State Can't Compel Minority School To Provide Free Education To Journalists' Children Under RTE Act: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that minority educational institutions cannot be compelled to provide free education to the children of journalists by invoking the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act). [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 104]The Court held that the RTE Act is inapplicable to minority educational institutions in view of the Supreme Court's Constitution...

Secretly Recording Spouse's Calls Without Consent Violates Right To Privacy, Inadmissible In Divorce Proceedings: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that secretly recording telephone conversations of a spouse without their consent constitutes a breach of the fundamental right to privacy under Article 21 of the Constitution and that such recordings cannot be admitted in evidence in matrimonial proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 103]The Court further held that documents sought to be produced as...

Jharkhand High Court Refuses To Interfere With Administrative Order Passed To Maintain Law & Order Amid Land Dispute

The Jharkhand High Court has refused to interfere with an administrative order passed by the Sub-Divisional Officer to maintain law and order amid a land dispute, holding that disputed questions relating to encroachment and identification of land cannot be adjudicated in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution. The Court observed that such disputes require evidence and are...

'In Teeth Of Division Bench Verdict': High Court Questions UP Govt Over Appointing Gram Pradhans As Administrators Beyond 5-Yr Term

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has strongly questioned the Uttar Pradesh government over its decision to appoint Gram Pradhans as 'Administrators' of Panchayats following the expiry of their constitutional 5-year tenure. Taking serious note of the State's actions under Section 12(3-A) of the U.P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, a bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice...

Primary Stakeholders, Functionaries Are Women: Telangana High Court Upholds Female Reservation For Anganwadi Supervisor Post

The Telangana High Court has upheld the State Government's order reserving posts of Extension Officers Grade-I and Grade-II (Anganwadi Supervisors) exclusively for women, holding that the policy is a valid exercise of the State's power under Article 15(3) of the Constitution. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 101]The Court observed that the beneficiaries of the Integrated Child Development Services...

Elections | Reservation Of Seats In Constituencies With Comparatively Larger SC/ST Population Is Constitutional: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Section 9(1)(c) of the Delimitation Act, 2002 which provides for locating constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in those areas where the proportion of their population to the total population is comparatively large. It held that a voter cannot claim that his right to vote is violated merely...

State's Officers Can't Use Administrative Powers To Compel Citizens To Abandon Pending Legal Proceedings: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has strongly deprecated the conduct of a Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) who made the removal of land from the prohibited properties list conditional upon the petitioners withdrawing their pending writ petition, holding that executive authorities cannot use administrative powers to compel citizens to abandon judicial proceedings. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 116]The Court...

Bombay High Court Refuses Claim Over Tribal Land, Says Notarised 99-Year Lease Agreement Has No Evidentiary Value

The Bombay High Court has exercised its powers under Article 226 of the Constitution to dismiss a revision application pending before the Revenue Minister, observing that such a course was necessary to subserve the ends of justice and curtail further litigation. The Court upheld the order of the Additional Divisional Commissioner refusing to recognise the petitioners' claim over tribal...

Chhattisgarh High Court Rejects Plea Against Recital Of Saraswati Vandana, Gayatri Mantra In Schools; Says They're 'Moral Instruction'

The Chhattisgarh High Court has upheld State's order on recital of the National Anthem, National Song, Deep Mantra, Saraswati Vandana, Guru Mantra, Shanti Mantra and accounts of the lives of Great Personalities (Mahapurushas) in schools at the beginning day along with Rajya Geet (State Song), Gayatri Mantra and Shanti (Peace) Mantra at the end. [2026 LiveLaw (Chh) 57]The court dismissed...

'Can't Stigmatize Over Medical Condition': Karnataka High Court Permits Priest Having Vitiligo To Perform Rituals At Chamundeshwari Temple

The Karnataka High Court has recently directed the Chamundeshwari Temple authorities to permit a hereditary priest suffering from vitiligo to perform his duties, emphasising that stigmatisation based on a non-contagious medical condition amounts to discrimination and violates Article 14 of the Constitution. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 235]The single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj...

Right To Travel Abroad Can't Be Denied Merely Because Visit Is Social Or Celebratory In Nature: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that an accused facing criminal proceedings cannot be denied permission to travel abroad merely because the purpose of the visit is social or celebratory rather than urgent or fundamental. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 113]Setting aside the trial court's refusal, the Court held that the right to travel abroad under Article 21 extends to personal and family...

Exemption To Sikhs From Wearing Helmets Is A Reasonable Classification Under Article 14, Not Based On Religion: Bombay High Court

The exemption given to Sikhs from wearing helmets is not based on religion or caste but is a 'reasonable' classification under Article 14 of the Constitution of India and therefore does not violate any fundamental rights, held the Bombay High Court recently. [2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 304]Sitting at the Nagpur bench, the division bench of Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke and Justice Nivedita Mehta...