Competent Authorities Will Take Action: Kerala High Court In PIL Alleging Large-Scale Corruption By Cashew Board

A public interest litigation has been moved before the Kerala High Court alleging large-scale corruption in the import of Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN) by the Kerala Cashew Board Ltd. (KCB). In the plea, the petitioner has stated that even though he had submitted a complaint (Exhibit P8) before Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), the same has not yet been considered.The Division Bench of...

"Manjummel Boys" Producers Approach Kerala High Court Seeking Permission To Attend Award Show In Dubai

Shawn Antony and Soubin Shahir, the producers of “Manjummel Boys”, have approached the Kerala High Court for relaxation in anticipatory bail conditions, which prevent them from leaving India without permission of the CourtThe petitioners, accused in a cheating case, approached the High Court after a criminal miscellaneous petition seeking modification of condition 'f' in the bail order,...

'Presiding Officer Has No Basic Knowledge Of Law': MP High Court Orders Training Of Civil Judge

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, recently, ordered the training of a 6th Civil Judge, Sr. Division, District Gwalior, noting that the 'Presiding Officer of Trial Court... has no basic knowledge of law and she needs training in JOTRI regarding procedural law'. These observations were made in a petition challenging the order of the Civil Judge, wherein the petitioner's application under Order 22...

MP High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Plea Seeking To Exempt 'Fantasy Sports' From New Law Regulating Online Money Games

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (September 3) issued notice on a plea challenging Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 claiming that it puts a blanket prohibition on "online money games" including judicially recognised skill-based games, infringing Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution. The court was hearing a writ petition filed by Clubboom 11 Sports &...

Power Of Attorney Holder Can't Mutate Assignor's Property After His Death, Execution Of POA Ends Automatically: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has said that after the death of an individual, the execution of their power of attorney (POA) also comes to an end automatically, and the POA holder cannot transfer the share of the deceased assignor post their death based on the POA.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition filed against the orders of the Divisional Commissioner and the Board...

Rajasthan High Court Stays Order Imposing Fine Of ₹7.5 Lakh Per Student On Dental College For Granting Irregular Admissions

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed an order of the single bench which had imposed a fine of Rs. 7.50 Lakhs per student on Vyas Dental College for providing irregular admissions to dental students in the academic years 2018-19 and 2019-20.The division bench of Justice Munnuri Laxman and Justice Bipin Gupta was hearing the appeal filed by Vyas Dental College claiming that the such...

Non-Impleadment Of Firm In Cheque Bounce Case Is Curable Defect: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that non-impleadment of a firm in cheque bounce case instituted against its partner under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is a curable defect.Thus allowing a complainant/ payee to amend the pleadings subject to ₹35,000/- cost, Justice Amit Mahajan observed,“This Court is of the view that the non-impleadment of the firm is a curable...

Reserving Order On Rahul Gandhi's Revision Plea, Allahabad HC Asks Magistrate Not To Proceed In 'Sikh Remarks' Case Till Verdict

The Allahabad High Court today reserved its verdict on the revision plea filed by LoP Rahul Gandhi challenging an order of the Varanasi Court directing a re-hearing of a plea seeking registration of an FIR against him over his alleged remarks on Sikhs made during his trip to the United States. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain also said that it expects the Magistrate Court not...

Remarks On Sikhs | Rahul Gandhi Projected Opposition's Views Abroad; Magistrate To Decide If Offences Made Out : UP Govt To Allahabad High Court

Opposing LoP Rahul Gandhi's plea concerning his alleged remarks on Sikhs, the Uttar Pradesh Government today argued before the Allahabad High Court that the magistrate must be allowed to apply his 'independent mind' to assess whether a cognizable offence is prima facie made out against him. Before a bench of Justice Sameer Jain, the state submitted that in revisional...

Gujarat High Court Adjourns Hearing In Asaram's Temporary Bail Extension Plea

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (September 3) adjourned the hearing of Asaram's plea for extension of temporary bail filed in a rape case.For context, the Rajasthan High Court had on August 27 dismissed the applicant's plea for interim bail (in a separate case) and had directed him to surrender by August 30. As per news reports, the applicant's had surrender himself before the Jodhpur...

Acquittal In Criminal Case For Allegedly Submitting Forged Documents Doesn't Confer Eligibility For Service: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court upheld termination of the petitioner on allegations of submitting forged documents during appointment process, despite the petitioner being acquitted in a criminal case of forgery, fabrication and cheating instituted by the concerned department.Justice Anand Sharma said that just because the petitioner was acquitted, would not give rise to the presumption that...

Defamation Law Insufficient To Deal With 'YouTube Menace': Karnataka HC Orally Remarks In Editor's Plea To Quash Defamation Case By Minister

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (September 3) orally remarked that the menace of Youtube was so much that the law of defamation was insufficient to tackle it. The court made these oral remarks while hearing a petition filed by Editor-in-Chief of Kannada Prabha–Ravi Hegde, seeking to quash the criminal defamation complaint lodged against him by Minister K J George with respect to...