Delhi High Court Dismisses Turkey-Based Celebi's Plea Against Revocation Of Security Clearance On Ground Of 'National Security'

The Delhi High Court on Monday (July 7) dismissed a plea by Turkey based company Celebi Airport Services Private Limited challenging the decision of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) revoking its security clearance in the "interest of national security".Justice Sachin Datta passed the order.A detailed copy of the order is awaited. The court had reserved its verdict on May 23 after...

"Will Lead To Similar Requests For Other Festivals": Bombay HC Tells BMC To Reconsider Ban On Animal Slaughter For Paryushan Parva

"If slaughter houses are closed for 9 days of Paryushan Parva in a city like Mumbai which houses diversified population, then everyone celebrating other festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja/Navratri etc will come to the court and seek similar prayers," Bombay High Court orally remarked while hearing a PIL seeking ban on slaughtering of animals in Mumbai, Pune and Nashik for a period of...

Advocate Rajesh Datar Withdraws Consent For Judgeship After Centre's Inaction On SC Collegium Recommendation

Advocate Rajesh Datar from the Bombay High Court recently withdrew his consent form for becoming a Bombay High Court judge, which he filled in April 2024.Datar was recommended for appointment as an additional judge of the Bombay High Court by the SC Collegium on September 24, 2024, under then Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjay Chandrachud.Notably, among the four advocates recommended by...

'You're So Powerful', Can't Get BMRCL To Publish Fare Fixation Report On Namma Metro? Karnataka High Court Asks In Plea By BJP's Tejasvi Surya

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 7) issued notice to the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited, (BMRCL), State and Centre on a petition by BJP MP Tejasvi Surya seeking a direction to the BMRCL to forthwith publish/release the Fare Fixation Committee Report which was headed by former Justice R Tharani.Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav issued notice to the respondents returnable a week...

Bharat Mata Portrait Row: Kerala University Registrar Withdraws Plea Before High Court Against Suspension After Being Reinstated

Kerala University Registrar, Prof. Dr. K.S. Anil Kumar, on Monday (July 7) withdrew a plea before the High Court, challenging his suspension by the varsity's Vice Chancellor in view of his reinstatement by the Syndicate of the University, in connection with the Bharat Mata portrait row.When the matter came up for consideration, before Justice DK Singh, counsel for the Registrar submitted...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 29 - July 06, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 221 to Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 225.Nominal Index: Sriramulu AND U Ravi Rao & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 221Rachappa Satish Kumar & ANR AND M/s Eaglesight Media Private Limited & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 222.B S Gupta AND The Commissioner & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 223Devibai AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar)...

[Recruitment Scam] Amounts To Double Punishment, Jobs & Salary Already Lost: State Tells Calcutta HC Over Tainted Candidates' Eligibility To Take Re-Test

The State of West Bengal has told the Calcutta High Court that disallowing 'tainted' candidates in the recruitment scam from re-taking the TET exam would result in double punishment after their jobs and salaries had already been taken away by the Supreme Court's order.Senior Advocate Kalyan Bandopadhyay told a bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharaya that the Supreme Court order did not...

J&K High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Of ₹1.37 Crore To Entrepreneur Whose Gulmarg Hotel's Lease Was Illegally Terminated By Govt

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court has upheld Rs. 1.37 crore in compensation to a woman entrepreneur whose hotel lease was wrongfully cancelled, stating that illegal termination of lease resulted in losses to the extent of Rs.1,37,57,009/.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar held that the Arbitral tribunal was justified in awarding the amount towards the financial loss suffered by the...

'Fake' Degree Row : Allahabad HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Criminal Case Against Dy CM Keshav Maurya

The Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a petition seeking the registration of a criminal case against Senior BJP Leader and Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya over allegations of submitting fake educational degrees while contesting elections and obtaining a petrol pump dealership. The bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh rejected the plea filed by Diwakar...

POSH Act Won't Apply To Sexual Harassment Complaints Of Women Advocates To Bar Council Against Other Lawyers : Bombay High Court

The Court said that there is no employer-employee relationship between bar councils and advocates.

Threatens National Security: Gujarat High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused Of Sharing Sensitive Info On Border Areas To Alleged ISI Agent

The Gujarat High Court recently denied bail to a man accused of spying and sharing confidential details about the Indian Army to an alleged ISI agent stated to be residing in Pakistan who allegedly posed as a woman having a Facebook account in the name of Poonam Sharma. In doing so the court observed that material suggests a "larger conspiracy involving ISI agents" posing a threat to...

Child Of Inter-Caste Parents, Raised Alone By Backward-Caste Parent Can Be Considered 'Backward' Only If He Faced Caste Bias: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has dismissed a student's plea seeking a caste validity certificate under the Scheduled Caste category based on his mother's caste, holding that there was no material to show he suffered any discrimination, deprivation, or disadvantage to warrant such recognition.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Dr. Neela Gokhale was hearing a writ petition filed by...