Bombay High Court Directs Protestors Seeking Maratha Reservation To Vacate Mumbai Roads By Tomorrow

The Bombay High Court today (September 01) directed activist Manoj Jarange and his supporters, who are protesting for Maratha reservations to vacate all streets and restore normalcy in Mumbai by tomorrow. Jarange has been on a hunger strike at Azad Maidan since Friday (August 29), demanding 10 percent reservation for the Maratha community in government jobs and education under the Other...

Disability Pension, PCDA(P) Can't Overrule Medical Board Findings: J&K HC

A Division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court comprising Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar held that the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA) (Pension) has no jurisdiction to alter or reduce the disability percentage assessed by a duly constituted Medical Board, only a higher/review medical board can reassess it, and the benefit of rounding off of...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 25 to August 31, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 285 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 291 NOMINAL INDEX ABC v. XYZ, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 285 Perumal v. The Commissioner of Prohibition and Excise, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 286 S Kumar v. The Commissioner of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 287 Sun TV Network Ltd v. Central Board of Film Certification, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 288 SN Sathishwaran v. The Chief Secretary to...

Kerala HC Seeks State Bar Council's Stand On Plea By Retiree Challenging Denial Of Enrolment For Pursuing LLB Evening Classes, 60K Fee

The Kerala High Court on Monday (September 1) sought the stand of the Bar Council of Kerala on a petition challenging the denial of enrolment of a retired government employee merely because he passed his LL.B. course by attending evening classes.When the matter came up for consideration, Justice P. Krishna Kumar directed the standing counsel of the Bar Council of Kerala to get...

Cash Deposits During Demonetisation Not 'Unexplained Money' If Traceable To Previous Year's Balance: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court held that cash deposits during demonetisation are not unexplained money if traceable to previous year's balance. Section 69 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 requires the assessee to provide proof of income and provide a proper explanation of the source of such unexplained income. Justices Sanjay K. Agrawal and Deepak Kumar Tiwari stated that the factum...

Uttarakhand High Court Asks 'Maktabs' Illegally Using Name 'Madarsa' To File Affidavit Desisting From Such Practice

While asking the authorities to de-seal the 'Maktabs' illegally functioning as 'Madarsa', the Uttarakhand High Court has ordered such Maktabs to file affidavits before the respective Sub Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) to desist from running Madarsa and refrain from using the expression 'Madarsa' in the name of their institutions.A Single Bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari was hearing a batch...

'Understand Constitutional Values': Madras HC Asks Hindu Munnani Workers To Write Preamble 10 Times For Pre-Arrest Bail In Hate Speech Case

The Madras High Court has recently granted anticipatory bail to Hindu Munnani workers in an alleged hate speech case. Interestingly, the bail has been granted on the condition that the accused write the preamble of the Constitution, along with Article 19 (Freedom of Speech), Part IV-A, Article 51A which pertain to fundamental duties 10 times either in Tamil or Hindi and submit it before...

'Jethani' Not Part Of 'Family' Unless Brothers Share Common House & Kitchen: Allahabad High Court On Anganbari Appointment Bar

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed the cancellation of an Anganbari Worker's appointment, holding that a sister-in-law (jethani) counts as part of the 'same family' under the Government Order only if both brothers live together with a common house and kitchen.A bench of Justice Ajit Kumar held so while allowing a plea filed by one Kumari Sonam, whose appointment was cancelled by...

Releasing First-Time Offenders On Probation Can Prevent Jail Stigma; Court Empowered To Grant Relief In Minor Offences: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the Court is empowered to release first time convict of minor offence under Probation of Offenders Act 1958 and the same protects them from the stigma and negative impact of incarceration.The Court directed the release of a convict in a 2016 FIR under Sections 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily...

Kerala High Court Issues Draft Guidelines To Provide Fair Hearing To Accused In Medical Negligence Cases

The Kerala High Court recently passed a detailed interim order with draft guidelines for granting a fair opportunity to medical practitioners who are accused of medical negligence.Laying down a 12-point draft guideline, Justice V.G. Arun requested the Additional Director General of Prosecution to place the same before the government for immediate action.The draft guideline is...

DRT Has No Jurisdiction To Modify Settlement Terms In Application Filed After Disposal Of Matter: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that the Debts Recovery Tribunal (“DRT”) had no jurisdiction to rewrite/modify the terms and conditions of the One-time Settlement (“OTS”)/Settlement, in relation to an application filed after disposal of the matter based on a Consent Recovery Certificate.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition against the order of the DRT wherein...

Convict Entitled To Seek Remission Even If Sentence Exceeds 20 Years, Unless Order Specifically Bars Release: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that there is no embargo under Rule 164(v) of the State Prisons and Correctional Services Manual 2021 against the grant of remission, and merely because a detenue is sentenced to 21 years imprisonment, it cannot be said that he is not entitled to remission. In doing so, the court held that even order is for a specified term, a detenue would be entitled...