High Courts
Waitlist Panel Can't Be Operated In Segregated Manner; Vacancies Must Be Filled From Valid Waitlist: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the waitlist panel cannot operate in a segregated manner, especially when the selection process of recruitment involves provisional result. “… a waitlist panel cannot be permitted to operate in a segregated manner. Where a selection process involves a provisional result, followed by Supplementary or additional result, the waitlist panel cannot be...
Not Appropriate To Restrain Vigilance Inquiry, Says Punjab & Haryana High Court While Dismissing MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira's Plea in DA Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to interfere with a vigilance inquiry initiated against Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in a disproportionate assets (DA) case, observing that it would not be appropriate to restrain the Vigilance Bureau from conducting its inquiry at this stage.The Court dismissed Khaira's petition, which sought to quash the vigilance inquiry initiated on...
Courts Must Consider Social Realities, Adopt Pragmatic Approach When Considering Accused's Plea To Travel Abroad: P&H High Court
Observing that "courts must not remain in an 'ivory tower', but must engage with and adjudicate in consonance with evolving social realities", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that Courts must take a pragmatic approach in considering an accused's plea to travel abroad.Justice Sumeet Goel said, “When seized of an application by an accused entreating for permission to travel...
Celebration 'Anti-National' : PIL In Allahabad High Court Opposes Fund Allocation For Oudh Bar Association's 125th Anniversary Event
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), seeking a direction to restrain the authorities from allocating any fund or allotting the High Court's conference hall to the Oudh Bar Association (OBA) for its proposed program to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the society, scheduled on November 2, 2025. The plea has been filed...
Causing Injury To Public Servant On Duty Must Be Viewed Seriously; 6-Month Sentence Not Excessive: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that injury to a public servant while on official duty must be viewed seriously and a punishment of six months is not excessive in such cases.Justice Rakesh Kainthla remarked that: “a sentence of six months cannot be said to be excessive because a public servant was injured while discharging his official duties, and such acts are to be...
School Management Committee Is Statutory Body Under RTE Act; Recovery For Financial Irregularities Cannot Be Made From Single Teacher: HP HC
The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the School Management Committee is a statutory body under Section 21 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, and recovery for financial discrepancies can't be imposed on a single teacher.The Court further remarked that it is the management committee that collectively monitors government grants, so fixing recovery solely on...
“Delay Not Fatal When Authority Erred”: Delhi High Court Orders Full Family Pension Arrears For Widow Of Soldier Who Died In 1978
The Delhi High Court has upheld an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal, directing the Central government to pay arrears of special family pension to the widow of an army personnel, who died back in 1978.Though the widow had challenged denial of special family pension only in the year 2015, the High Court observed that such delay would not be fatal when the Pension Sanctioning Authority...
'Unbelievable That Vehicles Stop On Top Of Zebra Crossing': Kerala High Court Urges State To Take Concrete Action For Pedestrian Safety
The Kerala High Court has called for urgent, concrete measures to improve pedestrian safety across the State, observing that mere reports and studies are not sufficient to make public spaces “pedestrian safe and pedestrian worthy.”Justice Devan Ramachandran was considering a matter concerning road safety and zebra crossing.Nagaraju C, Transport Commissioner, K Biju, Secretary, Public...
'Ba***ds of Bollywood Is Satire, Not Defamation': Red Chillies Opposes Sameer Wankhede's Plea Before Delhi High Court
Red Chillies Entertained has opposed before the Delhi High Court IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede's defamation suit over his allegedly defamatory portrayal in Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” directed by Aryan Khan.In its reply to Wankhede's interim injunction application, the production company has said that the portrayal of the characters in the series is purely in the nature of satire...
Transactions Purely Commercial; Public Trust Doctrine Can't Defeat Limitation: Madras HC Dismisses GAIL Appeals In ₹246 Cr Dispute
In an important ruling for the natural gas sector, the Madras High Court Bench of Justices G Jayachandran and Mummineni Sudheer Kumar denied appeals by GAIL (India) Limited against five natural gas supplier companies in arbitrations aggregating to Rs. 246 crores, observing that natural gas transactions are commercial and GAIL could not invoke the public trust doctrine to escape...
Farmers Protest: Bachchu Kadu Drops 'Rail Roko' Andolan After Bombay High Court Cautions Against Public Disturbance
Farmers' leader and former MLA Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu on Thursday cancelled his proposed plan to stage a "Rail Roko Andolan" in Nagpur after the Bombay High Court cautioned him against probable inconvenience to the citizens.Notably, Kadu led thousands of farmers and staged protests by blocking the National Highway 44 popularly known as Wardha Road, which connects to the Samruddhi...
Interim Restraint On Creating Third-Party Rights In Property Is Permissible In Specific Performance Suits: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that an injunction can be granted against the owner of a property in specific circumstances under Order 39 Rule 1 & 2 of CPC, even if the principle of lis pendens under Section 52 of the Transfer of Property Act ('TP Act') is applicable.Referring to the decision of the Apex Court in Ramakant Ambalal Choksi vs. Harish Ambalal Choksi & Others,...