Uttam Nagar Holi Clash: PIL In Delhi High Court Seeks To Prevent Communal Violence Ahead Of Eid

A public interest litigation has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking urgent intervention to prevent communal violence and curb alleged hate speech incidents in city's Uttam Nagar area ahead of the upcoming Eid festival, in the wake of killing of a 26-year-old man in a clash there on Holi.The plea has been filed by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) seeking...

Telangana High Court Quashes FIR Against Man Accused Of Rape On Promise Of Marriage, Notes Five-Year Relationship With Complainant

Quashing an FIR against a man accused of rape on the pretext of marriage, the Telangana High Court noted that the complainant and the accused were in a consensual relationship for five years and it cannot be alleged that accused had dishonest intention of luring the complainant into a sexual relationship and deceiving her.Justice Tirumala Devi Eada, allowing the criminal petition,...

No Arbitrariness In Clubbing CCTV, GPS & Webcasting Experience: Calcutta High Court On Election Tender

The Calcutta High Court has upheld the tender conditions for providing a surveillance and live web-streaming system for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, reiterating that courts should exercise minimal interference in contractual matters unless the conditions are shown to be arbitrary, discriminatory, or mala fide. Dismissing an appeal filed by M/s Innovatiview India Limited, a...

Telangana High Court Quashes Cheating, Impersonation Case Against Student Booked For Creating 'Fake' YouTube Videos On Contractor

The Telangana High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated against a student accused of creating and uploading "fake" videos about a contractor and his family on YouTube after the latter allegedly failed to construct the petitioner's house within the stipulated time. In doing so the court held that the allegations in the complaint did not attract offences under Section 420 IPC...

Cheque Bounce Cases: Delhi High Court Refuses To Send Rajpal Yadav To Jail For Now, Says 'Substantial Payment Made'

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that it will not send Bollywood actor Rajpal Naurang Yadav to jail for now, as he had made substantial amount of payment to the complainant in the cheque dishonour cases against him. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma asked actor's counsel to make submissions on the petitions filed by him challenging his conviction in the cases. The matter was listed today on...

“No State Of War With Neigbouring Bangladesh, Cannot Deviate From Fair Tender Process”: Tripura HC Slams State For Overlooking Lowest Bidder

The Tripura High Court recently set aside the award of a government contract to a second-lowest bidder and held that the rejection of the lowest bidder was arbitrary, unreasonable, and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. The Court remarked that there was no situation of war or immediate emergency warranting deviation from a fair tender process. A Division Bench of Chief Justice...

Article 25 Protects Right To Congregate For Worship But Forbids Incitement; No Embargo On Prayers In Private Premises: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court on Monday held that Article 25 of the Constitution of India protects the right to congregate for worship for every religious denomination in the country, but it does not accord protection to incitement of one faith by another in the garb of prayer. At the same time, the Court made it clear that there can be no impediment or embargo with regard to prayers...

MP High Court Directs Indore Municipal Corporation To Take Action Against Illegal Hoardings On Road Dividers & Footpaths

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, as an interim measure, on Tuesday (March 17) directed the Indore Municipal Corporation to take action against illegal hoardings installed on road dividers and footpaths in the city. The court was hearing a PIL raising concerns over the illegal installation of hoardings. Issuing notice on the PIL, a division bench of Justice Vijay Kumar Shukla and Justice...

NDPS Act | Prosecution Must Prove Actual Cultivation Of Cannabis, Mere Presence On Land Not Enough: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that in cases involving the alleged cultivation of cannabis under the NDPS Act, the burden lies on the prosecution to establish through cogent evidence that the accused was actually cultivating the plants, and not merely present at the spot or named in land records. The Court observed that asking the accused to prove that he was not cultivating the land would...

Calling Someone 'Over Ground Worker' Of Terrorists Is Per Se Defamatory; Mens Rea Essential: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that branding a person as an overground worker of terrorists or stating that the person has links with terrorists ex-facie lowers the image of such person in the estimation of those who know him, and publication of such imputation attracts the offence of defamation under Section 499 of the Ranbir Penal Code.The Court further observed that...

Family Court Empowered To Consider Muslim Couple's Plea For Declaration Of Mutual Divorce By 'Mubarat': Gujarat High Court Reaffirms

The Gujarat High Court has reiterated that a family court is competent and empowered to consider application for dissolution of marriage based on divorce by mutual consent which is also known as Mubarat agreement executed between Muslim couple.A division bench of Justice AY Kogje and Justice Nisha M Thakore referred to the high court's decision in Asif Daudbhai Karva & Anr. Versus None...

'Will Cause Irreparable Loss To Our Country': AP High Court Restrains Petroleum Company From Selling LPG To International Markets

In the wake of the ongoing conflict in the West Asia between US-Israel and Iran which has disrupted global oil trade, the Andhra Pradesh High Court has in an interim order restrained a private petroleum company Confidence Petroleum India from selling Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to international markets.The petitioners—who procured LPG from Confidence Petroleum India and supplied to...