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  • Inquiry Panel Finds Three Charges Proved Against Former High Court Judge Over Unexplained Cash and Conduct After Residence Fire
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13/08/2026, 24 hours ago

Inquiry Panel Finds Three Charges Proved Against Former High Court Judge Over Unexplained Cash and Conduct After Residence Fire

Introduction: The Lok Sabha Committee constituted to inquire into allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma, former Judge of the Allahabad High Court and Delhi High Court, has concluded that all three Articles of Charge framed against him stand proved. The report, prepared under the Judges (Inquiry) Act, 1968, was tabled in the Lok Sabha on August […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Absence of Dishonest Intention Negates Criminal Misappropriation: Madras High Court Quashes Case Against YouTuber Over Temple Crowdfunding

Introduction: The Madras High Court has reiterated that the existence of criminal intention is a crucial element in offences involving cheating and criminal breach of trust, and that mere non-compliance with an administrative requirement does not automatically transform an otherwise lawful act into a criminal offence. In a significant order, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy quashed criminal […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Andhra Pradesh High Court Holds Right to Electricity Part of Article 21, Quashes Unreasoned Rejection of New Connection

Introduction: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has reaffirmed that access to electricity is closely connected with the constitutional guarantee of life and personal liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution, while also emphasising that electricity distribution authorities cannot reject an application for a new connection through a cryptic online status without communicating reasons to the […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Allahabad High Court Holds Order VII Rule 11 CPC Inapplicable to Rent Proceedings Under U.P. Tenancy Act

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has clarified that proceedings under the U.P. Regulation of Urban Premises Tenancy Act, 2021 are governed by the special procedural framework created under the statute and cannot be supplemented by importing provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 that the legislature has expressly excluded. In particular, the Court has […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Mere Ownership of Land Cannot Attract Criminal Liability for Electrocution Death, Karnataka High Court Holds

Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has clarified that mere ownership of agricultural land where an electrical transformer or wire is situated cannot, by itself, make a landowner criminally liable for a death caused by electrocution. In the absence of a specific allegation or material demonstrating an overt act of negligence attributable to the landowner, prosecution […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Allahabad High Court Rejects Regularisation Claim Over Fraudulently Created Short-Term Vacancy, Orders Recovery of State Salary

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a statutory provision meant to regularise teachers appointed against genuine short-term vacancies cannot be used to legitimise an appointment where the very vacancy on which the appointment was based was found to be fraudulent or unlawfully created. The Court held that Section 33-F of the U.P. Secondary […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Patna High Court Transfers Missing Man’s Custodial Disappearance Case to CBI, Citing Serious Lapses in State Investigation

Introduction: The Patna High Court has transferred the investigation into the disappearance of a man allegedly taken into custody and brutally assaulted by Excise Police officials to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), finding the circumstances of the case to be “rare and exceptional” and holding that the credibility of the State investigating agency had […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Allahabad High Court Holds State Government Cannot Override Quasi-Judicial Order On Land Acquisition Lapse

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has held that an order passed by a District Magistrate determining a claim regarding lapse of land acquisition under Section 24 of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is quasi-judicial in nature. Once such an order is passed after hearing the […]

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12/08/2026, 2 days ago

Rajasthan High Court Holds That Law Does Not Recognise an “Adopted Son-in-Law” for Adoption or Compassionate Appointment Introduction:

Introduction: The Rajasthan High Court has held that the institution of adoption under Hindu law creates a legally recognised relationship between an adoptive parent and an adopted child, but does not permit an existing son-in-law to be transformed into an “adopted son-in-law”. The Court observed that such a status is unknown to the statutory framework […]

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