The Karnataka High Court has declared unconstitutional the Karnataka government’s 2022 legislation that increased reservations for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), taking the state’s total reservation quota to 56%. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 426 August 20, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur has held that the statutory one-year bar on a fresh no-confidence motion against a Sarpanch applies only when the earlier motion was actually Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 405 July 22, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has reiterated that even an alleged encroacher on government land cannot be deprived of shelter through arbitrary demolition without following the procedure established by law. Read more…
July 13, 2026 : The Telangana High Court has set aside a VAT assessment order of Rs. 28.09 lakh against an electrical works contractor, holding that a best judgment assessment cannot be sustained when the assessing authority ignores the statutory Read more…
July 11, 2026 : The Sikkim High Court has upheld the conviction of a 42-year-old man for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old schoolgirl and abetting her suicide, holding that the prosecution established an unbroken chain of evidence proving that the accused’s Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 389 June 18, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Fuliya Devi, the elected Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat Ahilda in Balodabazar district, challenging the notice issued for a no-confidence Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 385 June 17, 2026 : In a significant ruling reaffirming judicial restraint in bank recovery proceedings, the Chhattisgarh High Court has dismissed a writ appeal filed by borrowers seeking to stop the auction of Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 374 June 15, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has ruled that a legal heir cannot automatically continue a writ petition solely on the basis of succession or nomination under the Chhattisgarh Co-operative Societies Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 373 June 15, 2026 : The Chhattisgarh High Court has reaffirmed that compassionate appointment cannot be granted when any member of the deceased government employee’s family is already employed in government service, even if Read more…
News Citation : 2026 LN (HC) 358 May 26, 2026 : The Sikkim High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a 23-year-old man accused of sexual assault and criminal intimidation, observing that the allegations arose in the backdrop of a Read more…