Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Ask J&K Govt To Include 'Dragon Boat Racing' In Khelo India Water Sports Festival

The Delhi High Court has directed the Union Government to ask the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to include “Dragon Boat Racing” as a competitive sport in the Khelo India Water Sports Festival, scheduled to be held from August 21-23 at Dal Lake, Srinagar. Justice Sachin Datta observed that the sport is internationally codified with established rules and Khelo India's guidelines do...

Order VII Rule 11 CPC | Plaint Can't Be Rejected Due To Missing Khasra Numbers In Eviction Petition: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the omission of certain khasra numbers in an eviction petition does not amount to non-disclosure of cause of action and cannot be a ground for dismissal under Order 7 Rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code.Rejecting the tenant's contention, Justice Ajay Mohan Goel remarked that: “Mere non-mention of certain khasra numbers per se cannot be so fatal...

Merely Because Deceased Was Seen Crying Doesn't Prove She Was Harassed For Dowry: Delhi High Court In Dowry Death Case

While upholding discharge of a husband and his family members in a dowry death and cruelty case, the Delhi High Court has observed merely because the deceased was seen crying cannot per se make out any case of dowry harassment. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that the statements of the brother and sister of the deceased did not establish even prima facie that the deceased was being harassed...

Maternity Leave Sanctioned During Contractual Service Cannot Be Curtailed Due To Submission Of Fitness Certificate During Regularisation: HP HC

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that maternity leave, sanctioned while an employee was on contractual service, could not be curtailed merely because she submitted a medical fitness certificate at the time of regularization. Quashing the State's order that cancelled the leave Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked that : “submission of Medical Fitness Certificate, could not have given any right...

Rajasthan High Court Stays BSc Nursing Counselling For Academic Year 2025-26 Until Further Orders

Rajasthan High Court has stayed the operation of the order of the single bench that allowed the Deepshikha Kala Sansthan (Regional Nursing College) to participate in the counselling for B.Sc. Nursing course for the academic session 2025-26 without having a valid No Objection Certificate and affiliation from the State Government and Rajasthan University of Health Sciences...

Jharkhand High Court Raps BIT Mesra Over Dalit Student's Death, Grants ₹20 Lakh To Kin, Issues Guidelines To Prevent Ragging In Colleges

The Jharkhand High Court has awarded Rs.20 Lakh as compensation to be paid by BIT Mesra, Polytechnic College, to the parents of a 3rd semester student, who was allegedly subjected to casteist slurs in the name of Harijan/Dalit and multiple violent assaults leading to his death.Terming the incident as a "brutal assault", Justice Sanjay Prasad came down heavily on the College over their...

Cop Dies During Appeal But Gujarat High Court Upholds His Conviction In 36 Yrs Old Custodial Death Case

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (August 14) upheld a sessions court order convicting a policeman for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the custodial death of a 22-year-old man in 1989. For Context, the incident took place in October 1989. The sessions case was registered in 1990 and the sessions court passed the conviction order and sentence in 2000. Justice Gita Gopi in her...

Cops Must Discharge Power With Accountability, Not On Apprehensions: Bombay High Court Declares Alleged PFI Member's Arrest 'Illegal'

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court while declaring 'illegal' the arrest of a sitting Councillor of a local body for being an alleged member of the Popular Front of India (PFI), recently held that the police cannot arrest a person under section 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) merely on the apprehension that the said person may indulge in illegal activities in future and that there...

[Section 223 BNSS] Cognizance On ED Complaint Can't Be Taken Without Hearing Accused: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that special court cannot take cognizance of the complaint filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) without giving opportunity of hearing to the accused.Justice Ravinder Dudeja set aside a special judge order dismissing the application of an accused in a PMLA case seeking a pre cognizance hearing in the money laundering case in terms of proviso to Section 223 of...

Kerala High Court Orders Conditional Arrest Of Panaman-Flagged MV MSC Makoto-II In Admiralty Suits Claiming Nearly ₹2.8 Crores In Damages

The Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered the conditional arrest of MV MSC Makoto-II, a vessel flying the flag of Panama in six separate admiralty suits claiming damages totalling around Rupees 2.8 crores.After considering the supporting documents produced by the plaintiffs, Justice Easwaran S. passed the interim orders for arrest of the vessel, which is presently at Vizhinjam Port...

MP High Court Summons Chairperson Of Elephant Advisory Committee Over Death Of Wild Elephant In Captivity Of Forest Dept

While hearing a public interest litigation regarding the order of the Forest Department for the capture and captivity of 5 elephants, the Madhya Pradesh High Court summoned the Chairperson of the State Elephant Advisory Committee to appear on August 26. The order was passed regarding the death of a wild elephant captured by the Forest Department. The petitioner also filed an application...

Relaxed Rules Over Locus Standi In Public Interest Cannot Be Used To Indirectly Challenge Concluded Litigation: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the regularisation of a minor deviation in a building's sanctioned plan by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC), holding that the petitioner had no locus standi and the matter was an abuse of process.A bench of Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal said, "It acknowledges the liberalization of standing in...