High Courts
Kerala High Court Directs Formation Of SIT To Trace Missing Kuwait Resident
The Kerala High Court on Saturday (October 25) directed the Commissioner of Police to constitute a Special Investigation Team to trace out Suraj Lama, who has been missing since October 5 after he arrived in Kochi from Kuwait.The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha was considering a habeas corpus petition filed by his son.When the matter came...
Copy Of Passport Can't Be Given To Third Party Under RTI Act: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that information relating to the passport of a person accused of cheque dishonour, including a copy of the passport is personal in nature and cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information Act.The court also observed that the disclosure was exempted under Section 8(1)(h) as being information the disclosure of which would impede the probe and Section 24(4)...
Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence Of Woman Convict After 10 Years In Jail, Cites Welfare Of Her Three Minor Children
The Delhi High Court has suspended the life sentence of a woman, convicted for murder of her alleged paramour, citing concerns about the well being of her three children.While two children resided with her aged parents, her third two-years old child remained with her in prison.“Appellant is a lady and that her one child, who is barely two years old, is with her in the prison, and her...
Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Clarification On 'Threat' To Trees Inside Bengaluru's Lalbagh For Twin Tunnel Project
The Karnataka High Court on Saturday directed the State government to inform by Tuesday whether it plans to cut trees inside Lalbagh Botanical Garden for construction of the proposed Bangalore Twin Tunnel Road.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha while hearing two public interest litigations filed by Dr Adikesavalu Ravindra and Prakash Belawadi were told by...
S.27 Evidence Act | Information Given By One Accused Leading To Discovery Can't Be Used To Connect All Accused: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has recently clarified that the information leading to discovery that was received from one accused person cannot be used to connect all the accused persons to the alleged offence. In the present case, the prosecution had placed reliance on Exhibit P7(a) confession but the Court felt that it cannot be relied on since the exact information given by each of the...
Revenue Cannot Treat Sale Price As 'Tax Inclusive' Without Proof: Gujarat High Court Quashes ₹25.53 Crore Penalty On Coca-Cola
The Gujarat High Court, while quashing the penalty of Rs. 25.53 Cr. on Hindustan Coca-Cola, stated that the amount of tax could not have been bifurcated by the revenue simply because the sales had been inclusive of tax. The bench found that there is no evidence on record to show that the assessee had collected any amount by way of tax from its distributors, retailers or customers, as...
Govt School Teachers Challenge App-Based Attendance System, MP High Court Directs State To Verify Training And Infrastructure Claims
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State and government teachers to file their affidavits on whether any training was provided to the teachers to mark their attendance on the "Humare Shikshak" app, and if so, whether the teachers participated in the same or not. The bench also directed the teachers to file individual affidavits indicating whether they attempted to mark...
P&H High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail In Abetment To Suicide Case Says Woman's Unnatural Death Near Marriage Can't Be Taken Lightly
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant pre-arrest bail to accused mother-in-law of the deceased in an abetment to suicide case, observing that a woman's unnatural death shortly after marriage cannot be taken lightly. The deceased woman had been married in January 2025, and her sudden death within months raised serious concerns that warranted a thorough investigation, the...
Madras High Court Reverses Acquittal Of Man Who Planned Bomb Attack On LK Advani During His Madurai Rath Yatra In 2011
The Madras High Court has set aside the order acquitting Mohammed Hanifa @ Tenkasi Hanifa for planning a bomb attack on former Home Minister LK Advani during his Rath Yatra in Madurai in 2011. The bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice L Victoria Gowri noted that though the trial court had pointed out certain contradictions for acquitting the accused, the contradictions were...
Bombay High Court Stays DGFT Notification Changing Classification Of Roasted Areca Nuts; DGFT Issues Fresh Notification
The Bombay High Court has granted a stay on the Notification issued by the DGFT (Directorate General of Foreign Trade) seeking to alter the classification of “Roasted Areca Nuts”. Subsequently, on 15th October, 2025, the DGFT, having realised the mistake, issued a fresh Notification rectifying the same. Justices B.P. Colabawalla and Amit S. Jamsandekar were addressing a...
Executing Court Cannot Shirk Duty To Decide Objections Of Third Parties Even If They Weren't Party To Original Suit: J&K&L High Court
Reinforcing the duties of executing courts, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has held that an executing court cannot decline to determine the merits of an objection raised by a person resisting execution of a decree merely on the ground that such objector was not a party to the original proceedings or decree.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar observed that under Section 47...
Delhi High Court Enhances Compensation For Acquisition Of Lands Adjoining Yamuna River After 32 Years
The Delhi High Court recently enhanced the compensation for land acquisition payable with respect to flood-prone Kilokari, Nangli Razapur, Khizrabad and Garhi Mendu areas of the national capital.In doing so, Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju in her 171-page order observed that the potentiality of these areas has to be seen not from actual use but to what use they can be put in foreseeable...