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The Sikkim High Court has altered the conviction of a man from offence of rape to that of attempted rape under Section 511 read with Section 376 IPC, noting that even though the accused's semen was present on the victim's clothes, there was an absence of proof for penetration. The division bench of the Chief Justice A Muhamed Mustaque and Justice Bhaskar Raj Pradhan observed that the victim was...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has reiterated that the general custom governing Jat tribes permits an issueless proprietor to bequeath ancestral property in favour of a person who rendered services to him during his lifetime.

Observing that no public interest can be served by keeping information relating to a person's alleged involvement in a crime alive on the internet once the proceedings arising from it have been quashed, the Bombay High Court recently directed the Registrar General to mask the identity of a litigant who had invoked his "right to be forgotten". The Court further underscored that the right to privacy, an intrinsic facet of Article 21 of the Constitution, encompasses the right to be forgotten.

The Court also awarded the woman compenastion of Rs 10,000. Holding that police officers cannot ride roughshod over statutory safeguards in the name of investigation, the Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) has ruled that police entering a woman's bedroom at night without a lady constable and seizing her mobile phone without following the procedure prescribed under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) amounted to a violation of her right to...

Holding that apartment owners have the right to safe common areas, and children possess the right to recreation, the Karnataka High Court has allowed an appeal filed by a couple against their apartment owners' association. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 246]The Single Judge Bench of Justice Hanchate Sanjeevkumar allowed the appeal from a suit preferred by the couple who are residents of an Apartment...

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The Court held that the CRPF was bound to offer an alternate post to the employee as per the mandate of Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities Act. The Supreme Court on Monday(July 13) criticised the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for medically invalidating a driver after he developed a visual disability during service instead of accommodating him in an alternative post as required by law.

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The Himachal Pradesh High Court on 10th July, 2026 conferred senior designation on 15 advocates in accordance to the powers vested under Section 16(2) of Advocates Act, 1961 read with rule 4 of the “High Court of Himachal Pradesh (Designation of Senior Advocates) Rules, 2025. The List Includes: 1. Mr. Ajay Chandel (HIM/73/2000) 2. Mr. Akhil Sain Chopra (HIM /79/1992) 3. Mr. Arvind Sharma (HIM / 100/1997) 4. Mr. Deepak Gupta (HIM /81/2004) 5. Mr. Desh Raj (HIM/177/2006) 6.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted interim relief to viral Kumbh Mela star Monalisa Bhosle and her husband, Farman, in their petition alleging that her birth certificate was manipulated to criminalise their interfaith marriage. The couple has also sought directions to restore her Birth Certificate and to conduct an independent investigation into the alleged forgery of government records.