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Transfer To Open Air Camp Can't Be Denied Solely Citing Gravity Of Offence: Rajasthan High Court Grants Relief To Rape Convict
While allowing the application of a rape convict to be shifted open air camp, Rajasthan High Court held that even though such transfer was not a matter of right, it could not be denied by applying a straight jacket formula of solely relying on the nature of offence, without considering other relevant factors. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali held that the embargo created under the Rule 3 of...
'Legal Profession Is Service Oriented, Rooted In Dharma': Punjab & Haryana High Court On Rights Of State Law Officers
Observing that the legal profession is inherently service-oriented and historically rooted in the concept of dharma, the Punjab and Haryana High Court recently underscored the constitutional stature of State Law Officers while holding that their rights cannot be curtailed merely by labelling their engagement as “contractual”.Justice Sandeep Moudgil said, "The legal profession, at its core,...
Minister KJ George's Defamation Case Against Kannada Prabha Editor Must Be Tried By Magistrate, Not MP/MLA Court: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court set aside proceedings before the sessions court against Editor-in-Chief of Kannada Prabha newspaper Ravi Hegde in a criminal defamation case lodged against him by Minister K J George with respect to certain newspaper articles. The legislator had in 2020 filed a defamation case against Ravi Krishna Reddy and N R Ramesh, president and general secretary of the...
Not A Trump Court, But The Supreme Court
The three-point framework issued by the scholarly Justice Robert Jackson of the Supreme Court of the United States, in the case of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. Ltd. v. Sawyer, popularly known as the Steel Mills Seizure case (1952), resonates today with renewed relevance, as we pore over the pages of the judgment delivered on February, 20 2026, in Learning Resources, Inc., v. Trump, President of the United States, where the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the tariff orders of...
Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Grant Consular Access To Family Of Indian Worker Allegedly Swept Away While Snorkelling In Maldives
The Delhi High Court has directed the Central government to grant consular access and legal assistance to the family of an Indian worker who allegedly went missing after being swept away by strong sea currents while snorkelling in the Republic of Maldives.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia passed the direction while disposing of a Letters...
Constitution Of Collegium - A Case For Self-Correction ?
On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama stood on the steps of the United States Capitol and prepared to take the oath of office as President. The words he was about to speak were not ceremonial fluff. They were set out verbatim in Article II of the US Constitution. Every syllable mattered.Chief Justice John Roberts began administering the oath. In the glare of cameras and before a sea of expectant faces, he misplaced a word. Instead of asking the President-elect to say he would “faithfully execute the...
Pending Challenge To Ammunition Quota Cut, MP High Court Directs Release Of 1,000 Cartridges Each To Shooters To Practice For Competitions
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted interim relief to a group of renowned and aspiring shooters ahead of upcoming competitions, in a writ petition challenging the reduction of their ammunition quotas.The bench of Justice Vishal Mishra directed; "Under these circumstances, as a matter of interim relief and taking note of para 21 of the return, the respondents-authorities are directed...
S. 149 IPC | Once Unlawful Assembly Established, Individual Attribution Of Fatal Injury Irrelevant: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that once an unlawful assembly is established, the failure to identify the specific individual who inflicted the fatal injury is irrelevant, and every person forming a part of an unlawful assembly becomes vicariously liable. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta set aside the Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision, which had reduced the punishment of...
Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Singer Jubin Nautiyal
The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of singer Jubin Nautiyal.Justice Tushar Rao Gedela granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of the singer restraining multiple AI platforms, websites and e-commerce intermediaries from unauthorized use and commercial exploitation of his personality and publicity rights.The Court passed the interim...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest : January 2026
Nominal IndexIndian Institute of Technology, Mandi (Kamand), H.P. Versus Central Public Works Department & another., 2026 LiveLaw (HP) 01Satish Kumar v/s Gurdial Singh.,2026 LiveLaw (HP) 02Indu Sharma v/s State of H.P. and others.,2026 LiveLaw (HP) 03Bhag Chand v/s State of Himachal Pradesh and others.,2026 LiveLaw (HP)04Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd & another vs...