High Courts
Bail Pleas Arising Out Of Same FIR To Be Listed Before One Judge For Disposal: Gauhati High Court Issues Notification
In supersession of all earlier directions, the Gauhati High Court issued a notification on May 3 concerning listing of bail matters which is to come into effect immediately.The notification issued by the Registrar General states:If Bail applications are assigned to different single Judge(s)/Bench(es), in that event, all the applications arising out of same FIR will be placed before one Judge...
'E-Surveillance, Underground Cables': Karnataka High Court Issues Directions To Minimize Risk Of Elephant Deaths By Electrocution
The Karnataka High Court has directed Central and State forest authorities to commit themselves to conserve and preserve the "animal-asset" elephant, by taking steps to minimize, avoid and obliterate the risk of elephants succumbing to death by electrocution.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice M I Arun directed thus while disposing a suo-motu petition initiated last...
Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Youtuber Arattannan Booked For Making Derogatory Remarks On Female Actors
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (6th May) granted bail to the Youtuber Santhosh Varkey popularly known as Arattannan. He was arrested based on complaints against his derogatory Facebook post against female actors. He is booked under Sections 75(3), 75(1)(iv) and 79 of BNS, Section 120(o) of Kerala Police Act and Section 67 of Information Technology Act.The counsel appearing for Santhosh...
'Legally Irreconcilable': Rajasthan HC Rejects Pleas By Ex-MLA Pramod Jain Bhaya, Others Seeking Both Quashing And Clubbing Of FIRs
The Rajasthan High Court rejected a batch of pleas filed by former Congress MLA and State Cabinet Minister Pramod Jain Bhaya, his friends and relatives, seeking quashing of 13 FIRs claiming that these were lodged with political motives and were handled by investigating agencies under the influence of the ruling party.The court also rejected the petitioners' plea to club the FIRs after...
Telangana HC Suspends Rustication Of BITS Pilani Student Over Sexual Harassment Allegations Citing Non-Compliance Of UGC Regulations By ICC
The Telangana High Court has temporarily suspended an order rusticating a second-year female student of BITS Pilani, after noting that it was passed without following the provisions of the UGC (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal of Sexual Harassment of Women Employees and Students in Higher Educational lnstitutions) Regulations, 2015. For context, Regulation 8 mandates that a copy of...
Impersonation Of Litigant? Kerala High Court Asks Lok Adalats To Verify Identity Of Parties Before Commencing Settlement Proceedings
The Kerala High Court has directed the Kerala Legal Services Authority to issue necessary guidelines to all the District Legal Service Authorities (DLSAs)/ Lok Adalats to ensure that the identity of the parties is ascertained before commencement of the settlement proceedings and passing an award. Justice C. S. Dias passed this direction after a party made a claim that an advocate had...
'This Is Not The Time': Punjab & Haryana HC Reserves Order On Plea To Give 'Martyr' Status To Pahalgam Terror Attack Victims
Observing that "this is not the time" for raising such issue, the Punjab and Haryana High Court reserved its verdict in a PIL seeking to declare the 26 tourists who died in the Pahalgam Terrorist Attack as "Martyrs".A bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel was hearing the plea filed by Ayush Ahuja, a lawyer by profession.During the hearing, Chief Justice Nagu orally asked...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest – April 2025
2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 123 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 169Nominal Index:Accelerate Productx Ventures Pvt. Ltd. vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 123Yash Charitable Trust vs. State Of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 124Lakhani's Blue Waves Co-operative Housing Society Ltd vs The Chairman, CIDCO, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 125Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University Law School vs. State...
Delhi HC Orders Centre To Pay ₹1.76 Crore For Illegal Occupation Of Private Property For Two Decades, Says Right To Property Is Sacrosanct
The Delhi High Court has held that prolonged illegal occupation of private property by government authorities is unconstitutional and that State power cannot override property rights.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav emphasized, “Executive overreach beyond the four corners of the law must be met with constitutional censure, for when the protector of rights becomes the violator, the very...
Delhi High Court Stays Interim Order In Favour Of Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar In Copyright Infringement Suit Against AR Rahman
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed an interim injunction order granted in favour of veteran Indian classical singer Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar in his suit alleging copyright infringement of his “Shiva Stuti” composition by music composer A.R. Rahman and other producers in Tamil film Ponniyan Selvan 2 song "Veera Raja Veera.”A division bench comprising Justice C Hari Shankar...
Bail Cancellation Meant To Ensure Justice, Prevent Accused From Tampering Evidence; Must Be Ordered Cautiously: Allahabad HC Reiterates
The Allahabad High Court has reiterated that provision for bail cancellation is to ensure that justice is done and to prevent the accused from tampering evidence upon being set at liberty through bail order. It further held that cancellation of bail and rejection of bail are two different scenarios as cancellation interferes with the liberty already granted to a citizen by the bail...
Once Negative Police Report Is Filed, Prima Facie No Need To Reveal Info In Nomination Form: Rajasthan HC Rejects Election Plea Against MLA
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a petition challenging the election of Hanumangarh MLA Ganeshraj Bansal alleging non-disclosure of certain criminal cases, observing that once the police had filed a negative final report prima facie the successful candidate was not required to reveal those cases in the nomination form.Justice Dinesh Mehta in his order said:"This Court has it own...