All High Courts
2023 Vikram Award: MP High Court Issues Notice On Mountaineer Madhusudan Patidar's Appeal
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (January 22), issued notice on an appeal preferred by mountaineer Madhusudan Patidar challenging his exclusion from the 2023 Vikram Award (Adventure Sports Category).Patidar, before the Single bench, had alleged 'inaction and discrimination' by the State in selecting mountaineer Bhawna Dehariya (respondent no 3) for the award. The single bench had...
Calcutta High Court Asks Jadavpur University To Maintain Law & Order During Saraswati Puja, Seeks Progress Report On CCTV Installations
The Calcutta High Court, on Thursday (January 22), directed Jadavpur University administration to ensure no untoward incident occurs during the Saraswati Puja which will be celebrated on Friday. The court was hearing a PIL after a first-year student was allegedly killed due to "ragging" last year.The division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen further directed...
'Heavy Bearing On Fundamental Rights': Kerala High Court Modifies Externment Order Of Maximum Period Passed Without Reason
The Kerala High Court recently modified an externment order restraining a person from entering the Thrissur revenue district after finding that there was no reason assigned for passing the order for maximum period.The Division Bench of Dr. Justice A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Jobin Sebastian observed that an externment order would have a huge impact on the fundamental and personal...
Bombay High Court Issues Notice On YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil's Plea Against FIR Over 'Objectionable Posts' On PM Modi
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (January 22) issued notice to Maharashtra Government on a plea by YouTuber and United Kingdom (UK) based doctor Sangram Patil, booked for allegedly making 'objectionable' social media posts against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders. A British national of Indian origin Patil, who had been to Mumbai recently, learnt about the FIR lodged against...
Karnataka High Court Directs State To Appoint Nodal Officer For Coordinating Departmental Action To Aid Child Beggars
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (January 22) directed the State government to appoint a Nodal officer for coordinating action to be taken by various departments, organization in respect of a report by State Legal Services Authority recommending steps to help child beggars. During the hearing the Karnataka State Legal Services Department submitted that it had categorized such...
'UP Reorganisation Act' Challenge: High Court Refuses To Implead President Of India; Rejects Prayer Against First Uttarakhand CM
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) last week refused a prayer to implead the President of India in a writ petition (filed in 2000) challenging the promulgation/notification of the Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000. A bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Amitabh Kumar Rai observed that if the petitioner is aggrieved by the legislation, the appropriate Head...
Refund For Canceled Tickets Done, Compensation To Stranded Passengers To Be Paid At Earliest: Indigo Tells Delhi High Court
Indigo Airlines informed the Delhi High Court on Thursday that refund of tickets recently canceled by it amid the chaotic disruption of flights has been done and compensation to stranded passengers will be done at the earliest. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the airlines to furnish an affidavit detailing the manner of compensation to be...
'Foundation Has Vanished': Karnataka High Court Stays ED Probe Against Gameskraft Citing Closure Report In Predicate FIR
The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Thursday (January 22) stayed ED's investigation against Gameskraft Technologies after a closure report was filed in the FIR registered for the predicate offence, noting that once FIR is closed the foundation for ECIR had vanished. The plea seeks quashing of ED's November 2025 Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) and all...
NDPS Act | Calcutta High Court Suspends Conviction After Noting Raiding Officer Mixed Seized Contraband
The Calcutta High Court, on Thursday (January 22), suspended the conviction of two men under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, noting that the Raiding Officer/ Office making inventory had mixed the seized contraband packets even though the law does not authorise the same. The bench of Justice Arijit Banerjee and Justice Apurba Sinha Ray observed,"There is no material to...
No Requirement To Issue Pre-Cognizance Notice U/S 223 BNSS To Accused In Cheque Bounce Complaint: Gauhati High Court
Relying on the Supreme Court's decision in Sanjabij Tari vs. Kishore S. Borcar 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 952, the Gauhati High Court has held that a Magistrate is not required to issue notice to the accused at the pre-cognizance stage in a complaint under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act. The Court clarified that issuing such notice by invoking the first proviso to Section 223(1) of...
Student With Benchmark Disability Entitled To Fee Waiver Despite Not Being Admitted Under PwD Quota: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently came to the aid of a law student with chronic schizophrenia by directing the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University to provide fee waiver, as long as the student was within the 40% benchmark disability. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy noted that the Tamil Nadu Government and the university had introduced the welfare scheme, providing a fee waiver for...
Staff Crunch In Govt Schools: MP High Court Asks State To Place Teachers Vacancy Data On Record
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Tuesday (January 20), directed the State Government to file an affidavit showing the number of teaching posts lying vacant in government schools, in a public interest litigation claiming that about 600 government schools were inadequately staffed or had no teaching staff. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf...