Non-Disclosure Of Confidential Intel In Public Interest Doesn't Violate Detenu's Rights: J&K High Court Upholds Detention Order

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday dismissed a habeas corpus petition challenging the preventive detention under the Public Safety Act (PSA), observing that not furnishing confidential information to the detenu, which would have been against public interest, cannot be construed as a violation of constitutional or statutory rights.Justice Sanjay Dhar upheld the...

Allegations Of Affair Common In Matrimonial Dispute: Punjab & Haryana HC Refuses To Grant 3-Yr-Old's Interim Custody From Father To Mother

The Punjab and Haryana High Court refused to grant the interim custody of the 3-and-a-half-year-old son to the mother from the father, observing that the child is happy with the father and uprooting him would not be in his best interest.Justice Vikram Aggarwal refused to consider allegation levelled against the child's father by the mother about his involvement with another girl. "Though,...

Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To Directorate of Revenue Intelligence In Actress Ranya Rao's Plea For Bail In Gold Smuggling Case

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRi) on the bail petition filed by Kannada actor Harshavardhini Ranya Rao, who has been arrested in connection with the gold smuggling case.A single judge, Justice S Vishwajith Shetty, issued the notice and posted the matter for further hearing on April 17, directing the agency to file its...

Karnataka High Court Quashes BCI's Resolution Suspending Senior Advocate S Basavaraj Upon Withdrawal Of Complaint

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday quashed a resolution passed by the Bar Council of India (BCI), placing Senior Advocate S Basavaraj under interim suspension. The resolution was earlier stayed by the High court by way of an interim order.Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Basavaraj and said, “It needs to be noticed that BCI has passed the impugned resolution on...

Shazia Ilmi v. Rajdeep Sardesai: Delhi High Court Directs X Corp, Meta To Take Down Videos 'Violating' BJP Leader's Privacy

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed social media platforms Meta and X Corp to take down posts where its users uploaded the video of BJP leader Shazia Ilmi in which she is seen withdrawing herself from a live debate of India Today and moving out of the shooting frame.The Court had ruled that the said portion of the video violated Ilmi's right to privacy.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh...

S. 14 HMA | Separate Application Showing Exceptional Hardship/ Depravity Must Be Filed For Seeking Divorce Before 1 Year Of Marriage: Orissa HC

The Orissa High Court has held that since Section 14 of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 ('the HMA') bars presentation of petition for divorce within one year of marriage, the petitioner must file a separate application canvassing 'exceptional hardship' or 'exceptional depravity' by the respondent, in order to waive the mandatory waiting period of one year as per the proviso to...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Stays Attempt To Murder Trial Against BJP Leader Akshay Kantilal Bam And His Father Till May 02

The Indore Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court has stayed the Trial proceedings against BJP Leader Akshay Kantilal Bam and his father in attempt to murder case under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.A single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev S. Kalgaonkar observed, “In peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, it is directed that further proceedings of the trial shall remain...

Bombay High Court Slaps ₹2 Lakh Cost On BMC For Razing Structure Used As Temporary Shelter For Cancer Patients

The Bombay High Court recently imposed Rs 2 lakh costs on the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) for high-handedly demolishing a structure which was used to provide temporary shelter and food for the cancer patients taking treatment in the city's Tata Memorial Hospital.Single-judge Justice Gauri Godse while imposing costs of Rs 2 lakh, observed that the officers acted...

UAPA: Delhi High Court Denies Bail To Separatist Leader Nayeem Khan In Terror Funding Case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday denied bail to separatist leader Nayeem Ahmad Khan in a UAPA case of alleged terror funding.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur dismissed the bail plea of Khan in the case registered by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The Court observed that prima facie, the objective sought to be achieved by the accused persons...

'Requires Consideration': High Court On PIL To Increase Number Of Delhi's Council Of Ministers

A petition has been filed in the Delhi High Court for increasing the number of Council of Ministers of Delhi at par with the other States in terms of Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said that the matter requires consideration and listed it for hearing on July 28. The petition has...

'When Terror Bombings Strike At Innocent Civilians, Death Penalty Emerges As Only Sanction': Telangana HC In Dilsukhnagar Twin Blast Case

"When terror bombings strike with calculated ferocity at innocent civilians, the death penalty emerges as the only sanction capable of matching the crime's existential threat," said the Telangana High Court while upholding death penalty imposed on five Indian Mujahideen operatives convicted for orchestrating the 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin bomb blasts which killed 18 and injured 131 persons.In...

Justice Sanjeev Kumar Appointed As Acting Chief Justice Of J&K And Ladakh High Court

The President of India has appointed Justice Sanjeev Kumar, senior-most Judge of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as Acting Chief Justice with effect from 10 April 2025. Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan will retire on 9 April 2025.The notification issued in this regard reads thus, “In exercise of the power conferred by Article 223 of the Constitution of India, the President is...