Karnataka HC Directs Inspection Of 49 BBMP Run Schools To Check On Infrastructure, Facilities Available To Students

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority to constitute a team and survey the 49 schools run by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in regards to the availability of infrastructure for the students.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind said “Teams shall examine and take assessment in respect of toilets, adequacy...

Onus Of Proof On Review Medical Board To Prove How Disability Isn't Attributable To Or Aggravated By Service: Delhi High Court

'The human body is made of skin, bone and sinew and it is not always that the body can keep pace with the spirit', said a Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices C.Hari Shankar and Ajay Digpaul while refusing to interfere with the decision of the Armed Forces Tribunal. The Tribunal had held the respondent to be entitled to disability pension at 20%, rounded off to 50% for life...

Telangana High Court Upholds Death Penalty Of Five Indian Mujahideen Operatives In 2013 Dilsukhnagar Twin Bomb Blast Case

The Telangana High Court on Tuesday (April 8) has upheld a 2016 death penalty imposed by an NIA Court upon five Indian Mujahideen operatives, who were found guilty of orchestrating the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts which killed 18 and injured 121 persons. A division bench of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice P Sree Sudha passed the order in a reference made by the Sessions Judge...

'Why Insult HC?' : Madras High Court Expresses Displeasure With TN Govt's Plea To Transfer ED-TASMAC Case From HC

The Madras High Court on Tuesday orally criticised the Tamil Nadu government for not informing it that- State has moved a petition seeking transfer of plea challenging the searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate at the TASMAC headquarters, to the Supreme Court.While the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekaran recognized that State has right to file such a petition,...

Karnataka HC Asks Centre To Strictly Implement Order To Restrain Media From Making Defamatory Statements Against Ranya Rao & Her Father

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (April 8) directed the Union of India to ensure strict implementation of its earlier order directing it to pass appropriate orders restraining the media from making or telecasting any false, defamatory statement against actress Harshavardini Ranya Rao and her father K Ramchandra Rao.Justice M Nagaprasanna said this after the counsel for K Ramchandra...

Bombay High Court To Hear Appeal Against Order Restraining Release Of Film 'Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar'

The Bombay High Court has agreed to hear an appeal against a single judge's order that restrained the release of the film “Shaadi Ke Director Karan Aur Johar”. On 13 June 2024, the Court had restrained the release of the film and any promotional material finding a strong prima facie case that the makers made unauthorised use of filmmaker Karan Johar's name and personality.On 07 March...

Filing List Of Documents In Chargesheet Not Substantial Compliance With S.294 CrPC: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that merely filing a list of documents is not substantial compliance with Section 294 CrPC.The Court held that it was necessary to give notice to the adverse party by providing them the list of the documents which are sought to be admitted or denied by the adverse party as per the section 330 of BNSS, which is equivalent of section 294 of Crpc, to...

Natural Gas Can Be Equated With Petroleum Gas, To Be Taxed Under Entry 23 Of 6th Schedule Of APGST Act: Telangana High Court

In a case pertaining to the taxation of Natural Gas, the Telangana High Court has held that Natural Gas shall fall under Entry 23 of 6th Schedule, under the category of petroleum gases, and not Entry 118. The different entries change the percentage of tax levied. Justice Narsing Rao Nandikonda held that “This bench is of the firm opinion that the findings given by the...

Merely Because Woman Doesn't Commit Suicide In Matrimonial Home Can't Mean It's Not A Case Of Dowry Death: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that merely because the deceased woman committed suicide in her parental home and not in her matrimonial home, does not mean that it is not a case of dowry death. “Place where a tormented lady gets compelled to kill herself has no bearing. For purposive interpretation of the provision under Section 304B IPC, it is the existence and continuance of matrimony...

Allahabad HC Seeks Affidavit From UP Minority Dept Secy On Compliance With Directions For Sunni Waqf Board Elections

The Allahabad High Court last week directed the Additional Chief Secretary of the Minority Welfare and Waqf Department, Uttar Pradesh Government, to file an affidavit showing compliance with the High Court's March 2024 directions to conclude, within two months, the process for the election of Members of the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board. A bench of Justice Rajeev Singh clarified that...

Bombay High Court Seeks Maharashtra Govt's Response On Kunal Kamra's Plea To Quash FIR Over Alleged Defamatory Video On Eknath Shinde

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (April 8) asked State to get instructions on comedian Kunal Kamra's plea for quashing an FIR lodged against him following his satirical video and "gaddar" comment purportedly made against Maharashtra's Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.During the hearing senior advocate Navroz Seervai appearing for Kamra, was asked by a division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal and...

Writ Court Can Go Into Question Of De Facto Possession Of Surplus Land, If Disputed Facts Can Be Discerned: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a writ Court can go into the question of de facto possession of surplus land if disputed facts can be discerned by the Court. It held that the State must establish that de facto possession of the land was taken prior to enactment of the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 so as to prevent abatement of proceedings under Urban Land...