HIGH COURT WEEKLY ROUNDUP 2026 [5-11 Jan] | Anti-Superstition Law; Indore Water Contamination Crisis; Advocates’ Electoral Roll dispute; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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Stranger cannot be drawn into proceedings under Section 498-A IPC: Karnataka High Court quashed proceedings against neighbor
“Permitting further proceedings against the neighbor would become an abuse of the process of the law and result in miscarriage of justice.”
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Prolonged incarceration cannot entitle allowance of successive bail: Punjab and Haryana High Court denied bail in SFIO investigation case
“A second/successive regular bail application cannot be rejected solely on the ground of maintainability thereof, but for such petition to succeed, the petitioner is required to show some substantial change in circumstances.”
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Failure to videograph recovery weakens prosecution case: Allahabad HC Grants Bail, Directs UP DGP to issue SOP
“It is clear that police has not conducted any videography of the recovery of motorcycles from the applicant or preparation of list of seized motorcycles, though, same is mandatory.”
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Deceased driver was qualified skilled worker in heavy vehicle driver category: Punjab and Haryana HC upholds compensation granted by Motor Accident Claims Tribunal
“A Court sitting in appeal does not substitute its own view for that of the Court below merely because an alternative view is possible.”
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Bhagavad Gita reminds to serve social stability & common good, not administrative convenience: P&H High Court directs long due regularisation of daily wagers
“Regularisation cannot be claimed as a matter of right where the initial entry is illegal or plainly unconstitutional but where the engagement is long, continuous, against sanctioned vacant posts of duly qualified persons, the State is under a constitutional duty to undertake fair consideration and to complete the one-time regularisation exercise.”
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‘Spectacles’ not broad enough to include ‘Sunglasses’; Taxable as Residuary Item: Punjab and Haryana High Court
‘Sunglasses’ did not fall under any specified Schedule of Punjab Value Added Tax Act, 2005 and Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003, thus, exigible to tax at the rate of 12.50%.
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Deliberate Entering of higher marks in recruitment forms cannot be regularised under guise of ‘human error’: Allahabad High Court
“Where an applicant manipulates higher marks to obtain an undeserved advantage, the appointment becomes tainted from its inception.”
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Tax Law Year in Review 2025: Landmark Judgments, Legislative Updates and Key Developments
A comprehensive review of 2025’s tax law landscape, highlighting important Supreme Court and High Court rulings, Tribunal decisions, major legislative updates, and policy clarifications shaping direct and indirect taxation in India.
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‘Deposit of passport’ cannot be imposed routinely as bail condition: P&H High Court quashes bail condition in idol demolition case
“The passport functions as an indispensable document of nationality and identity, the condition for its deposit must be predicated upon a considered assessment of objective parameters indicating a clear and imminent threat of flight risk or obstruction of justice, thereby ensuring that such condition adheres strictly to the doctrine of proportionality.”
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