High Courts
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...
Patna High Court Quashes 22 Yrs Old Criminal Case Against Gynaecologist Accused Of Involvement In Kidney Removal During Surgery
The Patna High Court has quashed all criminal proceedings against a female gynaecologist, in a long-pending medical negligence case dating back to 2003 whereby a railway employee alleged that his right kidney had been unlawfully removed during a surgery conducted at a private nursing home. The petitioner, Dr. Mamta Sinha, was accused solely on the basis of her presence in the operation...
Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: April 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 127 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 160Nominal Index:Sanath Kumar Shetty & Others AND Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 127Sabeer & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 128Mahendra Kumar Mitra AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 129ROPEEN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES PVT LTD AND State...
“Sickness Is Beyond Human Control”: Andhra Pradesh HC Allows Plea Of B.Tech Student Whose Result Was Withheld Due To Low Attendance
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed a plea of a B.Tech student whose result of 3rd Semester was withheld and subsequently was not allowed to attend classes of further semesters on account of low attendance due to two spells of sickness. The Court ordered the GMR Institute of Technology (Respondent 4), to publish the result of the petitioner and allow him to continue attending classes of...
Fresh PIL In Allahabad High Court Seeking Cancellation Of Rahul Gandhi's Citizenship, Ban On Foreign Travel
A fresh PIL plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court seeking the cancellation of Congress leader and LoP in LokSabha, Rahul Gandhi's citizenship. The plea also seeks a ban on him travelling abroad during the pendency of his citizenship issue. The plea has been filed by BJP Member Vignesh Shishir four days after his PIL seeking a CBI investigation into Gandhi's citizenship...
Kerala High Court Affirms Govt Order Allotting Reservation For Persons With Disabilities In Govt-Aided Educational Institutions
The Kerala High Court recently held that there was no need to interfere with the Government order and circular regarding reservation for person with benchmark disabilities in the government-aided educational institutions.The State Government had in 2018 issued an order extending the benefit of reservation for people with benchmark disability as mentioned under Person with Disabilities...
Kerala High Court Issues Notification Postponing Kerala Judicial Service (Preliminary) Examination 2025
The Registrar of Kerala High Court has issued a notification today informing that the Kerala Judicial Service (Preliminary) Examination scheduled to be held on 18th May is postponed.The notification says that the notifications inviting application to the direct recruitment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) in various vacancies (Recrutiment Numbers 1/ 2025, 2/2025, 3/2025, 4/2025...
Delhi High Court Directs Centre To Pay ₹20K As Costs To Army Central Welfare Fund For Seeking Adjournment In IPR Case
The Delhi High Court yesterday imposed Rs. 20,000 as costs after a Central Government standing counsel sought repeated adjournments in an IPR case.Justice Saurabh Banerjee renotified the matter and granted adjournment, subject to payment of costs to be paid to the Army Central Welfare Fund by the Central Government within four weeks. The Court was dealing with a commercial appeal filed in...
S.29A Of Arbitration Act As Amended By 2019 Amendment Governs All Pending Arbitrations After Coming Into Force: Sikkim High Court
The Sikkim High Court bench of Justices Bhaskar Raj Pradhan and Biswanath Somadderhas held that section 29A, as amended by the 2019 Amendment, shall apply to all arbitration proceedings that were pending at the time the amendment came into force. Brief Facts: The present appeal has been filed under section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) against...
Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Bangladeshi National Booked For Illegally Entering India
The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to an alleged Bangladeshi national, accused of entering India through illegal means, after noting that she was produced before the Magistrate for remand after more than 24 hours of her arrest. Single-judge Justice Milind Jadhav noted that the prosecution arrested the applicant Sabnam Suleman Ansari (34), a resident of Vashi, Navi Mumbai, on January...
Court While Referring Parties To Arbitration Cannot Direct That Arbitral Award Should Be Filed Before It: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar has held that the court, while referring parties to arbitration under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act), cannot direct that the award, passed after the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings, be filed before it. Brief Facts: The defendant had approached the plaintiff...