High Courts
Audio-Video Recording Of Statement Not Mandatory: AP High Court Allows YSR Congress MP To Be Accompanied By Lawyer Before SIT
Disposing of a plea by YSR Congress MP P.V. Midhun Reddy for recording his statement in an investigation through audio-video means in his advocate's presence, the Andhra Pradesh High Court reiterated that recording of statement through such means is not mandatory and the discretion rests with the police officer. The court however permitted the MP to be accompanied by two advocates to the...
Madras High Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Challenging ED Search At TASMAC Headquarters, Verdict Likely On April 23
The Madras High Court has reserved orders on pleas filed by the State Government and the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation challenging the recent searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the TASMAC headquarters on March 6 and March 8. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar reserved the orders today after hearing Senior Advocate Vikas Singh for TASMAC. In...
Merely Liking A Social Media Post Doesn't Amount To Publishing Or Transmitting It: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that liking a post doesn't amount to publishing or transmitting it and would not be an offence under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act [Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form]. A bench of Justice Saurabh Srivastava observed that a post or message can be said to be 'published' when it is posted, and...
Lawyers' Associations Write To CJI Khanna To Reconsider Proposed Transfer Of Four Karnataka High Court Judges
Lawyers and various Advocates Associations in Karnataka have raised concerns about the proposed transfer of four Judges from the High Court to other courts in the country by the Supreme Court Collegium and have written to the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to reconsider the same.Recently the Supreme Collegium has recommended that transfer of seven High Court Judges–four of them from...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 14 – April 20, 2025
Nominal Index:Prof Dr. Nikhil D. Datar vs. State Of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 146High Court of Judicature at Bombay on its own Motion vs. MCGM and Anr & Access to Hope vs. Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 147SJK Buildcon LLP vs. Kusum Pandurang Keni & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 148Bholashankar Ramsuresh Dubey Versus Dinesh Narayan Tiwari and...
Home Guards Rendering Long Non-Rotational Service Not 'Volunteers' Anymore, Disheartening To See Exploitation By State: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court ruled that the home guards who were on non-rotational duty ever since their deployment without any break could not be considered as “volunteers” since the extraordinary longevity of their service had transformed their role from voluntary to de facto employment with the State.The bench of Justice Arun Monga further opined that despite relying so heavily on their...
English Version Of National Council For Teachers Education Regulation Will Prevail Over Hindi To Assess Recruitment Criteria: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has said that English text of National Council for Teachers Education (Recognition Norms and Procedure) Regulation (NCTE) shall prevail over the Hindi version in case of discrepancy, after noting that since the regulation is made by Centre its version in English language will be applicable.The court said this while directing the state education department to...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Appointment Of Govt College Principal For Not Giving Charge To Senior Most Professor
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the appointment of a Junior Professor as the Principal of government girls' college on the ground that the procedure as per the circular for giving the charge of the Principal to the senior most Professor had not been followed.The court was hearing a plea by an individual stated to be the senior most professor working in the college who had challenged...
Institute For Plasma Research Not 'State', Employees Can't File Writ Petitions: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has upheld an order dismissing a man's writ petition against termination of services as an engineer by the Institute for Plasma Research, on the ground that the institute is an independent and autonomous body and merely because it is under the authority of Department of Atomic Energy it cannot be termed as 'State'. The court was hearing an appeal against a single...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup: April 14 - April 20, 2025
Nominal Index:Abdul Hamid vs UT OF J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 147Abdul Hamid vs Union of India and Anr 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 148State of Jammu and Kashmir vs Gurmeet Singh and Anr 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 149Mohd Ismail Koka Vs State of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 150Vishal Verma vs Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 151Judgments/Orders: Contraband Recovered Individually From Accused Persons...
Marital Rape Not Recognized In India: Madhya Pradesh HC Upholds Acquittal Of Man In 'Unnatural' Sex Allegation Filed By Wife
The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has upheld the order acquitting a man charged in unnatural sex offence. Referring to the judgement of Supreme Court in Navjet Singh Johar v. Union of India Ministry of Law and judgement of Madhya Pradesh High Court in Umang Singhar v. State of Madhya Pradesh, a single judge bench of Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi observed that till date...
“Private Agenda”: Chhattisgarh High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Release Of Sanctioned Amount Of ₹20 Lakh For 'Malhar Mahotsav'
The Chhattisgarh High Court, by an order dated 2.04.2025, has dismissed a PIL filed by the President of Bilaspur Lokhit Sanskritik Seva Samiti, Malhar, praying before the Court to direct the state authorities to release a sanctioned amount of Rs.20 lakh for the smooth organisation of Malhar Mahotsav, which had not been organised for the past six years due to financial constraints.In this...