Litigant Can't Suffer For Counsel Noting Wrong Date: Rajasthan High Court Restores Suit Subject To Costs, Planting 25 Trees

The Rajasthan High Court has held that a litigant cannot be made to suffer for an inadvertent mistake on part of his/her counsel in noting the next date of hearing of case, and thus quashed the trial court order that rejected petitioner's restoration application on technical grounds of delay in an eviction suit that was dismissed in default.While directing restoration of the matter, the bench...

Lok Adalat Settlement Must Be With Parties' Free Consent, Counsel Cannot Compromise Case Without Written Authority: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court, while considering the validity of a settlement recorded in a National Lok Adalat, held that settlement under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 must be arrived at by the parties themselves with free consent, and that in the absence of written authority authorising counsel to sign a compromise, such settlement cannot be treated as valid.Justice Sanjay Kumar...

“Fraud Tag Led To 'Civil Death', Audit Was Inconclusive & Incompetent”: Anil Ambani Tells Bombay High Court

Punching holes in the forensic audit report, relied by the consortium of banks to declare his loan accounts as 'fraud', industrialist Anil Ambani on Friday told the Bombay High Court that the auditor, who carried out the exercise to prepare a report was 'incompetent' and has given an 'inconclusive' finding.A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad is...

“Symbols Of Rajput Pride Reduced To Picnic Spots”: Rajasthan High Court Flags Littering, Encroachments At Haldighati & Rakht Talai

“These sites, once symbols of Rajput pride and national heritage, are now marred by modern encroachments, environmental pollution, littering, and administrative indifference, resulting in irreversible damage to their cultural, historical, and ecological integrity,” court said.

'High Time That No Mercy Is Shown': Jharkhand High Court Orders Demolition Of Illegal Structures In Jamshedpur Within One Month

In a significant order aimed at curbing rampant illegal constructions in Jamshedpur, the Jharkhand High Court has directed the Jharkhand Notified Area Committee (JNAC), Jamshedpur to demolish illegal structures raised by the private respondents within one month.A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad was hearing a PIL concerning...

Single Appeal Maintainable Against Common Judgment Rendered In Suit And Counter-Claim: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that a single appeal is maintainable against a common order involving a claim and counter claim. Justice AD Maria Clete added that though a counterclaim is treated as a cross-suit under Order VII Rule A of CPC, a single judgment in the suit would not require multiplicity of appeal. “There could be no quarrel that a single appeal...

25% RTE Quota Applies To Pre-Primary Classes, Limiting It To Class I Disadvantageous To Children From Weaker Sections: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that that the obligation to reserve 25% seats under the Right to Education Act, 2009 (“the Act”) was applicable not only to the Class I but also to all pre-primary levels wherever such education was offered.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu opined that by restricting the applicability to Class I,...

Gujarat High Court Permits Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation To Reduce Bed Capacity In 95-Yr-Old Hospital To Complete Renovation

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (January 16) permitted Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to reduce the bed capacity at the corporation run Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital and Chinai Hospital–stated to be in dilapidated condition–in order to complete the renovation works, as a temporary arrangement. The court was hearing an application filed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in a 2020 PIL...

'Caste Bias Must Be Uprooted': Madras High Court Observes In Kavin Honour Killing Case, Flags Selective Non-Arrest Of Accused Cop

"Caste passions and bigotry must be uprooted to realise the constitutional vision of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar," the Madras High Court recently remarked while dealing with a case relating to honour killing of a Scheduled Caste man— Kavin, a techie in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.Stressing on the rights of victims and witnesses under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes...

Breaking | Jharkhand High Court Orders Paramilitary Force At ED Ranchi Office Following Police Raid, Stays FIR Against Officials

The Jharkhand High Court has stayed further investigation and proceedings in an FIR registered by the State Police against Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials. The Court also directed the Home Secretary, Government of India, to depute CISF or BSF, or any other suitable paramilitary force, at the Directorate of Enforcement office in Ranchi. The order comes in the backdrop of the...

Once An Issue Has Attained Finality, Trial Court Cannot Reopen Or Refer It To HC For Clarification: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that once a trial court has finally decided an issue, it lacks jurisdiction to reopen, revisit, or refer the same issue to the High Court, particularly when the order has attained finality and has not been challenged through appropriate legal remedies.A bench of Chief Justice Arun Palli, Justice Rajnesh Oswal observed that permitting re-agitation of...

Why State Preferred Appeal In Private Dispute Despite Govt Counsel Advising Against It? Gujarat High Court Seeks Explanation

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (January 16) directed the Additional Chief Secretary of the revenue department to conduct an inquiry into why despite a negative opinion given by the government pleader's office against filing of State appeal in a private dispute, the department insisted on filing the same. For context, the court had last month dismissed the State's appeal against a single...