High Courts
Madras High Court Stays Trial Against IPS Officer Balveer Singh In Custodial Violence Cases
The Madras High Court has stayed the trial in four custodial torture cases against IPS Officer Balveer Singh. Justice Shamim Ahmed granted interim stay in a plea filed by the officer seeking to set aside the Judicial Magistrate order framing charges against him in four custodial torture cases, while he was holding the post of Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ambasamudram. In...
Preventive Detention Can Be Extended Without Advisory Board's Review After Initial Confirmation: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court recently clarified that once the Advisory Board has approved a preventive-detention order and the State Government has issued a confirmatory order, no further approval of the Board is required for subsequent extensions.A Division Bench of Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad and Justice Arun Kumar Rai made these observations while dismissing a writ petition challenging an...
Mere Plea of Insanity Not Enough, Accused Must Prove Unsoundness Of Mind At Time Of Offence: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that in criminal cases, a mere plea of insanity is not sufficient, and that the onus is on the accused to prove it. It was stated that while considering such a plea, courts have to consider the state of mind of the accused at the time of commission of the offence and not whether the accused is of unsound mind as of today or not.Justice M. I. Arun, held thus...
Kerala High Court Seeks Report On Repairs To Dilapidated Achankovil-Konni Road Leading To Sabarimala
The Kerala High Court on Monday (November 24) directed the Engineer in-charge of the Achankovil-Konni road to file a statement regarding the measures taken to repair the dilapidated road, which was directed to be repaired before this year's Sabarimala season.The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaghavan and Justice K.V. Jayakumar had, in its September order, directed various...
Insolvency Proceedings Can't Be Abused To Evade Family Court's Maintenance Order: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that proceedings under the Presidency-Towns Insolvency Act, 1909, cannot be invoked as a mechanism to frustrate or indirectly obtain a stay of a Family Court's maintenance order. The Court observed that insolvency relief cannot be granted to undermine a subsisting maintenance order, and clarified that insolvency proceedings cannot be used to obstruct the...
Kerala High Court Weekly Roundup: November 17 - November 23, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 742 - 768]M/S Elstone Tea Estates Ltd. v State of Kerala and Ors. and Connected cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 742V. Shyamohan v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 743Ramesh K. v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 744Pradeep v. Station House Officer and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 745Vellangallur Peoples Welfare Co-Operative Society Ltd. v....
Arbitration Act | Section 8 Application Not Maintainable Without Written Arbitration Agreement: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has dismissed an application filed under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, seeking reference of a commercial suit to arbitration. Justice Aniruddha Roy held that since no written arbitration agreement exists between Flint Group India Pvt. Ltd. (plaintiff) and Sujay Lodha (defendant), the mandatory requirement under Section 7 of the Act is...
'Deriding Elected Govt': Uttarakhand HC Denies Relief To Man Accused Of Instigating 'Mob Lynching' Attempt Via FB Live
The Uttarakhand High Court has refused to quash the FIR or grant protection from arrest to a person accused of instigating a mob lynching attempt under the pretext of cow protection, via Facebook Live. A bench of Chief Justice G. Narendar and Justice Subhash Upadhyay dismissed the writ petition file y accused (Madan Mohan Joshi) as it took serious exception to his alleged...
Gujarat High Court Quashes Order Refusing Condonation Of Delay In Filing Income Tax Return By Co-op Society In View Of 'Genuine Hardship'
The Gujarat High Court quashed an order passed by tax department refusing to condone delay of 29 days by a Co-operative Housing Society in filing income tax return for Assessment Year 2018-19, after noting that the audit report was belatedly filed as the auditor was not appointed within time.In doing so the court said that the filing of the audit report in 2019 belatedly by the Sub-auditor...
Part-Time Employees Working Four Hours Or More Entitled To Fixed Pay Under State's 2019 Circular: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court recently re-affirmed that the state government's 2019 circular granted benefits and consolidated fixed pay of Rs. 14,800 to those part-time employees who had worked for four hours a day. In doing so the court said that the expression used in the state government's 2019 Circular granting such benefits stating that, “part-time employees who are working upto four...
PIL Filed In MP High Court Against Recording Of Accused's Caste Name In FIRs, Claims 'Institutional Discrimination'
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has admitted a PIL highlighting the issue of mentioning the caste name of the accused in FIR and various other proceedings initiated by the State. The bench of Justice Pranay Verma directed; "Heard on the question of admission. Issue notice to the respondents on payment of process fee by RAD mode within a period of seven working days failing which the petition...
Employee Officiating On Higher Post Entitled To Salary Of That Post Even Sans Formal Promotion : Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court recently observed that an employee who has worked on a higher post in an officiating capacity, though he may not be a regular promote, is entitled to the salary admissible to that higher post for the concerned duration. A Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra held that denial of salary for the higher post would be "contrary to...