Calcutta High Court Disposes Of TMC Plea After ED Says It Hasn't Seized Anything From I-PAC Office

After the Enforcement Directorate(ED) told the Calcutta High Court that it has not seized anything from the office of the I-PAC and Prateek Jain on January 8, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday disposed of Trinamool Congress's plea seeking preservation of confidential political data which has been allegedly seized by the central agency. During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General SV...

ED Plea In Calcutta High Court Against Mamata Banerjee : Live Updates

The Calcutta HighCourt is heading the plea by the ED alleging interference by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during raids at the offices of the I-PAC pertaining to a 2020 coal scam.The agency alleges that the CM took away important documents while the raid was ongoing.The Trinamool Congress has also filed a plea stating that the ED took away election-related documents from the...

Rajasthan High Court Orders Reinstatement Of Constables Dismissed Without Regular Enquiry Over Accused's Escape From Custody

Rajasthan High Court directed reinstatement of three constables, dismissed from service without conduct of regular enquiry under State Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, after two accused absconded from their custody charged with looting. The bench of Justice Anand Sharma opined that merely the nature of offence committed by the absconded accused could not be a...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Cheque Bounce Case Against Director Who Resigned Before Cheques Were Issued, Cites MCA Records

The Karnataka High Court quashed a cheque dishonour complaint lodged against a man who was the Director of an infrastructure company, after referring to records of Ministry of Corporate Affairs and noting that when the cheques were issued to the complainant the petitioner was not a director. Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Sujith Sudhakaran, Director of M/S Dreamz...

MV Act | Minor With Permanent Functional Disability Entitled To Compensation As 'Skilled Workman': Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that an unemployed minor having 100% permanent functional disability after accident, is entitled to compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act as a "skilled workman". While dealing with an appeal for enhancement of compensation granted by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Justice Sandeep Jain held:“even if, it is assumed that the claimant was only 16 years...

Can Persons With Pending Criminal Cases Be Enrolled As Advocates? Madras High Court Larger Bench To Decide

The Madras High Court has referred to its larger bench the question whether a person who has criminal cases pending against him, can be enrolled as an Advocate with the State Bar Council. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice R Kalaimathi decided to refer the issue to a larger bench after noting that Advocates Act did not empower the High Courts to impose conditions...

Plea In Jharkhand High Court Seeks FIR Over Alleged HIV-Infected Blood Transfusion To Minor Thalassemia Patients

A writ petition has been moved before the Jharkhand High Court seeking registration of an FIR over allegations that HIV-infected blood was transfused to minor Thalassemia patients at the Blood Bank of Chaibasa Sadar Hospital, West Singhbhum, in October 2025.Advocate Md Shadab Ansari, appearing for the Petitioners, has stated in the plea that the Petitioners are minor children suffering...

High Court To Hear Pleas Seeking SIT Probe Into 2020 Delhi Riots, 2019 Jamia Violence On January 23

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 14) listed for hearing on January 23 a batch of petition seeking SIT or independent investigation into the 2020 North East Delhi riots and 2019 violence which broke out in Jamia Milia Islamia University. A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Ravinder Dudeja noted that the matter was “part heard” before a coordinate bench....

Contract Employee Subjected To Disciplinary Rules Can't Be Terminated Without Departmental Enquiry: Gauhati HC

A Division Bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury held that if a contractual employee's appointment expressly incorporates statutory disciplinary rules, then the termination on grounds of misconduct is punitive and invalid without following the prescribed enquiry procedure under such rules. Background Facts The...

Will In Favour Of Any Person Doesn't Affect Compassionate Appointment Which Is Based On Dependence On Deceased: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that there is no provision in the scheme of compassionate appointment under the U.P. Recruitment of Dependents of Government Servants Dying-in-Harness Rules, 1974 which provides for determination of suitability based on will of the deceased. It held that compassionate appointment is granted based on dependence of the family member upon the deceased...

State Cannot Exploit Workers By Keeping Them In 'Perpetual Temporariness': Rajasthan High Court Orders Regularisation Of Part-Time Employee

The Rajasthan High Court directed regularization of the petitioner engaged by the State on a part-time basis, who continued uninterrupted services for several years and performed identical duties to that of regularly appointed employees, opining that not being appointed on a sanctioned post could not be a ground to deny benefit of regularization to the petitioner. The bench of Justice...

'Live Life Which Doesn't Go Waste, Serve Justice With Integrity & Discipline': Justice Mauna Bhatt Bids Farewell To Gujarat High Court

Speaking at her farewell address organized at the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (January 13), Justice Mauna M Bhatt in her speech thanked her mother who told her at a young age to "live a life which does not go waste", adding that she has and shall continue to live by this principle. Addressing the young members of the Bar Justice Bhatt further said:"To the young members of the bar, the...