Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Elevation Of Judicial Officers Sanjay Parihar and Shahzad Azeem To J&K and Ladakh High Court Bench

The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the elevation of two seasoned judicial officers Shri Sanjay Parihar and Shri Shahzad Azeem as Judges of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.A statement issued to this effect reads, “The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 16th April, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following Judicial Officers, as Judges...

BREAKING | Bombay HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To Kunal Kamra Till Decision On Plea To Quash FIR

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (April 16) granted interim protection from arrest to comedian Kunal Kamra in his plea for quashing an FIR lodged against him following his satirical video and "gaddar" comment purportedly made against Maharashtra's Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.Granting protection from arrest to Kamra and reserving order on the plea, a division bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 6 Judicial Officers As Allahabad High Court Judges

The Central Government today notified the appointment of the following Judicial Officers as Judges of the Allahabad High Court. They are:1. Jitendra Kumar Sinha,2. Anil Kumar-X,3. Sandeep Jain,4. Avnish Saxena,5. Madan Pal Singh, and6. Harvir Singh.The SC collegium had recommended the names of 8 Judicial Officers for appointment as Judges of the HC earlier this month. Barring two names,...

Daily Wage Employee Continuously Serving For Over 10 Years In Sanctioned Post Is Entitled To Regularization, Procedural Irregularities Can't Be Grounds For Denial: Karnataka HC

A Division bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Ramachandra D. Huddar held that a daily wage employee continuously serving for over ten years in a sanctioned post is entitled to regularization, and procedural irregularities or delay cannot be sole grounds for denial. Background Facts The petitioner was engaged as a daily wage...

[Delhi Riots] Not Part Of 'Conspiracy' Meetings, No Recovery: Meeran Haider Argues For Bail In High Court

Meeran Haider, accused in the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case, told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday that he was not part of the “conspiracy meetings” alleged to have precipitated the 2020 riots.Haider's counsel was making rebuttal submissions in his bail plea before a division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur. The counsel said that Haider was not a...

Nagpur Civic Body Tenders "Unconditional Apology" For Defying Supreme Court Directive & Demolishing Houses Of Riots Accused

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Tuesday offered an "unconditional apology" to the Bombay High Court for defying the orders of the Supreme Court in Re: Directions in the matter of Demolition of Structures, and demolishing the alleged illegal portions of the houses of the accused in the recent communal violence case.The NMC filed its affidavit before a division bench led by Justice...

Kerala HC Asks District Collectors To Stay All Pending Arbitration Proceedings Under National Highways Act Unless Pursued By Litigants

The Kerala High Court ordered that all arbitration proceedings invoking the National Highway Act, 1956 pending before the District Collectors to be kept on hold till further orders.“In the interest of justice, we are of the view that the proceedings now pending before the District Collector have to be kept on hold till a further decision is taken in this matter. Therefore, we direct that...

Suspicion Over TASMAC Employees Taking Bribe Enough To Search Head Office, Court Cannot Scrutinise Place Of Search: ED Tells Madras High Court

On Wednesday, Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), informed the Madras High Court that the agency had raided the headquarters of the TASMAC because it had "grounds to believe" that proceeds of crime or evidence connected to proceeds of crime were present at the premises.Yesterday, a division bench of Justices SM Subramaniam and K Rajasekaran...

'Complaint Has Retaliatory Motive': Allahabad HC Grants Bail In Rape Case, Says Laws Being Misused After Failed Intimate Relations

Last week, the Allahabad High Court granted bail to a 42-year-old man accused of rape by a 25-year-old woman, noting that the FIR seemed to arise more from the 'emotional aftermath' of their failed relationship, rather than from any bona fide grievance of criminal wrongdoing. The Court observed that the FIR appeared to have been lodged after the relationship between the applicant and...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Man For Suppressing Material Facts

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 1 lakh on a plea seeking quashing of complaint under Negotiable Instrument Act (NI Act), for suppressing that summoning order was challenged in revision and dismissed.Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu said, "now it is well settled law that a litigant, who attempts to pollute the stream of justice or who touches the pure fountain of...

Active Bombs Remark: Punjab & Haryana High Court Says 'No Coercive Action' Against Congress MLA Pratap Singh Bajwa Till April 22

The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday (April 16) sought Punjab Government's response on Leader Of Opposition (LOP) and Congress MLA Pratap Singh Bajwa's plea seeking quashing of FIR filed against him for charges including misleading information that endangers the country's sovereignty and unity.Bajwa allegedly said on a TV show that “50 bombs have reached Punjab”.Vacation bench...

Telangana HC Asks Registrar To File Complaint Over Allegedly Fabricated HC Order Relied On In Land Dispute Case

The Telangana High Court has directed its Registrar (Judicial) to lodge a police complaint for enquiring into alleged forgery of certain high court orders including a 37-year-old order which is stated to have been relied upon in various collateral proceedings in connection with a land dispute. It further directed the State Government constitute a Special Team to investigate into the...