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“Statutory Authority Cannot Act As Rubber Stamp”: J&K&L High Court Grants Relief To Homeowner, Stays Eviction
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has underscored that while practical assistance from subordinate officers is permissible and often necessary in large administrations, a statutory authority cannot abdicate its core decision-making function or act merely as a rubber stamp.The Division Bench of Justice Sindhu Sharma and Justice Shahzad Azeem underlined that final decisions...
Delhi High Court Asks Litigant To Approach Grievances Council Over Plea Against Streaming Of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' Film
The Delhi High Court recently closed a plea seeking to stop the continued streaming of the film Lady Chatterley's Lover in India on OTT platform Netflix on the grounds of containing “excessively graphic sexual scenes and frontal nudity.”Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav granted liberty to the litigant, Raj Kumar, to approach Digital Publisher Content Grievances Council which is a...
'Unintentional Mistake': Karnataka High Court Quashes FIR Over Hoisting National Flag Upside Down On Independence Day Function
The Karnataka High Court quashed an FIR registered against a panchayat official booked for erroneously hoisting the National Flag upside down during independence day function, observing that it was an unintentional mistake by the official. Justice Rajesh K Rai in his order said:"As could be gathered from records, the contents of the complaint reveals that, the petitioner was deputed as...
Delhi High Court Fines Lawyer For Failing To Inform Opposite Side's Counsel While Seeking Adjournment
The Delhi High Court has recently fined a lawyer for failing to inform the opposite side's counsel while seeking an adjournment. Justice Anish Dayal imposed costs of Rs. 15,000 on the lawyer appearing for the respondent side in a plea filed under Section 115 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908. The petitioners sought review of an order passed in July 2024 vide which...
MP High Court Directs Return Of Original Documents To NEET PG Candidate Amid Seat Leaving Bond Dispute
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has granted interim relief to a postgraduate medical student by directing the return of his original documents, which were withheld over a ₹30 lakh seat leaving bond after he discontinued his course. The bench of Justice Jai Kumar Pillai directed; "In order to maintain parity with the case relied upon by the petitioner, it is directed that the respondents...
Bombay High Court Monthly Digest: January 2026
Nominal Index [Citations 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 1 to 2026, LiveLaw (Bom) 48]Godrej And Boyce Manufacturing Company Limited vs Remi Sales And Engineering Limited, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 1Imax Corporation vs E-City Entertainment (I) Pvt. Ltd, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 2Reliance Defence & Engineering Ltd vs Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, 2026 LiveLaw (Bom) 3Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited vs...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheating FIR Against WinZo After Woman Alleged Misuse Of PAN Card On Gaming App
The Karnataka High Court on Saturday (February 21) quashed a 2024 FIR registered against online gaming company WinZo Games Private Limited booked in an FIR wherein a woman has alleged that her Pan Card details were stolen and misused on WinZo's gaming app.While pronouncing the order Justice M Nagaprasanna said:"Allowed, quashed. It is made clear that the quashment of proceedings in impugned...
“Who Let The Dogs Out?”: Karnataka High Court Stays Assault FIR Over Altercation After Dog Attempts To Bite Neighbour
The Karnataka High Court on Saturday (February 21) stayed probe in an FIR registered against a group of persons booked for assaulting their neighbour over an altercation after the dog of one of the accused's persons attempted to bite the neighbour. The court was hearing a plea by seven petitioners seeking quashing of an FIR registered for offences under BNS Sections 115(1)(voluntarily...
Salary Of Officer Relieved From Post Without Next Posting To Be Recovered From Official Empowered To Order Transfer: Karnataka High Court
Issuing guidelines on posting of state government officials, the Karnataka High Court has said that if an officer is relieved from his previous post without providing him with the next posting then his salary for the waiting period shall recovered from the officer empowered to order such transfer. The court was hearing an Excise officer's plea challenging an order passed by the the...
Prisoner Can't Be Transferred 800–1000 Km Away Without Reason, Causing Hardship To Family: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the transfer of an undertrial from one jail to another which was 800-1000 Kms away from his residential town, opining that such transfer imposed an unreasonable and onerous burden on his family members by compelling them to travel such a long distance to meet him. The bench of Justice Farjand Ali observed that compelling the petitioner's family to...
Minor Refuses To Return Home, Alleges Forced Marriage: Gujarat High Court Orders Custody With Children Home
The Gujarat High Court directed the Children's Home in Mehsana to take the custody of a 16-year-old girl until she attains the age of majority, after she informed that she had voluntarily left her home alleging she was being tortured and coerced by her parents to marry a person against her choice.The court was hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by the father of the girl who had claimed...
Indian Stamp Act | “Family” Does Not Include Grandparents, Settlement By Grandchildren To Grandparent Chargeable: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that the term “Family” under the Indian Stamp Act does not include grandparents and any settlement made by the grandchildren in favour of the grandparent would be chargeable as per the appropriate provisions. Answering a reference made to it, the full bench of Justice SM Subramaniam, Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy and Justice C Kumarappan held that...