High Courts
Calcutta High Court Restrains Further Demolition Of Fire-Hit Tiljala Building, Bars Leather Business From Premises
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday restrained further demolition of a Tiljala building where a fire in a leather goods manufacturing unit claimed two workers' lives earlier this week, while simultaneously prohibiting any business activity from the premises until further orders.Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury passed the interim order in a writ petition filed by residents of the premises at...
Delhi High Court Quashes ED Attachment Orders In PACL Case, Refers Matter To Justice Lodha Committee
The Delhi High Court has set aside provisional attachment orders issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with PACL-linked properties, holding that the matter ought to be dealt with under the Supreme Court-monitored framework headed by the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that the continuation of proceedings under the Prevention of...
Bombay High Court Upholds Goa Law Giving Surviving Spouse Priority Over Parents In Intestate Succession
The Bombay High Court at Goa has upheld the constitutional validity of the Goa Succession, Special Notaries and Inventory Proceedings (Amendment) Acts of 2022 and 2023, which altered the order of legal succession by placing the surviving spouse above ascendants in cases of intestate succession. The Court observed that according precedence to the surviving spouse over parents or other...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Plea Against Additional Haj Airfare Charge Amid Rising Fuel Prices, Says Non-Pilgrim Has No Locus
The Karnataka High Court on May 7 dismissed as not maintainable a writ petition challenging a circular issued by the Haj Committee of India demanding an additional ₹10,000/- towards differential airfare from Hajj pilgrims on account of the rising air fuel prices.The single-judge bench of Justice S Vishwajith Shetty pointed out in the order that the petitioner had not registered himself as a...
MP High Court Orders CBI Probe Into Liquor Trader's Suicide Alleging Bribe Demands By Excise Officer, Slams Police For Delaying FIR
The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the CBI to register an FIR and investigate the alleged role of an excise officer in the suicide of a liquor contractor, observing that the concerned police station and higher officers had shown desperation to delay lodging of the FIR and appeared to be acting under the influence of the officer.As per the facts, the deceased had allegedly left a video...
Allahabad HC Directs MHA To Decide In 3 Weeks Application By Karnataka BJP Worker Seeking Z+ Security Cover
The Allahabad High Court has directed the Union of India to take a reasoned decision in 3 weeks on an application moved by a Karnataka-based BJP worker, S Vignesh Shishir, who has been filing petitions against Rahul Gandhi, seeking all-India Z-Plus security cover. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary passed the order while disposing of Shishir's...
To Protect Octogenarian Parents, Rajasthan High Court Upholds Eviction Of Their Senior Citizen Son And Daughter-In-Law
While underscoring the mandate and object of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and senior Citizens Act 2007, Rajasthan High Court dismissed a petition filed by a senior-citizen couple (petitioner no. 1 & 2) against their eviction from the property of their octogenarian parents (respondents).The bench of Justice Sameer Jain considered that the respondents were octogenarians, who...
S.480 BNSS | Merely Being A Woman Is No Ground For Bail In Serious Offences Like Murder: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court recently denied bail to a mother-in-law accused along with her son and husband of murdering her daughter-in-law (deceased) by strangulation. The bench of Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu rejected the contention raised by the counsel that being a woman, the applicant deserved to be given the benefit of bail as per the provision under Section 480, BNSS. The Court made...
State Waqf Board Orders Must Be Challenged Before Waqf Tribunal; High Court Can Be Approached Only If Tribunal Non-Functional: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently clarified that once a Waqf Tribunal is established by the State, a Muttawalli interest in a waqf or any person aggrieved by an order made under the Waqf Act must approach the Tribunal instead of the High Court.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S. added that writ jurisdiction of High Court can be invoked only in cases...
Kerala High Court Allows Transgender Man To Preserve His Eggs
The Kerala High Court on Friday (May 15) allowed a transgender man to cryopreserve his eggs by permitting him to approach an ART bank of his choice.The ART bank will take steps to retrieve the oocytes of the petitioner and cryopreserve the same in order to utilise it for reproduction at a later stage in life.Justice Sobha Annamma Eapen noted that the petitioner is a person, who was...
J&K&L High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Facilitating Safe Movement Of Hizbul Mujahideen Militants To Jammu
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has dismissed the bail appeal of an accused alleged to have acted as an intermediary between Hizbul Mujahideen militants and a police officer, facilitating the safe movement of militants from Shopian to Jammu for exfiltration to Pakistan and transferring funds for arms and ammunition, holding that the prima facie material collected...