High Courts
No Action Will Be Taken Against RCB IPL Team Company, Event Firm DNA Till Thursday In Bengaluru Stampede FIR: State Tells Karnataka High Court
While hearing pleas by Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL)–which manages RCB IPL team and event management firm DNA Entertainment Ltd to quash FIR against them in connection with the Bengaluru stampede, the Karnataka High Court on Monday took note of Advocate General's oral assurance that no precipitative action will be taken as the matters are pending. After hearing the...
Kerala High Court Forms Committee To Address Conflict Between Lawyers And Police
The Kerala High Court on Monday (9th June) constituted a committee to formulate comprehensive guidelines to address the issue of conflicts that arise during interaction between police and lawyers in the court premises. The Committee has the State Advocate General K Gopalakrishna Kurup, Director General of Prosecution TA Shaji, President of Kerala High Court Advocates Association Yashwant...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 2 to June 8, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 184 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 191NOMINAL INDEXPuducherry Body Builders & Fitness Association v. The Government of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 184Play Games 24x7 Private Limited And Anr Vs State Of Tamil Nadu And Ors & Connected Matters, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 185Paraman vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 186V Gopi v The State and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 187MA...
Karnataka High Court Calls For Review Of Motor Vehicles Act, Addition Of Definitions On Vehicle Classification & Toll Collection
The Karnataka High Court directed the Union Ministry of Surface Transport, to undertake a review of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, and insert appropriate clarificatory definitions, to address the evolving complexities of vehicular classifications and toll collection.A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna said, “The legislative framework especially the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 calls for...
Bar On Credit Society Members Contesting Beyond 3 Terms Valid: Kerala HC Upholds S.28 (2A) Of Co-operative Societies Amendment Act, 2023
The Kerala High Court has, in a recent judgment, upheld the constitutional validity of Section 28(2A) of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969, which barred the members of Managing Committees of Credit Societies from contesting in elections after three terms. The Division Bench comprising of Justice Amit Rawal and Justice K.V. Jayakumar reversed the judgment of the Single Bench, which...
Arbitration Act | Notice U/S 21 Not Always Necessary If Other Party Was Aware Of Dispute: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court ruled that since the respondent was already aware of and was not taken by surprise regarding petitioner's invocation of arbitration clause, their plea that the application for appointment of arbitrator was not maintainable since no notice was served under Section 21 of the A&C Act 1996, lacked merit.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand also reiterated the principle...
Justice NS Sanjay Gowda Sworn-In As Judge Of Gujarat High Court
Justice Neranahalli Srinivasan Sanjay Gowda was sworn in as a judge of the Gujarat High Court on Monday (June 9). The oath was administered to Justice Gowda by Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal. Notably, the Central Government had last month notified the transfer of four judges of the Karnataka High Court to various other high courts which included the transfer of Justice Gowda to Gujarat High...
Possibility Of 'No Strings Attached' Relationship Cannot Be Ruled Out: P&H High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Rape On Pretext Of Marriage
The Punjab & Haryana High Court granted bail to a man accused of committing rape on pretext of false promise of marriage considering that the prosecutrix and the accused were in a long standing cordial relationship and the possibility of the relationship being "no strings attached" cannot be entirely ruled out.Perusing the transcript of the conversation between the accused and...
O. 39 R.7 CPC | Report Of Pleader Commissioner Can't Be Taken As Evidence While Deciding Suit: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has clarified that the report submitted by a Pleader Commissioner, appointed under Order 39 Rule 7 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), cannot be treated as evidence while deciding a suit, and utility of such report is confined to the limited purpose of inspection, preservation or detention of a suit property.While upholding an order of appointment of Pleader...
DNA Entertainment Ltd Moves Karnataka High Court For Quashing Of FIRs Over Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede
A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court by M/s DNA Entertainement Networks Private Limited, seeking to quash the three FIR's registered against it following the stampede that took place near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru ahead of the victory celebration of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.DNA Networks were implicated in the case due...
Gujarat High Court Discontinues Sitting After Bomb Threat
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (June 9) stopped functioning post lunch hour, after the court's registry allegedly received an anonymous bomb threat through email.A notice issued by the Registrar General states:"Because of unavoidable circumstances, it has been decided to discontinue the functioning of the Courts after Iunch i.e. after 1.45 pm. The Courts are requested to convey to the...
PoP Idols Shall Not Be Immersed In Any Natural Water Body: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday (June 9) said that it will not permit immersion of any Plaster of Paris (PoP) idol in natural water bodies at any cost. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne said it will not permit any PoP idol to be immersed in natural water bodies. While dictating the order the court said, "We therefore, deem it appropriate to direct the...