Taxpayers Can't Be Made To Bear Losses Caused By Illegal Project Cancellations; Erring Officials Must Pay Damages Personally: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently while issuing notice to the Maharashtra Government and also the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a plea challenging the 'sudden' stoppage of a multi-storey parking project near the city's famous Mumba Devi Temple, observed that time has come for making government servants pay damages to the construction companies from their own salaries and not from...

Kurnool Consumer Commission Directs ICICI Lombard To Pay ₹50 Lakh Accident Insurance Claim; Holds Insurer Cannot Introduce New Conditions At Claim Stage

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kurnool, comprising President Sri Karanam Kishore Kumar and members Sri N. Narayana Reddy and Smt. S. Nazima Kausar, has held that insurance companies cannot reject claims on hyper-technical grounds when the occurrence of an insured event is established by cogent evidence. The Commission partly allowed a complaint filed by the nominee of...

Calcutta High Court Directs No-Coercive Action Against TMC MP Mahua Moitra In Hate Speech Case, Tells Her To Cooperate With Probe

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim protection from coercive action to Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in connection with a criminal case, while directing her to cooperate with the investigation and appear before the investigating officer on August 14.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya observed that the offences alleged against the petitioner were punishable with imprisonment of...

Shiv-Sena UBT Moves Supreme Court Against Lok Sabha Speaker Approving Merger Of Its 6 MPs With Shinde Sena

Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction approached the Supreme Court on Tuesday (July 21) against Lok Sabha Speaker approving merger of its 6 Members of Parliament with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena. The matter was mentioned by senior advocate Devadatt Kamat before a bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant seeking urgent listing of the plea. As the court asked about the urgency, Kamat...

Mere Absence Of Allegations In Domestic Incident Report No Ground To Refuse Summons In DV Case: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the mere absence of specific allegations against a respondent in a Domestic Incident Report (DIR) cannot be a ground to refuse summons in proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act). [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 667]Justice Saurabh Banerjee observed that a DIR is only intended to facilitate and assist the Magistrate and...

'Don't Drag Court Into This': Delhi High Court Refuses Urgent Listing Of PIL Alleging Excessive Police Force During CJP Parliament March

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court alleging excessive force was used by the Delhi Police on protesters during yesterday's Parliament march of the Cockroach Janta Party. The matter was mentioned by a lawyer before a division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Teias Karia. Refusing urgent listing of the matter for today,...

Family Courts Can't Accept Examination-In-Chief Evidence Via Affidavit In Maintenance Case, Violates S.126(2) CrPC Mandate: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that Family Courts cannot examination-in-chief evidence in the form of affidavit in maintenance proceedings under Section 125 CrPC (Section 144 BNSS), as such procedure is contrary to mandatory requirement under S.126(2) CrPC which requires presence of person from whom maintenance is sought. [2026LiveLaw (AP) 141]In doing so, the Court set aside a Family...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 13 to July 19, 2026

Citations: [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 323 to 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 334]Nominal IndexShreesh Kumar vs Bramha Suncity Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 323Gurbir Singh vs Samar Mohammed Khadas, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 324M/s. Real Gem Buildtech Pvt. Ltd. vs M/s. East Tradvest Pvt. Ltd., 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 325Arkade Developers Ltd. vs Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, 2026 LiveLaw...

'Satiating Bloodlust' Of Society: Allahabad High Court's Justice Atul Sreedharan Slams 'Bulldozer Actions' To Punish Accused

Making strong observations regarding the UP Government's recent "bulldozer actions", Justice Atul Sreedharan of the Allahabad High Court on Monday said that the State is demolishing the houses of persons accused of an offence "to satiate the perceived blood lust of a society fed on a staple diet of bulldozer justice"."The State is certain that the society suffers from...

Order Rejecting Plea To Recall Witness For Cross-Examination Is Interlocutory, Not Revisable: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that an order rejecting an application under Section 311 CrPC seeking recall of a witness for cross-examination is interlocutory in nature and, therefore, cannot be challenged in revision proceedings under Section 397 CrPC. Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand set aside an order of the revisional court which had permitted the accused in a cheque bounce case to...

Principal Researcher [Insolvency and Bankruptcy] Vacancy At Indian Institute Of Corporate Affairs (IICA)

Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs invites application for the post Principal Researcher [Insolvency and Bankruptcy]. Name of the Post: Principal Researcher [Insolvency and Bankruptcy] No. of Post: 01 (One) Remuneration: 75,000/- month Essential Qualification and Experience Consistently good academic record with master's degree in economics, Finance or PGIP/ LLM (Insolvency) OR Master's degree in a relevant/allied/concerned discipline or equivalent; An eminent scholar ...

Analyst (Data Privacy) Vacancy At Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India LLP invites online application for the post of Analyst (Data Privacy). Name of the Post: Analyst (Data Privacy) Location: Mumbai Essential Qualification and Experience 1 to 2 years of relevant experience in data privacy, data protection, or cybersecurity advisory.Deep understanding of privacy laws and frameworks (GDPR, DPDP, CCPA, ISO 27701, NIST Privacy Framework, etc.).Strong experience in conducting PIAs, gap assessments, and remediation...