'Strict Regulations In 5-Yr Law Course Have Helped Students Do Well Abroad': MP HC Orally Remarks In Plea Challenging BCI's Attendance Norms

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has orally remarked that whilst India has not always been at the forefront of global education, the strict adherence to high standards in the 5 year law course, regulated by the Bar Council of India, has helped student's go abroad and perform well in foreign law firms and academic courses.A division bench presided over by Justice Atul Sreedharan orally remarked,...

Right To Ply Bike Taxis Arises From Fundamental Right To Trade, State Can't Take Away Permit Granted By MV Act: OLA To Karnataka High Court

In appeals by various bike taxi aggregators such as Uber India, Rapido and OLA against the single bench order which upheld the state government's ban on plying of bike taxis in the state, ANI Technologies (OLA) has told the Karnataka High Court that such a move by the state violates the aggregators' fundamental right to trade under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution.Senior Advocate Arun...

BREAKING: Kerala High Court Upholds Order Cancelling KEAM Result; Dismisses State's Appeal

The Kerala High Court on Thursday (July 9) upheld a single judge's order which set aside the Kerala Engineering Architecture and Medical (KEAM) exam results.The court thus dismissed the state government's appeal against the order, adding that it was after considering the rival contentions that the single judge had "interfered with the government order" and disposed of the writ petitions...

Allahabad High Court Decries Threats To PIL Petitioners By Encroachers, Govt Officials; Takes Judicial Notice

The Allahabad High Court has taken judicial notice of what it termed an 'everyday malady' faced by petitioners who approach the Court by filing Public Interest Litigations (PIL) pleas raising complaints of encroachment. The Court observed that such petitioners are routinely browbeaten, often through physical assault or threats, by the encroachers themselves or, at times, even by...

MP High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Congress Worker For Allegedly Posting 'Ludicrous' Posts & Videos Against PM Modi

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, recently, refused to quash an FIR filed against Yadvendra Pandey for allegedly posting a controversial video and ludicrous photos on Facebook, concerning PM Modi. The complaint also alleged Pandey used 'scurrilous language' against the Indian Armed Forces. The bench of Justice Vishal Mishra referred to the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in the case...

[Income Tax Act] Amount Indicated In P&L Account As Provision For Doubtful Debts/Advances Cannot Be Treated As "Reserve" U/S 115JA: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has ruled that a provision for doubtful debts cannot be treated as either a "reserve" or a "provision for liability" under clauses (b) or (c) of the Explanation to Section 115JA of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and thus cannot be added back to the book profits for the purpose of minimum alternate tax (MAT). The Court accordingly overturned the addition of ₹2.49 crore made...

After State's Assurance To Clear Dues, Madras High Court Keeps Order Restricting TNSTC Buses From Plying On Toll Plazas In Abeyance

The Madras High Court has kept in abeyance its order restricting buses belonging to the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation from passing through four toll plazas on the National Highway in Tamil Nadu over unpaid toll arrears. Justice Anand Venkatesh has kept the order in abeyance for two weeks following a request made by the State government. Additional Advocate General J Ravindran,...

Compensation For Land Acquisition Payable Even Without Representation: Bombay High Court Upholds Corporation's Duty Under Article 300-A

The Bombay High Court has held that once a municipal corporation has assured landowners Transferable Development Rights (TDR) in lieu of land acquired for a public project, it is constitutionally and statutorily bound to honour the commitment. The Court quashed the Nagpur Municipal Corporation's 2024 refusal to confer TDR, directing it to issue the same as previously assured in 2001.A...

'Members Of Bar Work Like Soldiers': Allahabad HC Imposes ₹25K Cost On Gram Pradhan For 'Threatening' Lawyer

Observing that lawyers are working like soldiers under the very strained judicial system, the Allahabad High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 on the Gram Pradhan who threatened the petitioner lawyer with a case under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. While imposing a cost for speaking to the lawyer in a derogatory manner, Justice...

Purpose Of Punishment Not 'Endless Incarceration': Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Life Convict Seeking Premature Release

The Delhi High Court has granted relief to a man, convicted for life in 2003 rape and murder case of an 8 year old, whose plea for premature release was rejected by the Sentence Review Board (SRB). Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that while the crime committed by the convict was gruesome, but he was awarded life imprisonment for the same and had already spent 24 years in jail.“The...

'Jurisdiction Issue': High Court On YouTuber Mohak Mangal's Plea To Transfer ANI's Copyright & Trademark Infringement Suit From Delhi Court

YouTuber Mohak Mangal on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court seeking transfer of the copyright and trademark infringement suit filed by Asian News International (ANI) against him before city's Patiala House Court to the High Court.Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani heard the matter briefly and questioned if the transfer plea could even be heard by him, because as per the Commercial Courts Act,...

Kolkata Law College Rape Case | 'Satisfied With Kolkata Police Probe': Victim's Lawyer Tells Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday was told by the lawyer representing the female student who was allegedly gang raped in South Kolkata Law College, that the victim's family was presently satisfied with the Kolkata police's progress in probing the incident.A Division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De was hearing multiple PILs seeking an independent probe into the incident, as well...