High Courts
Parole Period Must Only Be Subtracted From Total Sentence, Not From Actual Jail Time: High Court Declares Punjab Govt's Formula Invalid
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has declared the formula issued by the Punjab Government to calculate the conviction period in case of premature release as invalid, observing that parole period should only be subtracted from the total sentence and not from the actual time spent in jail.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "It is directed that the parole period shall only be subtracted from...
Madras High Court Suspends One-Month Imprisonment Imposed On IAS Officer In Contempt Case
The Madras High Court has suspended the sentence of one-month imprisonment imposed on IAS officer Anshul Mishra for “civil contempt” by failing to follow an earlier order of the court in a land case.The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayanan suspended the sentence imposed by the judge. The court was hearing an appeal preferred by the IAS officer seeking to set aside...
Madras High Court Asks Govt To Allow Revenue Authorities To Issue “No Caste, No Religion” Certificates
The Madras High Court recently directed the Government to pass necessary Government Orders empowering revenue authorities to issue a "No Caste No Religion: certificate. "Accordingly, we call upon the Government of Tamil Nadu to pass necessary Government Orders, with a specific instruction to the Revenue Authorities to positively entertain applications seeking for grant of certificate of...
Foreign National Can't Be Indefinitely Restricted In India By Issuing LOC Without Being Named As Accused In Criminal Case: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has recently observed that a foreign national cannot be forced to stay in India indefinitely in connection with a criminal case when he is not even named as an accused in the case. The court thus directed the investigating agencies to complete the probe against a Seychelles citizen within a year and to revoke the look out circular issued against him, if no case...
Wayanad Landslides | Can't Give Loan Waiver As Enabling Provisions Are Deleted From Disaster Management Act: Centre To Kerala High Court
The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Kerala High Court informing that it would not be able to waive off the loan of Wayanad Landslides' victims as the provision under Disaster Management Act enabling such action has been removed by way of the Disaster Management (Amendment) Act, 2025.The affidavit has been filed in the suo-motu case initiated by the High Court after the Wayanad landslides...
S.15 Rajasthan Rent Control Act | Requirement Of Submitting Affidavit/Documents With Reply Only Directory In Nature: High Court Reiterates
While relying upon the ruling of the division bench in the case of Ramesh Kumar v Chandu Lal & Another, Rajasthan High Court reiterated that Section 15 of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001 (“the Act”) was not mandatory but directory in nature.As per Section 15 of the Act, the affidavits and documents are required to be filed along with reply of the party. The bench of Justice...
'Didn't Even Dream Of Offending Dignity': DM Apologizes After Being Rapped For 'Reminding' Allahabad HC Of Legal Provision
IAS Officer Jasjit Kaur, presently serving as the District Magistrate, Bijnor, recently tendered an 'unconditional' and 'unqualified' apology to the Allahabad High Court after the Court took strong exception to an affidavit filed by her, which it viewed as an "attempt to insult" HC's understanding of the law. The issue arose when the DM, in her affidavit, referred to a provision...
Kerala High Court Imposes Cost On Bank For Illegally Retaining Client's Documents After Closure Of Loan
The Kerala High Court, in a decision by Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas, has imposed costs on the South Indian Bank, Aluva Branch, for the illegal retention of documents after the closure of the loan.The petitioner and her husband had taken a loan from the bank in 2009. The bank acknowledged the deposit of four title deeds by the petitioners as security for the housing loan availed from them....
Kerala High Court Directs Customs To Dispose Of Seized Buffalo Meat Consignments Within One Month Due To Perishability
The Kerala High Court has directed the customs department to dispose of seized buffalo meat consignments within one month due to perishability. The Bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A was addressing the issue pertaining to the seizure of the consignments of buffalo meat, which were proposed to be exported to a foreign country. On examination, it was found that there was a...
Can't Reserve Judgment For Indefinite Period: Rajasthan High Court Tells Appellate Rent Tribunal On Plea By Tenant Fearing Eviction
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that Appellate Rent Tribunal is not expected to reserve judgment for an indefinite period, especially when the arguments in a matter before it were heard and concluded months ago.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand observed that as per Section 19(8) of the Rajasthan Rent Control Act, 2001, the Tribunal shall dispose the appeal within a period of one hundred...
Last-Seen-Theory Can't Be Invoked Unless Prosecution Establishes Prima Facie Case: Rajasthan High Court Acquits Death Row Convicts
While setting aside death penalty and acquitting the appellants, accused for murdering a family of 6, including 4 children, Rajasthan High Court held that the importance of last-seen-together evidence could not be "over-emphasized" in a criminal trial as this by itself is not sufficient to record conviction of an accused.The division bench of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice...
Delhi High Court Rejects Separatist Leader Shabir Ahmed Shah's Bail Plea In Alleged Terror Funding Case
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (June 12) dismissed an appeal moved by Kashmiri Separatist Leader Shabir Ahmed Shah challenging an NIA court's order denying bail in an alleged case of terror funding. A division bench of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur while pronouncing the order said: "The present appeal is dismissed". A detail copy of the order is awaited. Shah had...