High Courts
Bombay High Court Restrains Legends League Cricket From Playing PPL's Copyright Songs For This Year's Tournament
The Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the Absolute Legend Sports Pvt. Ltd. which is organising the Legend League Cricket (LLC), a T20 tournament featuring retired international cricket players, from using the songs copyrighted by the Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL) in its tournament which commenced from March 11.Several international players from Irfan Pathan, Suresh Raina,...
P&H High Court Suspends Sentence Of 73-Year-Old Convicted Under PMLA, Orders Plantation Of 20 Saplings
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has suspended the sentence of a 73-year-old man convicted in a money laundering case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), noting that his appeal is unlikely to be heard soon and that he has already spent over a year in custody and directed to plant 20 saplings during monsoon session.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry...
P&H High Court Flags Poor Nutrition Of Dogs In Chandigarh's Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Society, Orders Local Commissioner To Monitor
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently raised serious concerns over the functioning of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Chandigarh, after a court-appointed Local Commissioner reported issues including non-payment of staff salaries, inadequate nutrition for animals and concerns regarding their upkeep.Taking note of the report, the Court directed the SPCA to file...
Dancing In Pub Or Wearing Revealing Clothes Doesn't Make Woman 'Bad': Karnataka High Court In Dowry Case
While hearing an amendment application to a quashing plea arising from a dowry harassment case, the Karnataka High Court verbally questioned the husband's attempt to bring on record certain documents regarding the estranged wife's past life and her lifestyle.The single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna opined that a woman who lives a fast-paced life need not necessarily be a difficult...
Interim Maintenance Under Section 125 CrPC Must Ordinarily Be Granted From Date Of Application: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has reiterated that interim maintenance under Section 125 CrPC should ordinarily be awarded from the date of filing of the application, and not from a later date, unless the court records cogent reasons for deviating from the general rule.Justice Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma observed, “Where a wife and minor children approach the Court alleging neglect and refusal to...
Pujari Does Not Qualify As 'Workman', Temple Trust Not Industry Under Industrial Disputes Act: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has recently held that a temple priest/pujari would not qualify as 'workman' under the definition of Industrial Disputes Act as a pujari in a Temple does not do manual, unskilled, skilled, technical, operational, clerical or supervisory work. The court further held that a trust managing a temple cannot be considered as an Industry under the act merely because the...
'For Protecting Devotees' Sentiments, They Attempted To Give Away God': Madras HC On State Giving Sand Dunes To School In Exchange For Temple Land
The Madras High Court recently directed the Tamil Nadu government to allot land to St.Josephs Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Cuddalore District in exchange for the land that the school had returned to a temple. Noting that the land initially allotted for the school was sand dunes, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that the state had acted recklessly and given away sand...
Fee Fixation Panel Should Interfere Only When Fee Shocks Conscience; Cannot Micromanage Every Private School: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the Fee Fixation and Regulation Committee (FFRC) is not expected to undertake an exhaustive scrutiny of the fee structure of every private educational institution and should ordinarily interfere only where the proposed fee structure shocks its conscience or indicates clear commercialisation or profiteering.Dealing with a challenge to...
Power Company Can't Claim Negligence By Deceased Who Died After Coming In Contact With Hanging Live Wire: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court dismissed an appeal by power company Paschim Gujarat Vij Co Ltd challenging trial court order granting compensation to the kin of a man who died on spot after coming in contact with a live wire while he was walking over a lake embankment. In doing so the court held that the company cant claim negligence by the deceased specially when its own live wires were hanging...
Spurious Liquor Death: Punjab & Haryana High Court Refuses Bail To Man Accused Of Supplying ENA, Orders Expeditious Trial
Observing that refusal of bail in serious offences must be balanced with the constitutional mandate of speedy trial, the Punjab and Haryana High Court held that where bail cannot be granted despite prolonged custody, courts must ensure expeditious conclusion of trial to prevent a “travesty of justice.”The court was dealing with a case involving an accused who had allegedly supplied...
Retention Of Property By State After Lease Expiry Violates Article 300A: Calcutta High Court Upholds Eviction, Imposes 50K Cost
The Calcutta High Court has held that the State cannot continue to occupy private property once the lease has expired and the requisition order has been quashed, observing that such continued occupation would amount to an illegal deprivation of property.The Court further imposed personal costs of ₹50,000 on the Director of the concerned State Directorate for resisting compliance with...
Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Bank Employee's Dismissal For Alleged ₹38 Lakh Pension Fraud, Says Authority's Findings Based On No Evidence
The Calcutta High Court has set aside the dismissal of a bank employee accused of involvement in an alleged pension account fraud of ₹38.67 lakh, holding that the disciplinary authority's finding of misappropriation was based on no evidence and mere conjectures.Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee observed that even in a departmental proceeding, the conclusion of guilt must be supported by...