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'Manjummel Boys' Cheating Case: Kerala High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Producers, Directs Them To Appear Before Police
The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to producers of Malayalam movie 'Manjummel Boys' in an alleged cheating case regarding the production of the film.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas observed that a coordinate bench of the high court had already refused a plea for quashing the criminal proceedings. The Single Judge hearing the plea for quashing had observed that the...
Karnataka High Court Stays Health Department's Order Terminating 195 Asha Mentors
Karnataka High Court has stayed the operation of an order issued by the State Government on June 12, terminating the services of 195 ASHA Mentors.Justice Pradeep Singh Yerur issued notice on the petition filed by several affected ASHA workers and said, “There shall be stay of the operation of the impugned order dated 12.06.2025 issued by respondent No.3 vide Annexure-A till next date...
Madhya Pradesh HC Dismisses Plea Seeking Guidelines To Curb Allegedly Misleading News Reports Targeting Muslims
The Madhya Pradesh High Court last week refused to entertain a writ petition seeking preventive and prohibitory action against allegedly misleading news reports and publications targeting the Muslim community and Islam. Dealing with a writ plea filed by one Maruf Ahmad Khan, a bench of Justice Vishal Mishra said that the reliefs sought were in the nature of a Public Interest...
S.12A | Commercial Court Need Not Order Mediation If Civil Court Had Referred Parties To Mediation Before Returning Suit: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that Commercial Court need not refer parties to pre-institution mediation under Section 12A Commercial Courts Act, where suit was earlier presented before the competent civil Court which had initiated efforts for mediation but subsequently the plaint was returned on grounds of lack of civil court's jurisdiction.For context, Section 12A...
Delhi High Court Issues Further Directions On Tree Felling, Says Project Proponent Responsible For Maintaining Transplanted Trees For 5 Yrs
The Delhi High Court recently issued various directions to ensure that the standard operating procedure (SOP) on felling or transplantation of trees in the national capital be "implemented in an effective manner to achieve the desired objective".Issuing a slew of directions Justice Jasmeet Singh ordered that the DCF or Tree Officer shall be involved at the very stage of planning of a...
Kerala High Court Reserves Order On Plea For CBI Probe Into Alleged Phone Tapping Case Involving Ex-MLA PV Anvar
The Kerala High Court has reserved its orders on the writ petition seeking CBI investigation into the alleged case of illegal phone tapping by former Nilambur MLA P.V. Anvar (13th respondent).The petitioner, who is a business man, has alleged that Anvar illegally tapped his phone to take vengeance. According to the petitioner's affidavit, the ex-MLA has tapped the telephone conversations of...
'Fair Trial Denied; Docs Not Provided In Braille Script': Uttarakhand HC Orders Retrial Of Blind Rape Accused Who Got 20-Yr Jail Term
The Uttarakhand High Court last week set aside the conviction and 20-year jail term awarded to a visually impaired music teacher for allegedly raping minor school students as it noted that the accused was denied a fair trial since case documents were not provided to him in Braille script. “The failure and omission to furnish the documents in Braille script, which is...
Karnataka High Court's Acting Chief Justice Recuses From Hearing NLSIU's Plea Against Reservation For Transgender Persons
Karnataka High Court's Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao on Thursday (June 26) recused himself from hearing NLSIU's appeal challenging a single judge's order directing the varsity to provide 0.5% reservation to transgender persons in admission to courses.A division bench led by Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao after hearing the matter for some time, took note of the governing council...
Calcutta High Court Directs RG Kar Victim's Parents To Approach Trial Court Seeking Permission For Counsel To Visit Crime Scene
The Calcutta High Court has directed the parents of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar hospital to approach the Trial Court seeking permission for their newly engaged counsel to visit the scene of occurence, barring the seminar room where the incident took place.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh directed the parties to approach the trial court upon noting that the...
Evidence Act | S.106 Cannot Be Used To Fill Gaps In Prosecution Case Without A Firm Foundation: J&K High Court
Reaffirming foundational principles of criminal jurisprudence, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that Section 106 of the Indian Evidence Act cannot be invoked to fill material gaps in the prosecution case unless the foundational facts necessary to shift the onus are first firmly established.While acquitting accused Shamim Ahmad Parray @ Koka Parray and Mst. Gulshana,...
Kerala High Court Introduces E-Filing Services In Jails Enabling Prisoners To Digitally File Petitions & Appeals
The Kerala High Court has introduced e-filing facility in 57 jails in the state for filing jail appeals and other petitions/applications seeking judicial remedy moved by prisoners before the High Court.Till now, the jail appeals, filed under Section 424 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, and other petitions/applications were being prepared in the paper form. Thereafter,...