Telangana High Court Deprecates Regularization Of 'Unscrupulous' Illegal Structures; Denies Power Supply Without Occupancy Certificate

The Telangana High Court recently denied power supply to a property owner who had not filed occupany certificate but had relied on previous orders where court had directed the authorities to release power to concerned party on undertaking to produce the certificate from the Municipal Corporation within a prescribed period.Stating that this is a case of "misuse" of liberty given to parties,...

Beas River Tragedy | HP High Court Upholds Criminal Negligence Charges Against Faculty Members Over Death Of Students On College Trip

The Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed a revision petition filed by the faculty members of VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, over the death of several students on a college trip in the Beas River tragedy, holding that the faculty members were fully aware that the students were likely to die, yet they did not stop the students from entering the riverbed.The...

Article 243-ZE | Allahabad High Court Raps UP Govt, State Election Commission For Not Conducting Polls To Committee For Metropolitan Planning

Recently, the Allahabad High Court pulled up the U.P. Government and the State Election Commission over non-holding of elections to the Committee for Metropolitan Planning despite the mandate of Article 243-ZE of the Constitution of India.The bench of Justice Saral Srivastava and Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal issued following directions,“the State Election Commissioner is directed to issue...

Punjab Govt Moves High Court Against Bhakra Dam Management's Alleged Extra Water Allocation To Haryana

The Punjab Government has moved the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB)'s decision taken in April to allocate alleged extra water share to Haryana.A bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry was hearing the matter.AG Punjab Maninderjit Singh Bedi sought quashing of minutes of Technical Committee Meeting took place on April 23...

Allahabad High Court Slams UP Govt For 'Vexatious' Dowry Death Appeal, Orders ₹2 Lakh Compensation To Honourably Acquitted Man

The Allahabad High Court recently ordered compensation of Rs. 2 lakhs to a man, who after being honourably acquitted by the Court in a dowry death case was made to face “vexatious criminal prosecution” in State's appeal.The bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Avnish Saxena observed,“we are of staunch view that the State before issuing direction to public prosecutor to present this...

'No Distinction Between Online Movie Ticket Booking & Offline Ticket Booking For Entertainment Tax Purposes': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the seventh proviso inserted into Section 2(b) of the Maharashtra Entertainments Duty Act, which brings within its ambit the additional amount charged by cinema proprietors for online booking of movie tickets. It observed that the activity of online booking is not different from an offline booking and can be taxed under Entry 62...

'Defrauding Unsuspecting Users': Delhi High Court Grants John Doe Injunction Over Trademark Infringement Of Share Market App 'INDmoney'

The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe interim injunction restraining rogue websites and applications from infringing the trademark of share market and financial services app INDmoney.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora was prima facie satisfied that the defendant-entity, by making unauthorised use of the Plaintiffs' trademarks, has been luring unsuspecting users to invest monies with the...

Temporary Employees Rendering Over 15 Years Of Continuous Service On Sanctioned Posts; Entitled To Pension Under Bihar Pension Rules : Jharkhand HC

The Jharkhand High Court bench comprising Justice Deepak Roshan held that temporary employees who have rendered over 15 years of continuous service on sanctioned posts with regular pay are entitled to pension under Rule 59 of the Bihar Pension Rules, 1950 (as adopted by State of Jharkhand). Background Facts The petitioners were appointed on various sanctioned posts under the...

Fresh Judicial Inquiry Must Be Conducted To Determine Whether Accused Earlier Declared Mentally Ill Is Capable Of Defending Himself: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has issued detailed procedural guidance on how trial courts must handle the resumption of criminal proceedings against an accused previously found unfit to stand trial due to mental illness.“The mere assessment as to whether the accused is having mental illness or not, by referring the matter to the Mental Health Review Board, would not serve any purpose, unless...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 28 - August 03, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 302 - 310]SXXXX v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 302Arshad v. State of Haryana and Ors. LiveLaw (PH) 303Jaswant and others v. State of Haryana and others LiveLaw (PH) 304Niyaz etc. v. State of Haryana LiveLaw (PH) 305XXX v. XXX LiveLaw (PH) 306 XXXXX v. XXXXX LiveLaw (PH) 307Suresh Kumar Sharma (deceased) through LRs v. State of Haryana and Ors.LiveLaw...

MP High Court Permits Paramedical Council To Submit Recognition Records Of Colleges In Sealed Cover Amid Locus Standi Issue In SC

In the ongoing case concerning the alleged irregularities and illegalities in the recognition of paramedical institutes, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (August 7) permitted the MP Paramedical Council to submit documents relating to recognition granted to various colleges in a sealed cover. This, came in view of the pending issue of locus standi of the petitioner Law...

Gujarat High Court Notifies Revised SOP For VC Hearing Enabling 'Waiting Room' For Participants, Says Decorum Must Be Followed

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (August 7) notified revised Standard Operating Procedure to be followed for Virtual/Hybrid Hearing of Cases enabling a "Waiting Room for all the participant who intend to join Court Proceedings through the online mode. The revised SOP states that participants must behave in a manner befitting the majesty and decorum of the Court, shall exhibit...