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Delhi High Court Agrees To Hear Today CJP Leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Rankas Plea Against Judicial Custody

Live updates from the hearing can be followed here.The Delhi High Court has agreed to hear today Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka's plea challenging an order passed by Special Executive Magistrate Court extending their judicial custody by two more days.The matter was mentioned for urgent hearing today which has been allowed. The matter has been listed...

Rajasthan High Court Seeks Explanation From Insurance Companys Regional Manager Over Negligence In Defending Motor Accident Claim

The Rajasthan High Court has sought an explanation from United India Insurance Company's Chief Regional Manager in Rajasthan over the insurer's negligent defence of a motor accident compensation claim before the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT).A bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that the impugned order indicated negligence on the part of the insurance company in defending the...

Parole Extension Cant Be Rejected Without Reasons: Karnataka High Court Directs Fresh Consideration Of Murder Convicts Plea

The Karnataka High Court has quashed an order rejecting parole extension for a convict incarcerated for 18 and a half years in a murder case, directing the authorities to consider his application for 30-day parole extension.Justice M.G.S. Kamal observed that the Sections 640 of the Karnataka Prisons and Correctional Service Manual allows grant of general parole for 30 days, which can be...

Karnataka High Court Grants Bail To Journalist Accused Of Impersonating Cop, Planting Drugs To Extort Money

The Karnataka High Court has granted regular bail to a journalist, arrested in an extortion and abduction case, where the accused along with co-accused allegedly impersonated police officers, planted marijuana, and extorted money from the complainant.Justice Venkatesh Naik T took into account several factors, including the recovery of extorted money, severity of punishment and chances of...

Karnataka High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Rowdy-Sheeter In Attempt To Murder Case, Finds No Prima Facie Ground To Believe Guilt

The Karnataka High Court granted anticipatory bail to a "rowdy-sheeter" accused of several offences including attempt to murder, observing that prima facie there were no reasonable and sufficient grounds at this stage to believe that the petitioner was guilty of the alleged offences.Justice Venkatesh Naik T was hearing a criminal petition filed by Praful Balakrishna Patil who was accused...

Meghalaya High Court Drops Contempt Proceedings Against Advocates After Unconditional Apology Over Court Boycott

The Meghalaya High Court on Wednesday (October 14) closed a suo motu contempt petition registered with regard to the call for abstention of judicial work given by the Shillong Bar Association and the High Court of Meghalaya Bar Association to all districts, after the Advocates have tendered unconditional apology and assured that they will not participate in any such abstention calls in...

Flood Of Pleas By Employees Challenging Their Transfers Has Paralysed Govt Functioning: Rajasthan High Court

While hearing a bunch of petitions by government employees, challenging their transfer orders, Rajasthan High Court observed that the government functioning was paralysed since most of the employees were not willing to join the transferred place of posting. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand further opined that maximum number of employees were approaching the Court for getting the...

Bombay High Court Paves Way For Redevelopment Of Building Stalled Because Of ED Attaching A Flat; Orders Agency To Give NOC

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (October 15) ordered the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to grant a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to a housing society so that it could proceed with its redevelopment, which was stuck because one of the flats among the total 10 flats in the 44-year-old building was attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).A division bench of Justice...

Fabricating Sale Agreements, Selling Disputed Property In Breach Of Undertaking Amounts To Perjury, Fraudulent Concealment: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that fabricating sale agreements to defeat contractual rights and transferring disputed property in breach of a court undertaking can attract prosecution under Sections 193 and 206 IPC. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 254]Section 193 IPC provides for punishment for giving or fabricating false evidence. Section 191 is the provision pertaining to giving false evidence...

Spouse Posting Policy No Absolute Right To Transfer; Cant Assume Family Duties Rest With One Spouse: Rajasthan High Court

While refusing interference in a bunch of petitions by government employees seeking transfers at places where their spouses were posted, Rajasthan High Court held that a general policy and vacancy at the preferred station, in isolation, does not establish an enforceable right to transfer in favour of the employee. “The nature of the post, the applicable cadre and service rules,...