'Elephants' Right To Quality Life Prevails Over Its Use For Religious Customs': Bombay High Court

In a conflict between the 'right to quality life' of an animal and the right of humans to use the animals, particularly elephants for religious rites, the former must be considered, held the Bombay High Court on Wednesday (July 16) while allowing the transport of an elephant - Mahadevi, from Maharashtra's Kolhapur district to an elephant sanctuary in Gujarat's Jamnagar district. A division...

S.138 NI Act | Another Forensic Expert Can't Be Appointed Till First Expert's Report On Signature Has Been Set Aside: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when a forensic expert's opinion has been brought on record and not been set aside, an accused can't insist on the appointment of another expert just because the existing report is unfavourable.Justice Rakesh Kainthla said: “Since the report of the Forensic Expert examined by the petitioner is still on record and has not been set aside,...

Aided Colleges Can't Compel Students To Participate In Religious Or Communal Activities Not Approved By Education Dept : Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has held that a aided college cannot compel its students to take part in any religious, communal or other activities which are not approved by the Department of Education. “No College Administration can compel the students of the College to participate in any religious, communal or other activities, which are not approved by the Education Department...

'Belies All Logic': MP High Court Restrains Institutes Recognized In 2025 From Conducting Paramedical Course For 2023-24 & 2024-25 Sessions

The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order on Wednesday (July 16) restrained institutes offering paramedical course which were granted recognition by the State Paramedical Council in 2025 to conduct academic sessions for years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. Observing that the institutes offering paramedical course for 2023-24 when they themselves came into existence in 2025 belied logic,...

Criticism Aimed At 'Vilifying' Institution Unacceptable: Kerala High Court Sentences Man To 3 Days Imprisonment For Derogatory FB Posts On Judges

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday sentenced P.K. Suresh Kumar to three days' simple imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹2,000 for making a series of Facebook posts containing "contemptuous and intemperate remarks" against sitting judges of the High Court.The proceedings, initiated suo motu by the Court, were presided over by Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice Jobin Sebastian. This...

Collector Can Review Its Administrative Orders Even Without Express Provisions Conferring Such Power: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that the Collector has inherent power to review administrative orders even in the absence of an express statutory provision, so long as the decision relates to administrative, not quasi-judicial, functions. The Court upheld a 2013 order restoring the names of two partners in a country liquor licence, which had earlier been deleted after the death of the...

Delhi High Court Orders Wipro To Pay ₹2 Lakh To Employee For Defamatory Remarks In Termination Letter

The Delhi High Court has expunged defamatory remarks made against the character of an employee working with Wipro Limited from his termination letter. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav also awarded Rs. 2 lakh compensatory damages in favour of the employee to redress the reputational harm, emotional hardship and loss of his professional credibility. “Further, a fresh termination letter shall...

Husband Can't Compel Wife To Share Mobile Or Bank Passwords: Chhattisgarh High Court

The Chhattisgarh High Court has observed that a husband cannot compel his wife to share private information, communications, personal belongings and even passwords of mobile phones and bank accounts.The Bench of Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey also observed that any such compulsion by the husband shall amount to infringement of privacy and would also potentially lead to invocation of the...

Vipanchika Death Case: Family Moves Kerala High Court Seeking Diplomatic Engagement With UAE For Fair Probe, Repatriation Of Remains

Maternal aunt of Vipanchika Maniyan, who along with her daughter was found hanging in their residence in Sharjah, UAE, has approached the Kerala High Court seeking a direction to the Central government to diplomatically engage with the competent authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and ensure a comprehensive, fair and transparent investigation.The petitioner has alleged that the...

'Reservation In PSU Contracts For SC/ST Contractors Does Not Violate Article 14': Bombay High Court Upholds BPCL Tender Conditions

The Bombay High Court has upheld the validity of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.'s (BPCL) tender conditions that provide for reservations and concessions to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) bidders in petroleum transport contracts, holding that affirmative action need not be restricted to public employment alone.A division bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep...

MP High Court Mandates Photography Of Victims' Injuries To Combat Trend Of Invoking 'Petty' Sections Even In Serious Cases

While noting a "recurring pattern adopted by police officers" across Madhya Pradesh where even in serious injuries to complainants cases were stated to be lodged under "petty sections", the High Court directed that in "all cases of injuries" police officers and doctors shall take photographs of the injured parties. The court passed the order while hearing an anticipatory bail plea of...

Party Cannot Be Compelled To Undergo Medical Examination To Facilitate Adversary In Proving Case: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has rejected a request to conduct a medical examination of the elderly woman defendant on the ground that the Court cannot direct a party to undergo a medical examination unless the Court finds it absolutely necessary to determine the core question in controversy. The Court held that when there are serious disputes and conflicting allegations over a defendant's...