High Courts
Karnataka High Court Seeks Rehabilitation Status Of Families Displaced In Kogilu Demolition Drive
The Karnataka High Court has asked the Amicus Curiae to file a detailed report about the rehabilitation status of the families affected by the 'Kogilu Demolition Drive' undertaken for constructing a Waste Management Plant in December, 2025.During the hearing before the principal bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha, State submitted that a few affected families...
Delhi High Court Stays Trial Against Bina Modi In Case Over Alleged Assault On Samir Modi
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings initiated against industrialist Bina Modi and senior lawyer Lalit Bhasin in connection with an alleged assault of Godfrey Philips India (GPI) executive director Samir Modi during a board meeting in 2024.Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the interim order in the pleas filed by Modi and Bhasin challenging a trial court...
Vague Medical Opinions In Criminal Cases Undermine Fair Trial: Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Formulate Medico-Legal Guidelines
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Chief Secretary to issue directions for preparation and implementation of comprehensive and uniform medico-legal guidelines to be followed by all the government medical officers, while furnishing medical opinions in criminal cases for ensuring their clarity, legibility, completeness, and unambiguity. The bench of Justice Chandra Prakash...
Delhi High Court Directs Railways To Extend Scouts & Guides Quota To Hindustan Scouts, Finds Denial Arbitrary
The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of Railways to extend the benefit of recruitment under the Scouts and Guides quota to the Hindustan Scouts and Guides Association, holding that denial of such benefit was arbitrary and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.Justice Mini Pushkarna held that the petitioner association, which is recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs...
Govt School Teacher's Bigamous Marriage Prior To Appointment Not Misconduct But Strikes At Root Of Eligibility: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a woman, who entered into a bigamous marriage before being appointed as a government school teacher, cannot be punished for misconduct on this ground under U.P. Government Servant Conduct Rules and U.P. Government Servants (Discipline and Appeal) Rules. It however held that the candidate, who contracted marriage in 2009 with a person whose first marriage...
Meta Moves Delhi High Court Against CCPA Order Imposing ₹10 Lakh Fine Over Alleged Illegal Sale Of Walkie-Talkies On Facebook Marketplace
Meta Platforms on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court against an order of the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) imposing Rs. 10 lakh penalty over alleged unauthorised sale and listing of walkie-talkies on Facebook Marketplace.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav asked Meta to satisfy how the impugned decision could be termed to be without jurisdiction and listed the matter for hearing...
S.94 BNSS Permits Furnishing Existing Records, Not Collating Info: Kerala HC Directs Customs To Provide Duty Register In Drug Smuggling Probe
The Kerala High Court recently passed an order whereby it directed the Deputy Commissioner of Customs to furnish the duty register of customs officers on duty at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) to facilitate investigation into a crime relating to smuggling of methamphetamine from Muscat to India.Justice C.S. Dias observed that in...
Animal Cruelty | Gujarat High Court Asks State To Explain Inaction Over Proposed Amendment To Ban Rat Glue Traps
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (March 18) directed the State home department's Principal Secretary to file a personal affidavit explaining inaction for over 7.5 months regarding proposed amendment to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act prohibiting sale, manufacture and use of glue trap method to catch rodents.The court was hearing a PIL seeking to prohibit the usage of glue trap...
Asking Wife To Assist Family Or Stay With In-Laws Not Cruelty Under S.498A IPC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that asking a wife to assist in caring for family members or to stay with in-laws cannot, by itself, amount to “cruelty” under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while quashing an FIR registered under Sections 498A/406/34 IPC as well as proceedings under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act,...
Gujarat High Court Laments 'Stereotyped Orders' By Registrar Refusing To Make Changes To Birth Certificates
The Gujarat High Court has directed the State Government to take appropriate steps to ensure that court orders on power of the Registrar to make changes to entries in the register of births and deaths are brought to the notice of the competent authorities. This, after the court lamented that even though there were a "plethora of judgments" setting aside orders where the Competent Authority...
Kerala High Court Rejects PIL Challenging Use Of 'Indian Premier League' Name For IPL
The Kerala High Court has refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) questioning the legality of name “Indian Premier League” used by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for conducting IPL.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M disposed of the petition noting that there is no merit in the argument by the petitioner....
Limitation For Amendment Of Pleadings Must Be Decided In Reference To Stage Of Suit, Not Date Of Filing Of Suit: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that limitation for filing amendment application in a suit must be decided in reference to the stage at which the suit is, rather than from the date on which the suit was instituted. Observing that the jurisdiction to allow amendments at any stage is provided under Order VI Rule 17 of CPC, Justice Manish Kumar Nigam held,“Such amendments as are directed...