This weekly round-up collects Rajasthan High Court decisions covered by Legal Republic in the selected week. Each entry gives the court, case name or citation, a short holding, and a link to the full article.
Decisions Covered
Laxmilal v. Parwati, D.B. Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 1211/2023
A Division Bench at Jodhpur rejected a husband's divorce petition, holding that his unlawful second marriage under the Nata custom was the cause of matrimonial breakdown, not the wife's conduct.
Read full articlePrashant Kaushik & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Anr., S.B. Criminal Revision Petition No. 47/2026
The Jodhpur bench held that a Special Court cannot mechanically direct FIR registration against public servants without first following the mandatory pre-cognizance safeguards under Section 223 of the BNSS, 2023.
Read full articleDevesh Sharma v. State of Rajasthan and Another, S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 61/2025
Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that a Magistrate becomes functus officio after passing one order, making a second order on the protest petition legally impermissible.
Read full articleHari Ram v. Chunni Devi, S.B. Civil Second Appeal No. 252/2025
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a second appeal challenging cancellation of a 2009 adoption deed, holding that absence of the mandatory giving-and-taking ceremony is fatal to any claim of valid adoption under Hindu law.
Read full articleGopi Ram & Ors. v. Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors., S.B. Civil First Appeal No. 35/2023
The Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur enhanced compensation under the Fatal Accident Act after a man died touching a snapped AVVNL wire, holding the trial court's award wholly symbolic.
Read full articleNurul Islam & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan, S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 2038/2026
Rajasthan High Court held that two Bangladeshi approvers in an illegal kidney transplantation case could not remain in custody after their statements were recorded, when all principal accused had already been bailed.
Read full articleRamji Lal Saini v. State of Rajasthan & Ors., D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6614/2021
A Division Bench at Jaipur directed the State to restore Khasra No. 717/444 in Village Khatwa, recorded as Gair Mumkin Nala, after admitting it had built a road and crematorium on the natural water channel.
Read full articleWeekly Index
| Case | Citation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Laxmilal v. Parwati | D.B. Civil Miscellaneous Appeal No. 1211/2023 | civil miscellaneous appeal |
| Prashant Kaushik & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Anr. | S.B. Criminal Revision Petition No. 47/2026 | criminal revision |
| Devesh Sharma v. State of Rajasthan and Another | S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 61/2025 | criminal misc petition |
| Hari Ram v. Chunni Devi | S.B. Civil Second Appeal No. 252/2025 | civil second appeal |
| Gopi Ram & Ors. v. Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. & Ors. | S.B. Civil First Appeal No. 35/2023 | civil first appeal |
| Nurul Islam & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan | S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous (Petition) No. 2038/2026 | criminal misc petition |
| Ramji Lal Saini v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. | D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6614/2021 | PIL |