High Courts
Plea In Bombay High Court Seeks Probe Into Alleged ₹16.6 Crore Fraudulent Bank Guarantees In Thane-Borivali Twin Tunnel Project
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking an investigation by CBI or SIT into the alleged bank fraud guarantees accepted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) from a private company, Megha Engineering Infrastructure Ltd (MEIL), for the construction of a Twin Tube Road Tunnel between Thane and Borivali worth around...
Delhi High Court Permanently Restrains Rogue Apps & Websites From Illegally Streaming Star India's Content
The Delhi High Court has granted a permanent injunction in favour of Star India Pvt. Ltd against copyright infringement of its content by rogue apps and websites such as Ninja TV, RTS TV, Kyte TV, Picaso TV, Stream India and Hotstar Mod App.Star India, an entertainment and media company, broadcasts popular content on its STAR channels in various languages. It owns and operates websites and...
Emergency Situation May Arise For Removal Of Street Vendors, But It Cannot Be Used As Grounds To Bypass Their Statutory Rights: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court held that the Corporation should not evict street vendors, citing grave and emergent reasons, in violation of their statutory rights guaranteed under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act of 2014.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu observed that the 2014 Act was enacted by the Parliament to...
'Applicant Cannot Be Denied Passport Merely Due To Criminal Antecedents Of Family Members': J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that the criminal family background cannot be used as a reason to deny a passport to the one applying for it. It also held that a mere speculative reason, in the absence of any direct evidence, cannot be considered a valid ground to restrain freedom of movement.The court observed that there is no reason to not recommend the case of the petitioner for...
Award Cannot Be Set Aside When No Objections Were Raised Before Arbitrator Or Court U/S 12(5) Of Arbitration Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul held that the award cannot be set aside solely on the ground that the appointment of the Arbitrator was illegal in view of section 12(5) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (Arbitration Act) when no such objections were raised before the Arbitrator or the court under section 34 of the Arbitration...
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On PIL Against DeepSeek, Says AI Is Dangerous Tool In Anybody's Hands
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the stand of the Union Government on a public interest litigation challenging “DeepSeek”, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs).A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the Central Government's counsel to seek instructions in...
Municipality Can't Simply Deny Allegations Of Failure To Use State Grant, Should Give Details: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has directed the State to decide the representation of Samajwadi Party MLA Kandhal Jadeja, who alleged non-completion of work for which a grant was given to Kutiyana Nagarpalika claiming that while money was given for development of public utilities on a land it now appeared as garbage land in photographs. In doing so the court also noted that Nagarpalika in its...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 3 - February 10, 2025
Nominal Index:Rajinder Singh Vs Abdul Aziz 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 16Abdul Gani Akhnoor vs State of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 17Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir vs Farman Ali 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 18Rathika Pruthi vs Contonment Board (Badami bagh) thr. Chief Executive Officer 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 19Tarun Bahl vs UT of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 20Mohammad Amin Sheikh & Khalida Begum vs....
Bombay HC Disposes PIL Over Cyber Attacks On Official State Websites, Notes Petitioner Willing To Give Suggestions To Cyber Department
The Bombay High Court has disposed of a PIL concerning cyber-attacks impacting the official websites of the State government and its departments, noting that the petitioner is willing to provide suggestions to the concerned authorities on preventing cyber attacks on State government websites.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Bharati Dangre observed “Undoubtedly there...
Hindu Person's Marriage With Non-Hindu Foreigner To Be Registered Under Special Marriage Act, Not Valid Under Hindu Marriage Act: Madras HC
The Madras High Court has observed that a marriage between a Hindu and a person belonging to any other religion cannot be celebrated under the Hindu Marriage Act as the Act requires both the parties to the marriage to belong to the Hindu faith. The bench of Justice RMT Teekaa Raman and Justice N Senthilkumar also noted that often a Hindu person was marrying a foreigner, a...
Delhi HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Article 334A Which Prescribes Delimitation Exercise To Implement Women's Reservation In Lok Sabha
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the delimitation clause under Article 334A (1) of the Constitution of India in so far as it renders delimitation of constituencies a prerequisite to implement women's reservation in Lok Sabha.The provision was introduced by the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Eighth Amendment) Act,...
Contempt Jurisdiction Is Independent, Civil Contempt Petitions Need Not Be Placed Before Same Bench Which Passed Original Order: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has ordered that it is not necessary to always place a civil contempt petition before the same Bench which passed the order against which the contempt petition was filed. Currently, this is the practice being followed by the High Court.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu was deciding on a suo motu petition placed before it by...