Madras High Court Restrains Internet Service Providers From Illegally Streaming “Happy Patel” Movie

The Madras High Court has restrained more than 30 internet service providers from illegally streaming the upcoming Hindi movie “Happy Patel Khatarnak Jasoos” produced by Aamir Khan Productions Private Limited. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy issued the interim direction in a plea moved by the production company. Noting that the irreparable injury would be caused unless interim...

MCD's Own Lapses Bar It From Withholding Dues: Delhi High Court Upholds ₹1.01 Crore Decree In Favour Of Contractor

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) against a decree of over ₹1.01 crore passed in favour of a contractor, holding that the civic body could not withhold payments when delays were caused by its own lapses.A division bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Anish Dayal observed,“The appellant themselves created the situation...

Mere Illness Of Family Member, When Condition Is Improving, Is Not Exceptional Ground For Granting Interim Bail: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (January 12), dismissed an application seeking temporary/interim bail, observing that the mere illness of a family member, especially when the condition is under control and improving, is insufficient ground to grant temporary/interim bail. The bench of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke observed; "mere illness of a family member, particularly when the...

PM Cares Fund Is Juristic Personality But Has Right To Privacy Under RTI Act: Delhi High Court Remarks

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday orally remarked that the PM Cares Fund, despite being a juristic or government entity, cannot be denied the right to privacy under the Right to Information Act. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia said that even if the Fund is a State, it does not lose its right to privacy merely because it is a public authority...

Right To Privacy Vs Regulation Of Pornographic Content: A Jurisprudential Dilemma

The regulation of pornographic materials is one of the most complex issues contested on today's social and political arena questions in contemporary constitutional law. Traditionally, such regulation was justified on provisions for regulating films in respect of grounds of public morality and decency. The right to privacy is also identified by some as a fundamental human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This approach to the treatment of mentally ill offenders is being reviewed...

Audi Alteram Partem at the Stage of Cognizance under the BNSS, 2023

A Right without Effective RemedyThe principle of audi alteram partem that no person should be condemned unheard is often invoked as a touchstone of procedural fairness. Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), courts have increasingly begun recording that the accused was “heard” before cognizance was taken. At first glance, this appears to mark a rights oriented shift in criminal procedure.Yet, a closer examination reveals a troubling paradox. The hearing now being afforded at...

Dead on Arrival: How the NSGA 2025 Risks Derailing the 2036 Olympic Bid

In 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi framed India's 2036 Olympic bid as the “age-old dream of 140 crore Indians”. With Ahmedabad now officially ratified as the host for the 2030 Commonwealth Games, the government is visibly leveraging its geopolitical capital to secure this crowning institutional achievement. Yet, the legislative cornerstone of this ambition—the National Sports Governance Act (NSGA), 2025—threatens to kill the bid before it even clears the first hurdle.By centralising...

Tribunal Can Remand Cases After Setting Aside Confirmation Order: J&K High Court Clarifies Scope Of Section 26(4) PMLA Act

Clarifying the scope of appellate powers under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA), the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that the Appellate Tribunal's power under Section 26(4) of the Act is of wide amplitude and necessarily includes the power to remand a matter to the Adjudicating Authority as a consequential and ancillary power when an order is...

Cheque Dishonour | Substitution Of Complainant & Accused Not Permissible At Appellate Stage: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that the names of the complainant and the accused cannot be substituted at the appellate stage by an amendment application as there is no enabling provision in the CrPC, specially when the amendment plea was moved 27 years after filing of the complaint. Justice Johnson John was considering an appeal filed by the complainant in a cheque dishonour...

'Deceitful Means' | Marriage Promise By Already Married Man Prima Facie Attracts Section 69 BNS : Allahabad High Court

In an order passed today, the Allahabad High Court refused to quash criminal proceedings against a teacher accused of maintaining a sexual relationship with his student for over a decade under the false promise of marriage.A bench of Justice Avnish Saxena noted that since the accused was already married when he entered into a relationship with the victim, the alleged promise to marry her...

MP High Court Issues Notice On PIL Raising Concerns Over Lack Of Maintenance Of Jabalpur's Chandrashekhar Garden

The Madhya Pradesh High Court issued notice on Monday (January 5) in a public interest litigation raising concerns over the lack of maintenance and irregular activities being conducted in Chandrashekhar Garden, located in Vijay Nagar, Jabalpur. The division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf directed; "Issue notice. Notice is accepted by learned counsel appearing...

Kupwara Consumer Commission Holds Oriental Insurance Liable For Deficiency In Service In Fire Insurance Claim

The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Kupwara, comprising President Peerzada Qousar Hussain and Member Ms. Nyla Yaseen, has held Oriental Insurance Company Ltd. liable for deficiency in service and unfair trade practice for failing to settle a legitimate fire insurance claim. The Commission observed that the insurer neither settled the claim nor repudiated it on valid grounds,...