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High Court Asks Delhi Police To Probe Incident Alleging Murder Of 'Sewadar' In Kalkaji Temple
The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Police to conduct investigation into an incident alleging that a “sewadar” was “brutally killed” within the precincts of the Kalkaji temple in the evening of August 29. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna issued notice on a plea filed by the deceased's brother and two eye witnesses of the incident seeking transfer of the probe from Delhi Police to...
Karnataka High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Second Petition Challenging Newly Enacted 'Online Gaming' Act
The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the Union of India on a second petition challenging the newly enacted Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025 which seeks to prohibit 'online money games' and offering of bank services, advertisements related thereto.Justice B M Shyam Prasad issued notice to the Union on the petition filed by K Anand and another.During the...
Safe Harbour No Shield: Chhattisgarh HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against Flipkart-Linked Delivery Staff For Delivering Knives Used In Murder
The Chhattisgarh High Court has refused to quash FIR against employees of Elastic Run– a logistics company providing delivery services to Flipkart, which delivered a prohibited knife that was subsequently used as a weapon for committing robbery and murder.The specific allegation against the employees of ElasticRun— Dinesh Kumar Sahu (Senior Area Manager) and Harishankar Sahu (Delivery...
Might Reconsider Decision Linking CLAT-PG Scores To Lawyers Recruitment: NHAI Tells Delhi High Court
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday told the Delhi High Court that it is likely to reconsider its decision making scores of CLAT-PG a basis for recruitment of lawyers.The submission was made by NHAI's counsel before a division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. The Court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by lawyer...
Wife Blaming Husband's Family After Setting Herself Ablaze Amounts To Cruelty: MP High Court Grants Divorce
The Madhya Pradesh High Court granted divorce to a man sought on the grounds of cruelty under Hindu Marriage Act(HMA), observing that his wife had "in a moment of despair" set herself ablaze and later blamed his relatives for the same without being able to provide any reliable evidence. In doing so the high court, while setting aside the family court order, observed that the wife also...
Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 1 to September 7, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 356 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 359]Sanjay Shirke vs Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 356Tivoli Investment & Trading Co. Pvt. Ltd. vs The Assistant Commissioner of Income-Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 357Nilangekar Taluka Eksangh Kruti Samiti vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 358Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. vs Inspector...
Two Lawyers Take Oath As Judges Of Allahabad High Court; Strength Rises To 87
On Monday, Advocates Amitabh Kumar Rai and Rajiv Lochan Shukla took oath as judges of the Allahabad High Court, raising the number of sitting judges to 87, including the Chief Justice.Their names were recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for elevation as judges of the High Court in March, 2025. Last week, Advocate Arun Kumar also took oath as a judge of the Allahabad High Court. Vide...
'Emotional Attachment' Of Child With Grandparents Is No Ground To Deny Custody To Biological Parents: Bombay High Court
A child's custody cannot be given to his grandparents just because there is an emotional attachment and the same does not confer any 'superior' right to custody over that of the biological parents, the Bombay High Court held on September 4 (Thursday) while allowing a father's habeas corpus plea to get the custody of his son. A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad noted...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 01 To September 07, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1050 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1068NOMINAL INDEXSharjeel Imam v. State & other connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1050 VIKAS VERMA v. DIRECTOR OF PROSECUTION AND ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1051 Himanshu v. TCNS Clothing Co. Ltd 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1052 AJAY KUMAR NAYYAR v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1053 X v. Y 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1054 Chetan v....
Is Governor Bound By Advice Of Council Of Ministers In Matters Of Remission & Premature Release? Madras High Court Refers To Larger Bench
The Madras High Court has referred to the larger bench the issue of whether the governor is bound by the decision of the Council of Ministers in matters pertaining to remission and premature release, and if so, what are the circumstances in which the governor could exercise discretion and take a different view from that of the Council of Ministers. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh...
Andhra Pradesh HC Allows Vishwa Hindu Parishad to Follow Traditional Route for Lord Vinayaka Immersion
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State authorities to allow Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) to carry out the procession of immersion of Lord Vinayaka idols through the traditional route, which was earlier altered by the State.The traditional route, which was followed for the past two-three decades, enabled the immersion to be made in a canal via Arts College, Srikrishna...