Bombay High Court Denies Anticipatory Bail To Father Of Another Minor Who Was Present In The Pune Porsche Car During Accident

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed the anticipatory bail application filed by the father of the second minor in the Pune Porsche accident, who was sitting next to the main accused - a Child in Conflict with Law (CCL), who allegedly was driving the car on May 19, 2024 in a high speed and killed two youth after mowing them down.Single-judge Justice Manish Pitale noted that the...

'Facts Call For Lenient Approach': Kerala High Court Reduces Sentence Of Rape Convict Admittedly In Relationship With Minor Girl

Displaying a "lenient approach" the Kerala High Court recently reduced the seven year sentence of a rape convict to one year, after noting that the convict and the minor girl were admittedly in a relationship and the latter had "voluntarily accompanied" him to Ooty where the alleged incident took place. The high court however said that as the girl was under 16 years of age at the time of...

"When You Are In Karnataka, You Should Display Signboards In Kannada Language": High Court Orally Observes In Plea By Retailers Association

The Karnataka High Court today expressed disinclination towards allowing a petition moved by Retailers Association of India, questioning the State's direction asking businesses and establishments to display 60% of the names on signboards, in Kannada language.The State had issued a circular to this effect on February 26, 2024, following amendments to the Kannada Language Comprehensive...

Tribunal's Award However Erroneous, Must Be Challenged U/S 34 Of Arbitration Act, Court Cannot Exercise Writ Jurisdiction: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court Bench of Justice Arun R. Pedneker held that when the 'Award' is made by the Facilitation Council / Tribunal by exercising jurisdiction vested in it, however erroneous the 'Award' may be, the same has to be challenged only by invoking Section 34 of the Arbitration Act. This court would not exercise jurisdiction under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of...

Kerala HC Directs Cochin Devaswom Board To Decide Whether Videography With Mobile Phones Is Permissible In Temples Under Their Management

The Kerala High Court has directed the Cochin Devaswom Board to decide whether videography on mobile phones is permissible in Temples under their management.The Division Bench of Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice P G Ajithkumar noted that a report regarding the usage of mobile phones filed by Chief Vigilance Officer is pending consideration before the Cochin Devaswom Board. The Court...

Explain Why Case Was Closed And Then On Same Day Extortion FIR Registered Against Ex-MLC H M Ramesh Gowda: Karnataka HC To Police

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (October 23) asked Amruthahalli police station's SHO to explain why a complaint made against former member of legislative council (MLC) H M Ramesh Gowda was termed as "non cognizable offence" on October 1, and then on the same day an extortion FIR was registered. The high court was hearing a plea moved by Gowda seeking quashing of the FIR, registered on...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Husband's Plea To Determine If Wife Is Transgender

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a petition filed by a husband for medical examination of his wife to determine her gender at any Central Government hospital in the national capital. Justice Sanjeev Narula remarked that it was a “pure matrimonial dispute" and that a writ petition cannot lie against a private individual.The husband claimed that his wife was transgender...

HC Can Invoke Article 227 To Interfere With Commercial Court's Order If It Suffers From Erroneous Interpretation Of Law: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Ravinder Dudeja, while hearing a writ petition filed under Article 227, had observed that the interpretation of Section 42 of the A&C Act by the District Judge while returning the Section 34 petition to be filed before the High Court was completely erroneous. The Court exercised the supervisory jurisdiction...

Non-Disposal Of Application For Registration U/S 12AA Of IT Act Within 6 Months Doesn't Result In "Deemed Registration”: Bombay High Court

Referring to decision of CIT vs. Harshit Foundation Sehmalpur, the Bombay High Court reiterated that Sec 12AA(2) does not make any provision, to the effect that non-deciding of the registration application u/s 12AA(2) within a period of six months, brought about a deemed registration. The Division Bench of Justice G. S. Kulkarni and Justice Firdosh P. Pooniwalla clarified...

Madras High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Probe Into Data Breach At Star Health Insurance

The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by Cyber Security expert Himanshu Pathak seeking a probe into the alleged security breach at Star Health Insurance. Pathak had also filed an interim petition seeking to stay the online business of the company in light of the recent data leak. Justice M Dhandapani dismissed the plea noting that a civil suit filed by the...

Prima Facie Doesn't Target Caste/ Tribal Identity: Delhi HC Grants Transit Bail To Man Over 'Derogatory' Instagram Video On People Of Nagaland

The Delhi High Court has granted transit bail to a man booked under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, for posting an allegedly derogatory and insulting Instagram video on people of Nagaland with the intent to incite communal hatred, enmity and disharmony. Justice Amit Mahajan granted 14 days of transit bail to Akash Tanwar, a resident of...

P&H HC Nixes Asst Commissioner's Order For Ignoring Direction To Hear Case On Merits, Calls For Strict Action Against Insubordination In CGST Hierarchy

The Punjab and Haryana High Court overturned an Assistant Commissioner's order for dismissing an application as time-barred, noting he overstepped his authority despite the Joint Commissioner's directive to consider it on merits. The Bench of Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma observed that “Assistant Commissioner, a subordinate officer has refused to examine the case on merits and...