DNA Entertainment Ltd Moves Karnataka High Court For Quashing Of FIRs Over Chinnaswamy Stadium Stampede

A petition has been filed in the Karnataka High Court by M/s DNA Entertainement Networks Private Limited, seeking to quash the three FIR's registered against it following the stampede that took place near the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru ahead of the victory celebration of Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.DNA Networks were implicated in the case due...

Gujarat High Court Discontinues Sitting After Bomb Threat

The Gujarat High Court on Monday (June 9) stopped functioning post lunch hour, after the court's registry allegedly received an anonymous bomb threat through email.A notice issued by the Registrar General states:"Because of unavoidable circumstances, it has been decided to discontinue the functioning of the Courts after Iunch i.e. after 1.45 pm. The Courts are requested to convey to the...

PoP Idols Shall Not Be Immersed In Any Natural Water Body: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court on Monday (June 9) said that it will not permit immersion of any Plaster of Paris (PoP) idol in natural water bodies at any cost. A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne said it will not permit any PoP idol to be immersed in natural water bodies. While dictating the order the court said, "We therefore, deem it appropriate to direct the...

Allahabad HC Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Lucknow University Prof In FIR Over 'Objectionable' Posts On Pahalgam Attack

The Allahabad High Court today granted interim anticipatory bail to Dr. Madri Kakoti, an assistant professor in the linguistics department of the University of Lucknow, booked for several offences, including endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India, in relation to her alleged social media posts on the Pahalgam terror attack.#JustIn | #AllahabadHighCourt grants...

Trial Court Empowered To Amend Preliminary Decree To Do Justice Between Parties: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that trial courts are empowered to amend preliminary decree to do justice between the parties.Referring to the judgments of the Supreme Court in Baliram Atmaram Kelapure vs. Indirabai and S.Satnam Singh & Ors. vs. Surender Kaur & Anr. relied upon the parties, Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal held“The provision of Section 97 C.P.C. or interpretation of...

RCB IPL Team Company Moves Karnataka High Court To Quash FIR Over Bengaluru Stampede Deaths During Victory Celebrations

Royal Challengers Sports Private Limited (RCSPL) and its Chief Operating Officer Rajesh V Menon which manages Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) IPL team, have approached the Karnataka High Court to quash an FIR's registered against them following the Bengaluru stampede ahead of an event to celebrate RCB's 2025 IPL victory.In its petition it is said that after "extensive discussions" held...

Turkish Firm Celebi's Subsidiary Moves Madras High Court Against Termination Of Contract By Chennai Airport

Tukey-based Celebi's subsidiary has approached the Madras High Court challenging the cancellation of the concession agreement by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) following the cancellation of its security clearance by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India. On May 26th, Chennai Airport had cancelled its contract with Celebi Ground...

[Domestic Violence] Not Unusual For Wife To Forgive Husband, Withdraw Case Against Him To Protect Family: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court observed that it was not unusual for a wife to close criminal cases filed by her against her husband to save him. The Court said that a wife does so in the expectation that her husband would change.The Court was hearing a challenge against a divorce decree filed by the ex-husband. The Family Court had allowed divorce on the ground of cruelty. Before filing the instant...

'Child Not An Inanimate Object Which Can Be Tossed From One Parent To The Other': Orissa High Court Upholds Father's Visitation Rights

While upholding a father's visitation rights, the Orissa High Court underscored a child of tender age requires love and affection of both of his parents, and cannot be treated as an 'inanimate object' to satisfy the egos and acrimonies between his parents. It also reiterated that the visitation right of either of the parents can only be decided considering the welfare of the child and not on...

Denying Full Reimbursement For Retd Govt Employee's Heart Surgery Violates His Human Rights: Bombay High Court

Refusing full reimbursement of the medical expenses to a public servant, who underwent a critical 'heart transplant' surgery not only violates his fundamental rights but strikes at the very essence of the human rights, said the Bombay High Court while directing Centre to reimburse Rs. 22 Lakhs to a retired Excise and Customs Officer. A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Advait...

'POCSO Act Not A Tool To Enforce Society's Outdated Moral Codes': Orissa High Court Grants Interim Bail To Accused To Marry Victim

The Orissa High Court has recently held that the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act ('POCSO Act') cannot be used as a tool for enforcing outdated moral codes or to criminalise adolescent romantic relationships in order to deter “socially non-conforming behaviour” irrespective of it being consensual in nature.The Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi accentuated...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 2 – 8, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 305 - 322]TGN Kumar v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 305 Asha Verma v. Director General of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 306Abjijith M. v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 307Asianet Star Communications Private Limited v. Competition Commission of India and others, and Connected cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 308Josna Raphael Poovathingal v. Union...