High Courts
Bombay High Court Slaps Rs 1 Lakh Costs On Man For Audio-Recording Court Proceedings On Mobile Phone
In a recent order, the Bombay High Court (February 27) imposed a cost of Rs 1 lakh on a litigant who was found to be 'audio-recording' court proceedings on his mobile phone. A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Kamal Khata in the order recorded that the litigant - Sajid Abdul Jabbar Patel, who was a relative of a respondent in a case- offered to pay Rs 1 lakh costs for...
Kerala High Court Stays Central Prison's Restriction That Jail Inmates Can Call Only BSNL Numbers
A Writ Petition has been filed in the Kerala High Court challenging a recent notice issued by the Superintendent of Viyyur Central Prison and Correctional Home which says that the 3 phone numbers which a prison inmate has registered for external contact should be BSNL numbers. A prison inmate is allowed to have external contact by phone with 3 registered numbers. By this notice, a restriction...
Differentiating Employees For Transfer On Age Basis Reasonable; Elder Ones Have Family Responsibility, Health Issues: Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has upheld the Online Transfer Policy, 2023 of Haryana Government for State Agriculture Marketing Board, challenged under Article 14 of the Constitution on various grounds including that the elderly employees are given preference for favourable transfers.Justice Jagmohan Bansal said, "The respondent has formed an opinion that employees with higher age should...
'No Violation Of Constitutional Rights': High Court Refuses To Interfere With Haryana Civil Judge Rule Prohibiting Re-Evaluation Of Answer Sheet
The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Friday (February 28) refused to interfere with a clause in an advertisement for recruitment of Haryana Civil Judge whereby re-evaluation of answer was prohibited, observing that no violation of constitutional right was proved.The Court dismissed a plea moved by an unsuccessful candidate seeking re-evaluation of mains-answer sheet who was short of 1.9...
Allahabad High Court Changes Rules For Listing Of Cases Arising From Same FIRs In View Of SC's Judgment
Recently, the Allahabad High Court published an administrative order changing the rules for listing cases arising out of the same FIRs/ case crime numbers. The changes were made in accordance with the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Shekhar Prasad Mahto @Shekhar Kushwaha vs. The Registrar General Jharkhand High Court & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 188 More about the Apex...
Gujarat HC Stays Interim Order Directing State Bar Council To Issue Provisional Practice Certificate To 2 Law Graduates From Unrecognized College
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (February 27) stayed the interim order passed by the single judge directing the Bar Council of Gujarat to issue provisional Certificate of Practice to two law graduates from an unrecognized college, so as to enable them to apply for Civil Judges recruitment process. The high court noted that the single judge in his order did not discuss Rule 7(2)(b) of...
Bombay High Court Flags 'Cut Copy Paste' Orders Being Passed By Banks To Declare Fraud Accounts; Asks Anil Ambani To Approach RBI
The Bombay High Court on Friday asked industrialist Anil Ambani to approach the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to challenge the October 10, 2024 order passed by the Union Bank of India (UBI) by which it classified his loan account, related to Reliance Communications, as "fraudulent account."A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale noted that the banks were merely...
Matrimonial Dispute Not Ground To Conclude That Husband Set Ablaze Wife, Must Prove Allegations With Legally Acceptable Evidence: Madras HC
The Madras High Court recently set aside the conviction of a man accused of setting his wife ablaze and killing her after noting that there was no legally acceptable evidence to connect him to the crime. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice R Poornima observed that though the woman had died in a tragic manner and there were matrimonial disputes between the couple, the...
Police Can Fearlessly Take Action Against Women Implicating Innocent Men In False Sexual Assault Cases: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court while granting bail to a man accused of committing sexual harassment remarked that nowadays, there is a tendency to make serious allegations of sexual assault against innocent people. The Court said that merely because the complainant is a lady, there is no presumption that her version is the gospel truth.Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan declared that a criminal...
Police Cannot Issue Notice Of Appearance To Accused Via WhatsApp: Karnataka High Court
Quashing a notice under Section 35 (3) Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, directing a 25-year-old man to appear before the Police which was served through WhatsApp, the Karnataka High Court reiterated that issuance and service of such notices via WhatsApp is impermissible in law. For context, Section 35(3) BNS states the police officer shall, in all cases where the arrest of a person is...
Wild Life (Protection) Act | Offence Must Be Registered In Wild Life Offences Report Before Issuing Serach Warrant: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has quashed proceedings initiated against one person found in possession of certain prohibited articles under the Wild Life (Protection) Act on account of procedural irregularities in the investigation.A single judge, Justice Hemant Chandangoudar allowed the petition filed by Pavana Kumar M R who was charged under Sections 2(2), 2(31), 9, 39, 42, 44, 47, 48, 48A, and...
Woman's Plea For Right To Shared Household Maintainable Even In Absence Of Domestic Violence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a woman's claim seeking right to shared household under Section 17 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 is valid even in the absence of domestic violence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna thus ruled that an application/complaint under Section 12 of the Act before the Magistrate is maintainable even if there was no domestic violence.The...