'Gross Misconduct': Chhattisgarh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognisance Of Reports On Railway Officials' Party Inside Boxing Ring

The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo-motu cognisance of a news report, as per which Railway Officials allegedly consumed alcohol while celebrating a birthday party in a boxing ring at the South East Central Railway (SECR), which is primarily a no-alcohol area.As per the news report published by a Hindi Daily, a picture of the Railway officials had gone viral on social media in which it...

Customs Commissioner Cannot Reassess Duty On Warehoused Imports Cleared From Refineries Beyond His Jurisdiction: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court stated that the customs commissioner cannot reassess duty on warehoused imports cleared from refineries beyond his jurisdiction. Justices Bhargav D. Karia and Justice Pranav Trivedi agreed with the Tribunal that a proper officer having the administrative jurisdiction over the respective refineries where the goods were removed under section 67 of the Customs...

'Prima Facie Cheating Case Made Out': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash ED's Probe Against Sahara's Cooperative Societies

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) recently refused to quash the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) action of initiating search and seizure proceedings against four Sahara-linked cooperative societies. A bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi noted that a prima facie case of cheating was made out and that the proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) cannot...

Dismissal Of Border Police Constable For Absence Due To Illness Is “Harsh & Unjustified”: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the dismissal of an Indo-Tibetan Border Police constable for alleged desertion was arbitrary and disproportionate, particularly when his absence was due to medical reasons and he had served the force with an unblemished record for over 18 years.Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked that: “The petitioner had rendered over 18 years of unblemished...

Kerala High Court Directs Formation Of SIT To Trace Missing Kuwait Resident

The Kerala High Court on Saturday (October 25) directed the Commissioner of Police to constitute a Special Investigation Team to trace out Suraj Lama, who has been missing since October 5 after he arrived in Kochi from Kuwait.The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M.B. Snehalatha was considering a habeas corpus petition filed by his son.When the matter came...

Copy Of Passport Can't Be Given To Third Party Under RTI Act: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that information relating to the passport of a person accused of cheque dishonour, including a copy of the passport is personal in nature and cannot be disclosed under the Right to Information Act.The court also observed that the disclosure was exempted under Section 8(1)(h) as being information the disclosure of which would impede the probe and Section 24(4)...

Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence Of Woman Convict After 10 Years In Jail, Cites Welfare Of Her Three Minor Children

The Delhi High Court has suspended the life sentence of a woman, convicted for murder of her alleged paramour, citing concerns about the well being of her three children.While two children resided with her aged parents, her third two-years old child remained with her in prison.“Appellant is a lady and that her one child, who is barely two years old, is with her in the prison, and her...

Karnataka High Court Seeks State's Clarification On 'Threat' To Trees Inside Bengaluru's Lalbagh For Twin Tunnel Project

The Karnataka High Court on Saturday directed the State government to inform by Tuesday whether it plans to cut trees inside Lalbagh Botanical Garden for construction of the proposed Bangalore Twin Tunnel Road.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha while hearing two public interest litigations filed by Dr Adikesavalu Ravindra and Prakash Belawadi were told by...

S.27 Evidence Act | Information Given By One Accused Leading To Discovery Can't Be Used To Connect All Accused: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently clarified that the information leading to discovery that was received from one accused person cannot be used to connect all the accused persons to the alleged offence. In the present case, the prosecution had placed reliance on Exhibit P7(a) confession but the Court felt that it cannot be relied on since the exact information given by each of the...

Revenue Cannot Treat Sale Price As 'Tax Inclusive' Without Proof: Gujarat High Court Quashes ₹25.53 Crore Penalty On Coca-Cola

The Gujarat High Court, while quashing the penalty of Rs. 25.53 Cr. on Hindustan Coca-Cola, stated that the amount of tax could not have been bifurcated by the revenue simply because the sales had been inclusive of tax. The bench found that there is no evidence on record to show that the assessee had collected any amount by way of tax from its distributors, retailers or customers, as...

Govt School Teachers Challenge App-Based Attendance System, MP High Court Directs State To Verify Training And Infrastructure Claims

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State and government teachers to file their affidavits on whether any training was provided to the teachers to mark their attendance on the "Humare Shikshak" app, and if so, whether the teachers participated in the same or not. The bench also directed the teachers to file individual affidavits indicating whether they attempted to mark...

P&H High Court Refuses Pre-Arrest Bail In Abetment To Suicide Case Says Woman's Unnatural Death Near Marriage Can't Be Taken Lightly

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant pre-arrest bail to accused mother-in-law of the deceased in an abetment to suicide case, observing that a woman's unnatural death shortly after marriage cannot be taken lightly. The deceased woman had been married in January 2025, and her sudden death within months raised serious concerns that warranted a thorough investigation, the...