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Notaries are not appointed as Marriage Officers, Court noted. The Madhya Pradesh High Court suspended the license of a Notary Public for preparing a marriage document, despite a specific bar issued by the Central Government on notary officers' from executing marriage or divorce deeds as they are not marriage officers. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 277]The division bench of Justice GS Ahluwalia and Justice Anuradha Shukla after perusing the notarised document in...

Give a message to people in these institutions that society cares for them, Court said. Emphaising the importance of integrating Social Audit, the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed an applicant, seeking restoration of his writ appeal due to a peremptory order, to visit a Old Age Home (instead of imposing costs on him).

A bench of Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla thus dismissed a criminal revision plea filed by a woman and her minor daughter challenging a Family Court's order passed on their application for maintenance filed under Section 125 CrPC. Case in brief In the August 2025 order, the Family Court rejected the woman's claim for interim maintenance while granting Rs. 3000/- per month as interim maintenance for the child.

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004, read with the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Rules, 2005, constitutes a complete statutory code providing remedies of appeal and revision against orders relating to the issuance, rejection or cancellation of category certificates.Holding that such statutory remedies must ordinarily...

While dispensing with the requirement of serving notice upon the husband in a transfer petition in a matrimonial matter, Rajasthan High Court observed that in many matrimonial cases, transfer petitions remained pending merely at the stage of service. [2026 LiveLaw (Raj) 282] It was held that issuance of notice in matrimonial transfer petitioner and keeping such matters pending for years, particularly when interim stay orders continued, did not advance cause of justice.

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Purchasing power of money decreases over time; what petitioner could have bought with the compensation in 1976 can't be done now, Court said. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State authorities to pay land acquisition compensation awarded in 1976, along with interest at 12% per annum from the date of the award until payment, holding that failure to ensure payment of compensation after taking possession of land violates the constitutional guarantee under Article 300A.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain contempt petitions alleging that demolitions were carried out in violation of its landmark November 2024 judgment laying down safeguards against "bulldozer justice", saying such grievances should be raised before the concerned High Courts.

बॉम्बे हाईकोर्ट ने स्टैंड-अप कॉमेडियन कुणाल कामरा की याचिका पर केंद्र सरकार को 29 जुलाई तक जवाब दाखिल करने का निर्देश दिया। याचिका में 'सहयोग पोर्टल' और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी (मध्यस्थ दिशानिर्देश एवं डिजिटल मीडिया आचार संहिता) नियम, 2021 के नियम 3(1)(डी) में वर्ष 2025 में किए गए संशोधन की संवैधानिक वैधता को चुनौती दी गई। कामरा का दावा है कि यह व्यवस्था पर्याप्त कानूनी सुरक्षा के बिना ऑनलाइन सामग्री हटाने का रास्ता खोलती है। एक्टिंग चीफ जस्टिस रवींद्र गूगे और जस्टिस गौतम अंखाड़ की खंडपीठ ने मामले...

Court sought to be apprised of the present status, with photographs. The Rajasthan High Court has called for affidavits from the concerned state officials on the actual requirements of Nari Niketan/ Balika Grah/ Bal Griah and Foster Home in various district. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit has further sought the present status with photographs, of the respective places.