High Courts
Denial Of Admission To Student By A Private Unaided School Does Not Violate Article 21: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that mere non-admission of a minor student in a private unaided school would not amount to a violation of Article 21 of the Constitution of India.Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while dismissing a petition filed by Muzammil Kazi, who had approached the court seeking a direction to St. Paul's High School to admit his minor son to its school in LKG grade....
Delhi High Court Flags Trend Of Using Children To Commit Crimes Like Drugs & Arms Distribution, Denies Anticipatory Bail To Accused
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (August 13) denied anticipatory bail to a man accused of using a child for transporting 450 quarters of illicit liquor.In doing so, Justice Girish Kathpalia said,“Over a period of time, it is being observed that criminals use children to commit wide ranging crimes, involving not just liquor and drugs peddling but also arms/ammunitions and even acts of...
Kerala High Court Judges Visit Human-Wildlife Conflict Zone In Kannur, Moot Voluntary Tribal Relocation & Crop Change
The Kerala High Court has urged the State government to adopt a “reimagined” and inter-departmental strategy to address escalating human–wildlife conflicts in Aaralam Farm, Kannur district, and Wayanad. A division bench comprising Justice Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian made the remarks during a hearing on Wednesday, after reviewing on-ground realities and...
Surcharge Order Issued Under Local Fund Audit Act To Be Challenged In Appeal Under Panchayat Raj Act: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that parties aggrieved by District Court decisions in surcharge proceedings initiated under the Kerala Local Fund Audit Act must file an appeal under Section 215(13) of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act rather than directly invoking the High Court's writ jurisdiction.A Division Bench comprising Justice Amit Rawal and Justice P.V. Balakrishnan delivered the judgment...
'Never Lived Together': Telangana High Court Quashes Domestic Violence Case Against USA-Based Sister-In-Law
The Telangana High Court quashed the proceedings under Domestic Violence Act against a woman living in America accused of harassing her sister-in-law for dowry via phone calls, observing that the two never lived together in shared house at any point of time. The respondent no. 2 and her husband (petitioner no. 1) got married in 2020. She claimed that her in-laws looked after her for three...
Allahabad High Court Stays Govt Notification Increasing Fees For MBBS Courses In Middle Of 2024-25 Session
On Tuesday, the Allahabad High Court has stayed the Government notification dated 05.07.2025 by which the State Government has raised the fees of the MBBS course with effect from academic year 2024-25.240 MBBS students approached the High Court challenging the legality and validity of the impugned notification dated 05.07.2025 whereby tuition fee of the students of MBBS course was raised...
'Everybody Trying To Pass The Buck': High Court Questions Centre, Delhi Govt Over Regularization Of Colonies In Sainik Farms
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (August 13) suggested the Central and Delhi governments to sit across the table and make an endeavour to address issues relating to regularization of alleged unauthorized constructions in the city's Sainik Farms area.During the hearing the court orally remarked that it appeared as though everybody was trying to pass the buck, wherein, and as it happens in...
Allahabad High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To AMU Professor In FIR Over Alleged Reference To Rape In Hindu Mythology
The Allahabad High Court recently granted anticipatory bail to an Aligarh Muslim University professor (Dr Jitendra Kumar) who is facing an FIR for allegedly referring to examples of 'rape' in Hindu mythology during a Forensic Medicine class in 2022.A bench of Justice Gautam Chowdhary granted him relief, taking into account the applicant's role and all the facts and circumstances of the case....
Release Accused On 'Single' Surety; Don't Remand Them To Custody If Chargesheet Filed Sans Arrest: Allahabad HC Directs UP Courts
The Allahabad High Court has issued a comprehensive set of directions for the trial courts across Uttar Pradesh to ensure uniform trial court practice, to give effect to the constitutional guarantees under Article 21 and to implement binding Supreme Court directions in this regard. Exercising its power under Article 227 of the Constitution and Section 528 BNSS, a bench of...
When Purpose Of Police Remand Is Clearly Stated, Trial Court Can't Dictate Manner Of Probe: HP High Court Quashes Adverse Remarks Against Cops
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has set aside orders of a trial court, that refused policy custody of an accused in a communal violence case and also expunged adverse remarks made by the trial court that branded the investigation as “myopic” and “mala fide.”Setting aside the Trial Court's order Justice Virender Singh remarked that: “The purpose, for which, the police remand has...
Magistrate/ Sessions Court Competent To Grant Default Bail Even If Regular Bail Plea Pending Before HC : Punjab & Haryana High Court
In a significant ruling, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has clarified that a Magistrate or the Sessions Court, as the case may be, retains the competence to grant default bail to an accused, even when a regular bail application is pending before a Sessions Court or the High Court. The development comes while hearing a regular bail plea wherein during the pendency of the application,...
NCMEI Has Exclusive Power To Declare Minority Status Of Educational Institutions; 1999 GO Has Lost Relevance: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday quashed an order of the UP Government rejecting Greater Noida-based Sharda University's request to be included in the list of colleges participating in the ongoing NEET Counselling. The rejection order, passed by the Director General of Medical Education and Training, Uttar Pradesh (DGME), was based on the fact that the minority status granted to...