Union Of India Being A 'Model Employer' Cannot Violate Equality In Public Employment: Calcutta HC

A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee and A.C.J. Tapabrata Chakraborty held that regularization of ad hoc employees must be granted uniformly to all similarly situated individuals, and cannot be denied on the grounds of precedent being in personam when the facts and circumstances are identical. Background Facts The...

Victim Turning Hostile Not Enough For Bail Where Medical Evidence Supports Sexual Assault Allegation: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed the regular bail application of a man accused of kidnapping and raping a minor girl, observing that the medical evidence proves sexual assault even though the victim had turned hostile. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 333]Emphasizing that a criminal trial is a quest for truth, wherein neither the accused nor the victim can be permitted to subvert the trial...

Only 29 Of 92 Posts Filled: Allahabad High Court Flags 'Disturbing' Vacancies In UP GST Appellate Tribunal

While flagging a “disturbing state of affairs” over substantial vacancies in the GST Appellate Tribunal in Uttar Pradesh, the Allahabad High Court has noted that only 29 of the 92 sanctioned posts have been filled, leaving 63 posts vacant.Justice Piyush Agrawal observed that mere issuance of circulars or advertisements cannot amount to compliance with the obligation to make the...

Every Medical Error Not Criminal Negligence: Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Diagnostic Staff For Issuing False Positive Report

While quashing FIR against four staff members of a diagnostic centre for issuing an allegedly false positive Hepatitis B report to a woman before her hernia surgery, the Telangana High Court said that not criminal law cannot be invoked to punish every instance of professional negligence. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 134]In doing so the court held that mere inadvertence, an error of judgment, or a lapse...

Allahabad High Court Acquits Husband Accused Of Setting Wife Ablaze, Rejects Dying Declaration Recorded In Presence Of Relatives

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday acquitted a man convicted of culpable homicide in connection with the burning death of his wife, observing that the dying declaration was recorded in the presence of relatives/family members and therefore could not be safely relied upon. A Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Achal Sachdev allowed the criminal appeal filed by Jagan against...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice Before Admission On Plea Alleging 3 Cochin University Senate Nominees Lack Required Qualifications

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (August 20) issued notice before admission on a plea challenging the nomination of 3 persons into the Senate of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT).Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued notice to Advocate Kabeer K.K., Anson P. Antony and Abbad Lufti A., whose nomination has been challenged by two former Senate members.The challenge is on...

Madras High Court Flags Systemic Gaps In POCSO Act Implementation, Including FIRs Against Minor Boys In Consensual Relationships

The Madras High Court has directed the Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu to constitute committees comprising Secretaries from various departments to address the systematic gaps in the implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in the State. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice V Lakshminarayanan noted that there were correctional...

Supreme Court Bench Hearing PMLA Review Batch Reconstituted By Parties' Consent; Justices Bhuyan & NK Singh Replaced

The Supreme Court today reconstituted the bench hearing review petitions challenging the Vijay Madanlal Choudhary judgment, which upheld certain provisions of the PMLA.A bench comprising CJI Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana will now be hearing the review petitions. Earlier, the bench comprised CJI Kant, Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice N Kotiswar Singh. When the matter...

Valmiki Corporation Scam: Karnataka High Court Allows Minister B Nagendra To Travel Across India, Retains Bar On Foreign Travel

The Karnataka High Court on August 20 (Thursday) allowed a petition filed by B. Nagendra, a Cabinet Minister in the Karnataka Government, permanently relaxing a bail condition imposed on him in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case arising out of the alleged misappropriation of funds from the Valmiki Scheduled Castes Development Corporation. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 311]The single...

Tarun Tejpal Moves Supreme Court Against Conviction In 2013 Rape Case

Former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal has moved the Supreme Court, challenging the Bombay High Court's order of conviction and sentence of 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the 2013 rape case.This comes days after the Goa Government also approached the Supreme Court for enhancement of punishment to life imprisonment while not challenging the finding of conviction.The Bombay High Court's...

UGC Equity Regulations 2026 Being Reconsidered : Centre Tells Supreme Court

The Solicitor General on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the Union Government was reconsidering the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, which were formulated to address caste discrimination in colleges and universities.Noting this, the Court adjourned the batch of petitions challenging the 2026 regulations till four weeks....

MP High Court Adjourns Case After Counsel 'In Shock' Over Bar Association Election Loss

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (August 19) adjourned a matter after noting that the arguing counsel seemed to be unavailable due to "shock" suffered after losing the High Court Bar Association election. When the matter was called, the other counsel for the appellant prayed for an adjournment.The bench of Justice Vivek Agarwal and Justice Avanindra Kumar Singh remarked:"It appears...