High Courts
Retrospective Regularization Of Class-III Employees Counts For Pension Benefits In line with Precedents Applicable To Class-IV : Himachal Pradesh HC
The Himachal Pradesh High Court bench comprising Justice Jyotsna Rewal Dua held that a Class-III employee, whose services were regularized retrospectively, is entitled to pensionary benefits by counting the qualifying period from the date of retrospective regularization. Further the benefit of judgments granting pension to Class-IV employees can be extended to similarly placed...
Trial Court Verdict Is 'Sheer Moral Conviction': Orissa High Court Acquits Two Death Row Convicts In Triple Murder Case
The Orissa High Court on Monday (July 21) acquitted two persons who were convicted by the trial Court for committing murder of three members of a family in 2017, including a minor boy, by fatally slitting their throats.While setting aside not only the death penalty but the entire conviction in toto, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra termed...
J&K And Ladakh High Court Upholds Acquittal In 2005 Jammu Terror Case
"Non-association of independent civilian witnesses, despite their availability at the time of arrest and alleged recovery, casts a serious shadow over the credibility of the investigation" , observed the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh while upholding the acquittal of two men accused in a 2005 terror-linked arms recovery case in Jammu. The Court comprising Justice Sindhu Sharma...
Gujarat High Court Asks 8 Municipal Corporations To Install Cloth Bag Vending Machines In Tourist Spots To Tackle Plastic Waste Disposal
The Gujarat High Court has asked eight municipal corporations in the state to emulate the initiative undertaken by the State Pollution Control Board of installing cloth bags vending machines and reverse vending machines for collecting plastic bottles, with a view to encourage plastic waste disposal and recycling. The court further asked Municipalities managing tourist spots like Dwarka...
Disgorging Of Benefits Through 'Purging' Of Contempt Instils Public Confidence In Rule Of Law: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court Division Bench, comprising of Justices Moushumi Bhattacharya and B.R. Madhusudhan Rao has observed that the Court's power to preserve its magnanimity by ensuring compliance of its order is not a self-serving mechanism but to instill public confidence in the proper administration of justice. The rationale behind the contempt jurisdiction is to uphold the dignity of...
Child Being In Husband's Custody After Matrimonial Dispute Not Cruelty Or Harassment U/S 498A IPC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the child being in custody of the husband after matrimonial disputes arise between the parties is not cruelty or harassment under Section 498A of Indian Penal Code, 1860.“…merely because the child was in the custody of the husband after disputes interse arose, cannot be equated with cruelty or harassment as envisaged under Section 498A IPC,”...
'Raises Suspicion': Delhi HC Expresses Alarm Over Missing Case Diaries From Police Record In Murder Investigation
While dealing with the bail plea of a murder accused, the Delhi High Court was shocked to note that certain case diaries were missing from Police records.Justice Girish Kathpalia, while perusing the Case Diary no. 39 of the present case noted that Case Diaries were maintained till Diary No.19 (27.02.2025). Thereafter however, the next Case Diary was numbered 39 (28.02.2025) and thereafter,...
'Unhappy With Approach': Delhi HC Tells UPSC For Ousting Eligible CAPF Candidate Who Mistakenly Uploaded Outdated OBC Certificate
The Delhi High Court has expressed its 'unhappiness' with the Union Public Service Commission for ousting an aspirant from the recruitment process to Central Armed Police Force, merely because she uploaded the caste certificate of an earlier date.UPSC had called upon Non-Creamy Layer OBC category candidates to produce the OBC-NCL certificate issued between 1 April 2024 and 14 May...
Human Trafficking Prevalent In Weaker Sections Of Society: P&H High Court Denies Bail To Woman Booked For Forcing Minor Into Sexual Exploitation
Suspecting child trafficking networks, "which now-a days are actively prevalent in the weaker sections of the society", the Punjab & Haryana High Court refused to grant regular bail to a woman accused of giving minor child to men for committing sexual assault.Justice Namit Kumar noted, "there is sufficient and ample documentary evidence against the petitioner, indicating her involvement...
Welfare & Comfort Of Child Prevails When Pitted Against Personal Law: Bombay High Court Lets Muslim Mother Retain Custody Of 9-Yr-Old
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court on Monday (July 21) held that even when a personal law is pitted against the welfare and comfort of a child, the latter would always have an upper hand. Single-judge Justice Shailesh Brahme noted that the Muslim Personal Law allows the custody of a minor above the age of 7-years to the father and the child in the instant case was 9-years-old....
Kerala High Court Issues Detailed Guidelines On Videography At Sabarimala Following Incidents Of Unauthorised Recording
The Kerala High Court has expanded restrictions on videography and photography within the Sabarimala temple complex, directing the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) and police authorities to strictly enforce temple decorum and public safety.The order, issued by the Division Bench of Justice Anil K. Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishna S, comes in response to suo motu proceedings based on a...
S.326 IPC | Whether Stone Constitutes 'Dangerous Weapon' Depends On Its Nature, Size, Sharpness Or Potential To Cause Death: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that a stone need not always be a 'dangerous weapon' for the purpose of attracting the offence under Section 326 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).In the present case, the criminal revision petitioner was convicted of the offence for hitting the de facto complainant on his face with a stone and for causing fracture of the bone.For context, Section 326 IPC provides...