Wrong Batch Numbers On Liquor Bottles Due To Labelling Error Can't Attract Illegal Transport Charge Under Excise Act: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against the proprietor of a liquor bottling unit accused of illegally transporting Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL), holding that transportation of 400 cases under a valid permit could not attract prosecution under Section 39 of the Himachal Pradesh Excise Act merely because some bottles bore incorrect batch numbers due to...

AP High Court Remands Plea Seeking Enforcement Of Circular Barring Foreign-Returned Priests From Performing Temple Duties

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside an order directing authorities to implement a 2010 Endowments Department circular barring archakas (priests) who had travelled abroad from performing Archakatwam in the Garbhalayam (sanctum sanctorum) of Sringeri Sharada Peetham. The court held that material facts and pending proceedings challenging the validity of the circular itself were not...

'Prescribed Banned Compound To Children': MP High Court Denies Bail To Doctor Booked In Coldrif Cough Syrup Death Case

The Madhya Pradesh High Court denied bail to a Doctor, booked in a case involving the deaths of several children allegedly linked to adulterated cough syrup.The bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Agarwal observed; "the applicant who is the Child Specialist Doctor has prescribed the fixed dose compound to the children below the age of 4 years which was banned by the circular issued by the Government...

'Approached Court With Unclean Hands': AP High Court Rejects Review Plea After Finding Bidders Obtained Interim Orders By Suppressing Facts

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a review petition filed by bidders in an agricultural market auction, holding that they had suppressed material facts and obtained interim orders despite being aware that the auction process had been completed and agreements executed with successful bidders. The Court found the review petition to be not maintainable and an abuse of process of...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Order Fresh Elections For Delhi Bar Council Over Ballot Tampering Allegations

The entire BCD Election does not warrant a fresh poll merely because such manipulated ballot papers were identified during the counting process, the Court held.

Rajasthan High Court Partly Allows Accused's Plea To Summon Document On POCSO Victim's Age, Says No Delay In Filing S.91 CrPC Plea

Rajasthan High Court has partly allowed a POCSO accused's plea challenging a trial court order which had rejected his application under Section 91 CrPC seeking production of the complainant's admission ticket issued by the Community Health Centre to determine her age. The trial court rejected the application on the ground that the cross-examination with regard to the age of the victim has...

AI Cannot Replace Judicial Verification; J&K&L High Court Directs Judicial Officers To Verify AI-Generated Citations Before Use

Addressing the growing use of Artificial Intelligence in the judicial system, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has cautioned judicial officers against relying upon AI-generated legal material without independent verification, observing that while artificial intelligence tools may assist legal research, they cannot substitute judicial scrutiny, verification and application...

Custodial Death | Gauhati HC Awards ₹25 Lakh Compensation To Businessman's Widow, Says Pending Trial Against Cops No Bar

The Gauhati High Court earlier this week directed the Assam Government to pay an additional ₹20 lakh, apart from ₹5 lakh already paid as interim relief, as 'palliative' compensation to the widow of a businessman who was allegedly abducted, brutally tortured and killed by police personnel in 2020. While awarding compensation under the public law remedy, a bench of Justice Kalyan...

Cut-Off Date In Recruitment Not Arbitrary, Candidates Must Possess Qualification By Last Date Of Application: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that prescribing the last date of submission of applications as the cut-off date for determining eligibility in recruitment processes is neither arbitrary nor unconstitutional, reiterating that candidates must possess the requisite qualifications by the stipulated date.Dismissing a writ petition filed by a candidate seeking relaxation of...

Creditors Can Recover Deposits From Co-operative Societies By Invoking Consumer Protection Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that the creditors of a co-operative society can recover the amounts deposited by invoking Consumer Protection Act, 2019.The Division Bench of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Preeta A.K. observed that the provisions of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1986 do not take away the rights of creditors to invoke the Consumer Protection Act...

'Bound By Supreme Court Order': Oudh Bar Association To Decide On 30% Women's Quota At July AGM, Allahabad HC Told

The Oudh Bar Association (OBA) recently submitted before the Allahabad High Court that it is bound by the Supreme Court's 2025 direction mandating a 30% reservation for women as office-bearers or executive members in Bar Associations. Appearing before a bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla, the Association's office bearers submitted that a final decision on which...

Accused Can't Be Made To Sit At Police Station All Day Without Concrete Evidence: Rajasthan High Court Asks SP To Monitor 5-Yr Murder Probe

While considering a plea to quash a murder FIR, Rajasthan High Court directed Dausa Superintendent of Police to monitor the investigation pending for over 5 years and to ensure that the accused persons were not harassed unnecessarily on the pretext of being required for interrogation, unless there was certain evidence against them.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand held that...