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Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 30 To July 6, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 73 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 80 Nominal Index: Surinder Kumar v/s central Sanskrit University., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 73 Liyakat Ali v/s State of HP., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 74 Bharti Rathore v/s State of HP & others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 75 Monika v/s State of HP & others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 76 Biogenetic Drugs (P) Ltd. & another v/s State...
Allahabad HC Directs SSP's Personal Appearance Over Failure To Provide Police Force To Judge Executing Commission
The Allahabad High Court last week passed an order directing the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gorakhpur, to appear in person and explain why he failed to comply with its order to provide necessary police force to the Judge Small Cause Court, who was executing HC's Commission. A bench of Justice JJ Munir was dealing with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by...
'Committing Adultery' Distinct From Living In Adultery, Maintenance Can't Be Denied For 'Mere Lapse' Unless Continued: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court has drawn a distinction between a wife 'committing adultery' from her 'living in adultery', for deciding her entitlement to maintenance."“Living in adultery” denotes a continuous course of conduct and not isolated acts of immorality. One or two lapses from virtues would be acts of adultery but would be quite insufficient to show that the woman was “living...
West Bengal Govt Challenges Single-Judge Order Debarring “Tainted” Candidates From Reapplying For Fresh Recruitment
The State of West Bengal has approached the Calcutta High Court challenging a single bench order which held that tainted candidates in the SSC Recruitment scam would not be allowed to re-apply for the fresh recruitment process, as held by the Supreme Court. The appeal was moved before a division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De.The single bench noted that according to an...
Karnataka High Court Asks NLSIU To Respond To Transgender Candidate's Plea For Admission In Current Academic Year
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (July 8) asked National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to file its response to an application by a transgender person seeking a direction to provide admission in the 3-year LL.B course in the current academic year, listing the status of the seats and if the candidate can be accommodated.A division bench of Justice S G Pandit and Justice T M...
Govt Officers Across Country Ordering To Block Content Based On 'Subjective Morality': X Corp Tells Karnataka High Court
In the ongoing challenge to content takedown directives issued by the Union Government, X Corp (formerly Twitter) told the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday that thousands of Central government officers across India having their subjective understanding of law and morality are directing it to block content by virtue of power under Section 79 of the IT Act. Union's officers deciding what is...
Kerala HC Seeks Response On Composition, Role Of State Council Under Clinical Establishment Act After Kottayam Medical College Building Collapse
A public interest litigation has been filed before the High Court of Kerala on the safety standards at public medical facilities, following the collapse of Kottayam Medical College building. The plea came before the division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji. The PIL came under sharp criticism from the Chief Justice for being “sketchy” and...
District Judge Report Confirms Sivaganga 'Custodial Death', Madras High Court Asks CBI To File Chargesheet Expeditiously
The Madras High Court was on Tuesday informed that report of the District Judge, appointed by it to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the death of a 29-year-old temple guard in Sivaganga, revealed that the case was one of custodial torture and custodial death. Noting that the State government has already transferred the probe to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the bench of Justice...
'Internet Never Forgets': Karnataka High Court Orally Remarks In X Corp's Plea Resisting Take-Down Orders
'Internet never forgets', the Karnataka High Court orally remarked today while hearing the plea filed by X Corp, formerly Twitter, resisting the various take-down orders issued against it by the Central Government.The Elon Musk-owned company has also challenged the central government's mandate to onboard the Sahyog portal. It claims that the portal empowers Central government officers to...
Notification For Vacancies Only An Invitation To Apply, Not A Guarantee Of Appointment: J&K High Court
Reiterating the legal position that a candidate does not acquire an indefeasible right to appointment merely by participating in the recruitment process, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh dismissed a writ petition filed by Sushant Khajuria, an unsuccessful aspirant for the post of Probationary Officer (PO) in Jammu and Kashmir Bank.Quoting the Supreme Court, Justice Javed Iqbal...
Gram Panchayat Cannot Levy Property Tax On Industrial Establishment Within Notified Industrial Areas: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has held that the Gram Panchayat cannot levy or collect property taxes in respect of Industrial establishments located within areas notified by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB). Mere execution of a lease-cum-sale agreement or any administrative communication cannot vest power in the Gram Panchayat to levy tax in the absence of express delegation...
BCI Seeks Review Of Kerala HC Order Confining Power Of State Bar Council's Ad-Hoc Committee To Completion Of Verification Process
The Bar Council of India (BCI) has preferred a petition before the Kerala High Court seeking a review of the judgment of the Division Bench in Yeshwant Shenoy v. Bar Council of Kerala and Ors. The Court had set aside the disciplinary proceedings initiated against Adv. Yeshwant Shenoy (appellant) by the State Bar Council, stating that it had no powers to initiate such proceedings.In the...