Masala Bonds Case: Kerala High Court Stays ED's Show Cause Notice On CM Vijayan's Plea

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (December 18) granted an interim stay of proceedings pursuant to the Enforcement Directorate's complaint and showcause notices against Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) Chairperson, former Vice-Chairperson and CEO relating to the utilisation of funds raised through Masala Bonds.Justice V.G. Arun was hearing the plea preferred by Chief...

Husband's Attempt To Shift Case After Obtaining Ex-Parte Divorce Reflects 'Ulterior Motive To Delay': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the husband himself filing for divorce in one Court and after the decree seeking transfer of recall proceedings to another city shows his ulterior motive to cause delay in conclusion of divorce proceedings.Justice Syed Qamar Hasan Rizvi held,“The conduct of the applicant to prefer the Family Court at Gonda for instituting the proceeding and thereafter...

Severe Dementia Not Enough To Stall Trial Unless Medical Board Certifies: Rajasthan High Court Directs Re-Evaluation Of Accused's Fitness

The Rajasthan High Court directed a fresh medical revaluation of an accused undergoing trial–stated to be suffering from severe dementia, observing that the previous medical board's report did not clearly specify whether the accused was fit enough to understand the proceedings against him. In doing so the court observed that when an accused claims to be suffering from "unsound mind" the...

Trial Court's Order To Deport Convict 'As Per Rules' Doesn't Compel Deportation; Authorities To Act As Per Law: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently DISMISSED a criminal revision petition filed by a woman convicted under the Foreigners Act, as it clarified that the trial court's order to authorities to take action for her deportation 'नियमानुसार' ["in accordance with rules"] does not amount to a mandatory direction to deport. The Bench of Justice Anil Kumar-X observed that...

Telangana High Court Acquits Accused In Ganja Cultivation Case; Says Oral Claims Can't Substitute Mandatory Compliance Under NDPS Act

The Telangana High Court has reiterated that oral claims of compliance by the Investigating Officer cannot substitute for the mandatory statutory requirement.Reiterating the ratio laid down by the Supreme Court in Karnail Singh v. State of Haryana, State of Punjab v. Baldev Singh, Vijaysinh Chandubha Jadeja and State of Gujarat v. Jagraj Singh, the Court has held that recovery under the NDPS...

'Show Us A Plan': MP High Court Asks State To Inform On Nature, Age & Girth Of Trees Proposed For Compensatory Plantation

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (December 17), directed the State to file a 'better affidavit' indicating the exact nature, age, girth and location where trees would be planted as part of compensatory plantation for the trees that have been felled. In doing so, the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf clarified that "the further cutting of...

KIIFB Masala Bonds Case: CM Pinarayi Vijayan Moves Kerala High Court Challenging ED's Show Cause Notice

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, as Chairman of the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB), has moved the Kerala High Court seeking to quash the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) complaint and showcause notices relating to the utilisation of funds raised through Masala Bonds.The plea is preferred by the KIIFB's Chairman, former Vice-Chairman/ex-Finance Minister Dr. T.M. Thomas Issac...

Waqf Institutions Not Exempt From Paying Court Fees For Raising Dispute Before State Tribunal: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (December 17) dismissed a batch of petitions moved by various waqf institutions challenging orders passed by Gujarat State Waqf Tribunal rejecting applications under the Waqf Act over disputes pertaining to waqf properties, citing insufficient court fee. In doing so the court held that there was "no blanket exemption" or waiver granted to waqf institutions...

Allahabad High Court Sets Aside UP Bar Council Ex-Parte Order Suspending Lawyer Accused Of Bigamy For 10 Years

Recently, the Allahabad High Court set aside a 10-year suspension imposed by the Uttar Pradesh State Bar Council on a lawyer on the ground that no opportunity of hearing was afforded to him. The lawyer was charged with moral turpitude for alleged bigamy. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla observed thus: "The show cause notice was issued on February 17, 2025...

Allahabad High Court Seeks Details Of RBI Guidelines For Loans To Foreign Firms With Guarantors & Assets Abroad

The Allahabad High Court recently sought specific instructions from the Union of India regarding Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines pertaining to loans given to foreign companies on foreign soil, where the collateral security is from a foreigner. A bench of Justice Atul Sreedharan and Justice Anish Kumar Gupta was dealing with a Writ petition filed by one Mohammed Farouk,...

'Larger Conspiracy Not Ruled Out': Allahabad High Court Refuses To Quash 2017 Rioting FIRs Against MP Chandrashekhar Ravan

The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday DISMISSED a batch of petitions filed by Chandrashekhar Ravan, the sitting MP from Nageena Constituency in UP and BHIM Army Chief, seeking to quash proceedings concerning 4 FIRs lodged against him in connection with the 2017 Saharanpur rioting incident. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain noted that merely because incidents occurred on the...

Prefixing 'Hon'ble' For Bureaucrats A 'Subtle' Way To Diminish Status Of Constitutional Authorities, Courts: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court recently took strong exception to the practice of prefixing the title 'Honourable' to the names of bureaucrats and administrative officials. A Division Bench of Justice Ajay Bhanot and Justice Garima Prashad termed this 'trend' a "subtle but certain way to diminish the status of constitutional authorities and courts". Briefly put, the HC was hearing a...