Rajasthan High Court Stays Consumer Forum Proceedings Against Actor Salman Khan Over Alleged Misleading Advertisement

The Rajasthan High Court has stayed proceedings pending against actor Salman Khan before the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission Jaipur II, over an alleged misleading advertisement by Rajshree Pan Masala starring the actor.In doing so the high court also stayed DCDRC's interim order dated January 6 restraining the company selling the product and the actor from engaging in...

'No Impediment Now': Kerala High Court Records Approval For Cabinet Meeting To Finalise Draft Ragging Bill Amid Model Code Of Conduct

The Kerala High Court on Friday (April 10) remarked that there was no impediment to approve the draft Kerala Prohibition of Ragging (Amendment) Bill, 2025 after being informed that the Chief Electoral Officer has given the green signal for a Cabinet meeting amid the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct.While considering a public interest litigation moved by KeLSA (Kerala State Legal...

Madras High Court Rejects PMK Founder Ramadoss' Plea Against Interim Order Refusing To Freeze “Mango” Symbol For Upcoming Elections

The Madras High Court has dismissed a plea by Pattali Makkal Katchi founder Dr S Ramadoss challenging an interim order of the Chennai City Civil Court refusing to direct the Election Commission of India to freeze the “Mango” symbol for the upcoming elections in the State. Justice TV Thamilselvi, on Friday (10th April), dismissed a civil revision petition filed by Ramadoss. The...

'Dowry Death' Offence Not Attracted On Mere Demand Of Valuables Sans Cruelty/Harassment Nexus: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that to attract an offence under Section 304-B IPC (Dowry Death) there should be a 'perceptible nexus' between the death and dowry related harassment or cruelty inflicted upon the victim. A bench of Justice Manish Mathur added that where a mere demand for articles or valuables does not have any nexus with any harassment or cruelty which resulted...

Delhi High Court Flags Delays In Compliance Of Parole Orders, Directs SOP To Address Bottlenecks

The Delhi High Court has recently expressed concern over recurring delays in compliance with judicial directions in parole matters, while directing Delhi Government's Principal Secretary (Home) to frame a standard operating procedure (SOP) on the issue. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the order while granting four weeks' parole to a convict whose elder brother had passed away. As per...

PMLA Bail Cannot Be Cancelled Without Supervening Circumstances; Mere Misapplication Of S.45 No Ground For Cancellation: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that an application seeking cancellation of bail granted under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 cannot succeed merely on the ground that the trial court did not properly appreciate the rigour of Section 45 of the PMLA.The Court clarified that bail once granted can only be cancelled if supervening circumstances such as misuse...

Disciplinary Action Can Be Initiated Against RPF Personnel Based Video Clips Even If Victim Doesn't File Complaint: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that disciplinary proceedings against a member of the Railway Protection Force can be initiated on the basis of material such as CCTV footage and a video clip, even in the absence of a formal complaint by the victim. The Court observed that non-filing of a complaint by the victim does not render the initiation of disciplinary inquiry without jurisdiction when...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 30 To April 5, 2026

NOMINAL INDEX Doli vs. Shakuntla Devi 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 151 Shahban And Another v. State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Revenue, Lko. And Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 152 Ajay Kumar v. State Of U.P. And 3 Others 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 153 Akul Rastogi vs Shubhangi Rastogi 2026 LiveLaw (AB) 154 Anamika Tiwari And 4 Others vs. State of U.P. and Another 2026 LiveLaw (AB)...

Central Forensic Science Lab To Be Established In Thiruvananthapuram, Centre Tells Kerala High Court

The Central Government on Friday (April 10) informed the Kerala High Court that it has identified a place in Thiruvananthapuram to set up a Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CSFL).The Deputy Solicitor General of India (DSGI) submitted before the Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice C. Jayachandran that she received instructions from the Directorate of Forensic...

Staring At Colleague's Breast May Be Misconduct, Morally Wrong But Not Voyeurism: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR

Unwanted staring at a female colleague's breast can be indecent conduct of the man or morally wrong but it cannot amount to the offence of voyeurism punishable under Section 354-C of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as it mandates watching or recording a woman indulging into a private act and in a private place, the Bombay High Court held recently while quashing a FIR against a...

Land Acquisition Act | Non-Publication Of S.4(1) Notice In Gazette & Newspapers With Local Circulation Vitiates Acquisition: J&K&L High Court

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that failure to publish the notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1990, in newspapers having effective circulation in the locality of affected persons, coupled with absence of publication in the Government Gazette, vitiates the acquisition proceedings.The Court was hearing an intra-court appeal filed by the...

Bombay High Court Orders HDFC Bank To Remit ₹38.04 Lakhs To Businessman Who Lost Amount In Cyber Fraud

The Bombay High Court recently while ordering the HDFC Bank to remit a total of Rs 38.04 lakhs to a Pune-based businessman, who lost the amount in a cyber fraud, noted that no liability could be fastened on the customer as the amounts were illegally transacted through SIM swapping/cloning mode. A division bench of Justice Bharati Dangre and Justice Manjusha Deshpande refused to accept...