Bhima Koregaon Case: Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Ramesh Gaichor & Sagar Gorkhe After 5 Yrs In Jail

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to Ramesh Gaichor and Sagar Gorkhe, both arrested since 2020 for their roles in the Elgar Parishad - Bhima Koregaon case. A division bench of Justice Ajay Gadkari and Justice Shyam Chandak granted bail on the ground of long incarceration. A detailed order granting them bail is yet to be made available. Notably, both Gaichor and Gorkhe, members of...

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of Abusive Social Media Posts Against PhysicsWallah By Former Employee

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed removal or take down of abusive and derogatory social media posts made against online education platform PhysicsWallah, by a former employee. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the interim injunction order in a defamation suit filed by PhysicsWallah against Nikhil Kumar Singh and social media platforms. PhysicsWallah has sought Rs. 2 crore from Singh...

Child Can't Be Forced Into Boarding School Amid Custody Battle Between Parents, Psychologically Evaluation Necessary: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that before issuing a direction to send a child to boarding school amid custody battle between parents, psychologically evaluation of the child is necessary to ascertain whether such child can handle the separation from the parent he/ she has been living with.In a battle for custody and visitation of a minor son between warring parents, the bench of Chief...

'Lawmaker Must Be Circumspect In Speech': Karnataka High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Congress Leader For Abusing Woman Official

Refusing to quash an FIR against Congress leader Rajeev Gowda BV accused of abusing a woman municipal commissioner over removal of "unauthorized" banners, observing that lawmakers while making speeches are expected to be circumspect specially while addressing a woman, that too a public servant. For context, a film promotion programme for 'Cult' movie was to be conducted on 13-01-2026 at...

Karnataka High Court Revokes Bike Taxi Ban, But Says State Can Impose Necessary Conditions

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (January 23) allowed a batch of appeals preferred by aggregators OLA, Uber, Rapido as well as others challenging the Bike Taxi ban in the State.The parties had challenged a single judge order which held that bike taxis cannot operate in the state unless the State government issues relevant guidelines and rules under the Motor Vehicles Act.A division bench...

Karnataka High Court To Hear Next Month Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Plea To Quash FIR Over Alleged Land Encroachment

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (January 23) said it will hear next month spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's plea challenging an FIR over alleged encroachment of public lands in Bengaluru.On January 13 the court had stayed the investigation against the petitioner. Earlier this week Special Public Prosecutor had submitted that though the petitioner is an accused, the affidavit to...

'No Effective Hearing Taking Place': Allahabad High Court Asks UP Govt To Fill Waqf Tribunal Vacancy

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has requested the Uttar Pradesh Government to expeditiously fill vacancy in the Waqf Tribunal, as it noted that no effective hearings are taking place due to the existing vacancies. A bench of Justice Shekhar B Saraf and Justice Manjive Shukla passed the order on Monday while disposing of a writ petition filed by one Faisal Khan. The...

Wife Can't Claim Maintenance If Her Own Acts Rendered Husband Incapable Of Earning: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that if a wife, by her own acts or omissions, causes or contributes to the incapacity of her husband to earn, she cannot be permitted to take advantage of such a situation and claim maintenance. A bench of Justice Lakshmi Kant Shukla ruled that granting maintenance in such a scenario would result in “grave injustice”, particularly when the...

Chhattisgarh High Court Grants ₹1 Lakh Compensation To Law Student Arrested Illegally & 'Mechanically' Remanded To Judicial Custody

The Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday (January 21) ordered the State to pay Rs. 1 Lakh compensation to a law student who was illegally arrested by the police without registration of any FIR and mechanically remanded to judicial custody bereft of any cognizable offence.Emphasizing the value of personal liberty and dignity, the Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice...

'Violation Of Privacy': Madras High Court Slams State For Collecting 'Sensitive' Information Of School Students

The Madras High Court recently criticised the State for collecting sensitive data of students who had stigmatic background. Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan set aside an order passed by the Member Secretary of the Model School, calling for certain information of students. The court noted that the information was sensitive and there was no explanation on how this...

Use Of AI-Generated Fake Citations Doesn't Vitiate Order If Correct Law Applied: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that mere mention of non-existent citations generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a judicial order would not vitiate it, if the law considered is correct and there is no fault in its application to the facts.The Court observed so while dismissing the challenge to a Trial Court order, where the judicial officer had, while upholding an...

Unproved Witness Statement To Police Can't Be Used In Disciplinary Proceedings: Rajasthan High Court Quashes Govt Officer's Pension Forfeiture

The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the disciplinary action against a government officer stopping his 100% pension for life, which was solely based on statements of a person given to the police under Section 161 CrPC who was neither examined during the departmental enquiry nor before court. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that a statement given under Section 161 CrPC, held...