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21/08/2026, 1 week ago

Common Intention Requires a Direct Connection with the Offence, Allahabad High Court Holds

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has reiterated an important principle governing constructive criminal liability under Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, holding that mere participation in a common occurrence is not sufficient to fasten liability upon every participant for every offence committed during that occurrence. The Court emphasised that, for Section 34 IPC […]

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21/08/2026, 1 week ago

No Admission Can Justify Manipulation of Examination Records, Bombay High Court Holds

Introduction: The Bombay High Court has refused to interfere with the cancellation of a student’s provisional admission to a B.Tech course after finding that the scorecard submitted by him to the university materially differed from the authentic scorecard available with the Maharashtra Health and Technical Common Entrance Test (MHT-CET) Cell. The Division Bench comprising Justice […]

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21/08/2026, 1 week ago

Karnataka High Court Protects K.R. Market Street Vendors From Eviction, Seeks Clarity on Vending Rights

Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has granted interim protection to 15 street vendors operating in and around Bengaluru’s Krishna Raja Market, popularly known as K.R. Market, restraining the civic authorities from taking precipitative action against them until August 31, 2026. Justice B.M. Shyam Prasad passed the interim order while considering Shri Manjunath & Ors. v. […]

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21/08/2026, 1 week ago

Mere Publication on Website Cannot Defeat Employee’s Financial Entitlement: Himachal Pradesh High Court

Introduction: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a government employee cannot be denied a financial benefit under an office order merely because the order was uploaded on the department’s website. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia and Justice Bipin Chander Negi observed that where an order has financial consequences for […]

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21/08/2026, 1 week ago

Delhi High Court Protects Education of 13-Year-Old EWS Student, Holds Child Below 14 Cannot Be Rusticated

Introduction: The Delhi High Court has reaffirmed the importance of protecting a child’s right to continue education by holding that a student who has not attained the age of 14 years cannot, prima facie, be subjected to rustication under the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973. Justice Jasmeet Singh passed an interim order directing a Delhi […]

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21/08/2026, 1 week ago

Kerala High Court Upholds Vaccination Requirement for ₹6,000 PMMVY Benefit for Second Girl Child

Introduction: The Kerala High Court, in Ahamed Junaid P.S. v. Union of India and Anr., 2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 460, has upheld the requirement that a second girl child must receive the prescribed vaccinations within the stipulated period for the lactating mother to claim the monetary benefit of ₹6,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana […]

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21/08/2026, 1 week ago

False Criminal Proceedings Do Not, by Themselves, Amount to Abetment of Suicide: Supreme Court Clarifies the Limits of Criminal Liability

Introduction: The Supreme Court of India, in Patel Joshnaben Pravinkumar Patel & Ors. v. State of Gujarat & Anr., reported as 2026 LiveLaw (SC) 835, has reaffirmed that the mere initiation of criminal or other legal proceedings against a person cannot, by itself, constitute abetment of suicide merely because the person subsequently takes his own […]

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20/08/2026, 1 week ago

Long Service Cannot Cure an Invalid Appointment: Allahabad High Court Rejects Salary Claim from State Exchequer

Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has held that prolonged service in an aided educational institution does not, by itself, create an enforceable right to receive salary from public funds when the underlying appointment has not been established as legally valid. In Ved Pati Tripathi and 2 Ors. v. State of U.P. through Secretary, Secondary Education […]

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20/08/2026, 1 week ago

Uniform Grace Marks Cannot Be Turned Into a Selection Challenge: Calcutta High Court Upholds Coal India Promotion Process

Introduction: The Calcutta High Court has dismissed two writ petitions challenging the promotion process conducted by Coal India Limited (CIL), holding that the decision to award marks uniformly to all candidates for questions subsequently found to be erroneous or outside the prescribed syllabus did not amount to an impermissible alteration of the selection criteria after […]

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