Gujarat High Court Judge Says He Personally Saw Two-Wheelers Violating Traffic Laws, Orders Survey In Ahmedabad

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (October 15) orally expressed concern over two wheelers in Ahmedabad violating traffic laws by driving on the wrong side and by indulging in traffic signal violations. The court further directed Gujarat State Legal Services Authority to conduct a survey of certain roads in the city prepare a report on illegal parking, and parking done on roads abutting...

Salary Can't Be Re-Fixed After Superannuation, Hence Recovery Of Excess Payment From Retired Employee Impermissible: P&H HC

A Division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Vikas Suri held that the refixation of salary after an employee's superannuation, leading to recovery of excess payments made without any misrepresentation or fraud by the employee, is impermissible in law. Background Facts The petitioner was a government employee. He...

Excise Dept To Decide Liquor Contractors' Security Refund Claims Within 30 Days, 12% Interest In Case Of Delay: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that the petitions filed by the liquor contractors, challenging non-refund of the security deposit by the Excise Department, even beyond the expiry of their license period, was premature since no order of demand, recovery or forfeiture was yet passed.At the same time, the bench of Justice Sameer Jain opined that administrative inaction leading to an indefinite...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Lodged By Rakhi Sawant Against Ex-Husband Adil Durrani U/S 498A & 377 IPC

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by celebrity Rakhi Sawant against her ex-husband Adil Durrani under section 498A (cruelty) and 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh Patil quashed the FIR filed by Sawant against Durrani in 2023 after the couple got embroiled in matrimonial disputes.However, the now...

Apportionment Of Liability Without Evidence Is Akin To 'Panchayati Approach': Bombay High Court Sets Aside NSE Arbitral Award Against Broker

The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitral award passed under National Stock Exchange (NSE) bye-laws that had upheld an order passed by Investor Grievance Redressal Panel (IGRP) directing Peerless Securities Limited to pay ₹7.18 lakhs to Vostok (Fareast) Securities Pvt. Ltd. for the losses caused by unauthorised trading in the trading and future segment. The IGRP had held that...

High Time To End Perception That Civil Cases Can Run For Decades: Delhi High Court

“It is high time that paradigm be changed by courts and an impression across the society be dispelled that civil suits can be allowed to run for decades,” the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday.The remarks were made by Justice Girish Kathpalia while strongly criticising a litigant's “deliberate design” to protract trial court proceedings in a suit for recovery of loan amount, by...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Release Of Congress MLA KC Veerendra Arrested In 'Illegal Betting' Case

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (October 15) dismissed the petition filed by wife of Congress MLA KC Veerendra for declaring his arrest in an alleged illegal betting case under PMLA as illegal, arbitrary and violative of his fundamental rights and to release him.Justice MI Arun said, "It is only on the ground that one FIR is alive in which 'B' report is filed that allows them (ED)...

INX Media Case: Delhi High Court Relaxes Karti Chidambaram's Bail Condition, Allows Foreign Travel With Prior Intimation To CBI

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday relaxed the bail condition imposed on Karti Chidambaram in relation to the INX media corruption case, requiring him to obtain trial court's permission for foreign travel.The Congress MP is now required to give prior intimation to the Court as well as CBI, two weeks prior to his travel. He will also be required to share his full travel itinerary.Justice...

Akshay Kumar Moves Bombay High Court To Protect His Personality Rights

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to protect his personality rights from being illegally commercialised by unknown entities by using deepfake images, videos, misuse of his voice and obscene blogs and Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated content.Single-judge Justice Arif Doctor on Wednesday morning, heard the submissions advanced by Senior Advocate...

Claim For Demurrage As Liquidated Damages Does Not Constitute Debt Until Liability Is Determined: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court refused to grant interim relief for attachment of goods and security under section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) holding that the liquidated damages in the form of demurrage does not constitute debt until the liability is determined by an arbitral award. Justice Challa Gunaranjan held that “petitioner has moved...

Delhi High Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea To Fill Vacancies In National Commission For Minorities

The Delhi High Court has sought stand of the Union Government on a plea seeking to fill the vacancies in the National Commission for Minorities, including the Chairperson. Calling the issue “very very important”, a division bench comprising of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela asked the Central Government's counsel to obtain instructions on the vacant posts. The...

Motor Accident Tribunal Can Grant Compensation To Deceased's Cohabitant Who Lived Like Spouse: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has held that the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal may award compensation to a cohabitant who lived with the deceased like a spouse, provided that the claimant can establish a long-term stable relationship, financial dependency and that the relationship had the character of marriage, even if not formalized.In doing so, the court set aside an order of the Motor...