Benefits Without Marriage Recognition: Centre Tells Karnataka High Court

The Central Government has opposed a plea by a same-sex couple before the Karnataka High Court seeking to avail the Income Tax Act's exemption on gifts received from a 'relative', submitting that the benefit available to a 'spouse' cannot be extended to same-sex partners without recognising their relationship as a legally valid marriage.The petitioners have challenged the constitutional...

Erroneous Exercise Of Power By Revenue Officials Cannot Be Converted Into Criminal Case Without Evidence Of Corrupt Intent: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed a criminal prosecution initiated by the Anti-Corruption Bureau against Revenue Officers and the beneficiaries of certain mutations, holding that the mere circumstance that an order passed by a statutory authority may subsequently be considered erroneous or legally unsustainable would not, by itself, constitute criminal...

Advocate Merely Allowed Office For Meeting, Did Not Play Major Role In Alleged Forex Fraud: Bombay High Court Grants Protection

The Bombay High Court has granted protection from arrest to a woman advocate accused in a forex fraud case, observing that the only allegation against her was that she had allowed her office to be used for a meeting by the other accused persons. The Court noted that there was no material to show that she was aware of the nature of the meeting and neither had she played any major role in...

Bengaluru Court Directs FIR Against Hospital Officials On Private Complaint Alleging Forgery Of Electronic Medical Records

A Bengaluru Court has directed the Bellandur police station to register an FIR against several officials of a Hospital, after a private complaint was filed by an anaesthesiologist alleging forgery of electronic medical records (EMR), criminal conspiracy, and unlawful retaliation.The XLI Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court has called for a police report regarding registration of...

Supreme Court Is A Banyan Tree Of Environmental Justice, Roots Deep In Civilisation & Branches Protecting Generations : CJI Surya Kant

Chief Justice of India Surya Kant said today that the Supreme Court is like a Banyan tree for environmental justice because its roots are deep in the civilisation's ethos, while its branches shelter the rights of unseen generations, as reflected through the medium of the Indian Constitution.He stated that while India holds eternal reverence for Mother Nature and the Constitution reflects...

Parked Vehicle Not Liable For Contributory Negligence Where Driver Had Sufficient Time To Exercise Due Care: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that no negligence or contributory negligence could be attributed to an oil tanker parked on the left side of the National Highway when the vehicle which hit it from behind had sufficient time to exercise due care and caution.Justice Manish Choudhury observed, “this Court does not find any negligence on the part of the oil tanker, much less...