High Courts
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 27 – February 02, 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 36 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 43Nominal Index:Sri Sathe Infracon Private Limited v. M/s Rudranee Infrastructure Ltd. & another, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 36Nikhil Ranjwan vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 37Asif Shaikh vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 38Sachin Prakashrao Andure vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 39Wonderchef Home Appliances Pvt. Ltd. vs Shree Swaminarayanan Pty...
Substantive Provisions Require Strict Compliance In Disciplinary Proceedings, Test Of Prejudice Applies In Case Of Procedural Violations: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has held that disciplinary proceedings need to be compulsorily set aside if there is a violation of the substantive provisions involved. In case of procedural violations, the court said that the proceedings should be set aside only if there is any prejudice caused to the employee due to such violation.The Division Bench comprising Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice...
Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor In Defamation Suit By BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued summons to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a defamation suit filed against him by former Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav issued summons in the suit and listed the matter before the joint registrar on April 28. “Let the plaint be registered as a suit. Issue summons, returnable by April. List on April...
Mere Conferment Of Power On State To Regulate Teacher Recruitment In Minority Schools Doesn't Violate Article 30: Gujarat High Court
Upholding the 2021 amendments to Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Act which allowed the State to make rules regarding recruitment of teachers and principals in linguistic and religious minority schools, the Gujarat High Court said that the language of the provisions did not denote that the State had any "unfettered, uncannalized or unlimited power" to make regulations. It...
34 Yrs On, Rajasthan HC Sets Aside Rape Conviction Citing Failure To Conduct Test Identification Parade, Asks State To Properly Instruct IOs
Rajasthan High Court directed Director General of Police, Jaipur and the Principal Secretary, Department of Home, for issuing instructions and guidelines to all the Police Investigating Officers of Rajasthan to conduct the Test identification Parade (“TIP”) of the accused with the victim in cases where the accused was not known to the victim.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was...
Orissa High Court Comes To Rescue Of Tribal Family Ostracised For 18 Years Over Suspected Sorcery, Allows Them To Perform Death Rituals
The Orissa High Court has recently come to the rescue of a family, hailing from a tribal hamlet in the Bangiriposi region of Mayurbhanj district, statedly ostracized by the co-villagers for decades and even prevented from observing death rituals of a family member.Sundar Mohan Majhi, a tribal man sought interference of the Court by filing a writ petition seeking action against the accused...
Mere Recovery Of Bribe Without Any Proof Is Not Enough To Convict: Telangana High Court Sets Aside Officer's Conviction Under PC Act
Setting aside the conviction of a junior engineer who allegedly sought a bribe for clearing the pending bills of a contractor, the Telangana High Court reiterated that mere recovery of illegal gratification would not be sufficient to convict an individual or prove the charges in the absence of any proof of such demand. As per the facts, the petitioner had allegedly insisted on paying a...
Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 27 To February 2, 2025
NOMINAL INDEX Saurabh Saxena v. Union Of India Thru. Secy. Ministry Skill 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 38 Nishant Bhardwaj v. Smt. Rishika Gautam 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 39 Devideen vs. State Of Up And 3 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 40 Krishna Chandra Singh @ Munna Singh v. State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Revenue Lko. And Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 41 M/S. Arya Rice Mill v. State Of U.P. And...
Mere "Benefit Of Doubt" Acquittal Can't Be Used As Ruse To Deprive Employee Of Legitimate Financial Entitlements: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court granted relief to the petitioner (Junior Engineer) who was under suspension between 2002 to 2009 due to a criminal case in which he eventually got acquitted, and his service were also restored but was denied the payment of arrears on the ground that his acquittal was merely based on benefit of doubt.The bench of Justice Arun Monga termed this stance taken by the State...
'Grave Charges': Jharkhand HC Upholds Punishment Handed To Ex-CISF Officer For Making Caste-Based Remarks Against Subordinate
The Jharkhand High Court has held that an officer's good antecedents cannot be one of the grounds to interfere with the quantum of punishment imposed by a disciplinary authority, especially when the charges relate to misconduct.A division bench comprising Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary confirmed the disciplinary punishment awarded to a former...
'Tender Years Doctrine': Orissa HC Restores Custody Of Infant Girl With Mother Accused Of Abandoning Her And Kidnapping Male Child
The Orissa High Court has restored the custody of an infant girl with her biological mother, who was accused of abandoning her while stealing a male child from a hospital. The Court applied the 'doctrine of tender years' to grant relief to the mother who is facing trial for commission of offence of kidnapping.The Single Bench of Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra highlighted the...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 27 - February 02, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 55-73Sulochana T and Others v District Collector, Thiruvananthapuram and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 55 M M Narayana Das v State of Kerala, 2024 LiveLaw (Ker) 56Rahul Easwar v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 57Ismail Kunju M v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 58Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax v. Mohammed Salih, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker)...