Karnataka High Court Stays FEMA Proceedings Against Cafe Coffee Day CEO Malavika Hegde

The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Monday (January 19) stayed proceedings initiated against CEO of popular coffee chain 'Cafe Coffee Day' Malavika Hegde subsequent to a 2022 complaint lodged under the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Appearing for Hegde, senior advocate Sajjan Poovaya argued that Cafe Coffee Day (CCD) was a company started, managed and controlled by the...

Material Alteration By Cheque Drawer To Defeat Payment Attracts S. 138 NI Act; 'Who Altered' Is A Triable Issue: J&K&L High Court

Emphasising that a material alteration in a cheque does not, by itself, absolve the accused of criminal liability, the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the decisive factor under the Negotiable Instruments Act is not the mere presence of an alteration, but the identity of the person who made it.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar ruled that where an alteration is made by the...

Cash For Query Row: Lokpal Moves Delhi High Court Seeking More Time To Decide Sanction Against Mahua Moitra

The Lokpal of India has moved the Delhi High Court on Monday seeking more time to decide on granting sanction to the CBI, to file chargesheet against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in relation to the cash for query row.For context, the High Court had last year set aside the Lokpal's order granting sanction to the CBI to file chargesheet against her.It had observed that Lokpal erred...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: January 12 - January 18, 2026

Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 9 to 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 20Nominal IndexVirendra Patil v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 9RK v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 10Deepali Bairwa v State 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 11Bhupendra Singh Gurjar v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 12MGR Developers v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026 LiveLaw (MP) 13Sana Khan v State of Madhya Pradesh 2026...

Calcutta High Court Initiates Suo Moto PIL Over 'Hazardous' AQI In Kolkata, Issues Notice To State

The Calcutta High Court on Monday (January 19) initiated a suo moto PIL concerning 'hazardous' air quality in Kolkata.The matter will be heard along with a PIL filed by Advocate Akash Sharma, highlighting the continuing and recurring deterioration of air quality in the Kolkata–Howrah metropolitan region and seeking urgent, enforceable intervention by the State.Last week Sharma had...

Delhi High Court Quashes Income Tax Notices Against NDTV Founders Prannoy Roy And Radhika Roy; Imposes ₹2 Lakh Cost On Dept

The Delhi High Court has set aside the income tax reassessment notices issued to New Delhi Television Ltd. (NDTV) founders Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy (petitioners), relating to a transaction involving RRPR Holding Pvt. Ltd, a promoter group of the news network.The bench further imposed Rs. 2 Lakh costs on tax authorities, directing that Rs. 1 Lakh be paid to each petitioner.Senior...

Delhi High Court Rejects AAP Leader Somnath Bharti's Plea Challenging Election Of BJP MLA Satish Upadhyay From Malviya Nagar

The Delhi High Court on Friday (January 17) dismissed an election petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti, challenging the election of Bharatiya Janata Party's Satish Upadhyay from the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency.Bharti, a former Delhi Law Minister and three-time MLA from Malviya Nagar, had approached the High Court seeking to set aside Upadhyay's victory in the...

'Sheer Misuse Of Power': MP High Court Pulls Up Police For Slapping Organised Crime Charge Without Evidence, Grants Bail

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on January 14, granted bail to a man observing that the Investigating Agency had accused him of organized crime under Section 111(7) BNS without any material evidence terming it sheer misuse of powers. The bench of Justice Ramkumar Choubey observed, "Ofcourse, a person having criminal past must be dealt with hard hands, but not in this way when he is...

S. 309 CrPC | Timeline For Rape Trials Is To Ensure 'Speedy Justice' For Victim, Can't Be Leveraged For Automatic Bail: J&K&L High Court

Emphasizing victim protection over procedural shortcuts for the accused, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that the timeline mandated under the proviso to Section 309 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is designed to deliver speedy justice to victims and cannot be invoked to grant automatic bail to the accused merely due to a delay in completing the...

S.407 IPC | Diverting Goods Midway From Designated Delivery Point Is Misappropriation; Actual Sale, Disposal Not Mandatory: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Friday (January 16), held that the diversion of goods midway from the designated delivery point also constitutes misappropriation of goods, one of the essential ingredients of criminal breach of trust (section 407 IPC) and actual sale or disposal of good need not be established. The bench of Justice Rajesh Kumar Gupta emphasized that actual sale or disposal...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up : January 12 To January 18, 2026

Nominal Index:Ghulam Rasool Bhat Vs UT Of J&K 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 9Nazir Ahmad Bhat Vs Chairman/ Managing Director J&K Bank Corporate Office 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 10State Of J&K Vs Ahsan-ul-Haq 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 11Sarwa Zahoor Vs Deputy Director Enforcement Directorate & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 12Mehbooba Mufti vs Union of India & Ors 2026 LiveLaw (JKL) 13M/S Ace Enterprises...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Against Manish Sisodia's 2020 Election Win, Says Mere Registration Of FIR Need Not Be Disclosed

The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere registration of an FIR does not imply pendency of a criminal case for the purpose of “disclosure” by an election candidate under Section 33A of Representation of Peoples Act. “It is only when charges are framed, or cognizance of the offence is taken by the Court, that the statutory obligation to disclose arises,” Justice Jasmeet Singh said....