High Courts
'Lackadaisical': High Court Raps Delhi Police For Failure Of IOs To Produce Case Files In Bail Matters, Asks Police Commissioner To Act
The Delhi High Court has rapped the Delhi Police for failure of the investigating officers (IO) in producing case files and not briefing the prosecutors in bail matters, while asking the Commissioner of Police to act on the issue. Justice Girish Kathpalia said that copies of similar orders highlighting the lapse have been sent repeatedly to the concerned DCPs to streamline the system, “but...
Welfare State Must Be Impartial, Cannot Be "Touchy" When Employees Approach Court For Rightful Claim: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has extended the retirement age of a government college professor, and held that a welfare State is expected to act fairly and without bias, and can't penalise an employee merely because she approached the Court for enforcement of her lawful rights.Noting the conduct of college Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked that: “State being 'welfare State' is expected to...
Kerala High Court Grants Bail To 4 PFI Members Booked For Murder Of RSS Leader Srinivasan
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (August 19) granted bail to four persons, who are members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), accused of the alleged murder of BJP activist K.S. Srinivasan at Melamuri Junction in Palakkad Town in Kerala on April 16, 2022.A Division Bench of Justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and K.V. Jayakumar granted bail to Muhammed Bilal, Riyasudheen, Ansar K.P., and Saheer...
Gujarat High Court Warns Of Contempt Action Against Those Obstructing Crackdown On Encroachments, Illegal Parking
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (August 20) said that contempt proceedings will be initiated against persons who are found obstructing state government officials in implementing court's directions on removal of illegal encroachment, illegal parking and wrong side driving. A division bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice RT Vachchani were hearing a plea seeking contempt action...
'Only Procedural Error': Karnataka High Court Orally Remarks In Plea Challenging BJP Leaders' Complaint Against Smart Electricity Meter Tender
The Karnataka High Court has orally remarked that the complaint by BJP leaders challenging the alleged irregularity in the tender for the procurement and installation of smart electricity meters may have only suffered from procedural errors.Justice M I Arun told the petitioners, "The maximum relief you can have is to redo the process again. What else can you have? It is only a procedural...
Lessee Is True Owner Of Structure That He Builds Over Leased Land, Lessor Cannot Claim Ownership: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has reiterated that a lessee is the true owner of a structure that he builds over a leased land, and therefore, the ownership over the same cannot be claimed by the lessor who is undoubtedly owner of the leased land.While adjudicating a dispute relating to a mobile tower built over a leased land, Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad ingeminated the following settled principle...
Kerala High Court Extends Rapper Vedan's Interim Protection From Arrest In Rape Case Till August 25
The Kerala High Court today extended its interim order, protecting Rapper Vedan from arrest in a case alleging rape on false promise to marry.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas had yesterday observed that the rapper should not be arrested since his bail application is being considered by the Court. Today, the bench extended the protection till the next date of hearing, i.e. August 25.An FIR...
Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand In Law Aspirant's Plea For Reservation Under Transgender Category In All Govt Law Colleges
The Kerala High Court has sought the State government's stand on a law aspirant's plea seeking reservation under the transgender category for admission to the Integrated Five Year LL.B Course in Government Law College, Kozhikode.According to the plea, the petitioner appeared and secured the qualifying marks in the Kerala Law Entrance Examination that was necessary to be included in the rank...
Widowed Daughter-In-Law Entitled To Maintenance From Deceased Father-In-Law's Coparcenary Property, Not Personal Property: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that a daughter-in-law, who becomes a widow after the demise of her father-in-law, is entitled to claim maintenance from the estate derived from his coparcenary property.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that even if the father-in-law owns significant separate or self-acquired assets, the duty...
Chhattisgarh High Court Orders State To Pay ₹25K To Each Student Fed 'Dog-Licked' Meal In Govt School
The Chhattisgarh High Court has directed the State Government to pay compensation worth Rs.25000/- to every student of Government Middle School, Lachchhanpur, who consumed mid-day meal licked by a dog.The Court had earlier taken suo-motu cognizance of an August 3 news-report published in a Hindi daily, which reported that students had allegedly been served dog soiled meals in the school by...
Madras High Court Summons ED Assistant Director In Contempt Plea For Continuing PMLA Probe Despite HC Stay Order
The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, issued a statutory notice to the Assistant Director of Enforcement, Vikas Kumar, in a contempt petition filed by film producer Akash Baskaran for continuing the probe in an alleged money laundering case despite a stay issued by the High Court. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan issued notice asking the Assistant...
Bombay High Court Questions Jain Community's Right To Seek Week-Long Ban On Slaughterhouses During Paryushana
The Jain Community told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (August 20) that it was easier to convince Mughal Emperor Akbar to close down slaughter houses during Paryushan Parva however it is very difficult to convince the State Government and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to do the same.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne issued notice on a...