Track Attendance, Sensitise About Speedy Trial: High Court Issues Directions To Punjab DGP Flagging Non-Appearance Of Official Witnesses

While flagging the repeated non-appearance of police witnesses which delays criminal trials, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a set of directions to the Punjab Director General of Police (DGP).Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul said, "the responsibility of police officials extends beyond the maintenance of law and order; it includes cooperating with the judicial process to ensure that...

Madras High Court Dismisses Netflix India's Application To Reject Suit Filed By Dhanush Against Nayanthara's Documentary

The Madras High Court has dismissed applications filed by Netflix's Indian entity - Los Gatos, seeking to reject the plaint filed by Dhanush's Wunderbar, in connection with alleged copyright infringement by Nayanthara, Vignesh Sivan, and others.Justice Abdul Quddhose also informed the parties that he would be hearing the interim injunction application filed by Wunderbar on February...

[S.12A Commercial Courts Act] Pre-Institution Mediation Is Intended To Encourage Parties To Use Litigation As Last Resort: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury has held that the clear intent of Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is to encourage parties to use litigation as a last resort and to resolve commercial disputes amicably, informally, cheaply and quickly under the process of mediation. Additionally, the court modified the interim relief to...

Asking Nursing Officer With Advanced Stage Pregnancy To Serve 500 Kms Away From Residence Violative Of Her Right To Health: Rajasthan HC

Rajasthan High Court ruled that posting a 30-week pregnant woman 500 Kms away from her residence despite being 100s of vacancies near her home was highly arbitrary and mechanical exercise or non-exercise of mind that not only violated her right to health but also her right to safe working conditions as well as right to livelihood under Article 21.“State is not only supposed to act as a...

Kerala High Court Expedites Trial In SFI Worker Abhimanyu's Murder Case, Directs Completion Of Trial Within Nine Months

The Kerala High Court has directed the Sessions Court to complete trial into the murder of Abhimanyu, a SFI leader who was stabbed to death in 2018 during a campus political rivalry at Maharajas College in Ernakulam.The direction comes in the plea moved by deceased's mother, stating that the case was pending for six years and there was no progress.Justice Kauser Edappagath ordered thus,...

Govt Must Assign Reasons For Keeping Any Post Vacant: Tripura High Court Asks State To Consider Promoting Female Jailor

The Tripura High Court recently directed the State Jail Department to consider promotion of a Female Jailor to the post of Deputy Superintendent under Home Jail Department, Government of Tripura as she has been serving as Jailor for the last 12 years and has not been considered for promotion till date.The single judge bench of Justice Arindam Lodh observed: “True it is that, promotion is not...

An Individual Can't Be Subjected To Preventive Detention Just Because They Participated In Political Rally Which Turned Violent: Bombay HC

Just because an individual participated in a political rally and the same turned violent later will not be a ground to initiate preventive detention process against them, said the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court while ordering the release of a man booked for participating in a rally demanding reservations to the Maratha Community. A division bench of Justice Vibha Kankanwadi and...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 20 To January 26, 2025

NOMINAL INDEX Neeraj Kumar v. Smt. Shradha Goel 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 20 Rekha And 3 Ors. vs. State Of U.P. And 2 Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 21 Alka Singh Chauhan v. Shakti Singh 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 22 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 23 Amar Singh v. State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy./Prin. Secy. Administration Deptt. Lko. And 2 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 24 Chandrakant Tripathi vs. State...

Maharashtra Govt Tells Bombay High Court It Has No Objection To Permitting Cross Gender Massages In Spa Centres, Will Issue Guidelines

The Maharashtra Government last week told the Bombay High Court that it has no objections to permit 'cross gender massages' in spa centres in the State and that it would soon come up with guidelines for regulating the operations of spas, massage centres, therapy and wellness centres.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale was hearing a petition filed by 11...

Karnataka High Court Stays ED Summons To CM Siddaramaiah's Wife In MUDA Case Till February 10

The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Monday (January 27) stayed the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife Parvathy, for her alleged involvement in the MUDA case.Justice M Nagaprasanna passed the interim order while hearing the petition filed by her and minister B S Suresha seeking to quash the complaint registered under the Prevention of...

'Violation Of Familial Trust': Allahabad HC Denies Bail To POCSO Accused For 'Illicit' Relation With Minor Sister-In-Law

The Allahabad High Court recently denied bail to a man booked under the POCSO Act, Indian Penal Code and Dowry Prohibition Act on the allegations of harassing his wife (complainant/informant) for dowry as well as for enticing away her minor sister and subjecting her to aggravated penetrative sexual assault. A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh remarked that the accused's alleged...

Can't Use 'Audi Alteram Partem' To Cure Self-Suffered Wound: P&H HC Rejects Plea By Electricity Firm For Allegedly Overcharging Residents

The Punjab & Haryana High Court dismissed a firm's plea which had challenged an order of the Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum (UHBVN) formulated under the regulations of the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) which had directed the former to provide electricity bill to the consumers showing clearly the energy consumed and tariff applicable following the regulations.The...