Anantnag District Court Judges, Staff Visit Flood-Hit Court Complex On Boat To Preserve Records, Files

The District Court complex in Anantnag was inundated with floodwater on Tuesday, raising grave concerns over the preservation of vital judicial records.The District & Sessions Judge Mr. Tahir Khurshid Raina visited the spot to supervise the shifting of case files and court records from the ground floor to safer locations. Before arriving himself, the District Judge had already dispatched...

Poor Air Connectivity Hampers Lawyers' Access To HC Benches And Supreme Court: Law Student Tells MP High Court

In the ongoing PIL seeking to increase air connectivity to Jabalpur, the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday (August 28) allowed an intervention application filed by a final year law student highlighting the difficulties faced by lawyers and litigants due to poor flight connectivity from Jabalpur to its benches at Indore and Gwalior, as well as to the Supreme Court in Delhi.In his plea, the...

Statutory Rules Cannot Be Overridden By Recommendations: J&K&L High Court Denies Plea By Co-operative Employees For Enhanced Retirement Age

The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that the retirement age of employees of Cooperative Societies remains 58 years under SRO 233 of 1988, and cannot be enhanced to 60 years merely on the strength of draft proposals or departmental recommendations.Dismissing two appeals filed by Cooperative employees, a Division Bench of Justices Sindhu Sharma and Shahzad Azeem held...

P&H High Court Directs Counselling Of Minor Girl Allegedly In Mother's Illegal Custody At "Infamous" Dera Sacha Sauda Ashram

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed that a minor girl, allegedly held in the illegal custody of her mother within the premises of Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa, be provided with immediate counselling by the PGIMER, Chandigarh.Justice Subhas Mehla said, "Counselling of the minor child with regard to the custody issue be conducted. A counselling schedule shall be formulated and the same...

Cross Border Smuggling On Rise: P&H High Court Calls For Coordination With MEA In NDPS Cases Involving Foreign Nationals

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recommended that investigating agencies share the gist of their findings against foreign nationals accused under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act involving significant drug quantity, with the Ministry of External Affairs.The bench noted that, "the Court's dockets have ever-increasing cases under the NDPS Act, 1985, and these days,...

Supreme Court Asks HC To Decide If Bank Or EPFO Gets First Charge Over Defaulter's Assets

The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka High Court to adjudicate the critical question of who holds priority over the proceeds from the sale of a defaulter's assets, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), claiming provident fund dues under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (PF Act), or secured financial creditors enforcing recovery under...

"Disappointed" With TN Govt's Response, Madras High Court Constitutes SIT To Probe Illegal Organ Trafficking In State

The Madras High Court has set up a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to conduct investigation into the allegations of human organ transplantation racket in the State, including kidney transplants. Noting that the State's response was "disappointing", the bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice G Arul Murugan has said that the SIT will be monitored by the Madurai bench...

No Injunction Can Be Granted Against Defendant Using Their Name As Trademark Even In Cases Of Passing Off: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that “no injunction can be granted even in the case of passing off against a defendant, restraining the use by her, or him, of her, or his, own name.”The division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla in this regard cited Section 35 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 which proscribes any injunction being granted against the use by the defendants...

Karnataka High Court To Hear On August 30 Plea Against Centre's New Law Banning 'Online Money Games'

The Karnataka High Court will hear on Saturday (August 30) plea by online gaming company Head Digital Works–which operates 'A23 Rummy'–challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025, which seeks to prohibit 'online money games' and offering of bank services, advertisements related thereto.The plea was mentioned on Thursday (August 28) before a bench of Justice B M...

GST Dept Can't Probe Misuse Of GSTIN By Third Party, Power Lies With Economic Offences Wing: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that allegations of misuse of a trader's GST identification number by a third party cannot be probed by the GST Department.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“Section 132 of the CGST Act, 2017 provides for certain offences which the GST Department can take cognizance of. However, the allegation here is that the...

Kerala High Court Quashes RDO's Order Allowing Conversion Of Lulu Hypermarket Thrissur Land Under Paddy Land Act; Orders Fresh Decision

The Kerala High Court has quashed Revenue Divisional Officer's orders (RDO) reclassifying land owned by Lulu Hyper Market Pvt. Ltd. in Thrissur, observing that statutory procedure under Kerala Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act had not been properly followed.It thus directed a fresh evaluation of the land. Justice Viju Abraham issued the judgment while disposing of two connected...

Young Professional (Legal Background) Vacancy At Directorate General (DG) Division, Ministry Of Civil Aviation

Ministry of Civil Aviation invites application for the post of Young Professional (Legal Background) to be engaged in the Directorate General (DG) Division in the Ministry of Civil Aviation on contractual basis.Name of the Post: Young Professional (Legal Background) No. of Post: 01 (One) Age Limit: 21-32 Years Remuneration: Graduation or equivalent - Rs. 50,000/- (all inclusive per month) Post-Graduation or equivalent - Rs. 54, 000/- (all inclusive per month) Essential Qualification and...