No Provision To Reject Appeal On Non-Appearance Of Assessee, Must Be Decided By Mandate U/S 250(6) Of Income Tax Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court stated that there is no provision of rejecting the appeal merely on non-appearance of assessee and the appellate authority must decide an appeal by strictly following the mandate contemplated under Section 250(6) of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The Bench of Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. observed that “evidently, going by Subsection 6 of Section 250, no other meaning...

BREAKING | Calcutta High Court Grants Interim Bail To Law Student Sharmistha Panoli In Offensive Video Case

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (June 5) granted interim bail to law student Sharmishta Panoli in her plea seeking urgent relief after she was arrested for posting an allegedly offensive video targeting Muslims in light of Operation Sindoor. At the earlier hearing, the court had denied interim bail to Panoli and advised her that freedom of speech doesn't mean that she could hurt...

Telangana High Court Quashes Gag Order Barring The News Minute From Reporting Private Firm's Alleged Role In IAS Officer's Daughter's Wedding

Telangana High Court quashed a 2022 ex-parte interim order passed by a local court, restraining various entities including Bengaluru based online news platform 'The News Minutes', from publishing content on the alleged involvement of Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd in clearing bills for the wedding of a senior IAS officer's daughter. The court passed the order in appeals filed...

Celebi Moves Gujarat High Court To Restrain Adani's Ahmedabad Airport From Taking Final Call On Replacing Its Services

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (June 5) issued notice on an appeal preferred by Celebi Ground Handling India Private Ltd challenging a commercial court's order which rejected its interim plea over termination of agreement for ground handling services at Ahmedabad International Airport operated by Adani group.A vacation bench of Justice Devan M Desai after hearing the matter for some time...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 25 to June 01

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 198 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 201]SSK vs ASK, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 198Celebi Nas Airport Services India Pvt. Ltd. vs Mumbai International Airport, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 199KSS vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 200SGT vs NST, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 201Judgments:Mother Hiring Maid To Look After Child Not Ground To Deny Custody: Bombay High CourtCase...

Named Arbitrator In Notice U/S 21 Of A&C Act Can't Pass Orders Without Consent Of Other Party Or Order Of Appointment U/S 11: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj has held that a person who is the named Arbitrator in a notice issued under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, cannot enter reference and pass orders without the other person consenting thereto or without an order of appointment of Arbitrator by institution or a Court under Section 11 of...

Kerala High Court Allows Transgender Parents To Be Shown As 'Parents' Instead Of Father Or Mother, Says Law Must Evolve With Society

The Kerala High Court while allowing the petition filed by the Zahhad and Ziya, the first transgender parents of the country, to change the description of them in their child' s birth certificate from father and mother to parents observed that the law has to evolve with the changes in the society“…the law cannot remain static, but it has to evolve in accordance with the changes in the...

Kerala High Court Issues Fresh Notice To Former MLA PV Anvar In Plea Seeking CBI Inquiry Into Phone Tapping Allegations

The Kerala High Court has directed issuance of fresh notice to Former Nilambur Member of Legislative Assembly PV Anvar in a Writ Petition (Criminal) that sought CBI investigation into an alleged case of illegal phone tapping.The matter was listed today and was considered by Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan. Advocate K.M. Firoz took notice for the former MLA, who is arrayed as the 13th respondent in...

Kerala High Court Stays Trial In Youth Congress Activist Shuhaib's Murder Case, Asks State To Consider Parents' Plea To Replace Public Prosecutor

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (4th June) stayed the trial of the murder case of Youth Congress Activist, Shuhaib before the Additional Sessions Court III, Thalassery. The order was made by Justice P. V. Kunhikrishnan in a petition filed by Shuhaib's parents and the witnesses in the case to appoint a special prosecutor to conduct the trial.Shuhaib was hacked to death allegedly by...

Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To 2 Men Accused Of Forcibly Reciting 'Hanuman Chalisa' Near Meerut Mosque

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday granted bail to two men, including a leader of Akhil Bhartiya Hindu Suraksha Samiti, who were held in March this year for forcibly reciting 'Hanuman Chalisa' near a mosque in UP's Meerut. A bench of Justice Raj Beer Singh granted bail to Sachin Sirohi and Sanjay Samarval who have been booked by the Meerut police under Sections 191(2) [Rioting],...

P&H High Court 'Deplores' Centre For Not Following SC Rulings On Ex-Servicemen Which Have Attained Finality, Burdening AFT With Cases

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has criticized the Union Government for its insensitive attitude towards the rights of ex-servicemen, observing that the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) is being overwhelmed with litigation due to the government's failure to comply with a Supreme Court ruling. Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice H.S. Grewal said:"We are daily finding ex-servicemen...

CBFC Can't Deny Certification Without Specifying Objectionable Portions :Madras High Court On Vetrimaaran's Tamil Film 'Manushi'

The Madras High Court, on Wednesday, criticized the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for denying certificate to upcoming Tamil movie "Manushi" without specifying the scenes to which it has objections.Noting that movie making was a part of right to free speech and expression, Justice Anand Venkatesh said that the Board would be putting the producers of the movie in great difficulty...