Security Cover Not A Luxury Or Status Symbol: J&K High Court Dismisses Advocate's Plea For Continued Police Protection

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court emphasized that security cover provided at the State's expense cannot be construed as a luxury or a status symbol to be granted arbitrarily.Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal, while dismissing a petition filed by Advocate Sumit Nayyar seeking the continuation of his personal security, underscored that the assessment of threat perception is a...

'Allegations Embedded With Hatred, Complete Breakdown Of Marriage For One Decade': Orissa High Court Grants Divorce To Couple

The Orissa High Court has recently granted divorce to a couple on the ground of desertion under Section 13(1)(i-b) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, further observing that the couple have indulged in levelling bitter allegations against each other portraying hatred and a complete breakdown of marriage for more than last one decade.Highlighting severe marital dissensions between the husband...

Cannot Come To Rescue Of Proclaimed Offender Seeking Quashing Of Detention Order At Pre-Execution Stage: J&K High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that the constitutional courts have a limited jurisdiction to interfere with the detention order at the pre-execution stage. It added that such remedy cannot be even otherwise be sought by a person who is evading the legal process of the court.The petitioner sought to challenge the detention order at the pre-execution stage stating that earlier...

Delhi High Court Refuses Interim Bail To PFI Leader Shahid Nasir In UAPA Case, Asks Him To Move Special NIA Court

The Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim bail to Popular Front of India (PFI) leader Shahid Nasir in a case registered by NIA under UAPA. A division bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta observed that the application for interim bail ought to be first moved before the Special NIA Court.“This Court has not considered the merits of the matter....

Bombay High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Bank Employee Who Was Booked For Fraud Of ₹46.58 Lakhs Even After She Returned Amount

The Bombay High Court last week denied anticipatory bail application of a woman employee of cooperative bank, who was booked for siphoning off Rs 46.58 lakhs money off the bank's customers, even after she returned the defrauded amount to the bank.Single-judge Justice Rajesh Patil refused to consider the fact that the applicant before him was a. woman and had already returned the Rs 46.58 lakhs...

Daughter-In-Law Integral Part Of Family, Entitled To Compassionate Appointment: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has ruled that a daughter-in-law is an integral part of the family and is entitled to appointment on compassionate grounds. The Court further noted that while the government recognises a son or daughter of the deceased government employee for compassionate appointment, the daughter-in-law, despite not being traditionally classified as family, should also be...

Attempt By Mighty State To Curtail Personal Freedom: MP High Court Quashes Collector's 'Cryptic' Externment Order Against Woman, Fines ₹25K

Quashing a Collector's externment order prohibiting a woman from entering the boundaries of district Umariya and other neighbouring districts for a year, the Madhya Pradesh High Court termed it as "cryptic" observing that it appeared to have been passed due to "other compulsions" rather than the requirements of law. In doing so the court quashed the order observing that it appeared to be...

Giving Notice To Tenant To Vacate Lease Premises Not Defamation: Karnataka High Court Quashes Case Against Senior Advocate Practising At SC

The Karnataka High Court has quashed defamation proceedings against a Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court and his wife, over a complaint filed by their tenant after they sent a notice asking him to vacate their property.Noting that defamation requires an intention to harm the reputation of a person, Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that initiating legal proceedings against a party would...

Delhi High Court Slams Directorate General Of Foreign Trade For Cancelling Trader's DEPB License 15 Yrs After SCN Was Issued

The Delhi High Court recently quashed a Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) communication cancelling the license issued to a trader involved in import and export of goods, citing almost fifteen years delay in culminating the show cause notice.Justice Sachin Datta cited Vos Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. v. The Principal Additional Director General & Anr. (2024) where the Delhi...

Delhi High Court To Examine Scope Of Customs Jurisdiction Under E-Cigarettes Act After Seizure Of "De-Addiction" Devices

The Delhi High Court is set to examine the extent of jurisdiction which can be exercised by the Customs Department under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta have sought the authority's response on a private...

Removing Hospital From Residential Area Because It Increased Traffic Violates Fundamental Right To Trade: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the construction of the hospital cannot be challenged on the grounds that it has increased traffic influx in the area, especially when multi-level parking is planned by the State authority. Removing the hospital in this case would be violation of the fundamental right to trade and practice profession under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution...

"Farmers Cannot Be Made Debt-Ridden": Bombay High Court Quashes State Resolution Providing 'Delayed & Less' Fair Price To Sugarcane Farmers

In a major relief for sugarcane farmers in Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court on Monday (March 17) quashed and set aside a Government Resolution (GR) which provided for a 'delayed and less' Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) to the farmers as it would affect them adversely. A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait Sethna held that the GR issued by the Maharashtra government...