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"No End To Multiplication Of Cases In Family Disputes": Madras High Court Fines Father-In-Law For Filing Writ To Wreak Vengeance
The Madras High Court recently lamented the institution of multiple cases in family disputes and commented that instead of approaching the Family Courts to settle the disputes, parties often expanded the disputes to criminal courts and other jurisdictions and sometimes even the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution. Pointing out that there is no end to...
Supreme Court Requests Jharkhand HC CJ To Consider Plea To Enhance Retirement Age Of Judicial Officers
The Supreme Court today, while refusing to entertain a plea seeking enhancement of superannuation age of Jharkhand District Judges from 60 to 61 years, asked the Chief Justice of the High Court to consider the issue on the administrative side. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and R Mahadevan was hearing plea filed by District Magistrate Mr Ranjeet Kumar. As per...
Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing: Calcutta High Court Directs State To Handover Land Acquired In Nine Districts To BSF By March 31
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (27 January) directed the West Bengal government to hand over by March 31, the land along Indo-Bangladesh Border (IB) in nine districts which it has acquired, to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the purpose of fencing.The directions were issued by the Division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen while considering a...
Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Questioning Lowering Of NEET-PG 2025-26 Cut-Offs
The Allahabad High Court today rejected a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea challenging the decision of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) to reduce the qualifying cut-off percentiles for NEET-PG 2025-26 to zero percentile and a score of minus 40 for certain categories.A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra rejected the PIL...
Non-Citizens Can File Writ Petition Against Arbitrary State Action: Madras High Court Sets Aside SBI's Termination Of Sri Lankan National
The Madras High Court has recently observed that a non-citizen can also file a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution challenging a State action if the same is allegedly arbitrary, making unreasonable discrimination and results in violation of rights guaranteed under Article 14 and 21 of the Constitution. “A non-citizen cannot invoke writ jurisdiction of this Court...
Jhansi Medical College Fire | Enquiry Pending For Over 1 Year: High Court Stays Suspension Of Ex-Chief Medical Superintendent
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently stayed the operation of the suspension order passed against Dr Sunita Rathaur, the former Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of Maharani Laxmibai Medical College, Jhansi.The interim relief comes more than a year after her suspension order was issued following the unfortunate fire at the college's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) that...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 19-January 25, 2026
Nominal Index:YASIR AMIN KHANDAY AND ANOTHER Vs UT Of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 19Abdul Hamid Wani Vs Abdul Hamid Lone 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 20Dinesh Singh Chib & Ors Vs UT Of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 21Ishant Sharma v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors LiveLaw 2026 (JKL) 22Shrisht Pal Sharma v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 23Jasveer...
Sambhal Violence : Days After FIR Ordered Against Cops, High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Man Who Alleged Police Shot Him
The Allahabad High Court today granted interim anticipatory bail to Mohd Alam, a youth, on whose father's plea a CJM Court in Sambhal had recently ordered the registration of an FIR against certain police officials for allegedly firing upon him during the November 2024 violence. Though the applicant's father had argued before the CJM Court that his son was a victim of unprovoked...
Karnataka High Court Asks WinZo's Subsidiary To Submit Employee Details To ED On Plea Seeking Account De-Freeze For Paying Salaries
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (January 27) directed Gaming company WinZo's subsidiary Zo Private Limited to submit details of its employees to the Enforcement Directorate while considering the company's interim plea to de-freeze its account to enable payment of salaries to its employees. The court was hearing Zo Private Limited petition against Rs 193 Crore account freeze by ED...