Employee Retiring Before Next Increment Date Not Entitled To Notional Increment Without Full Qualifying Service: Meghalaya HC

A Division Bench of the Meghalaya High Court comprising Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Chief Justice W. Diengdoh held that an employee is entitled to an annual increment only after completing 12 months of qualifying service, and no increment is admissible if the date of next increment falls after the date of retirement. Background Facts The respondent was appointed as Store Clerk...

Prayagraj Waterlogging | High Court Directs Municipal Commissioner, DM To Ensure Rainwater Is Pumped Out From Low-Lying Areas

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the Municipal Commissioner and District Magistrate, Prayagraj, to ensure that rainwater accumulated in the city's low-lying areas is pumped out through Morri Gate, Daraganj, amid severe waterlogging following incessant rain. A Bench of Justice Ajit Kumar and Justice Garima Prashad passed the direction while hearing a suo motu petition...

LiveLaw High Courts Daily Highlights: August 19, 2026

Links to Top Picks of August 19:Woman's Midnight Arrest Without Magistrate Permission Illegal, But Not Ground To Quash Case: Rajasthan High CourtFalse Promise Of Marriage Makes Consensual Sex An Offence Only If It 'Taints' Consent: Delhi High CourtPatna High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Suspension Of Police Officers Over Alleged Lathi Charge During Students' ProtestMadras High Court Dismisses...

Mother's Violation Of Foreign Court Order, Relocation Of Children To India Does Not Disentitle Her From Custody: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a mother's violation of court orders and procurement of duplicate passports to relocate minor children from Qatar to India, though legally impermissible, would not by itself disentitle her to claim custody of the minor children if it is otherwise in the best interests and welfare of the children.The Court observed that the...

'Such Cases Clog Courts': Karnataka High Court's Prima Facie View On Lawyer's Complaint Alleging Attack By Senior Citizen's 10 Dogs

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (August 18) termed 'prima facie frivolous' a criminal case against a senior citizen, which had resulted in the denial of her passport renewal, over a lawyer's complaint alleging that her 10 dogs had attacked him.Observing that such cases have clogged criminal courts and prevented regular cases from proceeding, Justice M Nagaprasanna granted the complainant...

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup 10th August - 17th August 2026

Nominal Index:Showkat Yousuf Shah & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 343Mymoona v. Union Territory of J&K & Ors. connected with M/s Jammu Indore Roadways v. Union Territory of J&K & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 344Syed Bilal Ahmad Qadri v. Union Territory of J&K & Ors., WP(C) No. 1857/2026 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 345BADAVATH KISHAN v. UNION OF INDIA &...

Brethren Assembly Hall Is A 'Church' Under Kerala Liquor Rules; Bar Distance Restrictions Apply: High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that an Assembly hall of the Brethren Christian denomination qualifies as a “church” under Rule 13(3) of the Foreign Liquor Rules, 1953, thereby attracting the statutory distance restriction on grant of bar licences. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 458]A Division Bench of Justice K. Natarajan and Justice Johnson John dismissed an appeal filed by Hotel Palace Inn,...

'UK Law Degree Recognised By BCI For Enrolment Cannot Serve As 'First Degree' For Admission To 3-Year LLB In India': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a three-year undergraduate law degree obtained from a foreign university, merely by reason of its recognition by the Bar Council of India for the purposes contemplated under the regulatory framework governing foreign law degrees, cannot be treated as the qualifying “First Degree” for admission to the three-year LL.B. course in India. The Court further...

Tenant Who Loses Tenancy Can Be Evicted As Trespasser; City Civil Court Has Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that a person whose tenancy comes to an end by operation of Section 2(g) of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1997 cannot claim the status of a tenant for invoking the jurisdictional protection under Section 12A of the Act. The Court observed that whether such an occupant is described as a "trespasser" or a "tenant at sufferance" is immaterial, since he...

Even Minor Penalty Requires Departmental Enquiry If Employee Denies Charges: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that a regular departmental enquiry must be conducted where the delinquent government employee denies the factual allegations, and such employee must be granted an opportunity of hearing even if he faces a minor penalty. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 331]The bench of Justice Anand Singh Bahrawat observed: "Even in the case of a minor penalty an opportunity has to...

'Abdication Of Duty': High Court Summons Haryana DGP To Explain Laxity Of Police Witnesses Absenting From Trial In NDPS Cases

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed the Director General of Police, Haryana to remain personally present before it and explain why police officials cited as prosecution witnesses in NDPS cases are repeatedly failing to appear before trial Courts despite warrants being issued against them.Justice Sumeet Goel said, "It has been repeatedly observed that official witnesses in...

Bombay High Court Upholds Quashing Of Process Issued Against BJP's Mangal Prabhat Lodha In 2007 Cheating Case

The Bombay High Court on Monday (August 18) upheld an order passed by Magistrate in October 2008 quashing the process issued against BJP leader and Maharashtra's Cabinet Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha in a 2007 case of alleged cheating and fraud with respect to development of certain properties in Thane district. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav found that the complaint filed by one...