High Courts
J&K High Court Directs Police To Submit Compact Disc (CD) Record In Case Alleging Police Brutality
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed the state police to submit a Compact Disc (CD) Report in the death of Makhan Din, who had committed suicide after allegedly being subjected to torture in police custody in Kathua's Billawar area in February this year.The family of the victim had moved the court seeking the transfer of the investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation...
Statutory Protection Under Maharashtra Rent Control Act Can't Be Circumvented By Invoking Arbitration Petition To Seek 'Speedy Eviction': High Court
The Bombay High Court bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan has held that the jurisdiction under Section 9 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“the Act”) cannot be invoked to circumvent the statutory protection afforded to tenants under the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 (“Rent Act”). Interim measures under Section 9 must aid arbitral proceedings and cannot...
High Court Questions Legality Of Swearing-In Of Affidavits Only At Allahabad, Lucknow; Questions Charges For Photo Identification
The Allahabad High Court has raised questions regarding the practice that affidavits for filing of writ petitions, appeals, revisions, etc. before the High Court must be sworn-in either at Allahabad or at Lucknow, depending upon the jurisdiction. The Court further questioned the charges levied for getting photo identification done at the photo affidavit centers at both places.Petitioner's...
Orissa HC Imposes ₹10K Cost On Man Claiming To Be Odia Litterateur, Demanding 'Padma Shri' & Alleging Wrongful Award On His Name-Sake
The Orissa High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on a man named Antaryami Mishra who had stated to be a doctor by profession and an Odia litterateur, for not only claiming his entitlement to the country's fourth highest civilian honour–'Padma Shri' but also disputing conferment of the same on a journalist having the same name.Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi in his...
Six Judicial Officers Sworn-In As Judges Of Allahabad High Court
Six judicial officers were sworn in as judges of the Allahabad High Court on Friday (April 18). The oath was administered to the newly sworn in judges by Chief Justice Arun BhansaliOn April 16, Central Government notified the appointment of Jitendra Kumar Sinha, Anil Kumar-X, Sandeep Jain, Avnish Saxena, Madan Pal Singh, and Harvir Singh as Judges of the High Court. The Supreme Court...
Consider Disabled Persons Grievance On Accessibility At Bus Stops Expeditiously: Bombay HC To State Advisory Board
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (April 17) askedhas directed the State Advisory Board On Disability to expeditiously consider the grievances of differently abled people with respect to accessibility at bus stops. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice MS Karnik asked the State Advisory Board to take appropriate action for the redressal of grievances of disabled people....
Chhattisgarh HC Rejects Employee's Plea For Back Wages After Acquittal In Appeal, Says Subsequent Acquittal Doesn't Operate Retrospectively
Dismissing a writ petition filed by an employee, who was convicted of a crime but later acquitted and demanded back wages thereafter, the Chhattisgarh High Court has held that the subsequent acquittal of the employee does not entitle him to back wages as such acquittal does not operate retrospectively to wipe out the legal consequences of the conviction.The petitioner had prayed that he...
Plea Filed In Kerala High Court Protesting Installation Of RSS Flags, Banners In Kollam Temple
A petition has been filed before the Kerala High Court alleging that certain persons have installed flags resembling those of RSS and Bajrang Dal in the temple premises of Manjippuzha Bhagavathi Bhadrakkal Temple, Kollam during its festival. The petitioner has sought directions from the Court to ensure that the temple premises is used only for religious purposes.The petitioner who is a devotee...
Rajasthan High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 124Orders/Judgments of the MonthJanuary 2025Rajasthan HC Cancels Air Force Personnel's Anticipatory Bail Due To Misrepresentation, Hiding True Facts Like Grievous Injury Caused to VictimTitle: Ramesh Kumar v State of Rajasthan & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 1The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court cancelled the anticipatory...
Madras High Court Bans 28 Plastic Items In Kodaikanal And Nilgiris
The Madras High Court has banned the manufacture, storage, supply, transport, sale, and distribution of 28 items of plastic throughout the Western Ghats, sanctuaries, and tiger reserves, starting from the Nilgiris up to the Agathiyar Biosphere in Kanyakumari District, which includes the Nilgiris and Kodaikanal hill areas. The forest bench of Justice N Satish Kumar and...
Perpetuating Caste Will Breach Fraternity: Madras High Court Orders Removal Of Caste Names From Educational Institutions
The Madras High Court has asked the Inspector General of Registration to ensure that no society is registered with a caste name or for the purpose of perpetuating caste in the State. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy added that if such societies are running schools, colleges, or other educational institution, it should be ensured that the institution does not display caste...
Wife Got Pregnant After Husband's Vasectomy At Govt Health Centre: P&H HC Set Aside Order Granting Compensation, Says State Not Liable For Failure
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has set aside the compensation granted to a couple for the failure of a vasectomy operation, as a result of which the woman conceived and gave birth to a girl child.In a move to control the fast-rising population of India, vasectomy operations were incentivised by the Haryana government in 1986 by offering payment.Justice Nidhi Gupta while allowing the...