Allahabad High Court Issues Contempt Notices To Bareilly DM, SSP Over Alleged Interference In 'Namaz' At Private Property

The Allahabad High Court last week issued a contempt notice to Bareilly District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar and Senior Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya for allegedly restraining certain individuals (including petitioner-Tarik Khan) from offering Namaz inside a private house. A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan observed that the actions of the officials...

Leadership Role In PFI Before It Was Banned Doesn't By Itself Attract PMLA: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that merely holding a leadership position in the Popular Front of India (PFI) at a time when the organisation was lawful does not, by itself, constitute an offence of money laundering under PMLA.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while granting bail to Moideen Kutty K @ M.K. Faizy, the National President of the Social Democratic Party of India...

Kerala High Court Quashes State Govt Order For Nava Kerala Citizens Response Programme'

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed the public interest litigation challenging the State government's 'Nava Kerala Citizens Response Programme' which commenced on January 01.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. passed the verdict.The plea had alleged that the survey is a politically motivated exercise intended to benefit the ruling Left Democratic...

Delhi High Court Restrains Priya Kapur, Mandhira Kapur From Making Defamatory Statements Against Each Other

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur and her sister in law Mandhira Kapur Smith from making defamatory statements against each other. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the Kapurs should conduct themselves with dignity and must not defame each other publicly. The Court issued notice in the interim relief application filed in the...

NCDRC Orders Can't Be Challenged Under Article 226 In Private Consumer Disputes, Article 227 Proper Remedy: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has clarified that orders passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) cannot be routinely challenged through a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution when the dispute is purely between private parties, holding that the proper remedy in such cases lies under Article 227.Justice Om Narayan Rai ruled that although NCDRC orders...

NEET-PG 2025: Delhi High Court Upholds Cut-Off Reduction, Says No Arbitrariness In Policy Decision

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a petition challenging the decision of the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) reducing the qualifying cut-off percentile for NEET-PG 2025 examination after commencement of the admission process. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that the decision to reduce the eligibility...

Liquor Branding Contest Not Indirect Solicitation Or Surrogate Advertisement: Excise Commissioner Tells Kerala High Court In Plea Against BEVCO

The Excise Commissioner has filed a counter affidavit before the Kerala High Court in the public interest litigation preferred against the liquor naming and branding contest announced.Last week, the Court had ordered an interim stay on the contest announced by BEVCO [Kerala State Beverages (Manufacturing and Marketing) Corporation] and Malabar Distilleries Ltd. inviting suggestions from...

Stipendiary Graduate Trainees Not 'Employees' Under EPF Act; PF Demand Unsustainable: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that graduate trainees receiving only stipends cannot automatically be treated as “employees” for the purpose of provident fund contributions. At the same time, the Court upheld PF liability in respect of security personnel and fire-fighting staff directly engaged and paid by the principal establishment, observing that their wages clearly attracted...

Gauhati High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 - February 15, 2026

Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 25-29]M/s Amprolisa Construction and Marketing Pvt Ltd v. Gupta Hardware Private Limited and Another. 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 25Abhishek Kar v State of Assam 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 26Mahim Chandra Nath and 9 Others v. State of Assam and Others 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 27Dr. Vimal Katiyar v. State of Assam & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 28Dalimi Kalita v Assam...

Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Centre's Order Allowing Old Labour Courts To Function After Enactment Of New Industrial Code

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (17 February) dismissed the petition challenging a Central Government notification that permits Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals constituted under the repealed Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 to continue adjudicating cases even after the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 came into force.Justice Gopinath P delivered the judgment. The petition was filed...

Recruiting Authority Can Prescribe Minimum Marks After Test , If Provided In Advertisement : Delhi HC

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that recruitment authorities can prescribe minimum qualifying marks after the recruitment process begins but before the relevant stage of examination, if such discretion is reserved in the advertisement. Background Facts The petitioners were applicants for the post...

Actor Shatrughan Sinha Moves Bombay High Court To Protect His Personality Rights Including His Iconic Dialogue 'Khamosh'

Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha has moved the Bombay High Court seeking to protect his 'personality rights' citing the unauthorised use of his name, image, and especially his iconic dialogue "Khamosh."Sinha's suit was heard by single-judge Justice Sharmila Deshmukh on Monday and was reserved for ad-interim orders.In his plea through INDIALAW LLP, the veteran actor has explained that he...