Can State Govt Use Existing Effluent Treatment Plant Of HIL Or Construct New Plant To Clean River Periyar: Kerala HC Asks Centre To Respond

The Kerala High Court recently directed the central government to inform the State Government whether it can use the existing Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) owned by Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL), whose operations were permanently shut down, if a ETP should be constructed, for which 75 cents of land has been sought from HIL on lease.The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran...

"Only Worried About Votes And Not The Voters": Calcutta High Court Slams State Over Lack Of Medical Facilities In Rural Areas

Calcutta High Court Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam on Tuesday took severe exception to the lack of medical facilities provided by the state government to hospitals in rural areas.While hearing a matter on a hospital in Mathurapur, where the number of ten beds had not been increased since 1976, the Chief Justice sitting on a division bench also comprising Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das)...

Madras High Court Asks Director Of Medical Education To Conduct Awareness Programmes To Update LGBTQ+ Issues, Include Speakers From Community

The Madras High Court has directed the Director of Medical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu to conduct awareness programs for updating the LGBTQIA+ issues based competency available in the medical education curriculum in all Government and Private Medical Colleges. The court also emphasised the need to include speakers from the LGBTQIA+ community to address theor issued and to...

S.187(3) BNSS | Default Bail Can Be Granted After 60 Days For Offence Punishable With Imprisonment Which May Extend To 10 Yrs: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has granted default bail under Section 187(3) BNSS to an accused in a drugs case, booked under Section 22(b) of NDPS Act punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years (maximum ten years punishment), after 60 days in custody.Section 187(3)(ii) of the Bhartiya Nagarik Surakhsha Sanhita prescribes that the Magistrate may authorise the...

Kerala HC Seeks Clarification On Elephant Booking & Transport Procedure Followed By Guruvayoor Devaswom For Temple Festivals After Death Of 3 Elderly Persons

The Kerala High Court has directed the Deputy Administrator (Livestock) of Guruvayoor Devaswom to file an affidavit before the Court outlining the procedure followed in Guruvayoor Devaswom for booking and transporting Elephants from Punnathur Anakotta for other temple festivals.The Court was considering the death of three elderly persons on February 13, 2025 during the temple festival...

DJS 2023: Delhi High Court Rejects Plea To Issue Fresh List For Viva Voce

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a petition seeking issuance of fresh or revised list of shortlisted candidates for viva voce for Delhi Judicial Service Examination, 2023. A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur dismissed the plea filed by a candidate- Shobhin Bali, while refusing to interfere with the results declared for the Mains...

Threat Of False Criminal Case Does Not Gain Status Of Abetment To Suicide Without 'Positive Act' Pushing Victim To The Edge: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court has held that a mere threat of implicating someone in a false criminal case, without any positive act that pushes the victim over the edge, would not be sufficient to attract the offence of abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC.Justice Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee held: "There is no material against the petitioners of such a nature that the victim was left with...

Adolescents Should Be Allowed To Have Romantic Relationships Without Fear Of Criminalization: Delhi High Court In POCSO Case

While dealing with a POCSO case, the Delhi High has recently observed that adolescents should be allowed to engage in romantic and consensual relationships without the fear of criminalization. Affirming that consensual and respectful adolescent love is a natural part of human development, Justice Jasmeet Singh said:“I believe that societal and legal views on adolescent love should emphasize...

'Inordinate Delay Made Trial Nugatory, Violates Article 21 Of Accused': Rajasthan HC Quashes 23-Yr-Old Tree Felling Criminal Case 'In Rem'

The Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court quashed 23-year-old criminal proceedings for offences alleged under Forest Conservation Act and the Rajasthan Forest Act, in rem against all accused persons including those who didn't approach the court, noting the irretrievable delay in the case which had rendered the trial nugatory.In doing so the court observed that the long pendency of...

'Not In Solitary Confinement': Bombay HC Dismisses German Bakery Blast Convict's Plea For Transfer To General Barrack In Nashik Jail

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday (February 18) dismissed the petition filed by Mirza Himayat Baig, one of the prime convicts in the German Bakery Blast Case, seeking a directive to the jail authorities to shift him from the 'Anda Cell' a high security risk barrack to the general barrack of the Nashik Central Jail. A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale held that...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [February 10-16, 2025]

Nominal Index [Citations 62 - 77]RENU SHARMA AND ORS v. HARYANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION 2024 LiveLaw (PH) 62RAMAN @ SONU v. STATE OF PUNJAB 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 63 Aaditya Sharma v. State of Punjab 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 64Amandeep Singh v. Preet Industries and Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 65Dhanna Ram v. State of Haryana Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 66Ravisan and others v. State of Punjab and others...

MV Act | Tribunal's Approach Insensitive, Found Small Inconsistencies To Throw Out Claim: Gujarat HC Quashes Order Rejecting Compensation

While quashing an order of the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) which had dismissed a claim petition, the Gujarat High Court observed that it was unfortunate that instead of "taking a holistic view" the tribunal had sought to fund minor inconsistencies to throw out the claimant's plea for compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act. In doing so the court observed that the tribunal had...