P&H High Court Declines Pre-Arrest Bail To Court Clerk Accused Of Tampering Traffic Challans, Says Custodial Interrogation Needed

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a court employee accused of colluding with police personnel and court staff to tamper with traffic challans in exchange for illegal gratification, holding that custodial interrogation was necessary for a fair and effective investigation.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "As per the case set up by prosecution, the petitioner...

Justice May Be Tempered With Mercy In Exceptional Cases: J&K&L High Court Allows Symbolic Possession In Migrant Property Eviction Dispute

While reaffirming that justice must ordinarily be administered strictly in the manner prescribed by law, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has underscored that in exceptional factual situations, courts cannot remain indifferent to human consequences.Observing that rigid statutory compliance may, in rare cases, require to be balanced with compassion, the Court held that justice...

Delhi High Court Bar Association Felicitates CJI Surya Kant, Urges For More Elevations From Bar

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) on Thursday felicitated Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, to honor his appointment as the country's top most judge.The felicitation function was organised by the lawyers' body in the lobby of Main Court Building, 'A' Block of the High Court.Lauding the DHCBA and its efforts over the years, CJI Kant said that having a membership of...

Auction Cancellation Must Be Based On Objective Criteria, Not Post-Facto Subjective Satisfaction: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that whether an auction bid was fair or competitive was not a post-facto subjective notion, rather an assessment founded on objective criteria, demonstrable from the auction proceedings themselves and recorded contemporaneously with clarity and specificity.While setting aside unilateral and unreasoned cancellation of auction post acceptance of deposit by the...

Appeal Against Acquittal In Bailable Offences Lies Only Before High Court, Not Sessions Court: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently set aside a conviction order passed by a Sessions Court, which had held the accused guilty of causing death by negligence. The High Court found that the State Government had wrongly filed an appeal before the Sessions Court challenging the order of acquittal passed by the trial court, even though the Sessions Court had no jurisdiction to entertain such...

HMA | Second Marriage During Subsistence Of First Marriage Doesn't Get Legitimized Upon Death Of First Wife: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that solemnisation of second marriage, which is void ab initio, by a Hindu man during subsistence of his first marriage does not get legitimised/legalised upon the death of the first wife. While deciding the plea of the second wife of an ex-government employee for grant of family pension, the Division Bench of Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad and Justice...

Disciplinary Authority Can't Impose Major And Minor Penalty Simultaneously By Single Order: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has held that a major punishment and a minor punishment cannot be “packaged” into a single composite order and imposed simultaneously. A Single Judge Bench of Justice Sandeep Kumar was hearing a writ petition filed by a Deputy Superintendent of Police challenging the punishment order by which he was visited with the penalty of withholding of five increments...

Gujarat High Court Orders Status Quo Over Demolition Of Cow-Shelter, Seeks Affidavit From District Collector On 'Conduct'

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (January 15) directed status quo over demolition of a Gaushala (cow-shelter) located near a temple in Chotila, Surendranagar after the petitioner claimed that despite oral assurance given earlier today by the authorities action of removal was still being taken. For context, earlier in the day the counsel for the petitioner–a trust– had submitted...

Vigilance Court Can't Order Probe Into Private Complaint Against Public Servant Without Sanction Under PC Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court in a recent decision quashed an order made by the Special Judge (Vigilance) directing investigation into a complaint and the FIR registered against a public servant after noting that prior sanction as per Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was not received.Justice A. Badharudeen relegated the case back to the pre-cognizance stage and directed the Special Judge...

'Wife After Delivering Child Requires Husband's Company': Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Six Weeks Interim Bail To NDPS Accused

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted interim bail for six weeks to an accused booked under the NDPS Act, taking into account the birth of his child and the need to care for his wife during the post-delivery period.Justice Sanjay Vashisth said,"the petitioner's wife was earlier in a family way and now on 05.01.2026 has been blessed with a female child. Undoubtedly, at such stage,...

Parliament Security Breach: Delhi High Court Questions Choice Of December 13, Flags Link With 2001 Attack

The Delhi High Court on Thursday remarked that the act of accused in the 2023 Parliament security breach case of choosing the date as December 13, which is similar to 2001 attack, cannot be a coincidence. “What is the date of parliament attack case (of 2001)?…. It was the very (same day)… they picked the day,” a division bench headed by Justice Prathiba M Singh remarked orally. The...

'What Is The Purpose?: Gujarat High Court On Baroda Cricket Association Mandating Presence Of Candidate For Election Scrutiny

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (January 15) orally questioned the Baroda Cricket Association its justification for notifying a condition which mandates candidates contesting for elections of the association to remain personally present for scrutiny of nomination forms next week. The court was hearing a candidate's plea who had challenged the association's notice dated 06.01.2026 issued...