'Resignation During Pendency Of Inquiry Or Investigation Is Generally Not Accepted', Delhi High Court

A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur while dismissing the Petition of an Army Officer held that resignation during the pendency of inquiry or investigation could generally not be accepted regardless of whether the Petitioner was suspended or not. Observing that being unauthorizedly absent from duty reflect poorly on the...

Punjab Govt Defers Civic Body Polls In Certain Wards After Plea Before HC Alleges Snatching Of Nomination Papers In Front Of Police

The Punjab Government today deferred the Municipal Corporation elections in certain wards of Patiala and Dharamkot district after a plea before the Punjab and Haryana High Court was filed alleging snatching of nomination papers in front of police.During the hearing, petitioners shown the videos where it was clearly seen that some police men were standing when nomination papers of women...

'Judicial Time & Resources Abused': Punjab & Haryana HC Imposes Rs.5 Lakh Cost On Litigant For Supressing Facts, Filing Repeated Pleas

The Punjab & Haryana High Court imposed a cost of Rs.5 lakh on litigant who repeatedly abused the process of court by filing successive pleas and suppressed “crucial fact.”The plea was filed challenging the resumption order of a land which was allotted to the petitioner subject to certain conditions. The Court found that the petitioner did not full fill the conditions and filed...

Karnataka HC Grants Interim Bail To BJP's CT Ravi Arrested For Allegedly Using Derogatory Words Against Female Congress Leader

The Karnataka High Court on Friday (December 20) granted interim bail and directed immediate release from custody of BJP Legislator C T Ravi, who was arrested for allegedly using derogatory words against Congress Legislator Laxmi Hebbalkar inside the State Council, at Belagavi. Justice M G Uma heard the bail application filed by Ravi and passed the order. It said “I am of the opinion that...

'Frivolous Petition': Bombay HC Slaps ₹1 Lakh Cost On Lalit Modi For Asking BCCI To Pay ₹10 Crore On His Behalf To ED In FEMA Case

The Bombay High Court on Thursday imposed of cost of Rs 1 lakh on former chief of the Indian Premiere League (IPL) Lalit Modi for filing 'misconceived' petition seeking directions to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to pay on his behalf the penalty of Rs 10.65 crores imposed on him by the ED for violating the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).A division bench of...

Can't Expect Law Students Who Failed IPC Paper, To Appear For BNS Paper In Supplementary Exams Which Has Never Been Taught: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court has clarified that law students who have already attended classes for Indian Penal Code and have failed in the examination, it cannot be expected that those students take up the examination for Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which has never been taught to them in the course structure.Justice Suraj Govindaraj held thus while quashing a notification issued by the Karnataka...

Prima Facie Disturbed Harmony In Society: Delhi HC Refuses To Quash FIR Against DU Professor Over Post Relating To Gyanvapi Mosque

The Delhi High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against Ratan Lal, a professor of history at Delhi University, over a social media post in relation to the controversy regarding Gyanvapi Mosque prima facie observing that he had created disturbance of harmony in the society. In 2022, posted on Twitter and Facebook regarding the presence of Shiva Linga like structure found in...

GST | Delhi HC Orders Refund Of Service Tax Paid On Ocean Freight, Cites Gujarat HC Judgment Declaring It Unconstitutional

The Delhi High Court on Thursday ordered the GST Department to refund the service tax paid by certain importers on ocean freight (transportation of goods by vessel). In doing so, a division bench Justices Yashwant Varma and Dharmesh Sharma cited the Gujarat High Court's judgment in M/s Sal Steel Ltd. & Anr. vs. Union of India (2019) where it was declared that levy of service tax...

Delhi Riots UAPA Case: High Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam On January 07

The Delhi High Court will hear on January 07, 2025, the bail pleas filed by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and other accused persons in connection with the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy related to the 2020 North-East Delhi riots.A division bench comprising of Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur adjourned the matter after SPP Amit Prasad appearing for Delhi Police,...

'Hospitals Temples Of Modern Society': Kerala HC Calls For Restrictions While Granting Bail For Criminal Trespass/ Vandalism In Hospitals

The Kerala High Court has stated that restrictions have to be imposed while granting bail to persons who are alleged of committing offences under Kerala Healthcare Service persons and Healthcare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act 2012 for criminally trespassing and causing destruction to hospital building or hospital materials.The Court by relying...

Sending Voice Sample In Graft Case For Analysis To Private Lab Instead Of Govt Forensic Science Lab Affects Rights Of Accused: Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court upheld a trial court order discharging a public servant of graft charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act as the Lokayukta police sent the voice sample of the conversation between the official and the complainant wherein he allegedly demanded a bribe, to a private agency instead of sending it to government Forensic Science Laboratory for analysis.The court said...

Formula-E Race "Scam": Telangana HC Grants Interim Protection From Arrest To BRS's KT Rama Rao Till December 30

The Telangana High Court in an interim order on Friday (December 20) has granted protection from arrest to BRS MLA KT Rama Rao till December 30, in an FIR over alleged irregularities in the conduct of Formula-E race in Hyderabad when BRS was in power. Issuing notice to the state and asking them to file their response, Justice N V Shravan Kumar while dictating the interim order said, "For...