Koodathayi Murder: Kerala High Court Dismisses Accused Jolly Joseph's Plea To Inspect Alleged Crime Scene With New Lawyer

The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 11) refused to interfere with an order of the trial court denying permission to the prime accused in Koodathayi Murder case, Jollyamma Joseph alias Jolly Joseph, to inspect the place of occurrence of crime along with her new lawyer.Jolly is accused of murdering six of her family members, including her first husband Roy Thomas, using cyanide, with the...

High Court Seeks Criminal Antecedent Of 'RTI Activist' Who Alleged Embezzlement In Punjab Govt's Purchase Of High-End Utility Vehicles

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has sought details of the criminal background of a litigant stated to be an RTI activist, who alleged financial irregularities in the Punjab government's procurement of a high-end utility vehicle.During the hearing, Advocate General Maninderjit Singh Bedi appearing for the Punjab Government, submitted that as per the Public Interest Litigation Rules, 2010,...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 04 to August 10, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 258 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 264Nominal Index: Murali Krishna R AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 258State of Karnataka & ANR AND Mahaboob Patel. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 259Vijayeendra G Muddebihalkar & Others AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 260Vijay Mahantesh Mathapati & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw...

S.223 BNSS Which Gives Right Of Hearing To Accused Before Cognizance Can Apply To Complaint Filed Before July 01, 2024: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that Section 223 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Suraksha Sanhita 2023, which grants the accused right to be heard before cognizance is taken in complaint cases, can apply even to cases instituted prior to July 1, 2024—the date when the BNSS came into force.Section 223 BNSS is pari materia to Section 200 of the erstwhile CrPC except the first proviso to...

Committee Constituted To Review Film Ticket Pricing: State Tells Kerala High Court

The Kerala government on Monday (August 10) informed the High Court that it has constituted a Committee to enquire into matters relating to regulation of ticket charges in cinema theatres and multiplex theatres.The submission was made before a division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji which was hearing a Public Interest Litigation seeking fixation of ticket prices...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Fraudulently Availing Benefit Of Input Tax Credit Of Over ₹10 Crores

The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a man accused of fraudulently availing benefit of Input Tax Credit of over Rs.10 crores by allegedly showing fictitious transactions on record from companies whose GST registration came to be cancelled. The counsel for the GST authorities has opposed the application contending that the applicant herein initially created forged firms on the basis of...

Kerala High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Litigant Appearing In Person For Threatening Judge

The Kerala High Court recently imposed Rs. 50,000 cost on a litigant, who was appearing as party-in-person, for threatening the single judge hearing his case by stating that he has filed a complaint against the judge before the President of India and other authorities.Referring to former CJI JS Khehar's opinion in the 2015 National Judicial Commission judgment Supreme Court...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round Up: August 04 -August 10, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 311 - 317]Col. Sukhwinder Singh Dhillon v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 311CHIRAG KUMAR SARDANA v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 312Manish Kumar v. Directorate General, Goods & Service Tax Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Ludhiana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 313RAVNEET KAUR v. PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT, CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH)...

Gujarat High Court Upholds Mass Transfer Of ESIC Doctors Challenged For Violating DOPT Guideline On Posting Of Spouses Near Each Other

The Gujarat High Court restored an order transferring nearly 500 doctors of Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), which was earlier set aside by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on the ground of violating DOPT guidelines regarding posting of spouses near each other. In doing so the court found no infirmity in the transfer order challenged on the ground that the respondent...

Terror Funding Case: Delhi High Court Seeks Yasin Malik's Response On NIA's Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Him

The Delhi High Court on Monday sought response of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in the appeal moved by National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case.A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Shalinder Kaur asked Malik to file his response within four weeks and listed the matter for hearing on November 10. Advocate...

Gujarat High Court Refuses To Let Lawyer Withdraw Plea Allegedly Aimed At 'Browbeating' Charity Commissioner

The Gujarat High Court refused to permit withdrawal of a petition moved by a lawyer and a trust, after the State alleged that the petitioners had attempted to browbeat the charity commissioner by making certain allegations questioning the appointment which had already been upheld by the court.The court noted that the matter was not restricted to the present case but to instances where...

Pre-University Education Rules | Denying Compassionate Appointment For Want Of Vacancy In Deceased's Institution Illegal: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court set aside an order passed by Pre-University Education department which had rejected a compassionate appointment plea filed by the son of a deceased employee of a Pre-University solely on the ground that there was no vacancy in the institution where the deceased was working.In doing so the court held that the rejection was in contravention to the state...