"Misunderstanding Cleared, No Point Continuing Differences": Mika Singh In Bombay High Court To Quash Molestation Case For Kissing Rakhi Sawant In 2006

After singer Mika Singh and entertainer Rakhi Sawant publicly made amends, Singh has approached the Bombay High Court to quash with consent the 17-year-old case against him for forcibly kissing Sawant twice at his birthday party in 2006.Singh states that Sawant’s allegations were a ‘misunderstanding’ and the scuffle thereafter between their friends was an “unplanned and...

S.265F J&K CrPC | Conviction Under Provisions Of Plea Bargaining Does Not Affect Character Antecedents Of Individual Seeking Employment: High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has recently ruled that conviction and sentencing of a convict by the trial court under the provisions of plea bargain as contained in Chapter XXII-A of J&K CrPC does not affect the character antecedents of an individual and hence cannot disable him from seeking a public employment. The observations were made by Justice Javed Iqbal...

Delhi High Court Upholds Validity Of Notifications Banning Manufacture & Sale Of Chewing Tobacco Products, Sets Aside Single Bench Ruling

The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside a single judge verdict which had quashed various notifications issued by Delhi Government’s Commissioner of Food Safety prohibiting the manufacture, storage, distribution or sale of Gutka, Pan Masala, flavoured tobacco and similar products in the national capital.Upholding the validity of the notifications, a division bench of Chief Justice...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Orders ₹5 Lakh Compensation To Family Of India-Pakistan War Martyr Over Delay In Land Allotment

The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently directed the Punjab Government to pay a compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs for making procrastinated delay in allotment of land to the family members of the deceased Indian Army Soldier who was martyred during the Indo-Pakistan war in 1971. The division bench of Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Kuldeep Tiwari observed: “…that the State...

AIADMK Moves Delhi High Court Seeking Direction For Updation Of Its Amended Bye-Laws With ECI

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and its interim General Secretary Thiru K Palaniswamy has moved the Delhi High Court seeking directions for updation of its records with the Election Commission of India.The matter is likely to be listed for hearing on Wednesday. Justice Prathiba M Singh, before whom the case was listed today, recused from hearing it. “Subject to orders of...

S.123 Representation Of People Act | Mere Allegation Without Any Cogent Documentary Evidence Does Not Constitute 'Corrupt Practise': Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court while dismissing an election petition, has held that a mere allegation without any cogent documentary evidence does not constitute corrupt practice under Section 123 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. A bench comprising Justice Vineet Kumar Mathur passed the above ruling while dismissing an election petition filed under Sections 80, 81, 100(1)(B)...

'Writ Of Quo Warranto Not An Appeal Over Academic Decision': Gujarat High Court Sets Aside Verdict Against GTU Associate Professor's Appointment

The Gujarat High Court has set aside a single judge bench's decision asking a person to vacate the post of Associate Professor (Management) in Gujarat Technological University (GTU) due to his alleged ineligibility for the said post. The division bench of Justice N. V. Anjaria and Justice Bhargav D. Karia observed: “In any view, writ of quo warranto is not an appeal over an...

Karnataka High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March, 2023 [Citations: 1-133]

Nominal Index [Citation 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 1- 133]Priyanaka R Patil v. Kendriya Sainik Board. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 1Ankit Kumar & others v. State of Karnataka & Others. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 2M/S. Provident Housing Limited v. Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority & ANR. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 3Latha Choodiah v. Sree Balaji H. 2023 LiveLaw (Kar) 4P Sunil Kumar & ANR v. State...

Ram Navami Hate Speech Case: Gujarat Court Sends Kajal Hindustani To 14-Day Judicial Custody

Right-wing activist Kajal Hindusthani was sent to 14 Day Judicial Custody on Sunday by a Court in Una after she was arrested by the Gujarat Police (following her surrender) in connection with the Hate Speech case. Her speech on the occasion of Ram Navami allegedly caused a communal clash in Una on April 1.After her arrest, she was produced before a court in Una which rejected her bail plea...

Karnataka Court Restrains Shimogga Based Restaurant From Infringing Trademark Of Bengaluru's Famous Vidyarthi Bhavan

A civil court in Bengaluru has passed a permanent injunction order and restrained a restaurant in Shimogga from infringing and using the registered trademark Vidyarthi Bhavan, which is a famous restaurant in Bengaluru. Additional City Civil Judge Padma Prasad passed the order and partly allowed the suit filed by M/s Vidyarthi Bhavan, through its partner S.Arun Kumar Adiga. It was said that...

'Prima Facie Ram Navami Violence Was Pre Planned': Calcutta HC Reserves Order In LoP Suvendu Adhikari Plea Seeking NIA/CBI Probe

The Calcutta High Court today reserved its order on West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea seeking a probe by NIA/CBI into the incidents of violence which took place in the state during the Ram Navami procession.The bench of Acting Chief Justice T. S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya reserved its order after hearing...

Kerala High Court Quarterly Digest: January To March, 2023 [Citations: 1-166]

Nominal Index Citations [2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 1-166]XXXX v. Union Of India and Connected Cases 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 1Sali M.N. v. State of Kerala & Ors. and other connected matters 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 2T. A. Abdul Sathar v. The State of Kerala and Ors. 2023 LiveLaw(Ker) 3Lt. Col. E.V. Krishnan & Anr. v. State of Kerala & Ors. 2023 LiveLaw (Ker) 4Laila Bhagaval Singh v. State of Kerala...