Actress Rape Case: Two Convicts Move Kerala High Court Challenging Sessions Court Verdict, Seek Suspension Of Sentence

Two of the convicts in the actress rape case have moved the Kerala High Court challenging the conviction and sentences passed against them by the Principal District and Sessions Court, Ernakulam.The appeals are moved by Saleem H. @ Vadival Salim and Pradeep who were arrayed as the 5th and 6th accused in the case.The Sessions Court had found them guilty of the offences under Sections 109,...

“Illegal, Arbitrary & Colourable Exercise Of Power": Karnataka High Court Quashes Consolidated GST Show Cause Notice Clubbing Multiple FYs

The Karnataka High Court held that issuing a consolidated show cause notice for multiple financial years is illegal, arbitrary and contrary to the provisions of the CGST Act. The bench opined that a composite notice for multiple financial years enables the Department to blur the statutory distinction between Section 73 (non-fraud, etc.,- 3 year limitation) and Section 74 (fraud etc., -...

Private Unaided Veterinary College Cannot Charge Tuition Fee During Internship Period: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has held that a private unaided veterinary college cannot charge tuition fee from students during the mandatory internship period of the B.V.Sc. & A.H. course, as doing so would be exploitative and contrary to the scheme and intent of the Veterinary Council of India (VCI) Regulations.The Court partly allowed a batch of writ petitions filed by...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Actress Ranya Rao's COFEPOSA Detention In Gold Smuggling Case

The Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed the petition filed by the mother of arrested Kannada actress Harshavardhini Ranya Rao, seeking to declare that her detention under COFEPOSA, as illegal and void-ab initio.A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Vijaykumar A Patil dismissed the petition. The court had on December 1, reserved its judgment on the petition after hearing...

J&K&L High Court Questions Govt, Sports Bodies Over Failure To Respond To PIL Alleging Sports Code Violations; Grants 'Last Opportunity'

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu has expressed strong displeasure over the continued failure of key government authorities and sports bodies to file their responses in a Public Interest Litigation alleging large-scale non-compliance with the National Development Sports Code of India, 2011 in sports associations across the Union Territory.A Division Bench comprising...

Madras High Court Directs State To Form Standard Operating Procedure For Political Meetings By January 5

The Madras High Court has directed the State of Tamil Nadu to take a call on the Standard Operating Procedures, which would be made applicable to all political parties for public meetings, by January 5, 2026.The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan noted that a lot of suggestions and objections were placed before it. Having gone through the affidavits...

New Criminal Laws Mark Constitutional Transformation, Made Process Victim-Centric, Citizen-Responsive & Justice-Oriented: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently remarked that the new criminal laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, transformed the criminal process and made it more victim-centric, citizen-responsive and justice-oriented. “The advent of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and...

Cash For Query Row: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Lokpal's Order Granting Sanction For CBI Chargesheet Against Mahua Moitra

The Delhi High Court on Friday granted relief to Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra and set aside an order passed by the Lokpal of India granting sanction to the CBI to file chargesheet against her in relation to the cash for query row.A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar passed the order. The Court ruled that the Lokpal of India erred...

Calcutta High Court Imposes ₹50,000 Cost On Party For Filing PIL While Suppressing Criminal Cases; Finds Plea Maintainable

In a Public Interest Litigation alleging illegal construction within 500 metres of the Hooghly in Howrah, the Calcutta High Court on December 17 refused to dismiss the plea at the threshold but imposed a cost of ₹50,000 on the petitioner for suppressing material facts regarding his antecedents.A Bench of Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen directed that the amount...

State Bar Council Must Re-register Lawyer Who Withdraws Surrender Of Sanath, Allow Right To Practice Profession: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday held that a member of the Karnataka State Bar Council who has surrendered his sanath/registration and after having received financial benefit as per the Advocate Welfare Fund Act, wishes to withdraw the surrender and seeks re-registration, then it would be duty of the KSBC to permit it. Justice Suraj Govindaraj said “Non permitting the same would...

Bombay High Court Upholds Validity Of ODR Clause, Refuses Substitution Of Arbitrator Appointed Through ODR Platform

The Bombay High Court has upheld the validity of an Online Dispute Resolution (“ODR”) clause as well as the arbitrator appointment process conducted through an ODR platform. The Petitioner i.e. Amit Chaurasia (“Chaurasia”) filed an application for substitution of arbitrator. The Bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan reviewed the contract between the parties and observed that...

'Write Legibly Or Get Orders Typed': Allahabad High Court Again Directs District Judges To Sensitize Judicial Officers

The Allahabad High Court recently directed the Registrar General to once again circulate instructions to all District Judges to sensitize judicial officers falling under their jurisdiction to write order sheets in legible handwriting or get the same typed. A Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal directed thus while hearing a bail application filed by one Babbu alias Haider...