Delhi High Court Passes Interim Order Protecting Personality Rights Of Gautam Gambhir

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (March 25) passed an interim order protecting the personality rights Indian cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir. Earlier, Gambhir withdrew his previous interim injunction application with liberty to file a fresh application with same cause of action with complete and better particulars. After hearing the parties and perusing the infringing links, Justice...

Delhi High Court Acquits Sonu Punjaban In Trafficking Case, Finds Prosecutrix's Testimony Unreliable

The Delhi High Court has set aside the conviction of Geeta Arora, popularly known as Sonu Punjaban, in a case involving allegations of trafficking and sexual exploitation of a minor, holding that the prosecution failed to establish its case beyond reasonable doubt due to serious inconsistencies in the testimony of the prosecutrix.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha observed that while a conviction...

Quashing Of Subsequent FIR Doesn't Extinguish PMLA Proceedings If Earlier FIR Subsists: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, while quashing a petition filed by a milk manufacturer and exporter, has held that proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act can continue even if a subsequent FIR is quashed, provided an earlier FIR forming the basis of the alleged offence is subsisting. The bench of Justice BP Sharma observed; "In view of the foregoing analysis, this Court holds...

Delhi High Court Raps Litigant Seeking FIR Against Judge Over Alleged Forgery In Judicial Order

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rapped a litigant who filed a writ petition seeking registration of FIR against a judicial officer over allegations of committing forgery in a judicial order. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia also took exception to the litigant's conduct of uploading the video of proceedings on YouTube. The Court cautioned...

Employer Can Impose Penalty Based On ICC Report Under POSH Act Without Separate Departmental Inquiry: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that an employer can impose a penalty on an employee based on the report of the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) under the POSH Act without conducting a separate departmental inquiry or issuing a formal charge-sheet. The Court observed that the ICC report constitutes an inquiry report under the statutory scheme, and requiring a second inquiry would amount to...

Allahabad High Court Issues Notices To UP Govt, ASI On PIL Claiming 4,995 Heritage Sites In UP Are Lying In 'Shambles'

The Allahabad High Court has issued notices to the UP Government, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the Union Ministries of Culture, Tourism, and Housing and Urban Affairs and the National Monuments Authority on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea alleging that a staggering 4,995 ancient monuments and heritage structures across the state are in 'shambles' and on the...

Alleged Disclosure Of Confidential Information May Be Contractual Breach, But Not Defamation: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that allegations of disclosure of confidential business information by an employee, even if assumed to be true, would at best constitute a breach of contractual obligations and not amount to defamation in the absence of any defamatory imputation made to third parties.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed an appeal filed by a book company, which had challenged...

Mere Failure To Make Timely Payment Not Cheating Without Initial Fraudulent Intent: Gauhati High Court Reiterates

The Gauhati High Court has reiterated that mere non-payment arising out of contractual dealings, without prima facie material showing fraudulent or dishonest intention at the inception, cannot be treated as offences of cheating or criminal breach of trust.The ruling was delivered by Justice Anjan Moni Kalita, who observed, “…though there are instances of non-fulfillment of promises, the same...

Sambhal Violence | Allahabad High Court Extends Stay On CJM Order For FIR Against Cops Until April 21

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday extended the interim stay on a Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) order that had directed the registration of an FIR against senior police officials in connection with the November 2024 Sambhal violence.A bench of Justice Samit Gopal passed the order extending the relief while hearing a petition moved by former Sambhal Circle Officer Anuj Kumar Chaudhary...

Delhi High Court Flags Possible Conflict Between S.223 BNSS Interpretation And SC Law On Cognizance, Refers Issue To Larger Bench

The Delhi High Court has referred to a larger bench the issue relating to the stage of taking cognizance under Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) and the timing of issuance of notice to the accused under its first proviso.For context, Section 223 pertains to examination of the complainant. The provision states that a magistrate having jurisdiction while...

'Genocide; Prima Facie Case Made Out': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash 1984 Kanpur Anti-Sikh Riot Cases

The Allahabad High Court recently rejected petitions filed by 9 individuals to quash the criminal proceedings pertaining to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Kanpur. Describing the mass violence following the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as a 'genocide' and a 'crime against humanity', the Court said that delay in recording witness statements and the non-availability...

State Can't Mechanically Suspend Municipal Resolutions: Gujarat High Court Stays Govt Order

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (March 24) questioned the State government and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation with respect to authority under which the Municipal Commissioner had referred resolutions concerning waiver of late payment charges under advertisement policy to the State.The court further said that "prima facie" the Municipal Commissioner could not have referred the matter to...