Karnataka High Court Quashes Corruption Case Against Driver Who Kept Bribe Bag In Car On BESCOM Manager's Instructions

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the corruption case registered against a driver attached to the Chief General Manager of BESCOM, for merely keeping a bag containing bribe in the Manager's car on his instruction.Noting that the demand and acceptance of bribe were made by the Manager who was booked as the first accused, Justice M Nagaprasanna held it is unfair to prosecute the "humble...

Kerala High Court Issues Directions To Ease Traffic Congestion, Enhance Pedestrian Safety In Thiruvananthapuram's East Fort Area

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (July 30) disposed of a public interest litigation seeking improvement of pedestrian pathway and safety in East Fort area of capital city, Thiruvananthapuram.The petition was filed seeking a direction to the state government (respondent 1) and the Transport Commissioner (respondent 2) to implement the proposal submitted by the NATPAC (National...

Process Patent | S.104A Of Patents Act Can Be Invoked At Interim Stage To Seek Disclosure Of Defendant's Process: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that there is no bar on the invocation of Section 104A of the Patent Act 1970 at the initial stage of a suit, when the patent holder seeks disclosure of the defendant's process.For context, Section 104A prescribes that where the subject matter of a patent infringement suit is a 'process' for obtaining a product, the burden is on the defendant to prove that...

Certificate Issued By School Without Supporting Proof Not Enough Evidence To Determine Kidnapping Victim's Age: Rajasthan High Court

Upholding an order acquitting a man accused of kidnapping a girl, the Rajasthan High Court refused to accept the certificate issued by the girl's school as proof of age in absence of any document or evidence of school staff or register admission form or mark sheet based on which such the certificate was issued.The court said that certificate issued by a school can only be based on the...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 28 To August 03, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 251 to Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 257Nominal Index: K M Gurushivakumar AND LIC Of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 251Ningappa AND PRABHATBHAI & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 252Shivegowda AND Nanjeshgowda & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 253Vivek Kariappa C K AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 254Chief Administrative Officer & ANR AND...

Prior Sanction 'Not Unbridled Shelter' To Protect Corrupt Govt Officials In Face Of Prima Facie Audio/ Video Evidence: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court said that in cases where "prima facie electronic evidence" in form of voice/video recording is available against accused, then it would be travesty of justice to not allow prosecution against them for non-fulfilment of requirement of prior approval under Section 17-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Section 17-A of the PC Act provides that no enquiry or...

Recovered 'Ganja' Was Only Marginally Above Commercial Quantity, Rigours U/S 37 NDPS Act May Not Apply: Delhi High Court Grants Bail

The Delhi High Court has held that the rigour of Section 37 NDPS Act does not apply strictly in cases where the quantity of contraband recovered from an accused is only marginally above the prescribed commercial quantity.The applicant in this case was apprehended with a bag containing 21.508 kg of ganja.Section 37 states that bail should not be granted to an accused unless the accused is able...

Patna High Court Allows Convict To Raise Plea Of Juvenility 32 Yrs After Alleged Offence, Says It Can Be Raised At Any Stage

The Patna High Court has reiterated that the plea of juvenility can be raised by an accused in a criminal case at any stage of proceedings, even after final disposal of the case. Justice Jitendra Kumar thus directed the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) Siwan, to conduct an inquiry into the juvenility claim of one of the eight appellants convicted in a 1993 attempt to murder case. The direction...

Gujarat High Court Asks State To Form Panel To Consider Govt Employees' Entitlement To HRA Affected By Classification Of Cities

Noting that employees right to House Rent Allowance is not absolute, the Gujarat High Court has asked the state government to form a committee to consider pleas moved by various government employees working in schools in urban and rural areas, aggrieved by categorization of various cities and House Rent Allowance policy in this respect. The court was hearing a batch of pleas of...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 28 - August 03, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 307 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 319]Sayyad Faisal Sayyad Khaleel vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 307Amit Rama Zende vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 308Laxman Motiram Barai vs Hafiza Sheikh, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 309Javed Abdul Rahim Attar vs The Maharashtra Housing & Area Development Authority, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 310Farah Deeba...

State Used Private Building As Covid Facility, Can't Deny Rent Citing 'Unauthorised Construction': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently said that the State government is legally bound to pay rent and compensation to the owners of a private building, which it used or took over invoking the provisions of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.Justice N. Nagaresh in his order observed that the buildings and valuable equipments belonging to the petitioner educational agency, were taken over by the...

P&H High Court Criticises Trial Court For 'Unreasonable Leniency' To Cyber Fraud Accused, Says Senior Citizen Complaints Must Be Prioritized

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has strongly criticized a trial court for showing “unreasonable leniency” in a cyber fraud case, emphasizing that cases involving senior citizens deserve urgent and prioritized handling.The plea was filed by a senior citizen who lodged a complaint in 2021 alleging cyber fraud of Rs.58.68 lakhs and FIR was lodged under Sections 420 and 120-B of IPC &...