Delhi High Court Rejects Lawyer's Plea To Contest Punjab & Haryana Bar Council Elections Citing Pendency Of Disciplinary Proceedings

The Delhi High Court dismissed a plea filed by a lawyer seeking to contest elections of the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana. Justice Mini Pushkarna found no merit in the plea filed by Advocate Lokinder Singh Phougat and rejected the same. The fresh application was filed in the pending petition filed by Phougat challenging an order passed by the Bar Council of India prohibiting him from...

Madras High Court Reserves Verdict On TVK's Aadhav Arjuna's Plea To Quash FIR Over Social Media Post Allegedly Inciting Violence

The Madras High Court, on Friday (November 7) reserved its verdict on a plea filed by Aadhav Arjuna, General Secretary of Election Campaign Movement of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party, seeking to quash an FIR registered against him for his social media post allegedly inciting violence. Justice AD Jagadish Chandira reserved orders after hearing the arguments of...

Delhi High Court Orders Enquiry Against Judges For Allegedly Attempting To Influence Woman Lawyer To Drop Rape Case

The Delhi High Court has ordered administrative inquiry action against two judicial officers of the national capital for their alleged role in influencing a young lawyer for influencing and coercing her to retract her allegations in a rape case filed against a lawyer. “Before delving into the same, this Court considers it apposite to mention that it is conscious that considering the...

P&H High Court Rejects Ex-CM's Plea To Halt Manesar Land Scam Trial, Says Stay For Co-Accused No Grounds To Stall Proceedings

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a plea filed by former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda seeking to halt trial proceedings in the Manesar land scam case, observing that the stay granted by the Supreme Court to some co-accused cannot be a ground to stall the trial against him.Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya said, "In case the SLPs against the co-accused are to be...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Sets Aside 'Cryptic & Non-Speaking' Order Removing Punjab's Municipal Council President

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has set aside the Punjab Government's order removing the President of Nagar Council, Samana, under Section 22 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, holding that the order was “totally cryptic and non-speaking.” The Court has remanded the matter back to the State to freshly determine whether the meeting in which the no-confidence motion was passed against...

Voluntary GST Cancellation Not Grounds To Freeze Company's Bank Account: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the Bank of Baroda to de-freeze the account of the petitioner-company, allowing it to use it freely till finally deciding the company's representation, observing that the bank could not freeze the account merely because the company's GST registration was voluntarily cancelled.The bench of Justice Nupur Bhati was hearing a petition filed by a company...

Can't Distinguish Between Unmarried Daughters & Divorced Daughters While Granting Freedom Fighters Pension: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently reiterated that a divorced daughter, who was in an impoverished circumstance, would also be a dependent to claim the Freedom Fighters Pension. Justice V Lakshminarayanan adopted the view taken by the Supreme Court in the case of Khajani Devi, where the Supreme Court had held that the special family pension and the Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension...

'Will Consider Positively': State To Karnataka High Court On Proposal To Hold RSS Route March

The Karnataka government informed the High Court on Friday (November 7) that it shall positively consider the proposal Convenor of RSS Kalaburagi for holding a proposed march (Pathasanchalana) in Chittapur Town.On October 30 the court had asked the Convenor of RSS Kalaburagi Ashok Patil to meet with district authorities on November 5 at the Advocate General's office with respect to holding...

Legal Services Authorities Act | Executive Chairman Competent To Delegate Disciplinary Powers To DLSA: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that the Executive Chairman of the State Legal Services Authority is legally competent to delegate disciplinary powers to the District Legal Services Authority.It was stated that since proper authorisation took place and no procedural irregularity was found, the disciplinary proceedings against the petitioner were valid.A Division Bench of Chief...

Secondary Evidence Allowed Only Upon Strict Proof Of Loss Or Destruction Of Original Document: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that courts can permit secondary evidence only upon strict proof that the original document is lost, destroyed, or withheld by the opposing party. Mere allegations or unsubstantiated claims of loss are insufficient grounds for such permission.Justice Ajay Mohan Goel observed that: “An inquiry report revealed that no original document was submitted by...

Allahabad High Court Stays Trial Against SP MLA, Wife In Domestic Help Suicide Abetment Case

The Allahabad High Court recently stayed further proceedings in a sessions trial against Samajwadi Party MLA from Bhadohi, Zahid Beg @ Zahid Jamal Beg and his wife (Seema Beg), who have been accused in the suicide abetment case linked to their domestic help. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain passed the interim order while hearing Section 528 BNSS plea filed by the sitting MLA and his...

Cheque Dishonour | Accused Can Rebut Presumption Of Debt By Referring To Particular Circumstances Of Case: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, in a recent judgment, clarified that a person accused of the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act can refer to particular circumstances of the case in order to rebut the presumption under Section 139 and prove non-existence of debt or liability by preponderance of probabilities.The appeal before Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas was preferred by...