State Can't Invoke 3-Month Deadline After Wrongfully Rejecting Landowners' Timely Pleas For Enhanced Compensation: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that the three-month deadline for seeking re-determination of land acquisition compensation under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, cannot defeat the claims of landowners whose timely applications for a court reference for compensation enhancement under Section 18 were wrongly rejected. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 153]Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act,...

S.173 BNSS Mandates FIR Registration When Cognizable Offence Disclosed, Even If Allegations Are Against Police: Tripura High Court

The Tripura High Court has held that Section 173 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) mandates registration of an FIR where a complaint discloses cognizable offences, even when the allegations are directed against police personnel. The court made the observation while directing registration of a complaint alleging misappropriation of gold ornaments and gold bars following...

Godown Independently Approved In Sanctioned Plan Qualifies As A 'Flat' For Housing Society Membership: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a godown separately sanctioned in the development permission qualifies as a “Flat” under Section 154B-1(13) of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960, and its owner is entitled to membership of a cooperative housing society. The Court observed that the statutory definition of “Flat” includes a godown and that the godown in the present case...

Karnataka High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL Against Exclusion Of Urdu Teachers From 2026 Recruitment, Relegates Petitioners To KSAT

The Karnataka High Court on Friday [September 18] refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation challenging the State Government's recruitment notification for 15,000 school teachers on the ground that it allegedly excludes Urdu-medium and other linguistic-minority teaching posts, relegating the petitioners to the Karnataka State Administrative Tribunal (KSAT).[2026 LiveLaw (Kar)...

Grievousness Of Injury Not Necessary For Attracting Section 307 IPC : Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has held that the grievousness of the injuries sustained to an injured victim is not a necessary ingredient to attract an offence of an attempt to murder under Section 307 IPC. “We are of the opinion that the grievousness of the injuries or the possibility of injury which could have led to death, is not a necessary ingredient to attract Section 307.”, observed a bench...

Bombay High Court Quashes Food Safety Case Against Britannia Dairy Over Allegedly Unsafe Cheese Cubes

The Bombay High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against Britannia Dairy Private Limited over allegations concerning unsafe Britannia Cheese Cubes, holding that the company was denied statutory safeguards under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The Court observed that the delay in issuing notice, non-supply of the laboratory testing report and consequent deprivation of...

RTI Applicant's Claim That Information Would Help Pending Civil Litigation Can't Override Third-Party Exemption: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the Punjab State Information Commission's refusal to furnish RTI information relating to an FIR, holding that an applicant's claim that the information would assist him in pending civil litigation does not, by itself, establish the larger public interest necessary to override the third-party information exemption...

Common NDPS Search Notice Does Not Establish Accused Was Individually Informed Of His Rights: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has set aside a man's conviction in a cocaine possession case, after finding that the police had served a common notice to the appellant and other accused and the State had failed to establish that he was individually and meaningfully informed of his right under Section 50 NDPS Act before his personal search.[2026 LiveLaw (AP) 152]Section 50 pertains to conditions...

'Very Sorry State Of Affairs': Gujarat High Court Laments IOs' Absence With Case Papers, Failure To Properly Assist State Counsel

The Gujarat High Court has lamented the absence of Investigating Officers with investigation papers of the concerned matter as well as failure in giving proper instructions to the State's counsel to assist the court. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 249]Granting regular bail to a man booked in a murder case, the court further observed that if where IO is present they do not have knowledge about...

DUSU Polls: Delhi High Court Bars Victory Processions, Summons Student Bodies Asking Why Exemplary Damages Should Not Be Imposed

The Delhi High Court on Friday barred any kind of victory processions by the students organizations, candidates or anyone else in the ongoing Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) elections. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 867]A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia issued notices to all student organizations and their candidates asking them to show...

HP High Court Directs DGP To Issue Guidelines On Proving Age Of Child Victims, Cites Repeated Investigative Lapses

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the Director General of Police, Himachal Pradesh, to circulate Section 94 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 along with necessary guidelines to all Investigating Officers, after observing that prosecution cases have failed due to lapses in collecting evidence relating to the age of child victims.A Division Bench...

Letter To Chief Minister, PIL Without Proper Complaint Won't Advance Case: Madras High Court In Plea Seeking Probe Into Missing Temple Idols

The Madras High Court recently dismissed a plea seeking a CBI probe in connection with the theft of two idols in the Arulmighu Kalatheeswarar Abirami Temple. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 451] The bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan and Justice R Sakthivel noted that the petitioner should have first filed a proper complaint before the appropriate investigating agency and then approach the court if...