J&K&L High Court Upholds Conviction Of 84-Year-Old "Guru" For Rape Of Minor Girl

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the conviction of an 84-year-old godman/guru for committing rape upon a minor girl, holding that the prosecution had established the charge through credible ocular, documentary and expert evidence. The Court maintained the sentence awarded by the Trial Court and dismissed the appeal filed by the convict.The Court held that the...

Jharkhand High Court Stays State Government's Decision To Cancel Appointments Made Through 11th-13th JPSC Exams

The Jharkhand High Court in an interim on Thursday (August 20) stayed State Government orders cancelling recruitments made through 11th to 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission Exams, PTI has reported.Notably, the State Government had recently cancelled the JPSC exams after several weeks of student protest over alleged irregularities in the conduct of such examinations. The high court...

Public Service Commission Can't Introduce Minimum Interview Marks For Medical Faculty Posts After Selection Process Begins: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed the Haryana Public Service Commission's introduction of minimum qualifying marks for the interview stage in the recruitment of Assistant Professors for Government Medical Colleges, holding that a recruiting authority cannot alter eligibility criteria after the selection process has commenced, particularly once the list of shortlisted...

Uttarakhand High Court Directs Dehradun DM To Examine Citizenship Application Of Tibetan Migrant Within Six Weeks

The Uttarakhand High Court has directed the Dehradun District Magistrate to examine the citizenship application submitted by a person of Tibetan origin who migrated to India and “if everything is found to be in order”, then forward it to the Competent Authority in the Central Government within six weeks. The Court accordingly disposed of a writ petition seeking directions for processing...

Restricting Access To Social Media For Children A Policy Decision, Courts Can't Pass Directions: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking guidelines or enactment of a legislation to protect children under the age of 13 years by imposing restrictions on their access to social media platforms and to regulate the content for minors from the age of 13 years to 16 years. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 769]A division bench comprising Justice V...

Passport Authority's Notice To PDP Leader Naeem Akhtar Prima Facie Fails Fairness Test: J&K&L High Court Seeks RPO's Personal Appearance

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has prima facie observed that the communication issued by the Regional Passport Officer, Srinagar, requiring PDP leader Naeem Akhtar Andrabi to furnish an explanation regarding adverse police verification reports without disclosing the contents of such reports, failed to reflect the essence of a fair administrative course of action.The...

After Mediation Fails, Madras High Court To Hear Tamil Nadu Minister's Plea To Quash Assault Case

The Madras High Court has decided to hear on merits a plea filed by Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Marie Wilson, seeking to quash a criminal case pending against him before the Judicial Magistrate, Puducherry, for allegedly assaulting his sister-in-law. Justice V Lakshminarayanan decided to consider the matter on merits after the counsel for the parties informed the court that...

Private Documents Obtained From Public Authority Under RTI Act Don't Become Public Documents: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has held that a private document which is stored in a public office, sought and obtained under Right To Information Act does not automatically become public document under the Section 74 of Indian Evidence Act unless kept as a public record. [2026 LiveLaw (Guj) 224]The court also held that even the certified true copies of such private documents obtained under RTI also...

Karnataka High Court Protects 15 Bengaluru Street Vendors From Eviction, Seeks State's Report On Vending Spots

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted interim protection to 15 street vendors operating in Bengaluru's Krishna Raja (K.R.) Market, restraining civic authorities from evicting them until August 31.The Court also directed the Joint Commissioner of the Bengaluru Central City Corporation to state whether the petitioners could be permitted to occupy their present vending spots.A single...

'Competitive Exams May Be Intense, But Can't Justify Manipulating Scorecard': Bombay High Court Upholds Cancellation Of Student Admission

Competition for admission to professional courses is undoubtedly intense but no admission, however desirable, can justify manipulation of of an examination record, the Bombay High Court held while refusing to grant any relief to a student, whose provisional admission to a B.Tech course was cancelled by a University in Pune after noting that the scorecard submitted by the student did not...

Child Below 14 Years Can't Be Rusticated Under Delhi School Education Rules: High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a child who has not attained the age of 14 years cannot be rusticated under the Delhi School Education Rules, 1973. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 768]Justice Jasmeet Singh directed the Delhi Public School to allow a 13-and-a-half-year-old Economically Weaker Section (EWS) student to resume her Class VIII education. The Court passed the interim order while dealing...

Common Intention | S.34 IPC Attracted Where Co-Accused's Participation Has 'Functional Relationship' With Offence: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that to attract 'common intention' liability under Section 34 IPC, the participation of a co-accused must have a "functional relationship with the offense in question".The bench clarified that the mere fact that several persons participated in the same occurrence does not make each of them liable for every offence committed during it. A Bench of Justice...