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MP High Court To Hear Next Week PIL On 'Alarming' Rise In Suicides At State's Medical Colleges
The Madhya Pradesh High Court will hear on July 28 a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting the "alarming trend" of high suicide rate in medical colleges across the state. Noting that the petitioner's advocate appeared via video conferencing, the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf on Wednesday (July 23) listed the matter for hearing on Monday, when...
Bombay High Court 'Disturbed' After Police Officer Produces Imposter In Court, Instead Of Original Complainant In FIR Against Zee TV Show
The Bombay High Court was recently disturbed by the conduct of a Cyber Crime Police Officer, who produced an imposter before the court passing him off as a complainant in a First Information Report (FIR) against a TV serial "Tum Se Tum Tak" aired on popular channel Zee TV.A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad noted that the complainant as per the FIR - Sunil Sharma,...
Madras High Court Grants Bail To Man Who Protested Against Hijab Judgment, Allegedly Gave Hate Speech Against Political Parties And Judiciary
The Madras High Court has granted bail to a 60-year old man who had participated in a protest objecting to the hijab judgment and had allegedly made hate speech against all political parties, and even the judiciary. Justice P Vadamalai was inclined to grant bail on noting that the FIR was registered in March 2022 and probe might have been completed by this time. The court thus opined...
Kerala High Court Takes Suo Moto Cognizance Of Students' Letter About Flooding Of Village School, Asks Collector To Take Steps
The Kerala High Court today took suo moto cognizance of a letter addressed to the Chief Justice by around 200 students of SNDP Higher Secondary School, stating that their campus located below sea-level in Kainakary Grama Panchayat in Kuttanad district of Alappuzha has been submerged in water since over a month.According to the letter, on 29th May 2025, the embankment collapsed due to heavy...
'7,000 Idols Is A Huge Number': Bombay High Court Urges Maharashtra Govt To Explore Artificial Immersion For Taller Ganesh Idols
In a development in the ongoing litigation with respect to ban on Plaster of Paris (PoP) made Ganesh idols and immersion of the same in natural waterbodies, the Maharashtra Government today furnished a new policy before the Bombay High Court stating that it will permit immersion of only idols above 5 feet in natural water bodies and the same will be removed the next morning itself, to avoid...
Absence Of Certificate Under Rule 4 Of MahaRERA Rules Does Not Bar Maintainability Of Execution Application Before Civil Court: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court has held that the certificate contemplated under Rule 4 of the MahaRERA Rules, 2017, is not mandatory in an execution application, and the object of this Rule is to ensure that the directions for handing over possession are executed by the civil court within whose jurisdiction the project is situated.Justice Gauri Godse was hearing a challenge to a civil court's...
Bombay High Court Grants Relief To Uber Against Protests By Rickshaw Unions After Threats Of Violence, Disruption Of Services
The Bombay High Court has granted urgent ex parte ad interim relief to Uber in its plea seeking protection against protests scheduled to be held by Rickshaw drivers unions from 23rd July (today) over threats of violence and disruption to their services.The plea was heard by a single bench of Justice R.I. Chagla.Counsel for Uber submitted that recently, agitations had started against their...
Vehicles Driven On Wrong-Side Can't Be Spared Merely Because Number Plate Is Of HC: Gujarat High Court Orally Remarks
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (July 23) took serious note of "wrong side driving" incidents and orally remarked that Police must show no reluctance in taking action against vehicles including cars which bear high court's sticker/ number plate.A division bench of Justice AS Supehia and Justice RT Vachchani made the observation orally while hearing a plea seeking contempt for...
Sivaganga Custodial Death: Madras High Court Orders State To Pay ₹25 Lakh More As Interim Compensation To Bereaved Family
The Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to pay Rs. 25 Lakh as interim compensation to the family of the temple guard who was killed in Sivaganga, following custodial torture. When the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice AD Maria Clete was informed that the state had already paid Rs. 7.5 Lakh as interim compensation to the family along with land for the...
Delhi High Court Orders Food Joints To Pay ₹5 Lakh Damages To 'Veerji Malai Chaap Wale' Restaurant Over Trademark Infringement
The Delhi High Court has awarded Rs. 5 lakh as costs and damages to famous Veerji Malai Chaap Wale restaurant in its trademark infringement suit against various eateries and food delivery joints. While the matter was settled with one of the defendant eateries, Justice Amit Bansal noted that the other five food joints did not appear before the Court and thus, their conduct not only warranted...
MP High Court Directs State Human Rights Panel To Decide Muslim Woman's Plea Alleging Police Shaved Husband's Beard & Paraded Him
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State Human Rights Commission to decide a muslim woman's plea alleging police misconduct during her husband's arrest including "forcefully shaving his beard and parading" him on the street.The court noted that the petitioner had made an "innocuous prayer" to direct the Chairman, M.P. Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) to consider and decide her...
Court Orders Are Cared For Only When Personal Appearance Of Officer Is Called: Allahabad High Court Raps State
On Monday, the Allahabad High Court rapped the officials of the State Government by observing that court orders were not being followed even after issuance of notice of contempt, unless personal appearance of officer concerned was ordered by the Court.The bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh observed,“The attitude of the officers, in ignoring the orders passed by...