Atul Subhash Case | Allahabad High Court Grants Transit Anticipatory Bail To Accused-Wife's Uncle For Four Weeks

The Allahabad High Court today allowed transit anticipatory bail for 4 weeks to Sushil Singhania, the uncle of the estranged wife of 34-year-old Bangalore techie Atul Subhash, in connection with the abetment to suicide case. A bench of Justice Ashutosh Srivastava noted that denying interim protection to enable him to make a pre-arrest bail application before a Court of Competent...

Bombay HC Judges Visit Yerwada Prison In Pune: Ask Authorities To Take Care Of Prisoners' Mental Health, Identify 'Terminally Ill' Inmates

The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to consider proper implementation of an Advisory issued by the Union Government way back in 2010, to grant medical bail or to put in house arrest, prisoners, who are identified to be 'terminally ill.'A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan visited the Yerwada Central Prison in Pune on...

[Lawrence Bishnoi Jail Interview Row] HC Seeks Clarification Over DGP's Press Statement That Bishnoi Was Not Lodged In Punjab Prison During Interview

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Punjab DGP, to clarify on what basis he had given statements in a press conference that gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was not confined in Punjab Prisons during his controversial TV interview from jail.In March 2023, wherein the Punjab DGP reportedly denied that the interview of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi was from any jail in Punjab.After SIT...

Kerala HC Quashes Case Against Former MP For Allegedly Comparing Lawyers To Street Dogs

The Kerala High Court quashed the defamation case against former Ernakulam MP, advocate and lawyer, Sebastian Paul pending before the Taliparamba Magistrate Court for allegedly comparing the lawyer community with street dogs.The said statement was made in 2016 when there was a tussle between the lawyers and journalists in Kerala. The speech made by Sebastian Paul was reported by media....

Delhi High Court Summons Spicejet Limited's CEO, COO Over Non-Payment Of Dues To Lessors

The Delhi High Court has recently summoned the CEO and COO of Spicejet Limited over non-payment of dues to lessors - Team France 01 SAS and Sunbird France 02 SAS. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora directed the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Spicejet Limited to remain present in Court on January 16, 2025. “It is made clear that the request of the counsel for...

Delhi High Court Disallows Income Tax Dept From Adjusting Stayed Demand Towards Previous Refund Due To Nokia

Granting relief to telecom equipment company Nokia, the Delhi High Court disallowed the Income Tax Department from adjusting the outstanding demand raised against the company, towards a previous refund due to it. A division bench of Justices Vibhu Bakhru and Swarana Kanta Sharma pointed towards stay of recovery proceedings and said, “there is no allegation that the petitioner...

'Shocking Scenario': Punjab & Haryana HC Flags Trend Of Filing False Cases, Says Police Are Not Merely 'Postmen' For Forwarding Complaints

Flagging the rising trend of filing frivolous cases, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that the investigating officers are not merely postmen, who are there only to forward the complaints they receive to the Courts and to add "unnecessary pressure to the judicial system" and "ruin lives of citizens."Justice Alok Jain said, "A very shocking scenario is emerging whereby false...

Madhya Pradesh HC Orders Removal Of Registrar, Chairman Of Nursing Registration Council Due To Alleged Illegality In Recognizing Colleges

While hearing a plea on alleged irregularities and illegalities in the process of granting recognition to nursing colleges in the state, the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the state government to "forthwith" remove the Registrar and Chairman of Madhya Pradesh Nursing Registration Council (MNRPC).In doing so, the court said that there was "every likelihood" of...

'Word 'Kathmul**h' No Hate Speech; Justice Shekhar Yadav Spoke As A Hindu At VHP Event': PIL In Allahabad HC Against RS Impeachment Motion

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been filed in the Allahabad High Court against an impeachment motion submitted to the Rajya Sabha Secretary General by 55 MPs seeking the impeachment of Justice Shekhar Yadav over the speech delivered by him at Prayagraj on December 8 at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (Legal Cell). The PIL plea, moved by Advocate Ashok...

AAP MP Raghav Chadha Moves Delhi High Court Against Cancellation Of Govt Bungalow

Aam Aadmi Party MP Raghav Chadha on Monday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a letter issued by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat last year cancelling allotment of his government bungalow. The matter was listed today before a division bench comprising Justice Rekha Palli and Justice Saurabh Banerjee. Justice Palli recused from hearing the case and directed that the plea be listed before...

Members Of Charitable Society Running Private College Are "Public Servants": Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that the authority which can decide the grant of admission, collection of fees etc. of a private pharmacy college is a 'public servant' as defined under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act). The Court was dealing with an issue regarding the collection of the capitation amount.The Court noted that the admission and fixation of fees to the institution is governed...

Sleeping On Duty Is Misconduct; Employee's Past Service Record Relevant In Deciding Quantum Of Punishment: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A single-judge bench of Justice Sandeep V. Marne quashed a Labour Court's order directing reinstatement along with back wages to a worker dismissed for sleeping on duty. The High Court observed that while sleeping on duty was indeed a misconduct, the penalty of dismissal was disproportionate. It held that an employee's past record of service is relevant in deciding...