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Introduction: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in Sabza Begum Vs Union Territory of J and K 2026 LiveLaw J KL delivered a profoundly humane and constitutionally significant judgment reaffirming that technicalities such as limitation cannot be used to deny compensation to innocent civilian victims of terrorist violence. The case concerned a […]
Introduction: The Calcutta High Court in National Insurance Co. Ltd. Versus Sandhya Keora and Others F.M.A. 288 of 2024 delivered a significant judgment reinforcing the beneficial nature of third party motor accident compensation law and clarifying the evidentiary burden on insurance companies seeking to avoid liability. The case arose out of a tragic road accident […]
Introduction: The Rajasthan High Court in Smt. Kanta Kumawat v State of Rajasthan and Others 2026 LiveLaw Raj 71 examined an important question concerning the scope of personal information under the Right to Information Act and the extent to which a spouse can access salary details of a government employee through the statutory transparency mechanism. […]
Introduction: The Allahabad High Court in Mani Miraj Alias Ramdi Miraj Alam vs State of U.P 2026 LiveLaw AB 89 considered a bail application filed by a YouTuber and comedian facing grave allegations including rape, assault, unnatural offences and causing forced abortion. The matter came before a bench of Justice Gautam Chowdhary in circumstances that […]
Introduction: In Rachit Gupta v. Government of NCT of Delhi and Ors., the Delhi High Court delivered a significant judgment reinforcing the constitutional guarantee of a clean and healthy environment as an essential facet of the right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Justice Amit Bansal was seized of a petition […]
Introduction: In Mehraj Ud Din Malik v. Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, Citation 2026 LiveLaw JKL, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh delivered a significant judgment reaffirming that illegal occupation of common village land can never crystallise into a legally enforceable right, even where permanent constructions have been raised. The Division […]
Introduction: In X & Anr. v. Child Welfare Committee, Writ Petition No. 18481 of 2021, the Karnataka High Court addressed a deeply human and legally complex question concerning the adoption of a child who had been abandoned as a newborn and raised for nearly ten years by a married couple in their fifties. Justice D.K. […]
Introduction: The Allahabad High Court in Shivdhari Versus State of U.P. Through Principal Secretary Department of Revenue Lucknow and Others 2026 LiveLaw AB 90 was called upon to interpret the scope and ambit of Rule 64(2)(b) of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code Rules 2016 and its interplay with Section 66 of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue […]
Introduction: In Md. Mumtaz Ansari v. State of Jharkhand through Chief Secretary, Ranchi & Others, W.P. (PIL) No. 1218 of 2022, the Jharkhand High Court took serious note of the State’s disclosure that 437 custodial deaths occurred between 2018 and 2025, while there was no clarity in most instances as to whether the mandatory judicial […]
Introduction: The Kerala High Court, in Lucy Kuriakose and Anr. v State of Kerala and Anr., Case No. Crl. M.C. 7858/2025, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 111, delivered a significant ruling clarifying the contours of criminal liability in the functioning of co-operative banks. Justice A. Badharudeen allowed a criminal miscellaneous petition seeking quashment of the […]
Introduction: In Sunil Kumar Gupta Alias Sunil Chain Through His Son Akshit Gupta v. Union of India Through Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi and Others, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 86, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) examined the legality of invoking the National Security Act, 1980 (NSA) against an accused who was […]
Introduction: In Aryaman Nursing College v State of Rajasthan & Ors., and other connected petitions, reported as 2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 68, the Rajasthan High Court examined whether newly established nursing colleges that obtained No Objection Certificate and statutory recognition after conclusion of the counselling process could claim participation in seat allotment for the 2025 to […]
Introduction: In Aimuddin Sheikh & Anr. Versus The State of West Bengal, C.R.A. 480 of 2012, the Calcutta High Court was confronted with a deeply tragic episode rooted not in criminal conspiracy but in familial discord. The appeal was heard by a Division Bench comprising Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta. The appellants, […]
Introduction: In Babu Singh (D) Thr. LRs & Anr. v. Jalandhar Improvement Trust & Anr., reported as 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 175, the Supreme Court of India addressed a significant question concerning the limitation period applicable to the execution of a decree for mandatory injunction where no specific date for performance is prescribed in the decree […]
Introduction: In a significant ruling delineating the limits of police interference in licensed commercial activities, the Telangana High Court quashed criminal proceedings initiated against operators of a hookah lounge who had been booked under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 20(2) of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003 (COTPA). […]
Introduction: In a significant judgment underscoring the foundational principles governing criminal trials based on circumstantial evidence, the Madhya Pradesh High Court set aside the life sentences imposed on two individuals in a 2017 murder case arising out of Panna District. The Division Bench comprising Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Rajendra Kumar Vani, while allowing the […]
“While the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.” – Andrew Carneige The tussle between Epic games and Google started way back in the U.S., wherein the biggest gaming giant on August 2020, approached the […]
The Supreme Court today issued a notice on the petition filed by the top woman wrestlers of India seeking registration of FIR against a BJP MP as well as the wrestling federation of India’s president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment. Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the petitioners stated that the woman wrestlers […]
“The sovereignty of scriptures of all religion must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.”– Dr. B.R Ambedkar In the case of Farhan Tasaddukhussain Barodawala v. Onali Ezazuddin Dholkawal, Allahabad High Court imposed cost of rupees 25,000 on petitioners who were objecting on the fact that how a […]
Reported By: Ankita Bhardwaj The case of KUSH KALRA v. UOI & ANR has brought forward the interesting notion of barring the entry of married men and women in Judge Advocate General (JAG) claiming it in the benefit of public interest and national security. A PIL is filed against the policy by Kush Kalra seeking the […]
“We direct all High Courts to establish online RTI portals within 3 months from today. High Courts can formulate adequate provisions to facilitate the supply of adequate information. Information is to be passed onto the secretary generals of High Courts for administrative directions from the Chief Justices (of High Courts). The same directions are to […]
Introduction: The Calcutta High Court recently upheld an industrial tribunal’s ruling that an accountant, Dulal Chatterjee, was a ‘workman’ under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, dismissing a writ petition filed by Swarnakshar Prakasani Pvt. Ltd. The case arose when Chatterjee was terminated from employment in July 2013, leading to a legal dispute over whether his […]
The Madras High Court in the case of G Sundararajan v The Secretary held that the exemption from payment of entertainment tax is just a concession by the government and cannot be claimed as a right. The court thus refused relief to the producer and distributor of the 2015 Tamil film, “I” which was claimed […]
The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), in the case of Myntra Designs Private Limited modified the decision of AAR, has observed, “input tax credit (ITC) is not available on the vouchers and subscription packages procured by Myntra from third-party vendors.” They relied on the judgement of the Karnataka High Court in the case […]
