J&K High Court Notifies Video Conferencing (Nyaya Shruti) Rules 2025 To Eliminate Delays In Court Proceedings

In a major leap towards digitizing the judicial process, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has notified the "Video Conferencing (Nyaya Shruti) Rules, 2025", revolutionizing the way trials, inquiries, and other judicial proceedings will be conducted in the Union Territories.The notification, issued by the High Court through its Registrar General Shahzad Azeem formalizes...

CSR Funds Scam: Kerala High Court Denies Bail To Founder Of National NGO's Confederation Anand Kumar

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (9th April) denied bail to KN Anand Kumar, the founder and Managing Trustee of National NGO's Confederation who is presently in judicial custody in the CSR Scam case."Dismissed", ordered Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan.National NGO Confederation is allegedly involved in a large-scale scam of cheating people after promising the two-wheelers, sewing machines...

Guard Posted At HC Judge's Home Consuming Liquor On Duty Is 'Serious Misconduct': MP High Court Upholds Penalty Of Compulsory Retirement

While upholding an order of compulsory retirement of a Guard posted at a High Court Judge's bungalow, the Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that since a guard's duty is to protect, consuming liquor while on duty is a serious misconduct.Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia observed, “Petitioner was posted as a Guard and it was his duty to remain vigilant. If a Guard is allowed to consume...

Delhi VAT | No Interest On Refund For Period Of Delay Attributable To Dealer: High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that if the delay in granting refund to a dealer under the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 is attributable to the dealer itself, such period of delay shall be excluded for the purposes of awarding interest on refund.Section 38(3)(a)(ii) of DVAT Act stipulates a period of two months for refund of excess tax, penalty, etc., if the period for refund is a...

District Judge And Not DM 'Appropriate Authority' To Determine Issues Relating To Adequacy Of Compensation U/S 16(3) Telegraph Act: Allahabad HC

Following the decision of the Supreme Court in Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. v. Century Textiles & Industries Ltd., the Allahabad High Court has reiterated that under Section 16(3) of the Telegraph Act, 1885, the District Judge is the appropriate authority to determine issues relating to adequacy & sufficiency of compensation and not the District Magistrate.Section 16 of...

Kerala High Court Grants 15 Days Parole To Mohammed Nisham Who Was Convicted For Running Over A Security Guard

The Kerala High Court has granted 15 days parole to Mohammed Nisham who was convicted in a 2015 case of killing a security guard by running over him. The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice P. V. Balakrishnan granted the leave in an appeal filed by Nisham's wife taking into account the favourable report given by the probationer officer. The Court held that...

Bombay High Court Dismisses PIL On Alleged Illegalities In Govt Tender For Supply Of Ambulances

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition concerning alleged illegalities in the state government tender process for the supply and operation of emergency medical services and ambulances.The tender, Maharashtra Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) Project 2024, was challenged on grounds that the previous contract awarded was extended without reasonable justification and that the...

Jharkhand High Court Orders ₹1.23 Crore GST Refund To Tata Steel Over ITC On Compensation Cess

The Jharkhand High Court has ordered Rs. 1,23,22,617/- GST refund to Tata Steel, whose largest steel plant is situated in State's Jamshedpur city.The amount represented Input Tax Credit (ITC) on Compensation Cess paid by the company under Section 8(2) of the Goods and Service Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 for purchasing its key raw material- Coal.Finding that the refund was denied by...

"We Haven't Passed Any Orders Asking ED Not To Take Action": Madras High Court Says On Probe Against TASMAC

"We have not passed any order", the Madras High Court orally remarked on Tuesday when asked about a clarification regarding the court's earlier oral direction asking the Enforcement Directorate not to take any action against TASMAC till the next date of hearing. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar was responding to a query raised by the Special Public Prosecutor...

2024 Lok Sabha Polls: Gauhati HC Rejects Congress Candidate's Plea Challenging BJP Candidate's Election Over Lack Of Proper Attestation

The Gauhati High Court recently dismissed a petition by Congress's Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury–who contested from Assam's No. 7 Karimganj Constituency in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections–challenging the election of winning BJP candidate Kripanath Mallah. The court dismissed the petition on the ground of lack of proper attestation of the petition. The court also allowed an application moved...

Once Marriage Is Registered, Husband Can't Be Booked For Rape On Ground That He Did Not Fulfill Promise To Marry As Per Customs: Bombay HC

Once a marriage is legally registered and a couple establishes sexual relations, the husband cannot be booked for rape because he did not fulfill his 'promise to marry the wife as per religious customs', the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court, held recently.A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Nivedita Mehta quashed the FIR lodged against a man, who was accused by his 'legally...

'Sufficient Motive': Allahabad HC Upholds Conviction Of 7 Including Man Who Killed Daughter, Lover Over Disapproved Relationship

The Allahabad High Court on Monday upheld the conviction of seven individuals, including a man who murdered his daughter and her lover in 2006 in a tragic case of 'honor' killing. A bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri noted that the incident, which occurred 19 years ago, was a result of the father's disapproval of the relationship between his daughter and her...