High Courts
Bombay HC Sets Aside ESIC Order For Denying Hearing And Relying On Undisclosed Reports
Bombay High Court: A single judge bench of Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh set aside the Employees' State Insurance Corporation's (ESIC) rejection of Mondelez India Foods Pvt. Ltd.'s appeal. The court found that ESIC violated principles of natural justice by dismissing the appeal without granting a hearing, despite disputed facts about when the company received the original order. The...
Gujarat HC Rejects Son's Plea Claiming No Liability To Pay Deceased Father's Bank Loan As 'Debt Is Not Heritable Under Muslim Law'
The Gujarat High Court recently rejected a man's plea against dismissal of his application for rejection of suit filed by a bank to recover a loan taken by the man's deceased father, claiming he was not liable to pay his father's bank loan as debt is not heritable property under Muslim Law. The court however said that the contentions made by the son would require a "detailed inquiry during...
Upper Age Limit For Women To Avail ART Services Rational, Difficult For Mother To Support Child During Her Elderly Years: Madras High Court
Justifying the upper age limit prescribed for women under the provisions of the Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act 2021, the Madras High Court recently observed that a woman who uses ART services for begetting a child is duty-bound to take care of the child till he/she attains majority. The court thus held that the woman must be biologically and financially capable...
Possession Of Migrant Property Cannot Be Handed Over To Anyone Without Written Consent Of Migrant Owner: J&K High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court upheld the eviction order passed by the Financial Commissioner in evicting the illegal occupant of a migrant property. The court held that the occupant-petitioner herein could not have taken over the possession of the land in question except with the express consent of the migrant in writing, to be handed over by the District Magistrate alone.The court said...
SC/ST Act | "Repeat Appeal" For Bail After Plea Was Dismissed On Merits Not Maintainable Before HC, Accused Can Move Special Court: MP High Court
While answering a reference with respect to the scope of Section 14A(2) of The Scheduled Castes And The Scheduled Tribes (Prevention Of Atrocities) Act, the Madhya Pradesh High Court held that a second criminal appeal against the Special Court or the Exclusive Special Court's original order rejecting bail is not maintainable.The court further clarified that a "repeat appeal" for bail after...
Allahabad HC Rejects PIL Seeking Ban On Printing, Circulation Of Textbook Claiming 'Goddess Gayatri' Is 'Fictitious'
The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a total and complete ban on the printing, publication, distribution and circulation of the textbook 'Tathakathit Gayatri Devi Mantra Ki Vastavikta'. The PIL plea claims that the textbook written by Sant Gyaneshwar Swami Sadanand Ji Parmhans argues that Goddess Gayatri, the personified form...
Karnataka HC Asks Centre To Restrain Media From Making Defamatory Statements Against Actress Ranya Rao Arrested In Gold Smuggling Case
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Central government to pass appropriate orders restraining the media from making or telecasting any false, defamatory statement against actress Harshavardini Ranya Rao and her father K Ramchandra Rao.Rao has been arrested in connection with a gold smuggling case and is presently in judicial custody. Gold bars worth ₹12.56 crore were...
"Taken Birth From Womb Of Social Justice": Karnataka HC Upholds Validity Of Micro Loan & Small Loan (Prevention Of Coercive Actions) Ordinance
The Karnataka High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed seeking to declare the Karnataka Micro Loan and Small Loan (Prevention of Coercive Actions) Ordinance, 2025 as unconstitutional, arbitrary and beyond the legislative competence of the state government.Justice M Nagaprasanna upheld the ordinance saying “The Ordinance, conceived in response to the anguished cries of the vulnerable...
Circular To Recommend Candidate 45 Days Before Expiry Of Waiting List Not Meant To Curtail 6-Month Validity Period Of Wait List: Rajasthan HC
The Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the 45-day time period under Clause 11 of the Department of Personnel Circular dated April 5, 2021 (“Clause 11”), was not meant to curtail the validity of the waiting list to less than 6 months even when the recommendations from the waiting list were not made within the stipulated timeline.Clause 11 of the DoP Circular dated April 5, 2021, laid down...
No Political Songs At Temple Festivals, Says Kerala High Court After Row Over DYFI Revolutionary Songs At Temple Fest
The Kerala High Court ordered the Travancore Devaswom Board to ensure that no activities are permitted in Temple premises which affects its sanctity during annual Temple festivals or other festivals. The Court passed the above order in a writ petition filed aggrieved by performance of revolutionary songs of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), which is the youth wing of CPI (M), ...
Breaking | Calcutta High Court Lifts Stay On Recruitment Of Civil Judge Candidates Who Qualified WBJS Exam 2022, Dismisses Pleas Challenging Process
In a breaking development, the Calcutta High Court has lifted the stay order on the recruitment of civil judges who qualified the West Bengal Judicial Services Exam, 2022.Justice Arindam Mukherjee dismissed multiple pleas which had challenged the conduct of the exams.Due to the pendency of the matter, the process of recruitment had been stayed by the High Court, and as a result, no civil...
Retracted Statement Can't Be Termed As Incriminating Material, No Addition Can Be Made In Respect Of Completed Assessment: Gauhati High Court
The Gauhati High Court stated that retracted statement cannot be termed as incriminating material and no addition can be made in respect of completed assessment. The Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) and the ITAT were of the view that the said piece of evidence, i.e. retracted statement cannot be termed as incriminating material, noted the Division Bench of Chief...