Karnataka High Court Upholds Dismissal Of BMTC Bus Driver For Securing Employment Based On Fake Educational Documents

The Karnataka High Court has upheld an order which dismissed a plea by an employee of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) accused of securing an appointment on the basis of a false certificate regarding his educational qualifications.In doing so, the high court rejected the bus driver's reliance on a BMTC circular protecting employees from dismissal on grounds of...

Delhi High Court Sets Aside CIC Order Directing Disclosure Of Information On PM Modi's Degree

The Delhi High Court has set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing the Delhi University (DU) to disclos information with respect to the bachelor's degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Justice Sachin Datta allowed DU's plea filed in 2017 against CIC's order which allowed inspection of records of the students who had passed BA programme in 1978, when Prime...

Govt Employee's Brother Eligible For Compassionate Appointment If Employee's Spouse Predeceases Him, Without Leaving Children: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has said that if the spouse of an employee has predeceased the employee and there are no children, the mere marriage of the deceased employee cannot be a ground to reject an application for compassionate appointment to the brother of the deceased.Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while allowing a petition filed by Mantava and Sanganna, mother and brother of...

HP High Court Orders Regularisation Of Class-IV Employee After 20 Years Of Service; Imposes ₹50K Cost On State For Repeated Denial Of Claim

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ordered the regularisation of a Class-IV employee after 20 years of service. The court imposed a ₹50,000 cost on the state as it repeatedly denied the claim of the employee, despite repeated directions from the court.Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked that: “Since petitioner herein was repeatedly compelled by respondents to approach this Court for his...

'Show Bonafide': Bombay High Court Orders Kannada Actor Dhruva Sarja To Deposit ₹3 Crores In His Plea To Quash Cheating FIR

The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered Kannada actor Dhruva Sarja alias Dhruva Kumar to show his bonafides and deposit Rs. 3 crore, an amount which he received from filmmaker Raghavendra Hegde, who has accused the actor of duping him of over Rs 9 crore.Sarja faces a First Information Report (FIR) at the behest of Hegde, who has alleged that the Kannada actor had approached him requesting for...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 18 – August 24, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 276 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 285Nominal Index: Archana Patil AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 276Karnataka State Pollution Control Board AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 277Munisanjeevamma & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 278Mohammed Shoiab AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025...

Cows Hold Unique Status In India, Slaughter Can Have Severe Repercussions On Public Peace: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that the cow holds a unique and special status in India, noting that its slaughter can have grave repercussions on public peace when it offends the deeply held beliefs of a significant population group.It was alleged that the petitioner, Aasif, was transporting two cows to Rajasthan for slaughtering, in violation of the Haryana Gauvansh...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Bar To Vote On Proposal To Shift HC Building Amid Space Crunch

The Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association today announced that it will vote on whether the High Court building should be shifted to a new place or not.The development comes after the High Court in a PIL considering the increasing footfall and space constraints, had asked the Chandigarh UT Administration to explore alternative locations for the construction of a new High Court...

Chhattisgarh High Court Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Of Toddler's Death In Anganwadi Centre Due To 'Unlawfully' Dumped DJ Equipment

The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo-motu cognisance of a news report published in a Hindi Daily revealing the tragic death of a three-year old girl, who sustained a grievous head injury from an iron pipe unlawfully dumped within the Anganwadi premises at Talapara.Against this backdrop, a Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru stated,“… the...

'Systemic Failure': Chhattisgarh HC Takes Suo-Motu Cognisance Of News Report On Security Guard Giving Injection To Patient At District Hospital

The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of a news report published in a Hindi daily pertaining to an incident at District Hospital, Gariyabad, where a female security guard was allegedly found administering injection to a patient in place of a staff nurse.Noting that the incident raises grave concern upon “the very functioning, supervision, and integrity of the...

Calcutta High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To TMC Leaders Accused In 2021 Post-Poll Violence Death Case

The Calcutta High Court has granted anticipatory bail to Paresh Paul, a 79-year-old MLA, Paresh Paul, and two others belonging to the ruling political party of the State, accused in a post-poll violence death case after the Assembly Elections of 2021. It was alleged that on 02.05.2021 in the afternoon, 7 or 8 unknown persons came to the house of the original de facto complainant and asked for...

Can't Curtail Right To Education: MP High Court Allows 'Extraordinary' 11-Yr-Old's Provisional Admission To Class 9 Despite Being 'Underage'

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that the fundamental right to education envisioned under Article 21 of the Constitution cannot be curtailed merely by imposing conditions regarding age limit. It thus directed provisional admission of an 11-year-old student, who was denied admission to Class IX on the grounds of being underage as per the National Education Policy (NEP), 2020. The...