Bombay High Court Judges Recuse From Hearing Plea After Advocate Levels Allegations; Issues Criminal Contempt Notice, Orders Enquiry

The Bombay High Court recently took strong objection to an advocate accusing the judges of acting "hand in glove" with the respondent and therefore, recused from hearing the case.The judges also issued a show-cause notice for criminal contempt of court to the said advocate and further ordered the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) to conduct enquiry against the advocate.A division bench...

Party Can't Blame Lawyer For Its Own Negligence Without Citing Any Proof: Rajasthan HC Upholds Dismissal Of Suit For Non-Appearance

While upholding rejection of an application filed under Order 9, Rule 9 CPC owing to the law of limitation, Rajasthan High Court held that a party could not be permitted to blame the lawyers for their negligence without there being any proof of the same.Order 9, Rule 9 CPC lays down the right of a party, whose suit was dismissed for default in appearance, to apply for setting aside the...

Balajiga Community Can't Be Classified Differently For Educational & Employment Purposes, State's Dual Standards Not Justified: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has held that a particular community cannot be classified for educational purposes under a different group than the classification made for the very same community for employment purposes under a different group.Justice Suraj Govindaraj said:"I am of the considered opinion that a particular class or category of persons cannot be said to be socially and...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: April 14 - April 20, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 141 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 146Nominal Index:Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 141 to Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 146THE MYSORE EDUCATION SOCIETY & ANR AND Babu P & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 141Divisional Controller AND Shyamala B. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 142Dr A A Muralidharswamy And State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 143J Ramesh AND M/s...

Marks Deducted For Typing Words Not Dictated: Chattisgarh HC Rejects Candidate's Plea Alleging Wrong Calculation In Stenographer's Test

The Chhattisgarh High Court has rejected a plea of a candidate who challenged his non-selection to the post of Stenographer on account of wrongful calculation of marks during skill test.A division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, held,“From perusal of the answer sheet of the appellant, it is quite vivid that the appellant has typed the word which was...

'Arbitrary': Rajasthan HC Orders Appointment Of Widow Who Was Denied Post Due To Pending Criminal Case Arising Out Of Matrimonial Issue

The Rajasthan High Court grants relief to a widow candidate who had successfully cleared the interview of the Rajasthan Administrative Services (RAS), but was denied appointment on the ground of pending criminal cases arising out of matrimonial discord.Justice Arun Monga held that despite pending criminal proceedings being a condition for ineligibility prescribed in a circular, the...

Audio-Video Recording Of Statement Not Mandatory: AP High Court Allows YSR Congress MP To Be Accompanied By Lawyer Before SIT

Disposing of a plea by YSR Congress MP P.V. Midhun Reddy for recording his statement in an investigation through audio-video means in his advocate's presence, the Andhra Pradesh High Court reiterated that recording of statement through such means is not mandatory and the discretion rests with the police officer. The court however permitted the MP to be accompanied by two advocates to the...

Madras High Court Reserves Orders On Pleas Challenging ED Search At TASMAC Headquarters, Verdict Likely On April 23

The Madras High Court has reserved orders on pleas filed by the State Government and the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation challenging the recent searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on the TASMAC headquarters on March 6 and March 8. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice K Rajasekar reserved the orders today after hearing Senior Advocate Vikas Singh for TASMAC. In...

Merely Liking A Social Media Post Doesn't Amount To Publishing Or Transmitting It: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that liking a post doesn't amount to publishing or transmitting it and would not be an offence under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act [Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form]. A bench of Justice Saurabh Srivastava observed that a post or message can be said to be 'published' when it is posted, and...

Lawyers' Associations Write To CJI Khanna To Reconsider Proposed Transfer Of Four Karnataka High Court Judges

Lawyers and various Advocates Associations in Karnataka have raised concerns about the proposed transfer of four Judges from the High Court to other courts in the country by the Supreme Court Collegium and have written to the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to reconsider the same.Recently the Supreme Collegium has recommended that transfer of seven High Court Judges–four of them from...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 14 – April 20, 2025

Nominal Index:Prof Dr. Nikhil D. Datar vs. State Of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 146High Court of Judicature at Bombay on its own Motion vs. MCGM and Anr & Access to Hope vs. Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 147SJK Buildcon LLP vs. Kusum Pandurang Keni & Ors, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 148Bholashankar Ramsuresh Dubey Versus Dinesh Narayan Tiwari and...

Home Guards Rendering Long Non-Rotational Service Not 'Volunteers' Anymore, Disheartening To See Exploitation By State: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court ruled that the home guards who were on non-rotational duty ever since their deployment without any break could not be considered as “volunteers” since the extraordinary longevity of their service had transformed their role from voluntary to de facto employment with the State.The bench of Justice Arun Monga further opined that despite relying so heavily on their...