Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Woman Who Reacted With 'Laughing Emoji' To Messages Praising Operation Sindoor

Sending a 'laughing emoji' to the celebrations of 'Operation Sindoor' in a WhatsApp group, putting a video status of Indian flag burning and that of Prime Minister sitting on a rocket, would attract offences of endangering sovereignty, integrity and unity of India and also promoting enmity between two groups, the Bombay High Court held today (July 29).A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari...

Karnataka HC Reserves Verdict In X Corp's Plea Seeking Declaration That Govt Officers Can't Issue Blocking Orders U/S 79(3)(b) IT Act

The Karnataka High Court has reserved orders in a plea filed by X Corp seeking a declaration that Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act does not confer authority to issue information blocking orders and such orders can only be issued after following the procedure under Section 69A of the Act, r/w IT Rules.Senior Advocate Raghavan representing the social media company submitted before a bench of...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up : July 21 To July 27, 2025

NOMINAL INDEX Ashok Kumar Maurya v. The State Of U.P. And 25 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 258 Prabhat Mishra v. State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Higher Education Govt. U.P. Lko. And 2 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 259 State of U.P. through its Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Basic Education, Government of U.P., Lucknow and others v. Jai Singh and others 2025 LiveLaw (AB)...

'Nothing To Show His Involvement In Incident': Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Shahi Jama Masjid Head In Sambhal Violence Case

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to Zafar Ali, the Chairman of Shahi Jama Masjid Committee (in Sambhal), in connection with the violence that took place on November 24 last year during the court-ordered survey of the mosque to determine whether a temple existed at the premises. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain noted that from the perusal of the material collected...

Venue Is Construed As Seat In Absence Of Contrary Indicia, If Arbitration Agreement Only Mentions 'Venue': Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that when only one place is mentioned in the arbitration agreement and is termed as “venue”, the same is to be treated as the “seat” also, unless something contrary is mentioned in the agreement.“If the arbitration agreement mentions only one place and even if it is termed as the 'venue', then unless there is a contrary indicia the 'venue' is...

Calling Madhya Pradesh 'MP' Doesn't Change State's Name But Makes Identification Easier: High Court Junks PIL Against Use Of Acronym

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a PIL against use of acronyms M.P. or म.प्र. (in Hindi) to refer to the State, noting that the use of abbreviations does not change the name of the State. The bench remarked that use of such abbreviation rather makes identification easier. Emphasizing that abbreviations are shortened forms of words and phrases which are used to save time...

Karnataka High Court Reserves Verdict On Maintainability Of YouTube Channel's Plea Against 'Gag Order' In Dharmasthala Burial Case

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (July 29) reserved orders on the maintainability of a plea filed by a YouTube Channel challenging an ex-parte interim order restraining media platforms from publishing any "defamatory content" against family running the Sri Manjunathaswamy temple and the temple in relation to Dharmasthala Burial case.After hearing the parties for some time Justice...

MP High Court Permits Withdrawal Of PIL On Rising Suicides At Medical Colleges Noting SC's Guidelines To Protect Mental Health Of Students

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (July 28), permitted the withdrawal of a public interest litigation that sought a policy intervention by the State Government to address the rising number of suicides among medical students, in view of the recent guidelines issued by the apex court on the issue. Deputy Advocate General appearing for the State submitted that by a detailed judgment...

Bengaluru Stampede: 'Suo Motu PIL Aims To Look Into State Action, Future Measures': Karnataka HC; Govt Asked To Submit Crowd Control SOP

The Karnataka High Court today heard the suo-motu petition initiated regarding the Bengaluru stampede which occurred outside Chinnaswamy stadium, ahead of an event to celebrate RCB's victory at the 2025 IPL final. At the outset, a bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru & Justice CM Joshi clarified the scope of the suo moto PIL as it orally observed thus: "This is a suo moto...

'Violates Constitutional Right To Property': Bombay HC Directs Inquiry Into Issuance Of Unilateral Redevelopment Notices U/S 79A Of MHADA Act

The Bombay High Court has held that it is the duty of a constitutional court to intervene and inquire into instances where state power is alleged to have been abused for extraneous considerations. It directed the constitution of a high-level committee to examine the issuance of 935 notices under Section 79-A of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976, by the Executive...

Delhi High Court Upholds Medha Patkar's Conviction In Defamation Case Filed By LG VK Saxena

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of Narmada Bachao Andolan leader and activist Medha Patkar in the criminal defamation case lodged against her by Vinai Kumar Saxena in 2001.VK Saxena is presently Delhi's Lieutenant Governor. Justice Shalinder Kaur found no illegality of material irregularity in the findings of the trial court and observed that the order of conviction...

'Shakes Ethical Foundations Of Education System': AP High Court Condemns Practice Of Universities Withholding Student Results Over College Dues

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that withholding of results by a University owing to unpaid arrears by affiliated Colleges is a “pernicious-practice” which mars the careers and future prospects of students by treating them as “merchandise” who can be used by Universities and Colleges as a “bait to bargain with each other”.In the instant case, Acharya Nagarjuna...