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NEET-UG 2025: MP High Court Sets Aside Direction For Re-Test Due To Power Outage, Asks NTA To Ensure Proper Arrangements In Future
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Monday (July 14) allowed the writ appeals filed by the National Testing Agency against a Single Judge's direction to conduct re-test of the NEET-UG 2025 exam for candidates affected by power outage at the centres in Indore and Ujjain.However, the division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Binod Kumar Dwivedi further directed NTA, along with the...
Office-Bearer Of Govt Aided 'Social Or Cultural' Institution Is Public Servant Under PC Act: Kerala High Court
Dismissing a plea by the President of Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha (Kerala) against an order refusing to discharge him in a CBI case alleging illegal appointments in return for bribes, the Kerala High Court said that an office-bearer of a government-aided institute would qualify as a public servant under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Justice A. Badharudeen upheld the trial court's...
Gujarat High Court Directs Man Captured On Toilet Seat During VC To Deposit ₹1 Lakh By July 22
The Gujarat High Court on Monday (July 14) directed a man, who was captured seated on a toilet seat during online proceedings last month, to deposit Rs 1 Lakh with the court's registry by July 22. A division bench of Justice A.S. Supehia and Justice R.T. Vachhani while dictating its order said:"Pursuant to the order dated June 30 the registry has placed the report on record. The report...
Oil Companies Must Adopt Flexible Approach While Taking Land From Distributors If Defects Are Cured: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that oil companies must adopt a flexible approach when minor technical issues with the land offered for distributorship arise, especially when the applicant removes the defect in time.Justice G.S. Sandhawalia and Justice Ranjan Sharma: “The appellant had also removed the deficiencies as such of the electric wires over the land which is a much...
Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Case Against MD Of Hindustan Unilever Over Alleged 'Unsafe' Horlicks Biscuit Sample
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a criminal case registered against Rohit Jawa, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Unilever Ltd under Food Safety and Standards Act, after certain allegedly "unsafe" samples of Horlicks biscuits were purportedly recovered from a person's house. Section 51 states the Penalty for Substandard food as per which any person who whether...
Karnataka High Court Asks State To Report On Probe Regarding Alleged Encounter Of Migrant Labourer Booked For Murder
The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 14) asked the state government to file a status report regarding the investigation carried out in a case related to alleged police encounter of a migrant labourer from Bihar who was accused of killing a minor girl. A division bench of Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice C M Joshi said, “The respondent (AGA) is allowed to file a status...
Bail Cannot Be Granted Merely Due To Delay In Trial In Cases Involving Alleged Narco-Terror Links: J&K High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has reaffirmed that bail in cases under the UA(P) Act and NDPS Act is subject to strict legal conditions as these laws apply especially when the offence involves terrorism or narco-terrorism.The Court made it clear that delay in trial or long incarceration alone is not enough to relax these restrictions. If there is prima facie evidence of...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 7 – 13, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 389 - 413]Keerampara Service Co-operative Bank Ltd. v. The Income Tax Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 389Prof. Dr. K.S. Anil Kumar v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 390M/s Ginger Fashions Pvt. Ltd. v. Union of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 391Mediacloud Studio Private Limited v. The Assessment Unit, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 392Manjusha K.P v. State...
MP High Court Asks NTA To Consider Plea By IIT Aspirant Whose JEE (Advanced) Exam Was Disrupted By Technical Glitches
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on July 9, disposed of a writ petition filed by an IIT Aspirant, who alleged that a technical glitch in his computer hampered his performance in paper 2 of JEE (Advanced) held on May 18, 2025. While disposing of the petition, the court asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to consider the aspirant's representation. The aspirant claimed that the computer he...
"Wholly Misconceived": Gujarat High Court Rejects Challenge To Vires Of Land Grabbing Act, Warns Of Exemplary Cost
Dismissing a plea seeking a declaration that provisions of the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act 2020 be declared ultra-vires, the High Court on Monday (July 14) noted that the plea filed was a "wholly misconceived petition", noting that the validity of the statute had already been adjudicated by the court in its judgment last year. The court said this after noting that the...
Witness Statements Made From Documents Supplied By Police Can't Be Relied Upon For Conviction: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a witness's statement made only after seeing documents shown by the police can't be relied upon to uphold a conviction.Justice Rakesh Kainthla: “The statement of this witness shows that he did not remember the details of the documents, and he made the statement after seeing the documents brought by the police, which means that he was making...