Madras HC Grants Bail To YouTuber Savukku Shankar Booked For Spreading Misinformation About Investigation In Land 'Scam' Case

The Madras High Court on Friday (January 17) granted bail to YouTuber and whistleblower Shankar alias Savukku Shankar in a case for allegedly spreading misinformation about the investigation in an alleged land scam case. The vacation court of Justice GR Swaminathan, while granting bail, orally remarked that the charges against Shankar did not warrant an arrest. The judge wondered how...

Denying Regularization From Correct Date By Making Distinction Based On Initial Nature Of Work Arbitrary, Violates Art. 14, 16: Rajasthan HC

The Jodhpur bench of Rajasthan High Court quashed the State government's order, which did not regularize a man on the ground that his initial work on daily wages was different from his counterparts, terming the consideration as “irrelevant” and the actions of the State as discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16.Justice Arun Monga said, “The principle of equity warrants...

Arbitration Dispute: Delhi High Court Restrains DB Dixon Battery From Using Images Of Shikhar Dhawan While Promoting Its Products

The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained DB Dixon Battery Private Limited, manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries, from using the images of former cricketer of the India Men's National Cricket Team Shikhar Dhawan while promoting its products.Justice Subramonium Prasad issued notice on a plea filed by Dhawan for interim injunction to restrain DB Dixon Battery Private Limited from using...

[S.115JB Income Tax Act] Delhi HC Rejects Dept's Appeals Against Tata Power's Joint Venture With Delhi Govt For Supply Of Electricity

The Delhi High Court has held that Section 115JB of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as it stood prior to its amendment by virtue of Finance Act, 2012, would be inapplicable to an electricity generation company. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma thus dismissed the Department's appeals against Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, a...

LIC Suffered No Loss, Gained More Business: Rajasthan HC Quashes Recovery Order Against Officer For Not Reporting Agent In Govt Service

The Jodhpur bench of Rajasthan High Court quashed Life insurance Corporation of India's order (LIC) initiating recovery proceedings against its Development Officers in connection with the money generated by the business conducted by an agent who was not authorized to work for LIC as he was in government service.Justice Arun Monga said, "Be that as it may, neither LIC has suffered any loss...

Uttarakhand High Court Rejects Plea Against OBC Reservation For Almora Mayor Post, Cites Election Process Bar

Observing that the courts cannot interfere in the middle of the election process, the Uttarakhand High Court yesterday (January 16) dismissed the special appeal challenging the notification reserving the Almora Municipal Corporation Mayor post for the OBC category. Initially, Shobha Rani, who wanted to contest Almora's Mayor Election, filed the Writ Petition before the Single Bench...

Merely Submitting Adoption Plea Wouldn't Confer Any Rights To Unilaterally Take Child's Custody Without Following Procedure: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has observed that merely submitting an application seeking adoption of a child would not confer any rights on the parties concerned to take custody of the child unilaterally without "scrupulously" following the due procedure. A division bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice M Jothiraman noted that the procedures contemplated under the relevant statutes have...

NDPS Act| 'Magic Mushroom' Not A Scheduled Narcotic/Psychotropic Substance, Can't Be Treated As A Mixture But Only A Fungi: Kerala HC

The Court held that only the quantity of 'psylocybin' present in the mushroom can be measured to determine 'commercial quantity'.

Rape On False Marriage Promise A Reprehensible Offence, Act Can't Be 'Executed' By A Subsequent Marriage Offer : Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has observed that the act of sexual exploitation under the false promise of marriage is a reprehensible offence which reduces the victim to an object for someone's personal gratification.Emphasising that such an act cannot be executed by a subsequent offer of marriage, a bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh noted that the law does not allow for the acceptance of...

Gujarat High Court Annual Digest 2024: Part-II [Citations 101-199]

Citations 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 101 to LiveLaw (Guj) 199101. [Indian Succession Act] Surety Only Required For Issuing Letters Of Administration, Not For Issuance Of Probate Of Will: Gujarat High CourtCase Title: Mihir Ramesh Bhatt & Ors. Versus NALL Citation: 2024 LiveLaw (Guj) 101Recently, Gujarat High Court has held an executor of a Will did not require any surety and bond for getting...

[Self-Incrimination] Company Cannot Seek Protection Under Article 20(3) Of Constitution Without Satisfying Its Ingredients: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has made it clear that a company cannot refuse to produce a summoned document by seeking protection of Article 20(3) of the constitution, without satisfying its ingredients.Article 20(3) ensures that no person accused of an offense shall be compelled to be a witness against themselves. This means that an individual cannot be forced to provide evidence...

Man's Refusal To Marry Woman After Break-Up Of Relationship Not Grounds To Book Him For Abetting Her Suicide: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court bench at Nagpur on Wednesday held that just because a woman committed suicide after her 'long standing relationship' was broken up by the man, he cannot be booked for abetting her suicide. Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke discharged a man booked for abetting the suicide of a woman, with whom he was in a relationship for 9 years. "It is only a case of broken relationship which...