Bombay High Court Flags 'Cut Copy Paste' Orders Being Passed By Banks To Declare Fraud Accounts; Asks Anil Ambani To Approach RBI

The Bombay High Court on Friday asked industrialist Anil Ambani to approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to challenge the October 10, 2024 order passed by the Union Bank of India (UBI) by which it classified his loan account, related to Reliance Communications, as "fraudulent account."A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale noted that the banks were merely...

Matrimonial Dispute Not Ground To Conclude That Husband Set Ablaze Wife, Must Prove Allegations With Legally Acceptable Evidence: Madras HC

The Madras High Court recently set aside the conviction of a man accused of setting his wife ablaze and killing her after noting that there was no legally acceptable evidence to connect him to the crime. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice R Poornima observed that though the woman had died in a tragic manner and there were matrimonial disputes between the couple, the...

Police Can Fearlessly Take Action Against Women Implicating Innocent Men In False Sexual Assault Cases: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court while granting bail to a man accused of committing sexual harassment remarked that nowadays, there is a tendency to make serious allegations of sexual assault against innocent people. The Court said that merely because the complainant is a lady, there is no presumption that her version is the gospel truth.Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan declared that a criminal...

Police Cannot Issue Notice Of Appearance To Accused Via WhatsApp: Karnataka High Court

Quashing a notice under Section 35 (3) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, directing a 25-year-old man to appear before the Police which was served through WhatsApp, the Karnataka High Court reiterated that issuance and service of such notices via WhatsApp is impermissible in law. For context, Section 35(3) BNS states the police officer shall, in all cases where the arrest of a person is...

Wild Life (Protection) Act | Offence Must Be Registered In Wild Life Offences Report Before Issuing Serach Warrant: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings initiated against one person found in possession of certain prohibited articles under the Wild Life (Protection) Act on account of procedural irregularities in the investigation.A single judge, Justice Hemant Chandangoudar allowed the petition filed by Pavana Kumar M R who was charged under Sections 2(2), 2(31), 9, 39, 42, 44, 47, 48, 48A, and...

Woman's Plea For Right To Shared Household Maintainable Even In Absence Of Domestic Violence: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that a woman's claim seeking right to shared household under Section 17 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 is valid even in the absence of domestic violence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna thus ruled that an application/complaint under Section 12 of the Act before the Magistrate is maintainable even if there was no domestic violence.The...

Homebuyers Can't Suffer Due To NOIDA Authority's Failure To Fully Implement Project: Allahabad HC On Withholding Of Occupancy Certificate

In a plea concerning the development of Noida Sports City, the Allahabad High Court said that the homebuyers–some of whom had booked apartments in completed towers but where the builders were not granted permanent completion certificate–cannot be penalised due to New Okhla Development Authority's failure (NOIDA) to perform its statutory duty in "ensuring planned and systematic development"...

Private Property Not Transferred To Company By Owner Cannot Be Auctioned In Recovery Proceedings: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has recently held that when there is no transfer of property between a private individual and his company, the property cannot be considered a property of the company for the purpose of recovering debts. Further, the Court held that merely because the property finds mention in the balance sheet will not make it a company property in absence of a sale deed.“There...

No Illegality, Procedure Was Followed: Rajasthan HC Upholds State University's Notification Increasing College Affiliation Fee For 2025-26

The Rajasthan High Court sets aside challenge to a notification of State University of Health Sciences that increased affiliation fee of colleges for the academic session 2025-26, after noting that procedure for such increase was duly followed and hence there was no illegality committed. Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur was hearing a petition that sought quashing of the notification by RUHS...

Can't Disturb Communal Harmony: Rajasthan HC Quashes Notification Creating Village Against Guidelines Barring Names Based On Caste, Religion

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside a State notification creating a new revenue village named “Gogaji ki Jaal” in Barmer district, for violating 2009 State guidelines as per which villages could not be named in the name of some person, caste, sub-caste or religion. Along with this notification, the Court also set aside all similar notifications.Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur in his...

Selling Train Tickets Booked From IRCTC Platform For Commercial Gain Punishable Under S.143 Railways Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has laid down that procuring and selling train tickets booked using IRCTC (Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd.) website for commercial uses violates the terms and conditions specified on the IRCTC website.Here, a petitioner lady had approached the Court for quashing proceedings against her for allegedly booking and selling online tickets...

Plaintiff Can't File Documents As Per Its Whims And Fancies At Any Stage Of Commercial Suit: Delhi High Court In Zee v. Saregama

The Delhi High Court has ruled that a plaintiff cannot be permitted to file documents as per its whims and fancies at any stage of a commercial suit.“The whole purpose of expeditious disposal of commercial suits would be frustrated if the parties are permitted to file additional documents at any stage of the suit,” Justice Amit Bansal said. The Court dismissed an application filed by...