Karnataka High Court Grants Interim Relief To BJP MP K. Sudhakar In Abetment To Suicide Case

The Karnataka High Court on Monday granted interim relief to BJP Member of Parliament K Sudhakar and restrained the police from taking any coercive steps against him in connection with the FIR registered against him on charges of abetting the suicide of a driver employed with the Zilla Panchayat in Chikkaballapura district.Justice M.I. Arun passed the interim order on the petition filed...

Cash-For-Query Row: Delhi High Court Orders 'Strict Confidentiality' After Mahua Moitra Flags Media Leak Of CBI Report To Lokpal

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra moved the Delhi High Court on Monday against the alleged media leak of the news of CBI submitting its report to Lokpal of India in relation to the alleged cash-for-query scam.Justice Sachin Datta heard the matter today and said that directed that confidentiality shall be “strictly maintained by all the concerned.”“I'll make it clear saying...

Pulling Woman's Hands Though Shocks Decency, It Doesn't Outrage Her Modesty Unless Coupled With 'Criminal Intent': Madras High Court

The Madras High Court recently observed that though pulling the hands of a woman by a man would shock her sense of decency, it would not amount to outraging the modesty of the woman if there was no criminal intention. Justice RN Manjula added that without any clear evidence about the intention of the man, vague or generalised statements would only earn a benefit of doubt in favour of...

KTU Vice-Chancellor Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Direction To Resolve Administrative Stalemate

Dr. Sivaprasad, Vice-Chancellor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking interference by the Court to resolve the administrative stalemate in the University. As per the plea, a few members of the Syndicate (respondent 2 to 4) are abstaining from attending the Syndicate meeting, due to political reasons. These respondents, namely, the Secretary...

Online Bail Order Sufficient For Release To Immediately Restore Accused's Liberty, No Need To Wait For Certified Copy: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that a downloaded copy of a bail or suspension of sentence order is sufficient for securing the release of an accused. The court clarified when the certified copy of the order is not immediately sent by the Registry, the downloaded copy must be accepted by the Court before whom bail bond is furnished.A division bench of Justice Anoop Chitkara and...

Karnataka High Court Closes The News Minute's Plea After Trial Court Refuses To Extend 'Gag' Order In Dharmasthala Burial Case

The Karnataka High Court was on Monday (August 11) informed that the trial court had refused to extend its July 18 ex-parte interim 'gag' order restraining various media entities and YouTube channels from publishing any "defamatory content" about Harshendra Kumar D and his kin, in connection with the Dharmasthala Burial case. The development happened in a plea filed by Spunklane Media Pvt....

Civil Suit Seeking Corrections In Birth/Death Certificate Not Maintainable: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that a civil suit for seeking rectification of entries in a Death Certificate is not maintainable.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum said, “This Court is of the considered view that the present suit, filed before the Civil Court seeking rectification of entries in the Death Certificate, is not maintainable. There exists a clear bar under Section 9 of the CPC,...

Koodathayi Murder: Kerala High Court Dismisses Accused Jolly Joseph's Plea To Inspect Alleged Crime Scene With New Lawyer

The Kerala High Court on Monday (August 11) refused to interfere with an order of the trial court denying permission to the prime accused in Koodathayi Murder case, Jollyamma Joseph alias Jolly Joseph, to inspect the place of occurrence of crime along with her new lawyer.Jolly is accused of murdering six of her family members, including her first husband Roy Thomas, using cyanide, with the...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 04 to August 10, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 258 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 264Nominal Index: Murali Krishna R AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 258State of Karnataka & ANR AND Mahaboob Patel. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 259Vijayeendra G Muddebihalkar & Others AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 260Vijay Mahantesh Mathapati & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw...

Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Fraudulently Availing Benefit Of Input Tax Credit Of Over ₹10 Crores

The Gujarat High Court granted bail to a man accused of fraudulently availing benefit of Input Tax Credit of over Rs.10 crores by allegedly showing fictitious transactions on record from companies whose GST registration came to be cancelled. The counsel for the GST authorities has opposed the application contending that the applicant herein initially created forged firms on the basis of...

Kerala High Court Imposes ₹50K Cost On Litigant Appearing In Person For Threatening Judge

The Kerala High Court recently imposed Rs. 50,000 cost on a litigant, who was appearing as party-in-person, for threatening the single judge hearing his case by stating that he has filed a complaint against the judge before the President of India and other authorities.Referring to former CJI JS Khehar's opinion in the 2015 National Judicial Commission judgment Supreme Court...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round Up: August 04 -August 10, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 311 - 317]Col. Sukhwinder Singh Dhillon v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 311CHIRAG KUMAR SARDANA v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 312Manish Kumar v. Directorate General, Goods & Service Tax Intelligence, Zonal Unit, Ludhiana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 313RAVNEET KAUR v. PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT, CHANDIGARH AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH)...