MP High Court Directs Advocate Objecting To Song 'Bhai Vakeel Hai' From Jolly LLB 3 To Implead Film's Director & Producer

While hearing a PIL objecting to the depiction of lawyers and the judiciary in the song 'Bhai Vakeel Hai' from the upcoming film Jolly LLB 3, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (September 9) directed the petitioner to implead the producer and director of the movie.The film starring actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi is scheduled for release on September 19. Thus a division bench of...

'Second FIR After 22 Years Not Proper': Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Mukhtar Ansari's 'Aide' In 2001 Usri Chatti Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to an alleged aide of Mukhtar Ansari, in connection with the 2001 Usri Chatti murder case, as it noted that the registration of a second FIR regarding the same incident after 22 years "does not appear proper". A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi thus allowed Sarfaraz Ansari @ Munni's bail application, taking into account that an...

Court Framing Charge Can't Discard Rape Allegation Merely Because It Was Made For First Time In S.164 CrPC Statement: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that merely because the allegation of rape was alleged by the prosecutrix for the first time during the statements under Section 164 CrPC, that in itself could not be a reason to discard the same at the stage of framing of charges.The bench of Justice Sandeep Shah was hearing a petition against the order of the Additional Sessions Judge that had framed...

Allahabad High Court Directs UP Govt To Frame Scheme For Administration Of Lucknow's Ancient Buddheshwar Temple

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) last week directed the Secretary, Department of Religious Affairs (Dharmarth Karya Vibhag), Government of Uttar Pradesh, to look into the affairs of the Buddheshwar Mahadev Temple in Lucknow and propose a scheme for its administration. A Bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Brij Raj Singh passed the order on a writ petition filed...

Wife Can't Be Denied Maintenance Merely Because She Filed Application After Husband's Divorce Plea: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that a wife cannot be denied maintenance merely because she files an application for such a relief only after the husband files a divorce petition.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar was dealing with a wife's plea challenging a family court order declining to grant her maintenance pendente lite but granted...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice On PIL To Reinstall Parashurama's Statute Inside Theme Park After Litigant Deposits ₹5 Lakh With Registry

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 9) issued notice to the state government on a PIL seeking re-construction of the 33 feet statue of Lord Parashurama inside a theme park in Udupi district, which had to be brought down after a few months of erection.The petitioner Uday Shetty Muniyal has sought a direction to the state government to consider his representation to reconstruct...

High Court Asks Delhi Govt To Consider How Citizens Will Know About Availability Of Beds, Doctors In Emergency Through HMIS Software

The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Government to consider how the citizens here will know about the availability of beds and doctors in emergency situations through Health Management Information System (HMIS) software.A division bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora was dealing with a suo moto PIL initiated in 2017 in the wake of rising incidents...

Madras High Court Asks Authorities To Allow PwD Candidate To Participate In NEET PG 2025-26 Counselling Based On Rank Secured In 2024 Exam

The Madras High Court recently directed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the office of Medical Counselling Committee, the National Medical Commission, and the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital to permit a physically disabled candidate to attend the counselling for NEET PG 2025-26 based on the rank secured by him in NEET PG 2024. Justice C Kumarappan relied on...

Fashion Gold Scam: Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Ex-MLA Kamarudheen, Another Accused Of Siphoning Over ₹20 Crore

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (September 9) granted regular bail to former MLA M.C. Kamarudheen and his business associate T.K. Pookoya Thangal in a PMLA case where they are accused of siphoning over Rs. 20 Crores of investor's money allegedly siphoned to four companies. Kamarudheen and Thangal are stated to be the Chairman and Managing Director respectively of four accused...

Rajasthan High Court Stays Order Cancelling 2021 SI Recruitment, Says SIT Report Alleging Irregularity Was Unattested

The Rajasthan High Court on Monday (September 8) stayed a single bench decision which had canceled 2021 Sub-Inspector Recruitments on account of systemic irregularities.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Sanjeet Purohit was hearing a batch of appeals against the cancellation of the selection of Sub-inspectors and the entire selection process of 2021, when the...

Delhi High Court Hints At Protecting Personality Rights Of Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Over Misuse Of Images, AI Content

Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan moved the Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 09) against various entities to restrain them from using her image, likeness and persona, thereby infringing her 'personality rights'. During the hearing, the high court orally indicated that it will pass an ad-interim order injuncting the defendant entities. Appearing for Rai senior advocate Sandeep...

CESTAT Can't Admit Appeal Without Pre-Deposit But High Court Can Waive It In 'Rare' Circumstances: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that the provision of pre-deposit for preferring an appeal before the Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal is mandatory and the forum has no power to admit any appeal without the same.However, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain further added that the High Court may, in rare circumstances, waive off the said deposit....