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'Recurring Issue': Bombay High Court Questions Whether FSSAI Or Customs Should Draw Samples For Testing Imported Food
The Bombay High Court has observed that the issue of whether samples of imported food items should be drawn by authorised officers appointed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) or by Customs Officers and sent to the Central Revenues Control Laboratory (CRCL) is a recurring one. The Court, therefore, directed the Revenue Authority to file its stand on the issue. A...
Retired Judges Appointed In Central Industrial Tribunals Can't Claim Pay Parity With Other Tribunal Members : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 12) dismissed a writ petition filed by ex-judicial officers, who were re-employed as Presiding Officers of Central Government Industrial Tribunals-cum-Labour Courts, seeking pay scales equivalent to those granted to other National Tribunals under the 6th Pay Commission recommendations. A bench of Justice SVN Bhatti and Justice NV Anjaria justified...
Appeal Not Maintainable Against Order Closing Contempt Case On Recording Compliance: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that an appeal under Section 19 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 is maintainable only against an order or decision of the High Court passed in exercise of its jurisdiction to punish for contempt, that is, an order imposing punishment for contempt. In doing so, the Court held that an order closing contempt proceedings after recording compliance with...
Composite Appeal Against Common Judgment In Suits By Same Plaintiff Is Maintainable: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (August 12) held that a composite appeal against a common judgment passed in the suits filed by the same plaintiff would be maintainable. A bench of Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice Atul S. Chandurkar set aside the Karnataka High Court's judgment, which had interfered with the First Appellate Court's decision to entertain a composite appeal filed by the...
Kerala High Court Seeks State's Response On Teacher's Plea Suspended For Framing Quiz Question On VD Savarkar
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (August 13) sought the State's response to a plea by Guruprasad Rai K., a teacher who was suspended for including V.D. Savarkar's name in a quiz on freedom fighters.Justice Viju Abraham granted time till Monday (August 17) for the government pleader to take instructions in the matter and to apprise the Court about reasons for suspension.According to the...
Before Criminalising Disrespect To Vande Mataram, Parliament Must Define The Offence
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has introduced the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill proposes to insert the words "or the National Song" into Section 3 of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, making it punishable with imprisonment of up to three years to "intentionally prevent" the singing of the National Anthem or the National Song, or to "cause disturbance" to an assembly engaged in such singing.The amendment...
No Disciplinary Proceedings To Terminate Aided School Teacher Who 'Abandoned' Service To Continue Foreign Job: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently clarified that there is no need for disciplinary proceedings to terminate an aided school teacher, who refused to rejoin service even after the expiry of sanctioned leave in order to continue foreign employment. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 443]Justice Harisankar V. Menon observed that disciplinary proceedings are not required in such cases since refusal to rejoin...
Electrocution Deaths Attract Strict Liability On Electricity Boards, Not Absolute Liability: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ruled that electricity authorities can be held strictly liable for deaths or injuries caused by electrocution, but such liability cannot be treated as absolute liability without exceptions.A bench of Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Nongmeikapam Kotiswar Singh set aside the concurrent orders of the Single and Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court, which had imputed...
IPL Betting Case | Parity Can't Be Applied Mechanically To Quash Proceedings Against Co-Accused: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to quash a cheating FIR against a man over alleged betting in IPL matches, noting that the accused's plea for parity with co-accused against whom FIR was quashed, cannot be applied mechanically when the evidence against the accused needs independent evaluation. [2026 LiveLaw (MP) 322]The counsel for the petitioner had argued that the FIR and...