Writ Petition Can Be Converted To Appeal U/S 37 Of Arbitration Act If It Does Not Prejudice Respondents: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court Bench of Justice Manish Kumar Nigam allowed the conversion of a writ petition under Article 227, Constitution of India (“COI”) into an appeal under Section 37, Arbitration and Conciliation Act (“ACA”) noting that where a particular kind of proceeding is not maintainable and a different kind of proceeding lies in respect thereof before the Court, the Court...

Plea In Karnataka High Court Challenges State Govt Move To Invite Banu Mushtaq As Chief Guest For Dasara Celebrations

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court, challenging the decision of the State Government to nominate Booker prize winner Banu Mushtaq as the Chief Guest for the inauguration of the upcoming Dasara Festival in Mysuru.BJP Leader Prathap Simha has moved the petition seeking a direction to the State government to withdraw the invitation extended to Mushtaq as the Chief Guest for...

'Absurd & Malicious': J&K&L High Court Quashes Allegations Of Assault, Outraging Modesty By Woman Against 85-Yr-Old Father-In-Law

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by a daughter-in-law against her 85-year-old father-in-law and two brothers-in-law, holding that the allegations were “absurd, inherently improbable and actuated with malice” and that a civil property dispute had been given a “criminal texture” to wreak vengeance.A bench of Justice Rajesh Sekhri...

Court Can Take Note Of Subsequent Events To Reject Plaint: Madras High Court Rejects Plea Against AIADMK Leadership

The Madras High Court has recently allowed a civil revision petition filed by AIADMK head Edappadi Palanisamy against the dismissal of an application filed by him to reject a plaint filed by one Suriyamoorthy against the AIADMK leadership. Justice PB Balaji noted that as per the law laid down by the Supreme Court, there was no embargo on the courts taking note of subsequent events...

Karnataka High Court Upholds Lokayukta Enquiry Against Asst Public Prosecutor Accused Of Malpractices Prior To Appointment

The Karnataka High Court recently dismissed a petition filed by a lawyer appointed as Assistant Public Prosecutor against an order of the State Administrative Tribunal, which rejected his plea challenging the entrustment of an enquiry to the Lokayukta against him for alleged actions done prior to his appointment. A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Poonacha...

Allahabad HC Directs ADGP, IGP & SSP To Produce 65-Y/O Allegedly In Illegal Detention Facing Custodial Torture Since August 20

The Allahabad High Court has directed the top police officials of Bareilly [the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP)], to produce a 65-year-old man (Mahmood Beg) before the Court, who, according to his wife, has been in illegal custody since August 20 and is being subjected to custodial torture...

'Failure Of Duty': Rajasthan High Court Directs DGP's Inquiry Into Why Women Accused Of Bailable Offence Were Kept In Custody For 43 Days

The Rajasthan High Court expressed anguish and pain over two women who were kept in 43-day judicial custody despite being charged in bailable offences, after their bail pleas were dismissed by the Judicial Magistrate and ADJ in a casual and mechanical manner who failed to exercise discretion in a right way.Expressing regret, Justice Anil Kumar Upman directed the DGP to seek...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 25 To August 31, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1012 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1049NOMINAL INDEXUniversity of Delhi v. Neeraj and other connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1012 Bhupinder Kumar Malik v. Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1013 M/S ECG Easy Connect Logistics Pvt. Ltd v. Commissioner Of Customs 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1014 Yogesh Singh v. State NCT of Delhi 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1015 X v. Y 2025 LiveLaw...

Chief Justice Arun Bhansali Inaugurates Mediation & Conciliation Centre At Allahabad HC Administrative Building

The Allahabad High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre celebrated a momentous occasion on September 4, 2025, when it was inaugurated on the 6th Floor of the Administrative Annexe Building. The construction of the building was sped up upon an increase in references to mediation under the Special Mediation Drive 'Mediation For The Nation' Campaign, propelled by the National...

'Love Letters Sent By Victim To Accused Are 'Pure Reflections' Of Her Feelings': HP High Court Upholds Acquittal In Rape Case

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the State challenging the acquittal of the person who was punished for offences under Sections 504, 506, 376 of the Indian Penal Code, read with Section 3(i)(xii) of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.The Court held that even though in cases of rape, the evidence by the victim must...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 2 Advocates As Judges Of Allahabad High Court

The Central Government today notified the appointment of two advocates as judges of the Allahabad High Court. The Collegium had recommended the names of the following advocates for appointment as the judges of the HC on March 25: (1) Amitabh Kumar Rai, and (2) Rajiv Lochan Shukla The Allahabad High Court is presently functioning with 85 judges (including Chief Justice...

Low Vision Candidates Not Eligible For Assistant Agriculture Engineer Post If Not Identified Under PwD Notification : Orissa HC

A Division bench of the Orissa High Court comprising Justice Manash Ranjan Pathak and Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo held that Candidate with low vision disability cannot claim selection for the post of Assistant Agriculture Engineer when the disability is not identified as suitable for the post under the Government notification issued under Sections 32 & 33 of the...