High Courts
Court Cannot Consider Any Documents Beyond Prosecution Records While Considering Discharge Plea: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court held that a Court while considering a discharge plea cannot consider any documents beyond the prosecution record. Justice A. Badharudeen thus refused to accept the argument of the petitioner that the trial court did not consider one of the documents produced by him which is not part of the prosecution records while considering the discharge plea.“The scope and ambit...
Right To Trade Not Absolute: Orissa High Court Declines To Relax Minimum Qualifications For Konark Temple Tourist Guides' Licenses
The Orissa High Court on Monday declined to grant relief to a number of photographers/guides working in the precincts of Konark Sun Temple who challenged a new policy requiring minimum qualification of matriculation for grant of license to operate in the premises of the world-renowned historical monument. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and...
J&K High Court Denies Bail In Rape & Suicide Case, Cautions Against Granting Bail In Heinous Offences Immediately Post Framing Of Charges
Stressing that bail should not ordinarily be granted in heinous offences like rape or murder once the trial begins, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court refused bail to the accused in a case of rape and abetment to suicide. Justice Sanjay Dhar observed that courts should refrain from granting bail just after framing charges or before the victim is examined, especially in...
Respondent In Election Petition Cannot Be Made Petitioner Over Claims Of Collusion Between Election Petitioner & Successful Candidate: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has held that a respondent in an election petition cannot seek for transposition as a petitioner claiming that there is a collusion between the Election petitioner and the successful candidate or any other ground. A single judge, Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while dismissing a petition filed by Kudleepa Chittaragi who had questioned the order of the...
Commercial Court Committed Jurisdictional Error By Imposing Pre-Condition To Deposit 50% Of Amount For Stay Against Arbitral Award: Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court Bench of Justice Sudesh Bansal has held that the Commercial Court has committed jurisdictional error in exercising its discretion arbitrarily, mechanically and injudiciously, while putting the condition to deposit 50% of the awarded amount, for operating stay against arbitral award without assigned justified and sound reasonings. Additionally, the court...
Person Seeking Relief Must File A Petition, Can't Claim It As An Intervenor: Punjab & Haryana High Court Reiterates
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has reiterated that if a person wants to seek a relief then he needs to be file a petition, and he cannot claim the relief by filing an application to be impleaded as intervenor.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sudhir Singh said, "It is settled in law that if any person wants to seek a relief, then he/she has to file a petition...
High Court Says Delhi Govt Dragged Its Feet On Placing CAG Reports Before Legislative Assembly, Calls It 'Unfortunate'
The Delhi High Court on Monday orally remarked that the Delhi Government dragged its feet on placing various reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) before the Legislative Assembly, calling the situation unfortunate. Justice Sachin Datta was hearing a plea seeking direction to the Delhi Government and Chief Minister to forward the 14 CAG reports to the Speaker of the...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 06 - January 12, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 5 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 18:Nominal Index:Jindal Cocoa LLP & ors. vs. Reserve Bank of India & ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 5Charushila Bira Shriram vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 6Dnyaneshwar Lingappa Bhosale vs. State of Maharashtra & ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 7Vijay Sonkar and Others vs State of Maharashtra & Ors., 2025...
'Re-evaluation Is Not Permissible In Cases Where Authorities Have Ensured Clarity', Patna High Court
A Division Bench of the Patna High Court comprising Chief Justice K. Vinod Chandran and Justice Nani Tagia while setting aside a judgment of a Single Judge directing re-evaluation held that in cases related to re-evaluation, the court may permit such re-evaluation or scrutiny only if it is demonstrated very clearly, without any "inferential process of reasoning or by a process...
Kerala High Court Declines To Interfere With State's Decision To Allow Govt Employees To Re-Take Dept Exam Due To COVID-19
The High Court held that the Government was within its powers under Rule 39 of Part II of Kerala State and Subordinate Service Rules (KS & SSR) while giving extra chance to State Government employees who had not passed the departmental test necessary for promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic.The Government passed this order after getting representations from employees that they could...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Of Jayalalithaa's Legal Heirs Seeking Return Of Her Properties Confiscated In DA Case
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal challenging a trial court filed by the legal heirs of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, seeking to release her property/assets seized by the authorities in the disproportionate assets case registered against her in 2004, in their favour. A single judge, Justice V Srishananda, dismissed the appeal filed by J Deepak and...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup: January 6 - January 12, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations 1 - 5]:M/S K.P Singh Lau Through its proprietor Kavinder Pal Singh Vs Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 1M/S SAWALKOTE PROSJEKTU TVIKLING AS (“SPAS") Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 2Mohammad Yousuf Mir & Ors. v. UT of J&K & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 3Hilal Ahmad Mir Vs Directorate Of Enforcement 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 4Syed Tajamul Bashir Vs Farooq Ahmad...