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Bombay High Court Pulls Litigant For 'Dumping' On It Unverified, AI-Generated Submissions, Imposes ₹50K Costs
The Bombay High Court last week imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on a litigant for submitting a 'non-existing' judgment generated through Artificial Intelligence (AI) which the court and its clerks could not find and thus deprecated such practice of 'dumping' non-existing and irrelevant materials on the court. Single-judge Justice Milind Sathaye was seized with a dispute between two film...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Election Commission Directive Requiring Cooperative Bank Employees For Poll Duties
The Calcutta High Court has set aside a directive issued by the Election Commission of India (EC) that sought to requisition employees of Balageria Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. for duties in connection with the upcoming West Bengal Legislative Assembly elections, 2026. The petitioners, employees of the autonomous cooperative bank, challenged the communication dated 19th September 2025,...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Waqf Muttawalli's Plea Against Umeed Portal; Allows To Raise Grievances Before Authority
The Supreme Court on Friday (January 16) refused to entertain a writ petition filed by a Waqf Muttawalli alleging that there were technical glitches in the UMEED Portal of the Central Government for the uploading of the details of the Waqf properties.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi however, granted liberty to the petitioner to approach...
Legal Fellow (Male Candidate for Prayas Thane Centre) Vacancy At Tata Institute Of Social Sciences
Tata Institute of Social Sciences invites application for the post of Legal Fellow at Prayas, a field action project of the Centre for Criminology and Justice, School of Social Work, TISS, Mumbai on contractual basis. Name of the Post: Legal Fellow (Male Candidate for Prayas Thane Centre) No. of Post: 01 (One) Age Limit: 35 Years Remuneration: Rs. 30,000 per month (Approx) Essential Qualification and Experience · Candidate should have a LL.B. degree with Sanad for...
Supreme Court Stays Calcutta HC Judgment Disqualifying Mukul Roy As Member Of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court's judgment which disqualified Mukul Roy from the West Bengal Legislative Assembly under the anti-defection law.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi passed the interim order while issuing notice on a petition filed by Subhranshu Roy, the son of Mukul Roy, challenging the High Court's order....
CLAT Coaching Institutes Feud Over Claiming Mentorship Of Top-Ranker; Rajasthan High Court Stays FIR, Refers Case To Mediation
The Rajasthan High Court has stayed further investigation into a criminal case arising from a dispute between two CLAT coaching institutions over claims of mentoring a top-ranking student. The matter involves a minor girl who secured a high All India Rank (AIR) in the Common Law Admission Test.The First Information Report (FIR) alleged that the student's father attempted to leverage a...
IRCTC Scam: Delhi High Court Issues Notice On Rabri Devi's Plea Against Framing Of Charges
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice on a plea filed by Rabri Devi, wife of former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, challenging framing of charges against her in the alleged IRCTC scam case.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and listed the matter for hearing on January 19. In her plea,...
Landlord Is Best Judge Of His Residential Need; Courts Cannot Dictate Living Standards In Eviction Suit: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has reiterated that a landlord is the best judge of his own residential and business requirements and that courts cannot dictate how a person should live or prescribe a particular standard of accommodation. Dismissing a second appeal filed by a tenant, the Court upheld a decree of eviction on the ground of reasonable requirement under the West Bengal Premises Tenancy...
Supreme Court Signals Intention To Monitor Protection Of Neglected Heritage Sites In Delhi
The Supreme Court recently expressed its intention to monitor the maintenance and upkeep of Delhi's heritage archaeological sites, which have suffered neglect from the authorities.The Court was hearing a matter concerning the illegal encroachment on the Lodhi-era Shaikh Ali 'Gumti', a 500-year-old tomb of archaeological importance. The Gumti was illegally occupied by the Defence Colony...
Kerala Court To Hold In-Camera Hearing In MLA Rahul Mamkootathil's Bail Application In Third Rape Case
The Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Thiruvalla on Friday (January 16) allowed an application for in-camera hearing in the bail application preferred by Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil, who is charged with rape.Smt. Arundhanthi Dileep allowed the application.Mamkootathil was arrested on Sunday (January 10). Thereafter, on Tuesday (January 13), he was produced before the magistrate,...
PMLA | Gravity Of Alleged ₹2,862 Cr Fraud, Proclaimed Offender Status & Untraced Funds Bar Grant Of Bail: Calcutta HC In Prayag Group Case
The Calcutta High Court has rejected the regular bail plea of Prayag Group directors Basudeb Bagchi and Avik Bagchi in a money laundering case involving alleged defrauding of thousands of investors to the tune of over ₹2,862 crore, holding that the gravity of the offence, their status as proclaimed offenders, and the existence of massive untraced proceeds of crime disentitle them from...
Delhi High Court Urges DHCBA Lawyers To Make Donations To AIIMS To Ensure Shelter For Homeless Sleeping In Winter Cold
The Delhi High Court on Friday urged the member lawyers of Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) to make donations to AIIMS for constructing a bedded facility to ensure that shelter is provided to patients, attendants and their family members who are forced to sleep outside the hospital premises in the biting winter cold.A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice...