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J&K&L High Court Issues Notice On PIL Alleging Non-Implementation Of Public Service Guarantee Act, Seeks Response From UT Govt
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation seeking effective implementation of the Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Guarantee Act, 2011 (PSGA) and the Rules framed thereunder.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal was hearing the PIL filed by Sheikh Ghulam Rasool, a doctor, environmentalist and...
PIL In Supreme Court Seeks Compulsory NAT Testing In All Blood Banks Across India
The Supreme Court is scheduled to consider in March the issue of whether all blood banks should mandatorily conduct Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) for the identification of diseases.The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was hearing a PIL seeking directions for the implementation of mandatory NAT testing across all blood banks in the country. Notably, the Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) is...
Periodical Medical Checkup Is Right Of Every Prisoner Under Article 21: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that every prisoner has a right to periodical medical check-ups and the same forms part of the fundamental rights enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution. “We hold that every prisoner has a right to have a periodical medical check up which would fall within the scope of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Such check ups...
Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Bihar's Sikrahana River Dam Project
The Supreme Court today refused to interfere in a plea challenging the decision of the Patna High Court, which dismissed a batch of petitions seeking directions not to widen the boundary of the Sikrahana River and Dam Project under construction. The Court granted liberty to the petitioners make a representation before the authorities. The bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi...
'People Need Open Spaces': Kerala High Court Pulls Up Development Authority Over Kiosks On Queen's Walkway, Orders Status Quo
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (February 24) orally remarked that the people in Ernakulam are being harmed with the conversion of areas kept aside for public benefit into commercial spaces, including the proposed construction of 20 kiosks in the Queen's Walkway.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas was considering a plea preferred by the Tritvam Apartment Owners Association and its President,...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre, NCRB Response On Plea Against Law Allowing Police To Collect DNA, Biometrics Of Accused
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea seeking to declare the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act, 2022, to be void and unconstitutional for being ultra vires Articles 14, 20(3) and Article 21 of the Constitution of India.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia sought response of Union Government through Ministries of Law &...
Karnataka High Court Upholds Husband's Murder Conviction, Life Term For Setting Man Ablaze Over Suspicion Of Affair With Wife
The Karnataka High Court upheld a trial court order convicting a husband for murder who poured petrol and set ablaze a man over suspicion of affair with his wife, observing that he had the intention to commit the offence. In doing so the court affirmed the dying declaration of the deceased as well as the evidence of the eye-witnesses, finding it credible and without any material...
Insolvency, Sovereignty and Spectrum: Locating IBC Within Constitutional Order
Beyond a Sectoral DisputeThe Supreme Court's recent decision in State Bank of India v. Union of India [2026 Livelaw (SC) 152] will inevitably be described as a telecom ruling. It is more than that. At its heart lies a question that goes to the architecture of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC): when a corporate debtor enters the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP), what is the juridical character of the rights it holds, and which of those rights constitute part of the...
Right To Education | Govt Can't Deny Distance Education To Employees For Want Of Minimum 3 Years Service: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a government employee cannot be denied permission to pursue higher education through distance mode merely on the ground of not having completed three years of service, observing that the right to education is an inalienable human right flowing from Article 21 of the Constitution.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "The right to education has...
Family Property Dispute Given Criminal Colour: Calcutta High Court Quashes Defamation, Intimidation Case Against Cousin
Observing that criminal law cannot be used as a pressure tactic in what is essentially a family property dispute, the Calcutta High Court has quashed defamation, insult and intimidation proceedings initiated against a private company executive, holding that the complaint did not disclose the basic ingredients of offences under the IPC. Justice Chaitali Chatterjee Das held that the...
'Single Injury' In Rage Of Sudden Quarrel Not Murder: Tripura High Court Converts Husband's Conviction to Culpable Homicide
The Tripura High Court held that a single blow inflicted during a sudden quarrel, without prior intention does not amount to murder under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Further the Court observed that the relationship between the husband and his wife was strained and they often got into fights and that the act on the part of the appellant was in course of sudden quarrel and and in the...
Tenant Cannot Evade Eviction By Avoiding Notice; 'Not Claimed' Postal Endorsement Deemed Valid Service: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has upheld concurrent eviction decrees passed in favour of a landlord, reiterating that a registered ejectment notice returned with the postal endorsement “not claimed” amounts to valid service, and that a reasonably foreseeable future requirement of the landlord constitutes bona fide need under the rent control law.Dismissing the second appeal, Justice Sugato...