High Courts
Punjab & Haryana High Court Denies Bail To DIG HS Bhullar In Corruption Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed the regular bail plea of Harcharan Singh Bhullar @ H.S. Bhullar, a senior Punjab Police officer, in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Justice Sumeet Goel noted that the offence under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, particularly when attributed to an officer of such rank, has...
Right To Run A Bar Must Be Balanced With Citizens' Right To Peaceful, Noise-Free Environment: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the right to operate and run a bar or pub must be balanced with the citizens' and children's right to a noise-free, peaceful, and orderly environment.“The age old proverb given to ordinary citizens is “don't take the law into your own hand”, the rationale obviously being that is for the authorities to wield the proverbial stick of the law, and...
Overage Candidate Can't Claim Regular Appointment Despite Long Service As Part-Time Librarian: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that a candidate who was over-age on the cut-off date cannot claim appointment to a regular post merely because she had rendered long years of service as a part-time librarian.Justice Sanjeev Narula thus dismissed the challenge to a selection process for the post of Librarian in a Delhi Government-aided school.Petitioner had been working as a part-time...
Allahabad High Court Issues Contempt Notices To Bareilly DM, SSP Over Alleged Interference In 'Namaz' At Private Property
The Allahabad High Court last week issued a contempt notice to Bareilly District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar and Senior Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya for allegedly restraining certain individuals (including petitioner-Tarik Khan) from offering Namaz inside a private house. A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Siddharth Nandan observed that the actions of the officials...
Leadership Role In PFI Before It Was Banned Doesn't By Itself Attract PMLA: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that merely holding a leadership position in the Popular Front of India (PFI) at a time when the organisation was lawful does not, by itself, constitute an offence of money laundering under PMLA.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna made the observation while granting bail to Moideen Kutty K @ M.K. Faizy, the National President of the Social Democratic Party of India...
Kerala High Court Quashes State Govt Order For Nava Kerala Citizens Response Programme'
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed the public interest litigation challenging the State government's 'Nava Kerala Citizens Response Programme' which commenced on January 01.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. passed the verdict.The plea had alleged that the survey is a politically motivated exercise intended to benefit the ruling Left Democratic...
Delhi High Court Restrains Priya Kapur, Mandhira Kapur From Making Defamatory Statements Against Each Other
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained late industrialist Sunjay Kapur's wife Priya Kapur and her sister in law Mandhira Kapur Smith from making defamatory statements against each other. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the Kapurs should conduct themselves with dignity and must not defame each other publicly. The Court issued notice in the interim relief application filed in the...
NCDRC Orders Can't Be Challenged Under Article 226 In Private Consumer Disputes, Article 227 Proper Remedy: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has clarified that orders passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) cannot be routinely challenged through a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution when the dispute is purely between private parties, holding that the proper remedy in such cases lies under Article 227.Justice Om Narayan Rai ruled that although NCDRC orders...
NEET-PG 2025: Delhi High Court Upholds Cut-Off Reduction, Says No Arbitrariness In Policy Decision
The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a petition challenging the decision of the National Board of Examination in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) reducing the qualifying cut-off percentile for NEET-PG 2025 examination after commencement of the admission process. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that the decision to reduce the eligibility...
Liquor Branding Contest Not Indirect Solicitation Or Surrogate Advertisement: Excise Commissioner Tells Kerala High Court In Plea Against BEVCO
The Excise Commissioner has filed a counter affidavit before the Kerala High Court in the public interest litigation preferred against the liquor naming and branding contest announced.Last week, the Court had ordered an interim stay on the contest announced by BEVCO [Kerala State Beverages (Manufacturing and Marketing) Corporation] and Malabar Distilleries Ltd. inviting suggestions from...
Stipendiary Graduate Trainees Not 'Employees' Under EPF Act; PF Demand Unsustainable: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that graduate trainees receiving only stipends cannot automatically be treated as “employees” for the purpose of provident fund contributions. At the same time, the Court upheld PF liability in respect of security personnel and fire-fighting staff directly engaged and paid by the principal establishment, observing that their wages clearly attracted...
Gauhati High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 - February 15, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 25-29]M/s Amprolisa Construction and Marketing Pvt Ltd v. Gupta Hardware Private Limited and Another. 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 25Abhishek Kar v State of Assam 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 26Mahim Chandra Nath and 9 Others v. State of Assam and Others 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 27Dr. Vimal Katiyar v. State of Assam & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 28Dalimi Kalita v Assam...