High Courts
"Failed To Ensure Reasonable Accommodation": J&K High Court Overturns AAI's Cancellation Of Visually Impaired Law Graduate's Candidature For Job
Reaffirming the rights of persons with disabilities, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the disqualification of a visually impaired law graduate from recruitment to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), holding that the authorities “failed to take necessary steps to ensure reasonable accommodation” as mandated under the law.Justice Javed Iqbal Wani, while...
Meghalaya High Court Enlarges Scope Of PIL Seeking To Ensure Adequate Cremation Facilities To Include Setting Up Of Cemeteries For Christians
The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday (May 8) enlarged the scope of PIL concerning setting up of crematoria to cremate the indigenous Khasi, Jaintia and Hindu persons, to include the Christian community after taking judicial notice of information that various denominations of the Christian faith are facing difficulty in burying their dead.The division bench comprising the Chief Justice I....
'Gravest Charge Not Proven': Jharkhand HC Modifies Late CISF Personnel's Dismissal To Compulsory Retirement In Widow's Plea
Partly allowing a plea by the widow of a deceased CISF personnel–dismissed from service for misconduct, the Jharkhand High Court observed that it would be improper to relegate the widow to the disciplinary proceeding and that the punishment of dismissal from service was disproportionate when the gravest charge was not proved. Justice Ananda Sen was hearing a plea of one Jayanti Devi...
Court Cannot Set Aside Entire Arbitral Award Due To Fraud In One Claim When Other Claims Rest On Different Grounds: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court bench of Chief Justice M. S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice Rajesh Shankar has held that when two claims decided in an arbitral award are mutually unrelated, the court, under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), cannot set aside the entire arbitral award solely because a fraud was committed concerning one of the claims, while...
Acquiescence To Termination Notice Of Agreement Bars Interim Relief U/S 9 Of Arbitration Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M.S. Karnik has held that when a party is aware of a termination notice issued by the other party and conducts itself on the assumption that the termination has taken effect, it cannot later seek interim relief under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) on the ground that the other...
Court Can Appoint New Arbitrator U/S 11(6) Of Arbitration Act If Designated Arbitral Institution No Longer Exists: Telangana HC
The Telangana High Court bench of Justice K Lakshman has held that even if the designated arbitral institution named in the arbitration agreement no longer exists, the Court can still appoint a new arbitrator under Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) provided the intention to arbitrate is clearly evident from the arbitration...
Patna High Court Upholds ₹25 Lakh Service Tax Demand Against Travel Agency Which Failed To Disclose Transactions & Claimed Records Were Lost In Fire
The Patna High Court has recently upheld a service tax demand of ₹25.25 lakh against a travel agency, dismissing its defence that crucial business records had been lost in a fire. The Division Bench comprising Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Ashok Kumar Pandey observed, “this petitioner having surrendered his service tax registration had not disclosed the transactions in ST-3....
'Punjab Sensitive Amid India-Pakistan Firing': High Court Grants Time For Filing Reply To Contempt Case Over Water Dispute With Haryana
"This Court is conscious of the present sensitive atmosphere prevailing in the State of Punjab due to cross border firing between India and Pakistan and therefore, does not want to burden the Chief Secretary as well as the Director General of Police, Government of Punjab, with any contempt notice," said the Punjab & Haryana High Court while granting time to Punjab Government to respond...
Punjab & Haryana HC Bar Body Writes To Chief Justice Seeking Guidelines On Court Functioning Amid India-Pakistan Tensions
Amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan, the Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar Association wrote to Chief Justice Sheel Nagu on Saturday (May 10) seeking guidance on "further course of action pertaining to functioning of the Courts" from Monday (May 12). The bar body's highlighted that most of the Court rooms are not having an Open Video Conference (VC) system, and joining on VC is...
Informing An Accused Person Reasons For Arrest Is A Constitutional Requirement, Arrest Is Vitiated Otherwise: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court in a recent judgment reiterated that informing the person who is arrested is a constitutional requirement in light of Article 22(1) of the Constitution.“Sub-section (1) of Section 35 of BNSS list cases when police may arrest a person without a warrant. Section 47 clearly states that every police officer or other person arresting any person without a warrant shall...
All Conviction, Bail-Related Judgments Must Carry Coversheet Informing About Free Legal Aid Facilities: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has issued a Circular directing all courts under its jurisdiction to attach a coversheet to judgments involving conviction, dismissal or reversal of acquittal, or bail application dismissal, informing the affected party of their right to free legal aid for pursuing higher remedies.The above direction issued via a Circular Order dated 21 April 2025 follows the Supreme...
'Systematic Attempt To Mint More Money': Gujarat HC Denies Bail To Doctor Accused Of Performing Forced Angioplasties To Claim Govt Funds
The Gujarat High Court has rejected the bail plea of a cardiologist accused of performing angioplasty upon healthy persons in a bid to get funds from the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) scheme for a private hospital.In doing so the court observed that the material on record indicated a "strong prima facie" case against the petitioner where his involvement in the alleged offence cannot...