High Courts
Allahabad HC Orders Action Against 'Illegal' Advocate Chambers In Lucknow, Says Prior Notice Isn't A Must For Public Land Encroachment
Taking a serious view of massive illegal encroachments by advocates near the District and Sessions Court premises (Old High Court) in Lucknow, the Allahabad High Court has directed authorities to take appropriate action for the removal of the same. Though the Lucknow Nagar Nigam submitted that it would have to serve notices on the concerned persons to remove the encroachments, the High...
Exclusion In Section 2(2) HMA Not A License For Tribals To Practice Or Justify Polygamy Without Proven Tradition: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has clarified that the statotory exclusions provided to Scheduled Tribes under Section 2(2) of the Hindu Marraige Act, 1955 cannot be used to justify polygamy in absence of proven customary practices. The bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed;"The purpose of Section 2(2) of Hindu Marriage Act, 1956 is to protect the tribal traditions and beliefs. However, it cannot...
Predetermined Show-Cause Notice Vitiates Disciplinary Proceedings: Gauhati High Court Orders Reinstatement Of Police Personnel
The Gauhati High Court has held that a departmental proceeding cannot be sustained where the disciplinary authority shows a pre-determined mind at the very stage of issuing the first show cause notice, and where the enquiry is conducted in a manner contrary to law, rendering the process unfairJustice Rajesh Mazumdar observed, “…the words used in the first show cause notice like...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Probe Against 32nd Avenue CEO Dhruv Dutt Sharma In Multiple FIRs Barring One Cheating Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court last week stayed probe in multiple FIRs registered against Gurgaon's 32nd Avenue CEO Dhruv Dutt Sharma who has been accused of selling the same unit to several buyers. The high court however made clear that investigation in one FIR (FIR No.262 of 2025) lodged under IPC Sections 409(Criminal breach of trust by public servant or by banker, merchant or agent,...
Universities Must Foster Free Thought And Expression, Not Suppress Dissent: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a University cannot restrict speech and peaceful expression of ideas merely because the views expressed by a group of students do not align with the ideology of the management. Justice Jasmeet Singh said that the role of a university is not to suppress every form of dissent, but to ensure that such expression is answered and catered to. “A university...
Article 311(2)(a) | No Prior Hearing Needed For Cop's Dismissal After Corruption Conviction: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has upheld the dismissal of a police constable after conviction in corruption case, observing that disciplinary authority can decide on the delinquent's conduct and award punishment without affording an opportunity of hearing due to exclusionary affect of second proviso to Article 311(2)(a) of Constitution. Justice Maulik J Shelat referred to Supreme Court's...
Verify If Bangladeshi Immigrants Hawking On Mumbai Streets, Take Action As Per Law: Bombay High Court To BMC, Police
The Bombay High Court on Monday (March 23) ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and the Mumbai Police to conduct a 'thorough' verification of the identity of all the hawkers on the streets of the city and check if there are any 'Bangladeshis' or other 'immigrants' involved in hawking activities, and if found, the authorities have been ordered to take 'appropriate' action...
Hearing & Speech Impaired Rape Victim Uses Plastic Doll For Testimony, Chhattisgarh High Court Upholds Convict's Life Term
While upholding the conviction of a man for rape of a deaf and dumb woman, the Chhattisgarh High Court has emphasised that a witness— who is unable to speak, can depose in Court through gestures or demonstrative methods, and such testimony shall be treated as substantive oral evidence.In the present case, the victim- a young woman, deaf and dumb since birth, was raped by one of her...
Delhi High Court Upholds Order Dissolving Ad-Hoc Committee To Manage Ski And Snowboard India's Affairs
The Delhi High Court on Monday upheld a Single Judge's decision quashing the Indian Olympic Association's (IOA) move to appoint an ad-hoc committee to manage the affairs of Ski and Snowboard India. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia dismissed the appeal filed by the Indian Olympic Association, while modifying the impugned order on the...
Section 195 CrPC Bars Cognizance Without Complaint By Public Servant, Not FIR Or Investigation: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that Section 195 of the Code of Criminal Procedure does not prohibit registration of FIR or investigation into offences under Sections 172 to 188 IPC, but only bars the Court from taking cognizance in the absence of a complaint by the concerned public servant, and such objections are to be considered at the stage of charge or...
Calcutta High Court Allows Vishva Hindu Parishad's Plea For Ram Navami Rally, Caps Participants At 500
The Calcutta High Court has permitted the Vishva Hindu Parishad to organise a Ram Navami rally in Howrah on March 26, 2026, allowing it to follow the same route as the previous year, while imposing a series of restrictions to ensure maintenance of public order.Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya was hearing a writ petition filed by the Vishva Hindu Parishad seeking directions upon police authorities...
Bombay High Court Orders Probe Into 'Shocking' Failed MTP Case After Newborn Allegedly Starved To Death In Hospital
The Bombay High Court was recently 'aghast' to note a 'shocking' incident wherein a Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) on a minor rape victim failed, resulting in the birth of a baby girl of nearly 26 weeks, who was 'starved to death' by the doctors at the District Civil Hospital in Maharashtra's Satara.Sitting at the Kolhapur seat, a division bench of Justice Madhav Jamdar and Justice...