Delhi High Court Warns Of Costs For Filing Petitions Without Jurisdiction

The Delhi High Court has deprecated the practice of filing petitions without jurisdiction, adding that it may be necessary to impose costs, even at the stage of withdrawal of the matters. Justice Prateek Jalan directed the Registry to forward a copy of the order to the Delhi High Court Bar Association's President and Secretary, before practice of imposition of costs in such cases...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Telugu Actor Nagarjuna; Restrains Unauthorised Use Of His Name, Image

The Delhi High Court has passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Telugu actor Nagarjuna Akkineni by restraining various entities from misusing his image, name, voice or other elements of his persona for monetary gains without his consent or authorization.Justice Tejas Karia restrained various websites and John Doe (unknown entities) restrained from violating the...

Delhi High Court Flags Glitch In GST Portal Generating Notice For Personal Hearing After Decision On Appeal

The Delhi High Court recently came across a peculiar case relating to Input Tax Credit refund claim, whereby a notice for personal hearing was issued to the trader, after the Appellate Authority rejected its plea.A division bench comprising Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain flagged the glitch in the Department's portal, which generated a personal hearing notice after the passage of...

Bombay High Court Quashes Bank Of India Order Classifying Naresh Goyal's Loan Account As 'Fraud'

The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside a show cause notice issued to Jet Airway's founder Naresh Goyal, by which the Bank of India (BoI) classified his loan account as 'fraud.'A division bench of Justices Riyaz Chagla and Farhan Dubash noted that the Bank did not provide an opportunity to Goyal to represent against the July 1, 2025 show cause notice classifying his account...

Release U/S 436A CrPC Not Automatic Even When Offence Does Not Entail Death Penalty: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that release on bail under Section 436A of CrPC is not automatic even where the offence alleged does not entail death penalty.For context, Section 436A CrPC prescribes the maximum period for which an undertrial prisoner can be detained. It states that an accused (not booked for offence prescribing death penalty as one of the punishments), who has...

Krishna Janmabhoomi Dispute | 'No Sufficient Cause Shown' : Allahabad High Court Rejects Plea To Remove Next Friend Of Deity In Suit 7

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed an application filed by plaintiffs no. 2 to 5 in the suit no 7 of Krishna Janmabhoomi–Shahi Idgah title dispute cases seeking the removal of Shri Kaushal Kishore Thakur Ji @ Kaushal Singh Tomar as the next friend of plaintiff no. 1, the deity Bhagwan Shri Krishna Lala Virajman. A bench of Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra noted that...

Gujarat High Court Vacates Stay On Auction Of Shops Constructed In Residential Area In Rajkot Citing Grant Of Development Permission

The Gujarat High Court recently vacated its earlier order staying a proposed auction for sale of commercial shops constructed in residential premises known as Rangoli Park Apartments in Rajkot. For context, the court had on August 26 directed the Gujarat Housing Board not to auction the commercial shops scheduled on August 28. Vacating the stay the court noted that the development...

Assessments U/S 17D Kerala General Sales Tax Act Must Be Finalised Within Reasonable Time Despite Absence Of Limitation Period: High Court

The Kerala High Court stated that the assessments under Section 17D Kerala General Sales Tax Act must be finalised within a reasonable period despite the absence of a limitation period. Justices A. Muhamed Mustaque and Harisankar V. Menon stated that even when the statute does not provide for an outer time limit, the authority has to exercise jurisdiction within a reasonable time....

S.156(3) CrPC | Magistrate Cannot Direct Police To Register FIR Under Drugs & Cosmetics Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court recently quashed a FIR under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940— lodged by the Police at the direction of a Magistrate under Section 156(3) CrPC.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna held that violations under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act fall within exclusive domain of the Drugs Inspector and cannot be probed by the Police.Reliance was placed on Union of India vs. Ashok Kumare...

Injury To Private Parts Of Victim Not Always Necessary As Evidence To Establish Offence Of Gang-Rape : Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court recently observed that injury to the private parts of a rape victim is not always necessary as evidence to establish the offence of rape, including gang-rape. The High Court said that the absence of injury to the prosecutrix's private parts could be due to the non-employment of force in perpetration of the crime in cases where she is put in fear to an extent...

After Delhi High Court Nudge, Customs Dept Finalises Amendments To Baggage Rules, Seeks Time For Infrastructure Upgrade

The Customs Department recently informed the Delhi High Court that the Draft Baggage Rules (amending Baggage Rules, 2016) have been finalized and are ready to be issued.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta were further informed that the Department is awaiting upgradation of IT infrastructure, for effective implementation of the new rules.“Issuance of...

Delhi High Court Raps Rajasthan Police For Arresting Two Minors From Delhi Without Informing Local Police

The Delhi High Court today rapped the Rajasthan Police for arresting two minors from the national capital, without informing the Delhi Police.In Sandeep Kumar v. State (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) and Others, (2019), a division bench of the High Court had issued guidelines that must be followed by the police of one State, when they go to some other State or Union Territory, to effect an...