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Ad Tax Cannot Be Imposed On Educational Institutions For Putting Up Non-Commercial Signages On Their Property: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has set aside an advertisement tax demand notice issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to an educational institution for displaying non-commercial signage and boards on its own property.Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus while allowing the petition filed by BS Gupta, Secretary of Gupta Education Trust, who had challenged the legality/validity...
Advocate-Client Relationship Is Contractual, Writ Petition For Recovery Of Fees Not Maintainable: Madhya Pradesh High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, recently, dismissed a writ petition filed by an advocate under Article 226 of the Constitution, seeking directions for the clearance of his professional bills pending since 2017. The petitioner had appeared as counsel in various petitions on behalf of the State Agricultural Marketing Board and Mandi Samiti and claimed that despite repeated reminders, the respondents failed to release his payments, especially during the pandemic period. The bench of...
Gujarat High Court Directs No Coercive Steps Against Congress Leader Booked For Alleged Objectionable Facebook Post On 'Operation Sindoor'
The Gujarat High Court directed the State not to take any coercive steps against Congress leader Rajesh Soni booked in an FIR for allegedly making a Facebook post which is stated to have questioned the "credibility of the Indian Army" during “Operation Sindoor”.The court however said that the investigation shall continue and directed Soni to co-operate with the same. The prosecution...
'Closure Of One Gate Is Not Obstruction': MP High Court Junks PIL For Access To Religious Sites In Khandwa District Hospital
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (July 02) dismissed a public interest litigation seeking directions to the Government District Hospital in Khandwa to allow open access to the general public to visit Hazrat Syed Chand Shah Wali Mazad and a Shiv Temple, which are situated within the hospital premises. The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay...
P&H High Court Closes PIL Against Use Of 'Chinese Dor' To Fly Kites, Notes Steps Taken By State To Curb Use & Reward Informers
Observing that the Punjab Government authorities had already initiated steps, including penalties and rewards for informers reporting incidents of death by use of banned Chinese Dor, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has disposed of the second PIL filed to curb the menace.A division bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel noted, "it is obvious that steps have already...
Delhi High Court Raps Civic Bodies For 'Complete Apathy & Insensitivity' Over Maintenance Of Public Toilets, Calls For Comprehensive Plan
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rapped the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for “complete apathy and insensitivity” over the issue of maintenance of toilets and public conveniences in the national capital. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela said it...
J&K High Court Stays Single-Bench Order To Repatriate 63-Year-Old Pakistan-Origin Woman Deported After Pahalgam Attack
A Division Bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court today stayed the operation of a repatriation order passed by a single judge bench, which had directed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to repatriate a 63-year-old Pakistani-origin woman, who was deported following the Pahalgam attack.The Letters Patent Appeal (LPA) titled Union of India vs Rakshanda Rashid Th. Falak Zahoor, 2025,...
Dignity Of Dependent Wife & Child Is Denied When Financial Support Is Delayed By Husband: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that the dignity of a dependent wife and child is denied when the financial support is delayed by the husband, underscoring that even a day's lapse defeats the very purpose of maintenance. “The very object of maintenance is defeated if its disbursal is left at the convenience of the earning spouse. Financial support delayed is dignity denied, and this Court...
'Arrest Cannot Be Mechanical, Dignity Must Be Recognised': Kerala HC Orally Remarks In Suo Motu Case On Conflict Between Lawyers & Police
The Kerala High Court has orally observed that arrest by the police cannot be a mechanical process, and that the police must take into account the circumstances in which an arrest in made, and maintain the dignity of individuals.Earlier, the court had constituted a committee to formulate guidelines to address the issue of conflicts between police and lawyers in the court premises. During the...
Kerala High Court Disposes Of Plea Seeking CBI Probe Into Alleged Karuvannur Bank Scam, Notes Ongoing Proceedings Before Trial Courts
The Kerala High Court has disposed of the writ petition that sought investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the Karavannur Bank Scam case.The writ petition was filed by a former employee of the bank seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged 100-crore bank fraud uncovered in Thrissur's Karuvannur Co-operative Bank. The petitioner sought CBI investigation as many...
Ensure RTI Information Is Provided In Modes Sought, With Adequate Safety Measures: Delhi High Court To Centre
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the competent authority of the Union Government to take measures and issue directions of frame Rules to ensure that the information under the Right to Information Act (2005) is provided in the mode sought by the information seeker, while also ensuring adequate safety measures. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar...