High Courts
Transfer From CMO To Hospital's Deputy Controller A Reduction In Rank, Amounts To Deputation For Which Consent Is Needed: Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court quashed an order where a government employee serving as Chief Medical and Health Officer (CM&HO) Udaipur was transferred as Deputy Controller of District Hospital, Pratapgarh observing that it amounted to deputation for which the employee's consent is mandatory which was missing herein. In doing so the court set aside the single judge's order which had upheld...
Businessman Raj Kundra Moves Bombay High Court For Quashing Of LOC In Pornographic Film Racket Case
Celebrity and Businessman Raj Kundra has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the "Look Out Circular" issued against him for his alleged role in the pornographic film racket case. A division bench of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Shriram Modak today ordered the Registry to list the matter before appropriate bench as per roster. Kundra has moved the Court with a prayer...
Serious POCSO Offences Can Be Quashed On Settlement Between Parties If There Exist 'Extreme Mitigating Circumstances': Kerala High Court
While quashing two cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act where the accused and victims got married, the Kerala High Court observed that though generally POCSO offences cannot be quashed on the ground of settlement between parties, however, in "extreme mitigating circumstances", not quashing the proceedings may result in injustice.“Generally, serious...
'Prima Facie Hate Speech': Madras HC Initiates Suo Motu Proceedings Against Minister Ponmudi For Comments On Saivism, Vaishnavism & Women
The Madras High Court on Wednesday (April 23) initiated suo motu proceedings against Tamil Nadu Minister Ponmudi for his recent remarks on Vaishnavism and Saivism. Justice Anand Venkatesh directed the Registry to initiate suo motu writ proceedings against the Minister and place the matter before the Chief Justice for further actions. The court opined that the speech made by the Minister...
"Smacked & Had Her Hair Pulled, Kept Outside CCTV View For Almost 4 Hrs": Calcutta HC Forms SIT To Probe Allegations Of Custodial Torture On Students
The Calcutta High Court has formed a special investigation team (SIT) to probe allegations of custodial torture against two female students who were picked up from a protest outside their college in Midnapore, taken to the local women's police station and allegedly beaten before being released late at night with no explanation for their detention.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh held: "A photograph...
CLAT UG 2025: Delhi High Court Accepts Few Objections To Answer Key, Directs Consortium Of NLUs To Revise Merit List
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) to republish and renotify within four weeks the final list of selected candidates who gave the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG examination 2025.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela decided a batch of petitions challenging the results of...
Three Kerala High Court Judges Narrowly Escape Pahalagam Terror Attack
Judges Anil K. Narendran, G. Girish and P. G. Ajithkumar had a narrow escape from the terror attacks that happened in Pahalgam on 22nd April.As per the Hindu, the Judges and their families were on vacation at Jammu and Kashmir. They reached Pahalgam on 21st April, stayed there and left the place on April 22nd morning. They had reached Srinagar when the attacks took place in Pahalgham.At least...
Higher Salary Mistakenly Credited To Employee Cannot Be Recovered, But Employee Cannot Seek Continuation Of Erroneous Benefits: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that the claim of the petitioners to avail the benefit of a mistake of fact, despite the mistake having been detected and corrected, is totally misconceived and cannot be accepted.The petitioners had argued that higher pay scale came to be granted to them without fraud or misrepresentation and therefore the respondent could not refix the salary in...
S.19 JJ Act | Children's Court Can't Brush Aside Independent Assessment To See If Juvenile Can Be Tried As Adult: Telangana HC Reiterates
The Telangana High Court has reiterated when determining whether a child-in-conflict with law should be tried as an adult, the Children's Court/Sessions Court cannot brush aside its duty of independent assessment by simply relying on the assessment report by the Board under Section 15 of the Act.The court underscored that the children's court has the "mandatory duty to make an...
S.17 PMLA | Can't Direct ED To Serve 'Reasons To Believe' Before Conducting Search, May Lead To Concealment Of Evidence: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that it cannot issue an omnibus direction mandating the Enforcement Directorate to serve 'reason to believe' the commission of money laundering offence before conducting a search in terms of Section 17 PMLA, as the same may alert the suspect to conceal evidence."Section 17 is a preliminary stage where based on some information in possession the ED search...
FIRs Lodged Against Illegal Loudspeakers, Using Social Media To Publicize Ads Addressing Noise Pollution: Maharashtra DGP To Bombay HC
The Director General of Police (DGP) Maharashtra has submitted an affidavit before the Bombay High Court that the police authorities have undertaken initiatives and campaigns regarding illegal loudspeakers and noise pollution, in relation to a contempt petition alleging 2940 illegal loudspeakers in the State.The contempt petition stemmed from non-compliance with the High Court's order in...
Shocking That State Govt Filed Petition Against ED Raid Of TASMAC, Nothing Unusual In Detaining Employees During Search: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed the allegations made by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) that its employees and officials were harassed by the Enforcement Directorate while conducting searches at the State agency's headquarters in Chennai.The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekaran noted that the search was conducted in compliance of Section 17 of...