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Thursday, November 13, 2025
TopicRajasthan High Court

Topic: Rajasthan High Court

How a marital dispute case spurred Rajasthan HC to issue norms for lookout circulars & what they say

The HC observes that these circulars are being issued 'indiscriminately, without sufficient justification', leading to harassment of individuals & more work for authorities, courts.

Jodhpur lawyer bearing delivery expenses of minor rape victim is ‘grateful the court chose him’

Lawyer Shreyansh Mardia has been asked by Rajasthan High Court to bear all expenses until the delivery of a 16-year-old rape survivor. Anyone in my place would have done this, he says.

‘Child’s mental health paramount’ — Rajasthan HC order rejecting paternity test in divorce case

Man had urged HC to consider DNA paternity test to support divorce application against his wife. Test showed he wasn't child's father. 

‘Laminated paper cups’ are 95% paper. They still come under single-use plastic ban, rules HC

Rajasthan HC was hearing a petition by manufacturers who said Union environment ministry's 2021 notification banning single-use plastics didn't include laminated paper cups.

UAPA judgment isn’t isolated case. Judiciary appears to be changing lanes from reformation to retribution

Two contradictory court judgments this week raise an uncomfortable question: Has the judiciary, from the trial court to the Supreme Court, moved from a reformative institution to a retributive one?

After elevation of 2 HC judges, SC collegium yet to act on its call to transfer them, say officials

Usually, transfer of judges is done in the “interest of justice”. But despite repeated pleas by the Centre, the transfer of 2 judges of Rajasthan HC has been pending for over a year now.

Should murder convict get parole to make babies? Plea in SC puts spotlight on ‘conjugal rights’

SC to hear appeal by Rajasthan govt against state HC decision to grant parole to life convict for purpose of procreation. Various HCs have issued conflicting judgments on subject.

Simply passing a ‘wrong order’ doesn’t warrant disciplinary action against a judge, SC says

A mistake should not be equated with misconduct, SC held, as it reinstated a sessions court judge from Rajasthan who had been discharged for passing a ‘wrong’ bail order.

Article 21A does not ‘guarantee’ right to education in mother tongue, says Rajasthan HC

Provision for compulsory education allows state to set medium of instruction, but mid-session change of Hindi medium school to English violates students’ fundamental rights, it says

Rajasthan HC stays trial court arrest order, grants bail to ex-SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri

Former SBI chairman Pratip Chaudhuri was arrested after a Jaisalmer court admitted a protesting petition against the Rajasthan Police filing a closure report in a case of fraud. 

On Camera

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.