Karnataka High Court Directs College To Pay ₹15 Lakh To Student Wrongfully Denied Admission To MBBS Course Despite Paying Fee

The Karnataka High Court directed Sri Siddartha Academy of Higher Education a deemed to be University running Sri Siddhartha Medical College to pay Rs. 15 Lakh as compensation to a student for denying her admission to the MBBS course for academic year 2017-18, despite her paying fee for the first year within time. A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice K Manmadha Rao...

Appointments Secured On Forged Documents Void Ab Initio, Can Be Cancelled Sans Disciplinary Proceedings: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that appointments secured on the basis of forged and fraudulent documents are void ab initio, and therefore do not confer any right to continue in service or claim salary. A bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan added that in such cases, before cancelling an appointment, disciplinary proceedings envisaged by Article 311 of the Constitution of India...

Kerala High Court Stays Trial Against ADGP Ajithkumar In Alleged Disproportionate Assets Case

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (August 27) stayed the proceedings pending before the Enquiry Commissioner & Special Judge, Thiruvananthapuram in an alleged disproportionate asset case against Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) M.R. Ajith Kumar.The ADGP, currently holding the post of Excise Commissioner, had approached the High Court challenging the order of the Special...

NEET-UG 2025 | Rajasthan High Court Grants Relief To OBC-NCL Candidate In State List Treated Under General Category For Admission

The Rajasthan High Court granted relief to a NEET-UG candidate who although belonged to the OBC-NCL (Other Backward Classes Non-Creamy Layer) category as per the State list, but was however treated to be from General category in the first round of admission. In doing so the court said that she shall be considered under OBC-NCL category for the purpose of state seats. For context, Step-2 of...

Delhi High Court Upholds Conviction Of Father For Repeatedly Raping 9-Yr-Old Daughter, Says Witnesses' Credibility Unshaken

The Delhi High Court has upheld the conviction and 10 year sentence of a father for raping his 9 year old minor daughter repeatedly every night in 2017.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri said that the father was unable to shake the credibility of any of the witnesses who supported the prosecution case by thorough examination and did not point any fatal gaps in the prosecution case or explained the...

Chhattisgarh High Court 'Shocked' After Phenyl Found In Meal Cooked For School Students, Calls For Food Safety Protocols

The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken a strict note of a shocking incident which occurred at Pakela Residential Potacabin School, where phenyl was allegedly mixed by a teacher in the vegetables cooked for 426 students of the school.Remarking that the said act is not only an “act of negligence” but also a “criminal act which put the lives of students at stake”, a Division Bench...

'Removal From Service For Non-Disclosure Of Involvement In Trivial Offence Is A Harsh Punishment': Bombay High Court Sets Aside Termination

The Bombay High Court has held that non-disclosure of a past conviction for a trivial offence cannot, by itself, justify termination of a Class-IV employee appointed on compassionate grounds. The Court observed that authorities are required to consider the nature of the offence, the duties of the post, and the family circumstances of the employee before inflicting the extreme penalty of...

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On PIL Against Private Schools Forcing EWS Students To Purchase Expensive Books

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (August 27) issued notice on a PIL alleging “systematic exclusion” of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) students from private schools in the national capital “through forced purchase” of expensive private publisher books and excessive school materials.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela sought response...

Delhi High Court Bar Asks Lawyers To Wear 'Black Ribbons' Till Withdrawal Of LG Notification Allowing Police Officers To Depose Virtually

The Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) on Wednesday (August 27) urged the lawyers to wear “black ribbons” while appearing in the Court as a mark of protest against Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena declaring all police stations in the national capital as “designated places” for recording deposition of police officers through video conferencing.In a notice released today,...

Mere Non-Filing Of FSL Report At Time Of Filing Chargesheet Doesn't Entitle NDPS Accused To Default Bail: Delhi High Court Reiterates

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the non-filing of Forensic Science Laboratory Report in a drugs case does not vitiate the chargesheet and the accused cannot claim it as a ground to seek default bail.For context, a co-joint reading of Section 167(2) CrPC, as well as of Section 36A(4) of the Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances Act 1985 provides that if on the expiry of...

[DV Act] Limitation U/S 468 CrPC Does Not Apply To Seeking Protection Orders, Only To Penal Proceedings U/S 31: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that the bar of limitation under Section 468 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (now Section 514 of BNSS, 2023) is not applicable to applications filed under Sections 12 and 23 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act).These sections under the DV Act entitle the aggrieved women to claim reliefs such as protection orders,...

No Indian Citizenship Without Formal Renunciation Of Pakistani Citizenship, Mere Surrender Of Passport Insufficient: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that citizenship of India cannot be granted to a foreign national in the absence of a Renunciation Certificate, by mere surrender of passport issued by the country of origin, in this case Pakistan.The court was hearing the Central government's appeal against a single judge's order permitting two Pakistani minors (respondents 2 and 3) to be granted...