Civil Law
Passing Erroneous Quasi-Judicial Order Without Mala Fides, Corruption Not Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the disciplinary proceedings and the penalty imposed on a retired officer of the Rajasthan Administrative Service, who was accused of passing a wrongful decree in a tenancy suit and erroneous exercise of jurisdiction, opining that an alleged erroneous quasi-judicial order was not misconduct.The bench of Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit observed that...
Burden On State To Prove Land Is Irrigated Before Declaring It Surplus Under Ceiling Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a finding that a tenure-holder's land is irrigated for the purposes of Section 4-A of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 must rest upon the Khasra entries of Fasli years 1378, 1379 and 1380, and where the State fails to produce those records, a declaration of surplus land founded on such a finding is a finding based on...
Unregistered Holographic Will With Minor Corrections Not Suspicious Circumstance If Testator's Signature Undisputed: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that minor corrections, interpolations, use of different ink and non-registration of a holographic Will cannot, by itself, constitute suspicious circumstances when the testator's handwriting and signature are undisputed and the document indicates that the testator consciously applied his mind while making the bequests. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 384]It was contended...
'Challenge To Decree As Nullity Due To Abatement Must Be Raised Before Executing Court U/S 47 CPC, Not By Separate Suit': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that an objection to the execution of a decree on the ground that it is a nullity by reason of abatement of the suit has to be adjudicated by the executing Court under Section 47 of the CPC and cannot be raised by way of a separate suit. The Court observed that Section 47 and Order XXI Rules 97 and 101 vest the powers in executing court to decide the question...
Patna High Court Upholds 3-Year Blacklisting Of DDU-GKY Agency Over Fabricated Placement Records
The Patna High Court has upheld the three-year blacklisting of an agency engaged to implement a placement-linked skill development programme under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY), after verification found fabricated bank statements, discrepancies in employment records and beneficiaries denying that they had been placed.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice...
NGO Funding Peaceful Protests Can't Be Ground To Deny Its FCRA Renewal: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently came to the aid of two NGOs, whose FCRA renewal applications were rejected by the Centre relying on a report of the Central Security Agency (Intelligence Bureau) alleging that they 'funded' the protests at Vizhinjam Port. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 439]It was alleged that one of the NGOs [Save A Family Plan India] transferred funds to another NGO named Trivandrum...
Ambulance Scam Defamation Case: Kerala High Court Sets Aside ₹5L Award Against BJP Leader Kirit Somaiya, Remands Case
The Kerala High Court has set aside the ₹5 lakhs compensation awarded to Ravi Krishna, who is the son of former Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs, and his company in the defamation suit filed against BJP leader Dr. Kirit Somaiya relating to the Ambulance Scam. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 438]The Ambulance Scam case refers to the alleged irregularities committed in the award of National Rural...
Bachelor Of Computer Application Falls Under Science Stream, UGC's 2014 Notification Has Retrospective Effect: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has held that a Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA) degree falls under the Science stream. It further held that the UGC's 2014 notification classifying BCA under Science was clarificatory and would operate retrospectively.A Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Sanjay Prasad upheld orders directing the appointment of candidates whose...
26th Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Privy Purses Doesn't Alter Succession Law For Former Rulers' Estates: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has upheld the vires, applicability of Section 5(ii) Hindu Succession Act–which exempts Act's applicability on estates passing to a single heir under a covenant between an erstwhile Ruler and the Indian Government or under a law enacted before the Act came into force–on personal properties, impartible estate of former rulers. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 294] The Court...