High Courts
Lok Adalat Cannot Deny Opportunity Of Cross Examination To Party Without Reasons, Even Though Summary Procedures Are Followed: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that the Permanent Lok Adalat (PLA) must adhere to the principles of natural justice as enshrined in Section 22-D of the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, even though summary procedure is followed. The Court quashed the PLA's order in a dispute involving a telecom bill, on the ground that the petitioner was denied the right to cross-examine the...
Rajasthan HC Stays Defamation Case Proceedings Against Drishti IAS' Vikas Divyakirti Over Remarks On Judiciary
Rajasthan High Court today STAYED further proceedings in defamation complaint pending in Ajmer Court against Drishti IAS founder Vikas Divyakirti over his alleged derogatory remarks on Judiciary.A bench of Justice Sameer Jain passed this order while hearing Dr. Divyakirti's plea against an Ajmer Court's order taking partial cognizance of a complaint against him accusing him of defaming...
Rajasthan High Court Slams State For Denying Salary To Disabled Asst Engineer, Directs Extension Of Benefits To All PwD Govt Employees
Expressing displeasure at the State for its "insensitivity and apathy" in denying salary and service benefits to an 80% disabled employee, the Rajasthan High Court directed the State to issue necessary order to all departments to identify disabled employees and grant them benefit under Clause 20(4) of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act.Clause 20(4) of the Act laid down that no...
MP High Court To Hear Next Week PIL On 'Alarming' Rise In Suicides At State's Medical Colleges
The Madhya Pradesh High Court will hear on July 28 a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the "alarming trend" of high suicide rate in medical colleges across the state. Noting that the petitioner's advocate appeared via video conferencing, the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf on Wednesday (July 23) listed the matter for hearing on Monday, when...
Bombay High Court 'Disturbed' After Police Officer Produces Imposter In Court, Instead Of Original Complainant In FIR Against Zee TV Show
The Bombay High Court was recently disturbed by the conduct of a Cyber Crime Police Officer, who produced an imposter before the court passing him off as a complainant in a First Information Report (FIR) against a TV serial "Tum Se Tum Tak" aired on popular channel Zee TV.A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad noted that the complainant as per the FIR - Sunil Sharma,...
Kerala High Court Stays Installation Of Panchaloha Idol Of Lord Ayyappa At Sabarimala By Private Individual
The Kerala High Court has stayed a purported order of the Travancore Devaswom Board permitting installation of a Panchaloha idol of Lord Ayyappa at the Sabarimala Temple by a private individualThe division bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S, while hearing a Suo motu case initiated on a report of the Special Commissioner, Sabarimala, stayed the order for...
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Withdraws From P&H High Court Plea For Suspension Of Sentence In Rape Case
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim on Tuesday withdrew from the Punjab and Haryana High Court his application seeking suspension of sentence in the 2017 rape case.The self-styled godman was convicted by the Special CBI Court, Panchkula in 2017 under Sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of twenty years for...
Madras High Court Grants Bail To Man Who Protested Against Hijab Judgment, Allegedly Gave Hate Speech Against Political Parties And Judiciary
The Madras High Court has granted bail to a 60-year old man who had participated in a protest objecting to the hijab judgment and had allegedly made hate speech against all political parties, and even the judiciary. Justice P Vadamalai was inclined to grant bail on noting that the FIR was registered in March 2022 and probe might have been completed by this time. The court thus opined...
'Judicial Indiscipline': P&H High Court Orders Probe Into Trial Judge Who Granted Interim & Absolute Pre-Arrest Bail In Same Case On Same Day
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has flagged an instance of "judicial indiscipline" after an Additional Sessions Judge passed two distinct orders in the same case on the same day. Suggesting "thorough investigation", the Court has directed the Registrar General to put the file before the concerned Administrative judge.The Additional Session Judge of Faridabad in a forgery case first...
Kerala High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Students' Letter About Flooding Of Village School, Asks Collector To Take Steps
The Kerala High Court today took suo moto cognizance of a letter addressed to the Chief Justice by around 200 students of SNDP Higher Secondary School, stating that their campus located below sea-level in Kainakary Grama Panchayat in Kuttanad district of Alappuzha has been submerged in water since over a month.According to the letter, on 29th May 2025, the embankment collapsed due to heavy...
'7,000 Idols Is A Huge Number': Bombay High Court Urges Maharashtra Govt To Explore Artificial Immersion For Taller Ganesh Idols
In a development in the ongoing litigation with respect to ban on Plaster of Paris (PoP) made Ganesh idols and immersion of the same in natural waterbodies, the Maharashtra Government today furnished a new policy before the Bombay High Court stating that it will permit immersion of only idols above 5 feet in natural water bodies and the same will be removed the next morning itself, to avoid...
GST Officers Issuing Summons/Arrest Memo Not Required To Be Cross-Examined By Assessee: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court held that GST officers issuing summons/arrest memo are not required to be cross-examined by assessee. Justices Bhargav D. Karia and Pranav Trivedi observed that the assessee wants to cross-examine the persons who belongs to the department who have either issued the summons or arrest memo. Such persons are not required to be cross-examined by...