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Bail Granted to Brothel Customer in POCSO and SC/ST Act Case, Age and Caste May Not Have Been Known: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to Ajeya, aged about 25, in a criminal case arising from a complaint by a minor victim. The case concerns allegations that the victim was taken to a house in Mangaluru and was made to undergo sexual activities with several men between 24.12.2025 and 26.12.2025. Ajeya’s lawyer…
Proceedings Filed in the Name of a Dead Person Cannot Stand, Land Dispute Plea Dismissed: Karnataka High Court
The case involves the legal representatives of late C. Mariappa and a dispute over occupancy rights in 4 acres 21 guntas of land in Sy. No. 38 of Belavadi Village, Srirangapatna Taluk. Smt. C. Ningamma had originally obtained occupancy rights from the Land Tribunal on 09.11.1981. The High Court later remanded the…
Land Acquisition Relief Reversed After Finding Acquisition Completed, Inquiry Ordered Into Altered A-Registers: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has allowed the State’s appeal in W.A.No.1638 of 2026 concerning land acquired in Pattanam village, Coimbatore district for a bypass road on NH-47. The dispute concerned 4.06 acres in Survey No.183/1, originally owned by Ramasamy Konar and his brother Kalimuthu Konar, which was acquired between…
₹25,000 RTI Penalty Quashed, Deliberate Withholding of Information Must Be Proved: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has set aside a Rs.25,000 penalty imposed on Radhika Sidar under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The penalty had been imposed by the Chhattisgarh State Information Commission after Akash Bairagi sought information about the accounts, funds, achievements and beneficiaries of…
Akriti Chaudhary’s NSA Detention Quashed for Lack of Material Showing Incitement to Violence, ₹5 Lakh Compensation Ordered: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court heard a habeas corpus petition filed by Akriti Chaudhary, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) after being accused in Case Crime No. 163 of 2026. The case arose from labour agitation in Gautam Buddha Nagar, where violence and damage to public and private property began on…
Cancer Treatment Reimbursement Cannot Be Denied Merely Because Hospitalisation Was Not Required: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by M/s National Insurance Co. Ltd. against an award of the Permanent Lok Adalat at Mangaluru in favour of Mr Padmanabha Shetty G. The dispute concerned reimbursement of Rs.2,85,470/- spent on Zoladex and Xgeva injections prescribed as part of treatment for…
Advocate-Client Relationship No Bar to FIR Investigation, Rape Case Quashing Refused: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The case was filed by a practising Advocate at Rewa who sought quashing of an FIR registered against him at Police Station Chorhata, District Rewa. The FIR was based on allegations by respondent No.4 of repeated sexual assault on 26.12.2024, 04.01.2025 and 15.02.2025, along with allegations concerning pregnancy and a…
Construction of Residential Bungalows on Defence Lease Land Allowed, Pune Cantonment’s Rejection Quashed: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court decided two writ petitions concerning leased defence land in Pune Cantonment and applications to construct residential homes. Nikhil Vithal Jhaveri and Kirti V. Jhaveri sought permission to construct a residential bungalow, while Mamta Jain sought permission to construct a two-floor residential…
‘A Mother Is a Mother’: Maternity Leave Rights of Commissioning Mothers Upheld: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled in favour of Dr. Juhi Manhas, a commissioning mother who had been denied maternity leave by the State authorities. The dispute concerned whether a female Government employee who becomes a mother through surrogacy can receive maternity leave under the CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972.…
RTI Disclosure of Estranged Wife’s Service Details Refused, Privacy Cannot Be Overridden Without Public Interest: Uttarakhand High Court
Quick Summary The Uttarakhand High Court at Nainital has dismissed an appeal filed by Vijendra Kumar seeking service-related information about respondent no.4, who is his wife. The information had been sought from the Public Information Officer under the Right to Information Act concerning her service as an Assistant…
