Calcutta High Court Declines APDR's Plea Challenging Denial Of Permission To Put Up Stall At 2025 International Book Fair

The Calcutta High Court has dismissed a plea by the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) challenging the decision by the Editors and Publishers Guild, denying them permission to put up a stall at the 2025 Kolkata Book Fair.Justice Amrita Sinha held that a writ challenge would not be maintainable against the Guild, which was a private body.The petitioners stated that they...

Customer Feedback On Social Media Platforms Like 'X' Acceptable Mode Of Registering Complaints Against Service Provider: Telangana HC

Telangana High Court has said that social media complaints cannot be viewed as lacking gravity as opposed to formal written complaints, adding that complaints/customer feedback on social media is a well accepted form of complaint registration and an ostrich stance cannot be adopted to not view such complaints seriously. Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya in her order said, "The...

Allahabad High Court Rejects Protection Plea Of Married Individuals In Inter-Faith Live-In Relationship With ₹50K Cost

The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a protection plea filed by a married woman, employed in the police department and currently on childcare leave, along with her live-in partner, who is also married to another woman and a father of a 12-year-old child, while imposing a cost of ₹50,000 on the petitioners. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar imposed this cost on the petitioners as...

Kerala HC Sets Aside Rule To Levy Additional Fee For Buildings Exceeding 3000 Sq Feet On Land Falling Under Conservation Of Paddy Land & Wetland Act

The Kerala High Court has declared Rule 12(9) of the Kerala Paddy Land and Wetland Rules framed under the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2008 levying a fee for the area of a building exceeding 3000 square feet proposed in lands falling under the Act as ultra vires.Justice Mohammed Nias C. P. directed that no such fee shall be demanded from the petitioners while considering...

Compounding Of Offences Allowed Under IT Act, HC's Inherent Jurisdiction U/S 482 CrPC Cannot Be Invoked For Quashing: Orissa HC

The Orissa High Court has refused to entertain a petition filed for quashing the offence under Sections 276(B) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, stating that the Petitioner-accused should have sought compounding of the offence. Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra observed, “In the present regime, where the compounding of the offence is permissible, the jurisdiction of this Court under...

Appointment Of Second Commissioner Without Assigning Reasons Violates Order 26 Rule 10(3) CPC: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court in a recent ruling has emphasized that appointing a second Pleader Commissioner without assigning reasons for ignoring the report of the first Commissioner violates the provisions of Order 26, Rule 10(3) of the Civil Procedure Code (CPC) and is to be condemned.Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, presiding over the case, criticized the lower court's decision, stating,...

Patna High Court Annual Digest 2024

Nominal Index [Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Pat) 1-133]Ajay Kumar Mahto vs The State of Bihar and Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Pat) 1M/s Flipkart Internet Pvt vs The State of Bihar and Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Pat) 2Ravi Shankar and Anr vs The State of Bihar and Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Pat) 3M/s Nav Nirman Construction vs The Union of India & Ors 2024 LiveLaw (Pat) 4Urmila Devi Jain & Ors vs. Ashok Kumar &...

Staying Criminal Proceedings Pending For 34 Yrs, Allahabad HC Seeks Affidavit From UP Govt Officials On State's Litigation Policy

On Friday, the Allahabad High Court stayed the entire criminal proceedings in a 34-year-old case against a man accused of rioting, taking into account the inordinate delay caused by the State/prosecution in concluding the case. A bench of Justice Saurabh Lavania also directed the Uttar Pradesh government's Director General (Prosecution) and Additional Chief Secretary (Home Department)...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 06 To January 12, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 8 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 27NOMINAL INDEXBonanza Enterprises v. The Assistant Commissioner Of Customs & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 8 Aditya Kumar Mallick vs Union of India and Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 9 Mr. Pawan Gupta & Anr. vs. Miton Credentia Trusteeship Services Limited & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 10 Akhil Bhartiya Dharma Prasar Samiti v. UOI & Ors...

Rahul Easwar Moves Kerala HC Seeking Anticipatory Bail In Complaint Filed By Actress

Rahul Easwar moves Kerala High Court seeking anticipatory bail in the complaint registered by Malayalam movie actress.Reportedly, Rahul Easwar made adverse comments against the dressing style of the actress while discussing the Boby Chemmanur case in news channel debates. Boby Chemmanur is currently in judicial custody in the case of sexual harassment filed by the actress.The actress through...

Karnataka High Court Permits Bangalore University To Conduct B.Com Examination As Per Original Scheduled From Jan 13

The Karnataka High Court, stayed the interim order passed by a Single judge bench, directing the Bangalore University to reschedule the B.Com examination of the first, third and fifth semesters that were scheduled to be held on 13.01.2025, 15.01.2025, 17.01.2025, 20.01.2025 and 21.01.2025. The single bench issued the direction in view of the schedule of the CA foundation examination and...

Date Of Receipt Of Corrected Award Would Be Taken As Disposal Date U/S 34(3) Of Arbitration Act, Even When Application U/S 33 Has Been Filed: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad has held that taking the date of receipt of the corrected award as the starting point and not as the date of disposal would actually go contrary to the plain reading of Section 34(3) of the Act. This will apply even in cases where an application under Section 33 of the Act has been filed. Brief Facts: The parties entered into...