Bombay High Court Asks State To Make Palghar District Consumer Forum Functional Within 4 Weeks

The Bombay High Court today disposed of a PIL that sought the establishment of the District Consumer Forum in the Palghar District, noting that the Consumer Forum has already been set up by the State government.During the hearing, the State counsel submitted that as per a government notification of 04 February 2025, the District Consumer Forum has already been established at Palghar. The...

Maha Kumbh Stampede | 'Bring Relevant Material On Record': Allahabad High Court On PIL Seeking Missing Persons' Details

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (February 13) directed the advocate representing a PIL petitioner, who sought the formation of a Judicial Monitoring Committee to collate details of persons missing after the stampede at Maha Kumbh (Prayagraj) on January 29, to bring on record all the relevant materials being relied upon for the case. A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and...

Do Minor Mineral Rules Stipulate Action Against Contractor For Indulging In Illegal Mining Beyond Scope Of Contract: Gauhati HC Asks State

The Gauhati High Court on Monday (February 10) asked the State Authorities, whether there is any provision under the existing mineral rules for taking action against the erring contractor, who has flouted the conditions of the lease or has illegally extracted the minor minerals out of the scope of the contract. The division bench comprising the Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and...

"Hybrid Courts Are Also Courts": Delhi HC Objects To Lawyer Appearing On VC From Park, Calls For Sensitization To Ensure Courtroom Decorum

Taking exception to a lawyer appearing through videoconferencing while standing in a park with a mobile phone in his hand, the Delhi High Court has called for sensitization of lawyers on maintaining decorum while appearing in hybrid courts. Justice Girish Kathpalia asked the Delhi High Court Bar Association as well as all District Court Bar Associations to sensitize the members of the...

Karnataka HC Reserves Verdict On Journalist Rahul Sivasankar's Plea To Quash 'Hatred' FIR Over Religious Minorities Fund Allocation Tweet

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in a petition filed by journalist Rahul Sivasankar, seeking to quash the FIR registered against him for his tweet about the State government's allocation of funds for welfare of religious minorities. A single judge, Justice M Nagaprasanna reserved its order after hearing the parties. Advocate Bipin Hegde appearing for...

An Admittedly Guilty Person Can't Escape Punishment Merely Because He Is Made A Witness: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that an accused cannot be a witness on behalf of the prosecution, and a person who is admittedly guilty cannot run away from punishment, merely because he has been arraigned as a witness in the case by the prosecution. Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while allowing the petition filed by one S Muthaiah an accused in a 2011 illegal transportation of...

Bombay High Court Upholds Rules Prescribing Limit On Civil Services Attempts For Persons With Benchmark Disability Based On Caste Status

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition challenging Rule 3 of the Civil Services Examination Rules 2024 which grants Persons with Benchmark Disability (PwBD) under the General/Economically Weaker Section /Other Backward Classes (GL/EWS/OBC) category 9 attempts, while providing unlimited attempts to those belonging to SC/ST category.Challenging the restriction on the number of attempts...

1995 Murder Case | 'Prosecution Not Obliged To Answer Every Hypothesis Of Defence': Allahabad HC Overturns Acquittal, Sentences 3 To LI

While overturning the acquittal of 3 accused and sentencing them to Life Imprisonment in connection with a 1995 Murder case, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that the prosecution is not obliged to answer each and every hypothesis put forth by the defence/accused persons. A bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Mohd. Faiz Alam Khan said that murders are...

Death Penalty, Imprisonment, Breach Of Peace, Trial Of Offences: Kerala HC Clarifies Scope & Application Of Criminal Writ Petitions

The Kerala High Court has stated that proceedings that may result in punishments such as death, imprisonment and forfeiture of property should be filed as Writ Petitions (Criminal). It also stated that petitions related to maintenance of law and order, prevention of breaches of peace, prevention of vagrancy should be filed as Writ Petitions (Criminal). Additionally, the Court clarified that...

Waqf Board Case: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On ED's Plea Against Release Of AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea moved by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against a trial court order which released Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Amanatullah Khan for lack of requisite sanction in a money laundering case connected to the alleged irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board recruitment during his chairmanship.Justice Vikas Mahajan sought response of Khan and...

Law Doesn't Appreciate Educated Wife Sitting Idle & Seeking Maintenance From Husband: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has recently held that law does not favour a well-educated woman to sit idle without trying to pursue any work merely to incumber the liability of paying maintenance upon the husband for her sustenance. While lessening the maintenance amount awarded by the Family Court, the Single Bench of Justice Gourishankar Satapathy observed – “Law never appreciates...

Decide On Uniformity In Interest Rate For Delayed Payment Of Retiral Benefits: Delhi High Court To CAT

The Delhi High Court has directed the Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) to decide on the issue of uniformity in judicial orders passed by the Tribunal in respect of the rate of interest to be awarded on delayed payment of retiral benefits by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), by constituting an appropriate bench for the matter.A division bench of Justice C. Hari...