Delhi High Court Grants Parole Extension To Murder Convict To Look After His Crops Affected By Floods

The Delhi High Court has granted extension of parole to a murder convict, enabling him to tend to his crops affected by the recent floods. Justice Arun Monga granted extension of parole to one Praveen Rana for a period of four weeks on the same terms and conditions imposed by the Court earlier. “The Petitioner's continued presence in not only unforeseen, being an act of God (heavy rains)...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of 3 Judicial Officers As Judges Of Karnataka High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday (September 15) recommends appointment of three judicial officers as Judges of Karnataka High Court. The statement issued by the Collegium states:"The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 15th September, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following Judicial Officers as Judges of the High Court of Karnataka:(i) Smt. Geetha...

Karnataka High Court Stays ED Summons To Advocate In PMLA Case Involving Congress MLA KC Veerendra

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (September 16) stayed the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to advocate Anil Gowda in a money laundering case over illegal online and offline betting racket, allegedly involving Congress leader KC Veerendra.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum also restrained the central agency from conducting any further proceedings or taking any coercive...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Two Lawyers As Judges Of Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday (September 15) recommended the appointment of two advocates as judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. The statement issued by the Collegium states:"The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 15 th September, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of the following Advocates as Judges of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh: (i) Shri...

Relief For Bajaj Allianz As Bombay High Court Quashes State Notice Demanding ₹374 Crore For Crop Insurance

The Bombay High Court recently quashed and set aside notices issued by the Maharashtra government to Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Corporation (BAGIC) demanding it to pay Rs 374 crores to the farmers in Osmanabad for the loss of their soybean crops due to 'unseasonal rains' categorised as 'localised calamity' under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PM Yojna).The State had signed...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice KV Aravind As Permanent Judge Of Karnataka High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday (September 15) has recommended the appointment of Justice Kurubarahalli Venkataramareddy Aravind as permanent judge of Karnataka High CourtThe statement issued by the Collegium states:"The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 15th September, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Justice Kurubarahalli. Venkataramareddy...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Justice Biswajit Palit As Permanent Judge Of Tripura High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday (September 15) recommended appointment of Justice Biswajit Palit as a permanent judge of High Court of Tripura. The notification published by the Collegium states:"The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 15th September, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of Shri Justice Biswajit Palit, Additional Judge as a Permanent Judge in the...

Cheque Dishonour | Service On CEO/MD In Official Capacity Deemed As Notice To Company, Can't Terminate Prosecution: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently held that once a Magistrate takes cognizance of an offence under Negotiable Instruments Act, the proceedings cannot be quashed on a mere technical plea that the company has not been properly described in the cause title, unless it is demonstrably shown that no notice under Section 138(b) of NI Act, was served on the company.A single judge, Justice Sachin...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Making Two Additional Judges Of Madras High Court Permanent

The Supreme Court collegium has recommended the appointment of Justice N Senthilkumar and Justice G Arul Murugan, Additional Judges of Madras High Court as permanent judges of the Madras High Court.In its meeting held on September 15, 2025, the collegium recommended as under:"The Supreme Court Collegium in its meeting held on 15th September, 2025 has approved the proposal for appointment of...

'Politically Motivated': AP High Court Junks PIL Challenging Display Of Deputy CM's Portraits In Public Offices

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which challenged the display of pictures and portraits of the Deputy Chief Minister in government offices across the State.The PIL petition, filed by Yemu London Rao, was stated to "safeguard public interest” and argued that the said act of displaying the portraits of the Deputy Chief Minister violated the...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Directs Vacating Of Guest Houses Occupied By DC, SSP For Allotment To District Judges

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that government guest houses currently occupied by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in Punjab's Malerkotla be vacated and allotted to the District Judge for official and residential use.The Punjab Government had notified Malerkotla as a district in 2021 and subsequently in 2023 its Sessions Court was...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 08 To September 14, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 150 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 155Union of India v/s Mahanti Devi and another, State of H.P. v/s Mahanti Devi and another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 150Khelo Ram V/s State of H.P., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 151Sanjay K. Maanav v/s State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 152Tulsi Ram v/s Mustaq Qureshi.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 153Savita v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP)...