UAPA | Delhi High Court Refuses Default Bail To 'ISIS Member' Accused Of Procuring Arms, Radicalising Youth

The Delhi High Court yesterday denied default bail to a man accused of being an active member of the ISIS, procuring arms, ammunitions and explosives for the extremist armed group and radicalising impressionable youth.A division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed the appeal filed by Mohd. Rizwan Ashraf who was arrested in the UAPA case...

Court Can Extend Mandate Of Arbitrator Multiple Times If Sufficient Cause Is Shown U/S 29A(5) Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar has held that the courts are not prohibited from extending the mandate of the Arbitrator multiple times if sufficient cause is established under section 29A(5) of the Arbitration Act. Accordingly, it extended the mandate of the Arbitrator beyond the timeline set by the Supreme Court. This is the second filed by the Petitioner...

Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against BJP MLC N Ravikumar Accused Of Making 'Vulgar Comments' Against Chief Secretary

The Karnataka High Court has stayed an FIR and further investigation against BJP MLC N Ravikumar, who had been accused of making 'vulgar comments' against Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh.While passing the interim order of stay in open court, the bench opined that it would deliver a detailed order, recording its reasons for granting interim relief at a later stage. At the...

Eligible Candidate For Compassionate Appointment Must Undertake To Take Care Of Financial Needs Of Other Dependents: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that an eligible candidate for compassionate appointment must give an irrevocable undertaking on affidavit to take care of the financial needs of other dependent of the deceased.While dealing with discord between mother and wife of deceased employee seeking compassionate appointment, Justice Ajay Bhanot held “The family member who is appointed on...

No Stamp Duty On Sale Certificate Issued By Banks/Revenue Authorities To Auction Purchaser : Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that a sale certificate issued by a bank/revenue authority to an auction purchaser following the sale of immovable property that belonged to a revenue defaulter will not attract the levy of stamp duty.A Division Bench consisting of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice P.M. Manoj was considering a batch of writ appeals preferred by the...

Mere Friendship Can't Give Liberty To Indulge In Sexual Intercourse Without Consent: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that mere friendship cannot give liberty to a boy to indulge in sexual intercourse with a girl without her consent.“….merely because a girl befriends a boy, the latter cannot be given liberty to indulge into sexual intercourse with her without her consent,” Justice Girish Kathpalia said. The Court made the observation while denying bail to a man in a...

[Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede] DNA Entertainment Moves Karnataka HC Against Report By State-Appointed Inquiry Commission

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court by M/s DNA Entertainment Network Private Limited, seeking to quash the one member judicial inquiry report submitted by Retired justice John Michael Cunha in regards to the stampede that occurred outside the Chinnaswamy stadium ahead of an event to celebrate Royal Challenger Bangalore's (RCB) victory at the 2025 IPL Final.The plea was...

Delhi High Court Seeks NIA's Response On MP Engineer Rashid's Plea Against Costs To Attend Parliament

Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid on Friday moved the Delhi High Court challenging costs imposed by him by a trial court while granting him custody parole to attend the Parliament from July 24 to August 04.A division bench comprising Justice Vivek Chaudhary and Justice Shalinder Kaur issued notice in Rashid's plea and sought response of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).Senior...

Trivandrum Bar Association Moves Kerala HC To Join As Party In KHCAA's PIL Challenging Increased Court Fees

The Trivandrum Bar Association has moved the Kerala High Court seeking to implead itself as 4th additional respondent in KHCAA's plea against increased court fees.As per the affidavit sworn by the Secretary of Trivandrum Bar Association, it is stated that the increased fee is disproportionate to the prevailing inflation rate and that this is an arbitrary enhancement, which constitutes...

Madras High Court Summons Lawyer Who Alleged Communal And Caste Bias By Judge

The Madras High Court has summoned an advocate S Vanchinathan for alleging that communal and caste bias by Justice GR Swaminathan. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice K Rajasekar opined that the scandalous allegations made by Vanchinathan constituted criminal contempt of court. Since a direct question to Vanchinathan, on whether he stood by his statement did not bring...

ADM Says 'Can't Speak English'; Uttarakhand High Court Asks SEC, Chief Secy Whether He Can Effectively Hold Executive Post

The Uttarakhand High Court last week asked the State Election Commissioner and the Chief Secretary to examine whether an officer of the rank of Additional District Magistrate, who admitted in the Court that he can't speak English, can be entrusted with effective control over an executive post. A bench of Chief Justice G. Narendar and Justice Alok Mahra directed thus while hearing...

Adolescents Losing Innocence Due To TV, Internet & Social Media; Govt Helpless As Nature Of Technology Is Uncontrollable: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday expressed its serious concerns over the 'disastrous' effects of television, internet, and social media on adolescents, observing that these mediums are causing a "loss of their innocence at a very early and tender age", and that even the government can't control their influence due to the 'uncontrollable' nature of the technologies involved. A bench...