Independent Title Claim Doesn't Make Person Necessary Party In Small Causes Eviction Suit: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that a third person asserting an independent title over a rented property does not become a necessary or proper party to an eviction suit before the Small Causes Court only because that title clashes with the landlord's. It held that impleadment under Order I Rule 10 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 cannot be used to carry a separate title dispute into a...

Arrest Safeguards: High Court Seeks Affidavits From Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh On Compliance With SC Directions On S.41A CrPC

The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in a batch of contempt of court petitions concerning alleged non-compliance with safeguarding against illegal arrests, has directed the Director Generals of Police and Chief Secretaries of Punjab, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh to file affidavits detailing compliance with the Supreme Court's directions in Satender Kumar Antil v. CBI on...

'Wisdom Teeth, Pubic Hair Cannot Establish Girl Was Minor': Allahabad High Court Acquits Man In Kidnapping Case

The Allahabad High Court has acquitted a man convicted under Section 366 IPC in a 2011 kidnapping case, holding that the prosecution failed to establish that the prosecutrix was a minor on the date of the incident.A Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi held that the absence of third molars (wisdom teeth) could not be made a basis for holding that a person had not attained 18 years. The court...

Sec 147A Income Tax Unconstitutional| Legislature Cannot Substitute Its Opinion Over Findings Of Constitutional Courts: P&H High Court

In a batch of over 500 writ petitions, Division Bench holds Section 147A, inserted with retrospective effect from 01.04.2021 to validate JAO-issued reassessment notices —failed to remove the actual defect identified by nine High Courts, since Section 151A and the faceless-allocation scheme dated 29.03.2022 continue to exist unamended on the statute book; also independently quashes the impugned Section 148 notices for not being issued through randomized automated allocation

Karnataka High Court Questions Mutt Over Ill-Treatment Of Captive Elephant, Asks Why It Is Kept In Confinement

If you do not have the space to keep an elephant, whether or not you should be keeping it? Court asked.

Calcutta High Court Restrains Authorities From Acting On Fire Dept's Notice To Vacate TMC's Camac Street Office Over Alleged Lapses

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday restrained the authorities from acting upon a notice issued by the Fire and Emergency Services Department directing the vacation of certain portions of the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Camac Street office over alleged fire safety violations.Justice Krishna Rao was hearing a petition filed by the TMC challenging the notices issued by the Fire Department...

Bombay High Court Deprecates Maharashtra's 12-Day 'Blanket Ban' On Alcohol During Ganesh Chaturthi, Calls It Irrational

If someone drinks and shows enthusiasm during festival, you can't say they will create law and order problem, Court remarked.

Loud Shouting Between Two Persons On Street Doesn't Make Out Cognizable Offence: Bombay High Court Quashes FIR

The Bombay High Court has held that merely shouting loudly at each other on a public street, without any other specific allegation, does not make out a cognizable offence under Section 85(1) of the Maharashtra Prohibition Act, 1949. The Court observed that apart from the allegation that the accused were shouting at each other loudly, there was no allegation of obscenity, depravity or...

Karnataka High Court Seeks ED Reply On Plea By WinZo's Foreign Subsidiaries Against Provisional Attachment Of ₹505 Crore Assets

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (September 11) sought responses from the ED and PMLA adjudicating authority on a plea by two foreign subsidiaries of Indian real money gaming entity WinZO, against provisional attachment of their assets worth Rs. 505 crores. The entities–Winzo US Inc. and Winzo SG Pte. Ltd. (registered at US and Singapore respectively), have challenged the...

Major Married Couple Disliked By Relatives Can't Be Threatened, Harassed By Lodging FIR: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has observed that a major married couple whose marriage may be disliked by their relatives cannot be harassed or threatened by the relatives by lodging an FIR and invoking police machinery. In doing so the court granted police protection to a couple and directed the police to ensure that they are neither harassed nor any act of violence is committed against them.The...

Delhi High Court Denies Interim Relief To Vinesh Phogat Seeking To Participate In World Wrestling Championship Selection Trials

The Delhi High Court has refused interim relief to wrestler Vinesh Phogat seeking to participate in the women's selection trials for the 2026 Senior World Championships. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 839]Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma was not inclined to grant an interim exemption from the eligibility criteria to allow Phogat to participate in the selection trials on September 14.“To reiterate,...

FSSAI License Suspension Is To Protect Public Health, Cannot Continue Once Establishment Achieves Compliance: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that suspension of a food licence for non-compliances having the propensity to harm public health cannot be continued indefinitely once the deficiencies have been rectified and the establishment achieves “exemplar” compliance on re-inspection. The Court observed that the consequence of compliance of the deficiencies should result in revocation of the...