High Courts
High Court Issues Notice To State On Plea Seeking 'Carrying Capacity Survey' In Mumbai For Sustainable Urban Development
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking 'Carrying Capacity Survey' for the city of Mumbai to address the address conflict between urban development and environmental sustainability.'Carrying Capacity' of an area is the population carrying capacity of the area. The petition refers to a IIT Guwahati Working Paper, which defines carrying capacity as...
Arranging Job For Accused Does Not Amount To Harbouring Him In Absence Of Evidence: Madras High Court Quashes NDPS Case Against Man
The Madras High Court recently quashed a criminal case registered against a man under the NDPS Act, holding that in absence of evidence other than confession of co-accused, the fact that the man had arranged a job for the co-accused would not amount to harbouring the latter.Justice P. Dhanabal reiterated that a confession statement of the co-accused by itself could not be a reason...
Delhi High Court Reserves Judgment In Pleas Challenging CLAT-UG 2025 Results
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the results of the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) UG examination 2025, held in December last year for admissions to undergraduate law course in various National Law Universities.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the pleas...
Child Custody Can Be Granted Based On Present Day Circumstances, Courts Can't Cast Child's Horoscope: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court rejected a father's plea for custody over his minor daughter, after noting that the girl who has been living with her maternal grandfathers since she was an infant, would feel more warmth, affection and sense of security in their company today as compared to living in her father's company. The court however made it clear that it has not observed that the father is unfit...
Questions On Whether Infrastructural Project Would Be Technically Feasible Or Serve Larger Public Interest Are Beyond Scope Of Judicial Review: J&K HC
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court held that merits of the contention raised by the petitioner as to the feasibility or viability of the infrastructural project by the government cannot be looked into by this court as it is not an appellate authority over the expert decisions regarding the project costs, provisions for entry/exit points, safety, technical feasibility of the project, and the...
Presumption U/S 16 HAMA Conditional Upon Signing Of Adoption Deed By Persons Giving And Taking Child In Adoption: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has observed that mere registration of an adopted deed cannot give rise to a presumption under Section 16 of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. It noted that the presumption under Section 16 is conditional upon the signing of the deed by the person giving and the person taking the child in adoption.“Only because the adoption deed is a registered document...
'Revenue Blocked': Punjab & Haryana HC Flags Delay In Deciding Appeals By Tax Appellate Authorities, Asks For Reasons For Delays Beyond 1 Yr
The Punjab & Haryana High Court flagged the delay in deciding appeals by Tax Appellate Authorities, observing that Appellate Authorities should endeavour to dispose of the appeals, preferably within one year as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961.Justice Arun Palli and Justice Sudeepti Sharma said, "Considering that substantial amount of revenue is involved in these appeals,...
“ED Officers Must Dispel Notion That They're Law Unto Themselves”: TASMAC Argues In Madras High Court Against ED Raid
Arguing against the searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate at its headquarters on March 6 and March 8, TASMAC on Wednesday argued that ED officers must dispel with the notion that they can act according to their own perceived standards, ignoring the law of the land. “This practice (of summoning officers at unearthly hours) has to be curbed. They have to dispel the notion...
High Court Issues Notice On Plea Seeking Stay On Recruitment Of Teachers At Panjab University Till Implementation Of OBC Reservation Scheme
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has issued notice on a plea seeking quashing or a stay on Panjab University Teacher's Recruitment advertisements issued in 2023 and 2024 for allegedly failing to comply with the central education The Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Teachers' Cadre) Act, 2019, mandates reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), socially...
Delhi High Court Forms Committees Headed By Retd Judges To Conduct Elections Of Shahdara, Saket Bar Associations On May 09
The Delhi High Court has formed Election Committees headed by retired judges to conduct elections of Shahadara and Saket Bar Associations.A full bench comprising Justice Prathiba M Singh, Justice Navin Chawla and Justice C Hari Shankar said that the elections or both the bar bodies shall be held on the same date- May 09. Justice R.K. Gauba will head the Election Committee for Saket...
Can't Let People Involved In Serious Offences Escape Prison By Pretending To Be Sick: Kerala High Court Explains Scope Of S.480 BNSS
Remarking that Indian jails are well equipped to deal with any casualties to prisoners, the Kerala High Court has observed that a person arrested in serious offences cannot be released on bail merely by claiming to be 'sick' and relying on the first proviso to Section 480(1) of BNSS. Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan stated that the first proviso to Section 480(1) BNSS is applicable only in cases...
Rajasthan HC Modifies Order Asking State To Consider Amending S.273 CrPC On Appearance Of Accused, Notes Amendment Is Already In Place
The Rajasthan High Court has rectified an earlier order where it had asked the state government to consider amending CrPC to provide for appearance of accused through video conferencing to attend trials, after the State moved a plea stating that Section 273 CrPC had already been amended and has been duly notified. For context, the court had in its March 7 order had permitted six men,...