High Courts
Allahabad High Court Orders Status Quo On UP Govt's School Pairing Exercise In Sitapur Till August 21
The Allahabad High Court has directed that the status quo be maintained with respect to the Uttar Pradesh Government's ongoing school pairing exercise in Sitapur district till August 21. A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh passed the order while dealing with an filed against the July 7, 2025, order of a Single Judge, who had dismissed writ...
Bombay High Court Imposes Hefty Costs Of ₹30 Lakhs On Two Litigants, Advocates For Restoring Petitions Dismissed In 2020
The Bombay High Court recently imposed a hefty costs of Rs 30 lakhs on two petitioners and their advocates for restoring their writ petitions filed in the year 2019, which were dismissed for not removing office objections.Single-judge Justice Kamal Khata imposed Rs 15 lakhs costs on Mahatma Phule Cooperative Housing Society (Proposed) and their advocates along with Rs 15 lakhs on Unity...
DNA Profiling Not 100% Accurate, Can't Be Sole Basis For POCSO Conviction In Absence Of Corroborative Evidence: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has said that DNA reports cannot be solely relied on to convict the accused who is charged for offences punishable under provisions of the Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). A division bench of Justice R Nataraj and Justice Rajesh Rai K held thus while dismissing an appeal filed by prosecution challenging a trial court order dated...
Repeated & Unreasonable Delays In Time-Bound Trials Shall Be Viewed Seriously: Orissa High Court Issues SOP For Judicial Officers
The Orissa High Court has formulated a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed by all the Judicial Officers across the State in case of seeking extension of time to conclude trials where specific time limits are imposed either by the High Court or the Supreme Court. The SOP came into existence in the wake of recent direction of the Supreme Court in Durgawati @ Priya v....
Making Allegations Of Extra-Marital Affair In Complaints To Spouse's Employer Is 'Cruelty': Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has upheld a family court order dissolving the marriage of a couple on the grounds that the wife had subjected the husband to cruelty by making derogatory complaints to his employer.A division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Renu Bhatnagar observed that marriage requires adjustment and parties may take a long time to adjust with each other but both husband and wife...
Madras High Court Appreciates TN Govt's Move To Include 'Economic Offender' Under TN Goondas Act
The Madras High Court has appreciated the Tamil Nadu government for bringing in a GO, including “economic offender” as one of the categories under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act. The court said that the policy shift would strengthen the government's power to combat economic offences. “This Court also notes with appreciation that, vide G.O.Ms.No.68, Home Department, dated...
Mere Involvement In 'Grave Economic Offence' Not Organised Crime U/S 111 Of BNS: J&K&L High Court
Observing that the invocation of organised crime provisions under Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) requires strict compliance with the statutory prerequisites, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that mere involvement in a grave economic offence is not sufficient to attract the rigours of Section 111 BNS.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar has held that to bring...
Calcutta High Court Upholds Arbitral Award In Favour Of Sourav Ganguly Over Termination Of Player Representation Agreement
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Ravi Kishan Kapur dismissed a Section 34 petition filed against an arbitral award passed in favour of cricket player Sourav Ganguly (“Respondent”) by his former management agency, Precept Talent Management Ltd. (“Petitioner”). While upholding the Arbitral Award, the Court observed that the award was well reasoned and the views taken by...
J&K&L HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Grant Of Reservation U/S 3 Of J&K Reservation Act
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has admitted a fresh writ petition directly challenging the constitutional validity of Section 3 of the J&K Reservation Act, 2004, which provides reservation on the basis of population ratio for being contrary to Article 16 (4) of the Constitution. The petitioner has also challenged successive statutory orders which have inflated...
Karnataka High Court Seeks Centre's Response On Plea Questioning Deportation Of Russian Woman's Children Found Living Inside Cave
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Union of India to respond in two weeks time to a petition filed questioning the deportation of two minor children of a Russian woman, who was living with them in a cave in the state's Uttara Kannada district earlier this month. A single judge, Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav was informed that the children lack travel and identity...
'Capability To Earn' & 'Actual Earnings' Are Separate Things: Delhi High Court Upholds Grant Of Maintenance To MBA-Qualified Wife
Stating that “capability to earn and actual earnings are two separate things”, the Delhi High Court recently upheld the grant of maintenance to an MBA-qualified wife.In doing so, a division bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Renu Bhatnagar observed that when the couple separated, their child was very young and in order to take care of the child, the wife may have left her job.“A wife...
Merely Saying 'I Love You' To Girl Not Sexual Harassment Under POCSO Act: Chhattisgarh High Court
The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that merely shouting “I love you” to a girl does not constitute sexual harassment as defined under Section 7 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Harassment Act, 2012 ('POCSO Act'), unless accompanied with 'sexual intent'. While upholding the order of acquittal of the respondent/accused, the Bench of Justice Sanjay S. Agrawal...