Rajasthan High Court Rejects Plea For Quashing FIR Against Police Constable Who Illegally Kept Seized Contraband For 4 Days

The Rajasthan High Court rejected the quashing petition by a police constable charged under the NDPS Act for unlawfully and illegally retaining opium recovered from an intercepted vehicles, for a period of 4 days.Terming it a “very unique case of unlawful activities and exercise of power by the members of Law Enforcing Authority”, Justice Farjand Ali observed that even having possession...

Calcutta High Court Issues Contempt Rule Against TMC Leader, 7 Others For Allegedly Heckling Lawyers On HC Premises

A three-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Justices Arijit Banerjee, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Rajarshi Bharadwaj has issued contempt rule against eight individuals, including TMC leader Kunal Ghosh for allegedly heckling lawyers outside a courtroom over discontent regarding a development in the recruitment scam case.Earlier, the Chief Justice had constituted a...

Sambhal Masjid A Protected Monument; Hindu Plaintiffs Only Seek Access, Religious Character Not Being Changed: Allahabad HC

Rejecting the Mosque Committee's plea against the trial court's November 2024 order directing an Advocate Commissioner to survey the Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid, the Allahabad High Court today upheld the trial court's order.With this, a bench of Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal opined that prima facie the suit filed by the Hindu plaintiffs - claiming that the Mosque was built in 1526...

₹20 Lakh For Admission In Mental Home: Punjab & Haryana HC Asks Admin To Apply Its Mind On Exorbitant Fee Structure

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has raised serious concerns over the exorbitant security deposit of ₹20 lakh being charged for entry into a mental health facility under the jurisdiction of the Chandigarh Union Territory (UT) Administration. The court has asked the authorities to "apply their mind" to the steep fee structure, as it "deprives admission into the said Mental Illness Home even...

Motor Vehicles Act | 'Excavator' Falls Within Definition Of 'Motor Vehicle' U/S 2(28): Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court, on 09.05.2025, held that an excavator, which is a “mechanically propelled machine”, comes within the definition of 'motor vehicle' under Section 2(28) of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (“the 1988 Act”)Section 2(28) enacts that a 'motor vehicle' or 'vehicle' means “any mechanically propelled vehicle adapted for use upon roads whether the power of...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Seeks Response On Plea To Regulate Slaughter Houses In Chandigarh

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Monday (May 19) sought response form the Chandigarh Authorities on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed seeking directions to constitute a committee to regulate slaughter houses in the city.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel issues authorities of Chandigarh.The PIL was filed by a resident of Chandigarh Jairoop Riar, seeking direction...

NEET PG 2025: MP High Court Permits Nine Foreign Medical Graduates To Appear In Exam Pending Decision On Increased Internship Period

While hearing pleas by graduates who completed MBBS from foreign universities against an order increasing internship period from two to three years, the Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order on Monday (May 19) permitted the nine petitioner foreign graduates to appear in 2025 NEET-PG Exam scheduled for June 15.A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf in...

'No One More Suited Than Her': Orissa High Court Appoints Wife As Legal Guardian Of Comatose Husband

Filling a legislative void by judicial intervention, the Orissa High Court has recently appointed the wife of a person lying in 'comatose'/ 'vegetative state' to manage his personal, financial, legal, medical and business matters as his 'legal guardian'.Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi not only called attention to the vacuum in the existing statutory regime regarding appointment of guardian...

Can't Tolerate Experimentation In Litigation: Kerala High Court Raps Party For Filing Case Without Disclosing Earlier Matter Seeking Same Relief

The Kerala High Court recently imposed an exemplary cost of ₹20,000 against the petitioner in a Criminal Miscellaneous Case for filing a second Crl.M.C. through another counsel while the first one, seeking the same relief, was still pending before the Court.Justice S. Manu passed the order while hearing the first Crl.M.C. filed by the petitioner in the case. The Public Prosecutor informed...

Centre Opposes Turkey Based Çelebi's Plea Against Revocation Of Security Clearance, Says Disclosing Reasons Will Prejudice National Security

The Union Government on Monday opposed before the Delhi High Court a plea filed by Turkey based company Celebi Airport Services Private Limited challenging the decision of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) revoking its security clearance in the "interest of national security".Representing the Centre, SGI Tushar Mehta submitted before Justice Sachin Datta said that disclosure of reasons...

Meghalaya High Court Grants Relief To Law Student Facing Attendance Shortage Due To Gall Bladder Ailment

The Meghalaya High Court recently granted relief to a third law student of Shillong Law College, NEHU by directing that the attendance of the said student be treated as regular and that he be assessed in the 5th semester examination in regular course. The law student (petitoner) was declared ineligible to take the exam because his attendance fell below the benchmark attendance requirement...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Expedite Process Of Issuing Guidelines On 'Accessibility Standards' For OTTs To Aid Persons With Disabilities

The Delhi High Court on Monday (May 19) directed the Union Government to expedite the process of issuance of guidelines on incorporating accessibility features in Over-The-Top (OTT) platforms for persons with disabilities (PwDs). Justice Sachin Datta passed the order while dealing with a plea seeking incorporation of accessibility features, audio description, same language captioning and...