Meghalaya High Court Directs Don Bosco School To Rebuild Potential Heritage Building Which It Demolished

The Meghalaya High Court on Monday (February 24) allowed the management of the St. Anthony's Lower Primary School, Shillong run by the missionaries of the Salesians of Don Bosco, to rebuild the demolished building of the school with the condition that the plan and architecture of the building should be more or similar to the demolished one.The bench comprising the Chief Justice I.P. Mukerji...

PAN-Aadhaar Linkage For Demat Accounts Constitutionally Valid: Orissa HC Dismisses Plea Of Ex-MP Against Mandatory Aadhaar Usage

The Orissa High Court has dismissed a plea made by former Member of Parliament (MP) Tathagata Satapathy challenging the requirement of mandatory linking of Aadhaar to Permanent Account Number (PAN) for the purpose of operating dematerialized accounts ('demat accounts').While holding the aforesaid requirement to be constitutional and a reasonable restriction on 'right to privacy', the Single...

POCSO Act | Physical Contact Of Penis With Female Genital Constitutes 'Penetrative Sexual Assault', Vaginal Insertion Not Necessary: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has held that penetration of male genital organ within the labia majora or vulva without penetrating the vagina will constitute the offence of penetrative sexual assault under Section 3 of POCSO Act.“… penetration of the male genital organ within the labia majora or the vulva, with or without any emission of semen or even an attempt at penetration into the private...

Courts Have No Power To Extend Prescribed Period Of Limitation On Grounds Of Equity And Justice: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that Law of Limitation may harshly affect a particular party; but it has to be applied with all its rigour when the statute so prescribes. Courts have no powers to extend prescribed periods of limitation on grounds of equity and justice.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice G Basavaraja observed thus while dismissing a petition filed by...

Allahabad HCBA & Oudh Bar Association To Abstain From Work Today In Protest Against Non-Appointment Of Judges

On Monday, the Allahabad High Court Bar Association, as well as the Oudh Bar Association (Lucknow Bench), called for abstinence from work on 25th February 2025 due to the low number of judges in the Allahabad High Court. Both Bar Associations have expressed concerns regarding the decreasing number of judges and increasing number of cases in the High Court. Earlier, the High Court...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [February 17- February 23, 2025]

Nominal Index [Citations 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 78 - 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 92]Kanwar Pahul Singh v UOI 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 78Bhola @ Ram Dass v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 79DINESH KUMAR & ORS VS STATE OF HARYANA & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 80Central Bureau of Investigation v. Ravinder Singh @ Ravinder Singh Bhasin and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 81Rajender Singh v. State Of Haryana 2025...

Change In Tax Rate In Future AYs Not Ground For Reassessment Without Fulfilling Jurisdictional Parameters U/S 148 Income Tax Act: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has made it clear that merely because the tax rate which is applicable on an assessee changes in future assessment years (AYs), is not a ground to initiate reassessment action against it for previous AYs, unless the 'jurisdictional parameters' of Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 are fulfilled.A division bench of Justices MS Sonak and Jitendra Jain thus quashed...

Man Arrested By UP Police Without Informing Delhi Police, High Court Seeks Response On Compliance Of Protocol For Inter-State Arrests

The Delhi High Court has sought response of the Commissioner of Police, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh as to whether any protocol has been agreed to with the Delhi Police in case of Inter-State arrests as per a 2019 decision of a division bench.A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Dharmesh Sharma said that there is a need to ensure that the prescribed protocol...

Kerala High Court Grants Extraordinary Family Pension To Kin Of CRPF Personnel Who Died On Duty, Denied On Allegation Of Being Inebriated

The Kerala High Court recently granted extraordinary family pension to the wife of a deceased CRPF personnel who died during the course of his duty due to drowning in a tank of water while employed as Constable General duty in the 85th Battalion (Bn) deployed in Chhattisgarh. In doing so the court held that when the Court of Inquiry (CIF) conducted by the CRPF did not indicate that the...

If A Man's Intention While Making Promise To Marry Is To Deceive A Girl Into Sexual Relations, Her Consent Gets Vitiated: Bombay High Court

When the promise to marry is false and the intention of the maker at the time of making the promise itself was not to abide by it but to deceive her to convince her to engage in sexual relations, there is a 'misconception of fact' and the same 'vitiates' the girl's consent, the Bombay High Court held recently while upholding the rape conviction of a man, accused of raping a...

Prima Facie Unimpressed: Bombay HC On Volkswagen's Argument That Importing Parts Of Car Should Be Considered Import Of Individual Units

While hearing Skoda Auto Volkswagen India's petition challenging a tax demand of USD 1.4 billion by Indian Customs authorities, the Bombay High Court orally expressed that it was prima facie not satisfied with Volkswagen's argument that importing several parts of car should be considered as importing 'individual units' of the car rather than a 'Completely Knocked Down' (CKD) unit, which is...

Unfair To Give Police Protection Upon Payment, Undermines Idea Of Justice & Privileges Wealthy Over Vulnerable: HC Seeks Punjab DGP's Affidavit

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has criticised the State's Security Policy for providing police protection on making requisite payment, observing that It is inherently unfair for the financially well-off individuals to receive police protection simply because they can afford it.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "It is inherently unfair for the financially well-off individuals to...