High Courts
Plea In Bombay High Court To Quash 14 Orders Passed By CEC Gyanesh Kumar Despite Objections Of 2 ECs
The petition also seeks the restoration of the deleted voters and questions the Maharashtra SIR exercise.
Satya Niketan PG Owners Failed To Ensure Structural Safety, Collapse Killed 7: Police Tells Delhi High Court
The Delhi Police has told the Delhi High Court that the owners of the Satya Niketan PG building, that collapsed earlier this month resulting in deaths of seven people, failed to ensure structural safety and did not obtain the advice of any qualified structural engineer or architect before carrying out repair and structural modification work.The submission has been made in a status report...
Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash Defamation Case Against BJP MLC Over Statements Made In Press Conference Against State Minister
The Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition filed by BJP Member of Legislative Council (MLC) Adaguru H. Vishwanath, seeking to quash the criminal proceedings initiated against him in a defamation case filed by the State Transport Minister, BS Suresh. Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde said that whether the alleged statements were made in good faith, or if they lowered the minister's reputation,...
Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Doctors Booked For Switching Off Oxygen Supply
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (September 23) refused to quash a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against three men of the same family, booked for switching off the oxygen supply of an ICU ward in a hospital in Pune. Single-judge Justice Ranjitsinha Bhonsale said that there was a prima facie strong case against the three men, all of whom are practising doctors."In my considered...
Considering To Recruit Urdu, Marathi Teachers: Karnataka Govt Tells High Court In Appeal Against Exclusion Of Linguistic Minorities
In an appeal challenging Karnataka government's recruitment notification for 15,000 school teachers while allegedly excludes Urdu-medium and other linguistic-minority teaching posts, the State has told the High Court that the last date for filing applications under the present notification would be extended and that it is considering issuing a fresh notification to include Urdu and Hindi...
'Search Is Over, Alleged Detenues Set Free': Punjab Withdraws Habeas Corpus Plea Against ED Raid
The State of Punjab has withdrawn its habeas corpus petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court over the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) search at the headquarters of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) after the search ended and the officers it alleged were illegally confined on the premises were set free.Justice Sanjay Vashisth, "Faced with the changed...
Allahabad High Court Allows 'The Wire' Editor Siddharth Varadarajan To Travel To US; Notes Trial Yet To Begin In FIRs Lodged In 2020
Court also accepts Varadarajan's unconditional apology for not surrendering Passport
PM Modi Degree Row: Gujarat High Court Reserves Verdict On Arvind Kejriwal's Appeal Against Order Imposing Cost
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 24) reserved its verdict on Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal's appeal against the order imposing a cost of ₹25,000 on him in connection with the disclosure of information concerning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree.Kejriwal had preferred the appeal against the March 2023 judgment of a single judge, which had quashed a 2016...
Ajeet Bharti Prima Facie Made Caste-Based Abuses, Derogatory Remarks To Embarrass MP Chandrashekhar Azad: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court on Thursday observed that prima facie, commentator Ajeet Bharti made caste-based abuses or slurs and derogatory remarks against Azad Samaj Party leader and Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad, aimed at causing embarrassment, humiliation and dishonour to him.Justice Saurabh Banerjee made the observations while dismissing Bharti's anticipatory bail plea in a case registered...
Victim Can't Introduce Evidence At Trial Which Is Not Included In Chargesheet By Prosecution: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that a victim in a criminal case cannot be permitted to introduce an evidence/material at the stage of trial which was not included in the charge-sheet by the prosecution. [2026 LiveLaw (Ori) 113]While highlighting procedural silence regarding the same and need for safeguarding rights of accused, the Bench of Justice V. Narasingh observed–“Though it is...
Allahabad High Court Acquits Woman, Alleged Paramour In Husband's Murder Case; Says CDR Can't Alone Prove Accused Was With Deceased
The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a woman and her alleged paramour in a murder case involving her husband, holding that the prosecution failed to establish a complete chain of circumstantial evidence connecting them with the crime.A Bench of Justice Siddhartha Varma and Justice Jai Krishna Upadhyay set aside the judgment of the trial court, which had convicted Hasnera alias Shabana...
Full Court Fee Refund Is Statutory Entitlement When Dispute Is Settled, No Separate Plea Required: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that parties are entitled to a full refund of court fees when a suit, counter-claim or appeal is disposed of upon an amicable settlement.A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Khetarpal and Justice Bharat Parashar observed that such a refund is a substantive statutory entitlement under the amended Section 16 of the Court Fees Act, 1870.“…. full refund of...