High Courts
Social Media Posts Crossing Line Into Insult Or Humiliation Affect Person's Right To Dignity: Delhi High Court
“When the speech crosses the line into insult, humiliation or incitement, it collides with the right to dignity…The freedom of 'speech' and 'expression' granted by the Constitution under Article 19 must be exercised within the bounds of the reasonable restrictions it places,” the judge said.
“Experience Gives Wisdom, But Structured Training Refines And Channels That Wisdom Into Effective Leadership ” - Justice Ramesh Sinha
The inaugural session of two weeks Orientation Course for the newly promoted District Judge (Entry Level) 2025, from 06th October 2025 to 17th October 2025 was held today at Vivekananda Auditorium of Chhattisgarh State Judicial Academy, Bilaspur, under the esteemed presence of Justice Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice High Court of Chhattisgarh & Patron-In-Chief Chhattisgarh State Judicial...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Custody Of Minor To Wife After Drunk Husband Hit Her Lawyer In Court, Directs Security Cover
In an unusual turn of events, a drunk man hit his wife's lawyer in court. Taking serious note of the incident, the Court granted interim custody of the couple's minor children to the mother and directed the Union Territory Administration to ensure her safety.The man had also failed to comply with Court's previous direction to bring the minor children at mother's residence for visiting...
Delhi High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Actor Aijaz Khan Booked For Making Sexually Explicit Remarks On YouTuber Harsh Beniwal's Family
The Delhi High Court today granted anticipatory bail to actor Ajaz Khan, booked for making sexually explicit remarks on social media against the mother and sister of YouTuber Harsh Beniwal.Justice Ravinder Dudeja however sounded a note of caution against the ills of social media.“Any content on the internet is porous and accessible to a large audience. Every content on the internet must...
CBI Has Accepted Judgment In Sohrabuddin Encounter Case, Yet To Decide Whether To Challenge It Or Not: CBI Tells Bombay High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it has "accepted" the December 13, 2018 judgment of a special court, which acquitted 22 policemen from the alleged "fake" encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam...
Input Tax Credit Can't Be Blocked If Credit Balance Is Nil: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that Input Tax Credit (ITC) cannot be blocked under Rule 86-A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, if the electronic credit ledger of a taxpayer shows a nil balance on the date of the blocking order. A Division Bench of Justice M S Sonak and Justice Advait M Sethna observed, “Therefore, on a plain reading of the rule, if on...
TVK's Aadhav Arjuna Approaches Madras High Court For Quashing FIR Over Social Media Post
The General Secretary of Election Campaign Movement of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party, Aadhav Arjuna, has approached the Madras High Court seeking to quash an FIR filed against him for allegedly inciting violence. It may be noted that the FIR was filed against Arjuna on September 30, 2025, for alleged offences under Sections 192 [wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot]...
Delhi High Court Drops Suo Moto Contempt Action Against Income Tax Officer For Allegedly Passing Unreasoned Order
The Delhi High Court has dropped the civil contempt proceedings initiated against a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (now retired) six years ago, for alleged wilful disobedience of its order to give reasons for insisting an assessee to deposit 20% demand in appeal.The proceedings were initiated suo moto in 2019 on a prima facie opinion but on a closer scrutiny, Justice Vikas Mahajan now...
NDPS Act | P&H High Court Flags Trend Of Labelling 'Petty Cash' Found On Accused As Drug Money, Says S.37 Not Applicable
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has raised concerns over a growing trend in which even small amounts of money recovered from accused individuals are being labeled as "drug money" under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The Court clarified that in such instances, the stringent bail conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act would not be applicable, and...
'Can't Pass Blanket Orders Restraining Protests': Karnataka High Court In Plea To Prevent Observance Of 'Black Day' On Kannada Rajyotsava
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday disposed of a PIL seeking to restrain Maharashtra Ekikarana Samiti (MES) from observing or publicizing 'black day' on Kannada Rajyotsava (November 01) in Belagavi or any other Kannada speaking region.Reportedly, MES is a body which has sought the merger of Belagavi district in Karnataka with Maharashtra.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru...
Karisma Kapoor's Children Question Veracity Of Father Sunjay Kapur's Will Before Delhi High Court, Claim It Is Forged
Karisma Kapoor's children told the Delhi High Court on Thursday (October 9) that it was highly suspicious that a well educated man like their father the late Sunjay Kapur would not inform the executor of the purported will that she had been appointed as an executor.This, the plaintiffs said, is an unnatural conduct by their late father, adding that the Will is a forged document indicating...
Bombay High Court Denies Zanmai Labs' Plea Against Arbitral Tribunal's Order To Provide Bank Securities In WazirX Crypto Theft Case
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a challenge by Zanmai Labs, the company that co-operates the WazirX cryptocurrency platform, against interim orders passed by an arbitral tribunal directing it to provide bank securities for investor claims in the aftermath of a cyber attack that led to a Rs 2,000 crore ($234 million) loss.The tribunal's directions required Zanmai to furnish bank guarantees...