'You May Be Kamal Haasan But You Can't Hurt Sentiments Of Masses': Karnataka High Court Tells Thug Life Actor To Apologize For Remarks

"You may be Kamal Haasan or anybody, you cannot hurt the sentiments of the masses," remarked the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (June 2) while orally suggesting to actor Kamal Haasan to apologise for his statement which is stated to have hurt the sentiments of people of the state.Justice M Nagaprasanna after seeing the video of the audio release of the film 'Thug Life', said “He has said...

TRAI And CCI Are Sectoral Regulators With Defined Jurisdictions, Any Overlap Will Not Oust Jurisdiction Of Either: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently passed a judgment clarifying the scope and jurisdiction of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).Justice D.K. Singh in his 142 page judgment laid down the position of law while hearing Writ Petitions stating an alleged 'conflict' of jurisdiction between the two regulatory bodies. The court observed that CCI...

'With Heavy Heart,' Madras HC Directs Jail Labour For Rape Convict; Orders Equal Wage Split B/W Children From Wife & Victim

In an extraordinary ruling, the Madras High Court recently upheld the conviction of a man found guilty of raping a woman under coercion, while directing the prison authorities to extract labour from the appellant-convict during his jail term. The Court further ordered that the wages earned by him be equally distributed between the child born through the victim (rape survivor) and...

Delhi High Court Quashes FIR In POCSO Case, Asks Accused To Pay ₹50K Costs And Do Community Service In Govt Hospital

While quashing a POCSO case, the Delhi High Court has directed the accused to do community service for a month at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital while also asking him to pay Rs. 50,000 costs to be deposited towards “Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties.”Justice Sanjeev Narula quashed the case against the man accused of harassing a minor school going girl through exploitation. While...

Marriage Can Be Dissolved By Mutual Consent If One Spouse Files Criminal Case Against The Other Within 1 Year: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that if after filing of criminal case by one spouse against other, the parties have approached the court for divorce by the mutual consent, the same must be granted by invoking the proviso to Section 14 (1) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955.Section 13-B of the Hindu Marriage Act provides for divorce by mutual consent. Section 14 of the Act mandates that no...

Godhra Train Burning Case: Gujarat High Court Grants Convict 10-Day Parole To Attend Brother-In-Law's Death Rituals

The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (June 2) granted 10-day parole to Jabir Behra, one of the 11 persons convicted in the case concerning the burning of Sabarmati Express in Godhra in 2002. Notably, Behra was one of 11 individuals convicted and sentenced to death by the trial court in 2011. Against this order the convicts had moved the high court. The high court had in 2017 commuted the...

'No Direct Interest': Delhi High Court Imposes ₹50K Costs On Frivolous Plea Alleging Illegal Construction

While dismissing a plea alleging illegal construction at a property with Rs. 50,000 costs, the Delhi High Court has deprecated filing of frivolous petitions with no direct interest in the matter. Justice Mini Pushkarna observed that the litigant had no connection with the property, was living 10 kms away from it and the only ground for filing the petition was that he had the same street...

'High Time To Set Up Administrative Judicial Academy': Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Revenue Court Order For Flouting Mandatory CPC Provisions

'High Time To Set Up Administrative Judicial Academy': Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Revenue Court Order For Flouting Mandatory CPC Provisions

Plea In Delhi High Court Seeks To Enhance Monthly Remuneration Of Law Researchers With Arrears

A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to enhance the monthly remuneration of its law researchers from Rs. 65,000 to Rs. 80,000 along with arrears.The matter came up for hearing before a division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar and Justice Ajay Digpaul on May 29. However, Justice Digpaul recused from hearing it as his brother's son was working as a law researcher. “As...

[Income Tax] Delhi HC Larger Bench To Decide On Retrospective Applicability Of Extended Limitation For Reassessment In Cases Involving Foreign Assets

A larger bench of the Delhi High Court will decide whether Section 149(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act 1961, inserted vide a 2012 amendment to provide an extended period of reassessment for cases involving foreign assets, applies retrospectively.Section 149(1)(c) prescribes that reassessment notice in respect of any income in relation to any asset located outside India, which had escaped...

Madras High Court Upholds Night Ban, Mandatory KYC For Online Real Money Games

The Madras High Court on Tuesday upheld the regulations brought in by the Tamil Nadu government imposing a night ban and mandating Aadhar-based KYC verification for playing online real money games.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar dismissed the petitions filed by a group of online gaming companies and players. The bench said that apart from a paternalistic point,...

Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Open School Students Left Out Of JEE Mains Counselling

The Delhi High Court has granted relief to various students who got registered with National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) and were left out of JEE-Mains 2025 counselling process as their result for class XII examination was not declared. Justice Vikas Mahajan observed that students put hard labour for two to four years, or may be more, while preparing for JEE (Mains) and they should not...