'Courts Can't Be Mulcted With Managing Drinking Water & Building Bridges': Karnataka High Court Slams State Inaction

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 18) expressed strong displeasure over the State Executive's failure to address basic governance issues, observing that courts cannot be burdened with the task of managing essential public services such as drinking water supply and construction of infrastructure. The Division Bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice T.P. Vivekanada made...

Furniture Shops Must Register Under Assam Wood-Based Industry Rules, But Non-Compliance Is Not 'Forest Offence': Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that furniture businesses falling within the category of Secondary Wood-Based Industrial Units under the Assam Wood-Based Industries Rules, 2022 are required to register, but breach of the Rules cannot by itself constitute a “forest offence” where no punishment is prescribed.Justice Devashis Baruah held, “The above analysis would make it apparent that for...

Agreement To Sell With Landlord Doesn't By Itself End Tenancy Or Turn Tenant's Possession Into Part Performance: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where a tenant enters into an agreement to purchase the tenanted property from his landlord, the mere execution of the agreement does not bring the tenancy to an end, nor does it make the tenant's possession one in part performance of the agreement under Section 53-A of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882. It held that the tenant must prove that the...

Kerala Court Denies Bail To Reporter TV's Anto Augustine Booked For Illegal Possession Of Alcohol

A court in Keralam on Friday (September 18) has denied bail to Anto Augustine, the Managing Director of Reporter TV, who is booked under the Akbari Act for illegal possession of alcohol.Smt. Adheena Biju, Judicial First Class Magistrate 1, Sulthan Bathery passed the order. Augustine is arrayed as the accused in a crime registered by the Excise Station, Kalpetta for the offences under...

CJP Member Moves Allahabad High Court Against UP Police FIR Over Video Showing 'Dilapidated' Govt School

A student and member of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has approached the Allahabad High Court seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him after he allegedly recorded and circulated on social media a video showing the condition of a Government Primary School in Farrukhabad.The petition filed by Gaurav Bharti @ Gaurav Kumar challenges the FIR lodged on August 19 under Sections 352 and...

Doctor's Registration Can't Be Withdrawn Without Effective Hearing, Reasoned Order: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that the power of the Ethical Committee under Section 32(D) of the Assam Medical Council Act, 1999 to withdraw a doctor's registration is quasi-judicial and must be exercised consistently with natural justice, including an effective hearing, independent consideration of the material and a reasoned order.Justice Kaushik Goswami, observed, “The power...

Supreme Court Stays P&H High Court Judgment Striking Down S.147A Income Tax Act

The Supreme Court today (September 18) stayed the Punjab and Haryana High Court's recent judgment, which struck down Section 147A of the Income Tax Act as unconstitutional, on a plea filed by the Union.A bench comprising Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice K Vinod Chandran stayed the judgment until the final disposal of the special leave petition preferred by the Union Government. It ordered:...

Objective Test For Compassionate Appointment Applicants Reasonable When Vacancies Are Limited: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that where more dependants apply for compassionate appointment than there are posts earmarked for them, requiring the candidates to sit in an objective type test is not an unreasonable way of choosing between them. It rejected the challenge to the note appended to rule 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Sub-Inspector and Inspector (Civil Police) Service Rules, 2015,...

Scolding Minor & Refusing To Return His Ball Which Damaged Shop Not Abetment Of Child's Suicide U/S 305 IPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that refusal by a shopkeeper to hand back a playing ball to a minor and asking him to bring his father to take back the ball after which he allegedly got upset and died by suicide, does not amount to abetment of suicide of a child under Section 305 IPC. Section 305 concerns the offence of abetment of the suicide of a child or an insane person. To establish...

“By the Time We Dismiss the Matter, Your Car Will Be Charged”: Justice PS Narasimha Advocates EV Charging Stations at Supreme Court

During the hearing of a case, Justice PS Narasimha orally stated that installing electric vehicle charging point facilities in the Supreme Court would encourage more people to switch to electric cars. He stated that by the time the Court proceedings are underway, their vehicles would be fully charged. A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Alok Aradhe was hearing a matter...

Absence Of Railway Ticket No Bar For Bona Fide Passenger To Claim Accident Compensation: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that the absence of a railway ticket from a deceased passenger's belongings, by itself, does not mean that he was travelling without a ticket. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 216]In doing so, a Single Judge Bench of Justice Balaji Medamalli allowed an appeal filed by the parents of a deceased passenger and set aside the Railway Claims Tribunal's order dismissing...

Kerala High Court Directs Expeditious Decision On Jiostar's Plea Against Order Halting Web Series 'Anali' Allegedly Based On Koodathayi Murders

The Kerala High Court on Friday (September 18) directed the Munsiff Court, Ernakulam to expeditiously hear and dispose of Jiostar Pvt. Ltd.'s plea to set aside an order halting the release of JioHotstar webseries 'Anali', which is allegedly based on the Koodathayi murders. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 515]The order to halt the series was passed in an injunction suit filed by prime accused Jollyamma...