Bharat Mata Portrait Row: Kerala University Registrar Withdraws Plea Before High Court Against Suspension After Being Reinstated

Kerala University Registrar, Prof. Dr. K.S. Anil Kumar, on Monday (July 7) withdrew a plea before the High Court, challenging his suspension by the varsity's Vice Chancellor in view of his reinstatement by the Syndicate of the University, in connection with the Bharat Mata portrait row.When the matter came up for consideration, before Justice DK Singh, counsel for the Registrar submitted...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 29 - July 06, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 221 to Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 225.Nominal Index: Sriramulu AND U Ravi Rao & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 221Rachappa Satish Kumar & ANR AND M/s Eaglesight Media Private Limited & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 222.B S Gupta AND The Commissioner & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223Devibai AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar)...

[Recruitment Scam] Amounts To Double Punishment, Jobs & Salary Already Lost: State Tells Calcutta HC Over Tainted Candidates' Eligibility To Take Re-Test

The State of West Bengal has told the Calcutta High Court that disallowing 'tainted' candidates in the recruitment scam from re-taking the TET exam would result in double punishment after their jobs and salaries had already been taken away by the Supreme Court's order.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay told a bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharaya that the Supreme Court order did not...

J&K High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Of ₹1.37 Crore To Entrepreneur Whose Gulmarg Hotel's Lease Was Illegally Terminated By Govt

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has upheld Rs. 1.37 crore in compensation to a woman entrepreneur whose hotel lease was wrongfully cancelled, stating that illegal termination of lease resulted in losses to the extent of Rs.1,37,57,009/.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar held that the Arbitral tribunal was justified in awarding the amount towards the financial loss suffered by the...

'Fake' Degree Row : Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Criminal Case Against Dy CM Keshav Maurya

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking the registration of a criminal case against Senior BJP Leader and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya over allegations of submitting fake educational degrees while contesting elections and obtaining a petrol pump dealership. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh rejected the plea filed by Diwakar...

POSH Act Won't Apply To Sexual Harassment Complaints Of Women Advocates To Bar Council Against Other Lawyers : Bombay High Court

The Court said that there is no employer-employee relationship between bar councils and advocates.

Right To Protest & Education Can't Go Hand In Hand: High Court Asks Panjab Uni Students To File Affidavit Restricting Protest While Plea Is Pending

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought a response from Panjab University on a plea challenging the University's decision to make it mandatory for new admissions to submit an affidavit requiring students to obtain prior permission before organizing protests on campus, failing which their admission may be cancelled.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjeev Berry during the hearing...

Threatens National Security: Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Sharing Sensitive Info On Border Areas To Alleged ISI Agent

The Gujarat High Court recently denied bail to a man accused of spying and sharing confidential details about the Indian Army to an alleged ISI agent stated to be residing in Pakistan who allegedly posed as a woman having a Facebook account in the name of Poonam Sharma. In doing so the court observed that material suggests a "larger conspiracy involving ISI agents" posing a threat to...

Child Of Inter-Caste Parents, Raised Alone By Backward-Caste Parent Can Be Considered 'Backward' Only If He Faced Caste Bias: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a student's plea seeking a caste validity certificate under the Scheduled Caste category based on his mother's caste, holding that there was no material to show he suffered any discrimination, deprivation, or disadvantage to warrant such recognition.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Dr. Neela Gokhale was hearing a writ petition filed by...

Calling A Person 'Gunda', Alleging 'Gunda Raj' Without Justification Amounts To Defamation: HP High Court Convicts Chief Editor Of Newspaper

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that calling a person “Gunda” and accusing him of disturbing the peace and spreading “Gundaraj” without any justification or basis amounts to defamation punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code.Justice Rakesh Kainthla: “Calling a person Gunda spreading Gundaraj, being a member of Shallow Theatre People without any justification,...

Excluding Degree Holders Unreasonable: Chhattisgarh High Court Strikes Down Sub-Engineers Recruitment Rule Having Diploma As Sole-Criteria

The Chhattisgarh High Court has struck down Rule 8 Schedule-III Sr. No.1 Column No.5 of Chhattisgarh Public Engineering Department (Non-Gazetted) (Recruitment and Condition of Service) Rules 2016 prescribing a 3-year Engineering Diploma as sole educational qualification for recruitment of Sub-Engineers thereby excluding engineering degree holders–as unconstitutional.Reiterating that...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 30 to July 6, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 221 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 228 NOMINAL INDEX Dr. E. Krithikaa v. The State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 221 XXX v. The Inspector of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 222 ML Ravi v. Director General of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 P Kishore v. The Secretary to Government and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 224 M/s. Adyar Gate...