'Grave Offences Of Public Importance': Rajasthan High Court Denies Relief To 3 Booked For Forging Degrees, Impersonation In Govt Exam

The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a batch of pleas by three persons–including a woman–seeking quashing of an FIR accusing them of a "large scale conspiracy" involving fabrication of educational credentials and impersonation in public examination, observing that these were grave offences “of public importance”. Justice Sameer Jain ruled that the findings recorded by the Special...

Rajasthan High Court Enhances Compensation Of Paralysed Road-Accident Victim To ₹1.9 Cr, Says It's Not Charity But Moral Necessity

While hearing a challenge to the compensation of Rs. 1.49 crores awarded by the motor accident tribunal to a 21-year-old woman, Rajasthan High Court observed that the 100% lower body paralysis of the road-accident victim was not just an injury, but a “deep enduring rupture in the fabric of her life” that affected her sense of identity, independence and confidence.The high court thus...

Rajasthan High Court Extends 'Community Service' Under BNSS As Bail Condition, Asks Accused To Serve Swach Bharat Abhiyan

The Rajasthan High Court recently enlarged an NDPS accused on bail on a condition that he contribute to government's Swach Bharat mission for 2 hours daily, for two months.In doing so, the bench of Justice Sameer Jain extended the scope of 'community service' contemplated under the Bhartiya Nagarika Suraksha Sanhita 2023.The Act introduced community service as a punishment for certain...

SC Collegium Proposes Appointment Of Advocate & Judicial Officer As Rajasthan HC Judges

The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 02nd July, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following persons as Judges of the Rajasthan High Court:ADVOCATE:(i) Shri Anuroop SinghiJUDICIAL OFFICER:(i) Smt. Sangeeta Sharma...

Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 195 To 2024 194 LiveLaw (Raj) 221NOMINAL INDEXThe State of Rajasthan, through District Collector Pali. & Ors. vs. Sanwariya Infrastructure Private Limited 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 195Komal Kumawat & Ors. v Union of India & Ors., and other connected petitons 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 196Arpit Naraniwal v State and batch 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 197Mahipal Singh v Kundal...

Direct Education Boards To Prepare Syllabus For Tackling 'Excessive Use Of Mobile Phones By Children': Rajasthan High Court To State, Centre

The Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday (July 1) suggested to the Centre and state government to issue directions to all Secondary Education Boards to develop curriculum which discourages consumption of junk food and addresses excessive use of mobile phones by children by proposing time restrictions on such usage. The court made the suggestion while taking suo motu cognizance on the issue...

Right To Health: Rajasthan High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Malnutrition/ Obesity In Citizens, Particularly Children

Taking serious notice of malnourishment, obesity owing to unhealthy eating habits, and excessive & increasing use of mobile phones amongst children, the Rajasthan High Court took suo-moto cognizance to find appropriate solutions to these issues. The court registered the case as 'Suo Moto: In Re: Saving the Minor Children, Women and Citizens from Malnutrition or obesity which is...

Juvenile Justice Act Only Relevant For Quantum Of Sentence, Conviction Not Vitiated If Inquiry Is Not Conducted By JJB: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a conviction which had been recorded cannot be held to be vitiated in law merely because the inquiry into the juvenility of the accused was not conducted by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB). It is only the question of sentence for which the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (JJ) Act, 2015 would be attractedThe bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand ruled that...

'Judicial Verdicts Not Like Sand Dunes, Can't Be Unsettled Lightly': Rajasthan High Court Criticizes Parties Re-Opening Concluded Judgments

Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that the hallmark of judicial pronouncements is its stability and finality and thus, they should not be unsettled lightly."Judicial verdicts are not like sand dunes which are subject to the vagaries of wind and weather," Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand remarked while dealing with a plea against cancellation of Petitioner's appointment on the post of Physical...

Rajasthan HC Grants Relief To IIT-JEE Candidate Barred For 2 Years After Being Caught Allegedly Copying From Another Candidate's Answers

The Rajasthan High Court has granted relief to an IIT-JEE aspirant who was barred by the National Testing Agency from giving the exam for academic sessions 2025-26 and 2026-27 after he was allegedly found using unfair means and was looking into the answer sheet of a fellow candidate sitting right adjacent to him.While highlighting that such a stigmatising penalty could not have been...

Right To Travel Abroad: Rajasthan High Court Permits Foreign Visit Of PMLA Accused Subject To ₹25 Lakh Bank Guarantee

The Rajasthan High Court has allowed a man, arrested in a PMLA case, to travel to Dubai and Singapore for business meetings— reiterating that the expression 'personal liberty' under Article 21 of the Constitution includes the right to go abroad.Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand referred to the Supreme Court's decision in Smt. Maneka Gandhi v Union of India (1978) where it was held that...

Pregnant Minor's Willingness To Retain Pregnancy Prevails Over Her Mother's Plea To Terminate It: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a petition filed by a mother seeking termination of pregnancy of her minor daughter (17 years, 5 months old) in light of the daughter's unwillingness to abort the pregnancy, upholding the right of a pregnant minor victim to retain her pregnancy.Highlighting that the minor victim had sufficient level of understanding about the consequences of her actions,...