High Courts
PIL In Allahabad High Court Seeks Stricter Framework Against Institutions Imparting Legal Education Sans BCI Approval
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been filed before the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow bench) seeking a direction to the State of Uttar Pradesh and other authorities to frame and enforce stricter mechanisms to ensure that no law college or university within the State of Uttar Pradesh is allowed to admit students without valid recognition by the Bar Council of India. The...
Delhi High Court Denies Relief To Man Convicted For Life For Abducting Foreign Nationals To Pressurise Govt To Release Jailed Militants
The Delhi High Court has denied relief to a man convicted for life in 2002 for being part of a “terrorist conspiracy” of abducting four foreign nationals with the objective of pressuring the Indian Government to release jailed militants.Justice Sanjeev Narula rejected the plea filed by Nasir Mohd Sodozey alias Aftaab Ahmed against an order dated 30th June, 2023 passed by the Sentence...
Karnataka High Court Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On 72-Yr-Old Woman For Filing 'Frivolous' Habeas Corpus Plea
The Karnataka High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 2 lakh on a 72-year-old woman for filing a habeas corpus petition with an ulterior motive to take revenge against the police, after being dissatisfied with the probe conducted by the police on a complaint given by her.A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Rajesh Rai K while dismissing the petition filed by Maheshwari M said...
'65-Y/O Bareilly Man Not In Illegal Custody, Was Arrested In Conversion Case': UP Govt Tells Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Monday (September 8) heard the habeas corpus plea filed by the wife of a 65-year-old man, who, she claimed, has been in illegal custody of the Bareilly police since August 20. As per the court's earlier order, the authorities produced the corpus in the court, and a Bench of Justice Salil Kumar Rai and Justice Zafeer Ahmad was apprised that Beg was taken into...
'Let Them Work': Punjab & Haryana High Court Criticizes Litigant For Insisting State's Immediate Reply In Flood PILs
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked the State to file affidavit after 6 weeks, “when crisis is over” in a batch of PILs seeking relief and rehabilitation for flood victims.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry said, “The court made an earnest request to the petitioners to hold their hands till the crisis is over but the petitioners insist that notice be issued....
Madras High Court Interim Order Restrains 'Good Bad Ugly' Makers From Using Ilaiyaraja Songs In The Movie
The Madras High Court has temporarily restrained the makers of Ajith starrer Good Bad Ugly movie from using three songs of musician Ilaiyaraja. Justice N Senthilkumar granted the temporary injunction in a plea moved by the musician seeking to restrain Mythri Movie Makers, producers of the movie, from exhibiting, screening, selling, distributing, publishing, broadcasting the...
Calcutta High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Alleged Despicable Portrayal Of Freedom Fighter Gopal Patha In 'The Bengal Files' Movie
The Calcutta High Court on Monday (September 8) dismissed a writ petition filed by the grandson of freedom fighter Gopal Chandra Mukherjee alias 'Gopal Patha' challenging the alleged despicable portrayal of his grandfather in director Vivek Agnihotri's latest film 'The Bengal Files'.Justice Amrita Sinha in her order said:"Petitioner intended to obtain certain information under RTI. The...
Chhattisgarh High Court Seeks State's Stand On Plea Challenging Alleged Domicile Based Reservation In PG Medical Admissions
The Chhattisgarh High Court sought the State's stand on a plea challenging vires of Rule 11(a) and portion of Rule 11(b) of the State Medical Post Graduate Admission Rules 2021 on the ground that it grants institution and residence based reservation in PG medical admissions. The plea challenges Rule 11(a) which it claims gives preference in admission to those candidates who have either...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: September 01 - September 07, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 298Nominal Index: C Naveen Kumar & Other AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 293Deepa Angadi AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 294G Satyanarayana Varma AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 295Hareesh AND A S Umesh & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 296K J Jaljakshi AND...
High Court Asks Delhi Police To Probe Incident Alleging Murder Of 'Sewadar' In Kalkaji Temple
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct investigation into an incident alleging that a “sewadar” was “brutally killed” within the precincts of the Kalkaji temple in the evening of August 29. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued notice on a plea filed by the deceased's brother and two eye witnesses of the incident seeking transfer of the probe from Delhi Police to...
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Second Petition Challenging Newly Enacted 'Online Gaming' Act
The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union of India on a second petition challenging the newly enacted Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 which seeks to prohibit 'online money games' and offering of bank services, advertisements related thereto.Justice B M Shyam Prasad issued notice to the Union on the petition filed by K Anand and another.During the...
Safe Harbour No Shield: Chhattisgarh HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Flipkart-Linked Delivery Staff For Delivering Knives Used In Murder
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to quash FIR against employees of Elastic Run– a logistics company providing delivery services to Flipkart, which delivered a prohibited knife that was subsequently used as a weapon for committing robbery and murder.The specific allegation against the employees of ElasticRun— Dinesh Kumar Sahu (Senior Area Manager) and Harishankar Sahu (Delivery...