High Courts
Delhi High Court Expresses Concern Over Delay In Disposal Of Matters Before National Faceless Appeal Centre
The Delhi High Court has expressed grave concern over the pendency of over 5.4 Lakh appeals before the National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC).The body was created for faceless assessment under Section 143 or 144 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, by the insertion of Section 144B via the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020.A division bench of Chief...
Advocate General's Order Declining Sanction To Initiate Criminal Contempt Not Subject To Challenge In Court: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court held that refusal of sanction by the Advocate General for initiating criminal contempt proceedings under Section 15(1) of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971 is not justiciable.Justice C.S. Dias passed the above order by relying upon the Apex Court decision in Joseph Kuzhijalil v Joseph Pulikunnel (1995). “In the light of the emphatic proclamation of the law in...
Dasna Incident Result Of Narsinghanand's Speech; Can't Argue Saif Was Attacked Due To Kumar Vishwas' 'Taimur Remark': Zubair To Allahabad HC
Today, the Allahabad High Court RESERVED its Judgment on the plea moved by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair challenging an FIR against him over alleged 'X' Post (formerly Twitter) on Yati Narsinghanand's 'derogatory' speech. The court has also extended the stay on the arrest till the delivery of the Judgment. Before the Court, Senior Counsel Dileep Gupta, representing Zubair,...
Punjab & Haryana HC Directs Union To 'Most Sympathetically' Consider Plea Of Pakistan-Born Minor Staying With Divorced Indian Mother
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Union Government to decide representation for the extension of stay of a 5-year-old Pakistan-born girl who is currently staying with her mother in India. The mother got married to a Pakistani citizen in 2019 but later got divorced and returned to India.The minor girl was born in Pakistan and is, therefore, a Pakistani citizen. The girl's...
Insurance Company Liable To Pay Compensation Even If Driver Was Intoxicated At Time Of Accident: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has recently observed that the Insurance company would be liable to pay compensation to the family of the deceased even if the driver of the vehicle that was involved in the accident was under the influence of alcohol at the time. Justice M Dhandapani followed a decision of the Kerala High Court in Muhammed Rashid @ Rashid vs. Girivasan E.K and held that even if...
Administrative Delay, Acts of Court Shouldn't Come In Way: Madras HC Directs State To Promote Eligible Professors As Dean In Govt Medical Colleges
The Madras High Court has directed the State government to appoint professors specialising in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, General Surgery and Orthopaedics, to the post of Dean in Government Medical Colleges, whose promotion was delayed due to an oral order of the court and imposition of Model Code of Conduct (MCC) in light of the 2019 general elections. Justice Anand Venkatesh in his...
Right To Life Includes Living Without Mental Trauma: J&K High Court Allows Termination Of 28-Week Pregnancy Of Minor Sexual Assault Victim
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has allowed the termination of the 28–29-week fetus of a sexual assault victim through the applicable medical intervention. The court recognized the severe mental trauma suffered by the victim and her inability to comprehend or cope with childbirth.The court observed that the right to life guarantees a life free from mental trauma. The court stated that it...
Delhi High Court Issues Directions For Compliance Of Higher Courts' Orders To Conclude Trials Expeditiously
The Delhi High Court has issued directions to the trial courts in the national capital for compliance of higher courts' orders to conclude pending trials expeditiously in a time bound manner.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that where any direction is passed to the trial court by a higher court for expeditious conclusion of trial but the concerned judge is on long leave or where the Court...
Employee Can't Be Denied Back Wages On Reinstatement When Rules Don't Provide 'No Pay' Punishment For Time Spent Out Of Service: Telangana HC
Reiterating that a punishment which is not provided in rules can't be imposed, the Telangana High Court set aside punishment of 'dies-non and no salary/ remuneration' resulting in non payment of back wages imposed on a physically handicapped co-operative bank employee for the period of time he was out of service. The court said this after noting that the relevant rules didn't provide for such...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Appeal Against Order Rejecting Challenge To JDU's Internal Elections Electing Nitish Kumar As President
The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by Janata Dal United's (JDU) expelled member Govind Yadav against a single bench order, which dismissed his petition challenging the internal party elections held by JDU in 2016 electing Nitish Kumar as President of the political party.Yadav challenged the internal party elections conducted in 2016, 2019 and 2022 on the ground that they were...
Delhi High Court Lists Pleas Challenging CLAT 2025 Results To April 07, Underscores Anxiety In Students
The Delhi High Court on Monday listed for April 07 a batch of petitions challenging the results of the Common Law Admission Test-2025 (CLAT-2025) examination held in December last year for admissions to undergraduate and post-graduate law courses in various National Law Universities.The pleas were filed in various High Courts across the country and were transferred by the Supreme Court to...
Appellate Tribunal For Foreign Exchange Can't Pronounce Person 'Guilty' Of Offences Under FERA Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has ruled that the Appellate Tribunal for Foreign Exchange cannot pronounce a person “guilty” of the offences under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973.Justice Jasmeet Singh said that pronouncing a person “guilty” has serious consequences and to adjudicate and give a finding of “guilty” lies within the exclusive domain of the competent courts...