High Courts
Telangana High Court Quashes Cheating, Impersonation Case Against Student Booked For Creating 'Fake' YouTube Videos On Contractor
The Telangana High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated against a student accused of creating and uploading "fake" videos about a contractor and his family on YouTube after the latter allegedly failed to construct the petitioner's house within the stipulated time. In doing so the court held that the allegations in the complaint did not attract offences under Section 420 IPC...
Cheque Bounce Cases: Delhi High Court Refuses To Send Rajpal Yadav To Jail For Now, Says 'Substantial Payment Made'
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that it will not send Bollywood actor Rajpal Naurang Yadav to jail for now, as he had made substantial amount of payment to the complainant in the cheque dishonour cases against him. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma asked actor's counsel to make submissions on the petitions filed by him challenging his conviction in the cases. The matter was listed today on...
“No State Of War With Neigbouring Bangladesh, Cannot Deviate From Fair Tender Process”: Tripura HC Slams State For Overlooking Lowest Bidder
The Tripura High Court recently set aside the award of a government contract to a second-lowest bidder and held that the rejection of the lowest bidder was arbitrary, unreasonable, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. The Court remarked that there was no situation of war or immediate emergency warranting deviation from a fair tender process. A Division Bench of Chief Justice...
Article 25 Protects Right To Congregate For Worship But Forbids Incitement; No Embargo On Prayers In Private Premises: Allahabad HC
The Allahabad High Court on Monday held that Article 25 of the Constitution of India protects the right to congregate for worship for every religious denomination in the country, but it does not accord protection to incitement of one faith by another in the garb of prayer. At the same time, the Court made it clear that there can be no impediment or embargo with regard to prayers...
MP High Court Directs Indore Municipal Corporation To Take Action Against Illegal Hoardings On Road Dividers & Footpaths
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, as an interim measure, on Tuesday (March 17) directed the Indore Municipal Corporation to take action against illegal hoardings installed on road dividers and footpaths in the city. The court was hearing a PIL raising concerns over the illegal installation of hoardings. Issuing notice on the PIL, a division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice...
NDPS Act | Prosecution Must Prove Actual Cultivation Of Cannabis, Mere Presence On Land Not Enough: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that in cases involving the alleged cultivation of cannabis under the NDPS Act, the burden lies on the prosecution to establish through cogent evidence that the accused was actually cultivating the plants, and not merely present at the spot or named in land records. The Court observed that asking the accused to prove that he was not cultivating the land would...
Calling Someone 'Over Ground Worker' Of Terrorists Is Per Se Defamatory; Mens Rea Essential: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that branding a person as an overground worker of terrorists or stating that the person has links with terrorists ex-facie lowers the image of such person in the estimation of those who know him, and publication of such imputation attracts the offence of defamation under Section 499 of the Ranbir Penal Code.The Court further observed that...
Family Court Empowered To Consider Muslim Couple's Plea For Declaration Of Mutual Divorce By 'Mubarat': Gujarat High Court Reaffirms
The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that a family court is competent and empowered to consider application for dissolution of marriage based on divorce by mutual consent which is also known as Mubarat agreement executed between Muslim couple.A division bench of Justice AY Kogje and Justice Nisha M Thakore referred to the high court's decision in Asif Daudbhai Karva & Anr. Versus None...
'Will Cause Irreparable Loss To Our Country': AP High Court Restrains Petroleum Company From Selling LPG To International Markets
In the wake of the ongoing conflict in the West Asia between US-Israel and Iran which has disrupted global oil trade, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has in an interim order restrained a private petroleum company Confidence Petroleum India from selling Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to international markets.The petitioners—who procured LPG from Confidence Petroleum India and supplied to...
Karnataka High Court Seeks Rehabilitation Status Of Families Displaced In Kogilu Demolition Drive
The Karnataka High Court has asked the Amicus Curiae to file a detailed report about the rehabilitation status of the families affected by the 'Kogilu Demolition Drive' undertaken for constructing a Waste Management Plant in December, 2025.During the hearing before the principal bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha, State submitted that a few affected families...
Delhi High Court Stays Trial Against Bina Modi In Case Over Alleged Assault On Samir Modi
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings initiated against industrialist Bina Modi and senior lawyer Lalit Bhasin in connection with an alleged assault of Godfrey Philips India (GPI) executive director Samir Modi during a board meeting in 2024.Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the interim order in the pleas filed by Modi and Bhasin challenging a trial court...
Vague Medical Opinions In Criminal Cases Undermine Fair Trial: Rajasthan High Court Directs State To Formulate Medico-Legal Guidelines
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Chief Secretary to issue directions for preparation and implementation of comprehensive and uniform medico-legal guidelines to be followed by all the government medical officers, while furnishing medical opinions in criminal cases for ensuring their clarity, legibility, completeness, and unambiguity. The bench of Justice Chandra Prakash...