'Pvt Hospitals Treat Patients As ATMs To Extract Money': Allahabad High Court Denies Relief To Doctor Accused Of Medical Negligence

Observing that private hospitals/nursing homes have started treating the patients as 'guinea pigs/ATMs' only to extort money out of them, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by a doctor seeking quashing of a 2008 case initiated against him in connection with the death of a foetus allegedly due to delay in surgery. A bench of Justice Prashant Kumar noted that...

'Google India' Can't Be Sued For 'Defamatory' Content Posted On 'Google LLC', 'YouTube'; They Are Distinct Entities: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has observed that Google India Private Limited cannot be sued for alleged defamatory content posted or broadcast on platforms operated by Google LLC or YouTube, as these are distinct legal entities. With this, a bench of Justice Vijaykumar A Patil allowed Google India's writ plea seeking its deletion from a defamation suit pending in Bengaluru...

P&H High Court Seeks Govt's Response In Plea Flagging Lack Of Haemophilia Treatment In All Haryana Districts

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has sought response from Haryana Government on plea alleging that treatment of a rare genetic disorder—Haemophilia, is not available in all districts.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry noted that “The grievance of the petitioners is that treatment for Haemophilia is not available in all districts of the State of Haryana in terms of the...

'Neglect & Cruelty Towards Elderly Parents A Violation Of Article 21': Allahabad High Court Slams Sons' Conduct After Govt Assesses Compensation To Father

The Allahabad High Court recently came down heavily on the mistreatment of elderly parents, observing that cruelty, neglect, or abandonment of aged parents amounts to a violation of their fundamental right to life with dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution. A bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar stressed that it is both a sacred moral duty and...

Allahabad High Court Orders Status Quo On UP Govt's School Pairing Exercise In Sitapur Till August 21

The Allahabad High Court has directed that the status quo be maintained with respect to the Uttar Pradesh Government's ongoing school pairing exercise in Sitapur district till August 21. A bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Jaspreet Singh passed the order while dealing with an filed against the July 7, 2025, order of a Single Judge, who had dismissed writ...

Bombay High Court Imposes Hefty Costs Of ₹30 Lakhs On Two Litigants, Advocates For Restoring Petitions Dismissed In 2020

The Bombay High Court recently imposed a hefty costs of Rs 30 lakhs on two petitioners and their advocates for restoring their writ petitions filed in the year 2019, which were dismissed for not removing office objections.Single-judge Justice Kamal Khata imposed Rs 15 lakhs costs on Mahatma Phule Cooperative Housing Society (Proposed) and their advocates along with Rs 15 lakhs on Unity...

Madras High Court Appreciates TN Govt's Move To Include 'Economic Offender' Under TN Goondas Act

The Madras High Court has appreciated the Tamil Nadu government for bringing in a GO, including “economic offender” as one of the categories under the Tamil Nadu Goondas Act. The court said that the policy shift would strengthen the government's power to combat economic offences. “This Court also notes with appreciation that, vide G.O.Ms.No.68, Home Department, dated...

Mere Involvement In 'Grave Economic Offence' Not Organised Crime U/S 111 Of BNS: J&K&L High Court

Observing that the invocation of organised crime provisions under Section 111 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) requires strict compliance with the statutory prerequisites, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that mere involvement in a grave economic offence is not sufficient to attract the rigours of Section 111 BNS.A bench of Justice Sanjay Dhar has held that to bring...

J&K&L HC Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Grant Of Reservation U/S 3 Of J&K Reservation Act

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has admitted a fresh writ petition directly challenging the constitutional validity of Section 3 of the J&K Reservation Act, 2004, which provides reservation on the basis of population ratio for being contrary to Article 16 (4) of the Constitution. The petitioner has also challenged successive statutory orders which have inflated...

Delhi High Court Asks Saket Gokhale, Lakshmi Puri To Settle Defamation Case, Says Courts Already 'Over Flooded'

The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked All India Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale to settle the defamation case filed by former Indian Assistant Secretary-General to the United Nations, Lakshmi Puri, saying that the courts are already 'over flooded'. A division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said that the parties may have a meeting to...

Calcutta HC Commutes Death Sentences In Rape-Murder Case Of 5-Yr-Old Girl, Cites Convicts' Socio-Economic Backwardness

The Calcutta High Court has commuted the death sentence of two men, convicted for the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl. It had been alleged that the men had sexually assaulted the girl using a bamboo shaft and later strangled her to death.While noting that the possibility of reformation could not be ruled out, a division bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi held: "On...

State Pollution Control Board Can't Impose Environmental Compensation Upon Any Person Or Industry: Allahabad High Court

Recently, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court allowed 178 writ petitions and quashed the orders of the State Pollution Control Board imposing environmental compensation upon the petitioners. The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and Justice Subhash Vidyarthi held that the State Pollution Control Board has powers only to issue administrative directions and does not have...