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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...
SARFAESI Action For Debt Below ₹20 Lakh? P&H High Court Stays Dispossession From Sole Residential House
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued notice of motion and directed that borrowers shall not be dispossessed from their residential house till the next date of hearing, in a petition challenging recovery proceedings initiated under the SARFAESI Act, 2002 by a Non-Banking Financial Company in respect of a secured debt of less than ₹20 lakh.Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri and Justice...
Teacher-Student Ratio Norms Under RTE Act Can't Be Invoked To Challenge Teachers' Transfer Policy: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that teachers have no inherent right of transfer under any statute, and that such rights as they have in the matter arise only from the transfer policy itself.It held that a district-wise Pupil-Teacher-Ratio (PTR) list prepared by the State only to work its policy for inter-district transfer of basic school teachers has nothing to do with the mandate of The...
Bombay High Court Pulls Up CIDCO For 'Obstinate Approach' To Avoid Land Acquisition Compensation Payment
The Bombay High Court has expressed its displeasure at the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (CIDCO) for attempting to avoid payment of compensation to the petitioners. The Court treated the assurance of payment given by the CIDCO as an undertaking given to the Court and directed the State authorities to disburse the amount to the petitioners.A Division Bench...
Commercial Auction | Buyer Must Inspect Site Before Bidding; Can't Later Object Over Location Or Construction Impediments: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that an investor must be conscious of entire transaction when a commercial plot is bought on “as is where is” basis. It held that physical verification of the site is reasonably expected of a prudent person when plot is being bought through auction.The bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Kunal Ravi Singh held,“When the commercial plots...
Conflicting Time Limits In E-Auction Catalogue Must Be Harmonised To Uphold Transaction, Not Void It: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that where two conditions of an e-auction catalogue prescribe conflicting time limits for payment by the highest bidder, they must be interpreted harmoniously in a manner which upholds the transaction rather than voids it. The dispute turned on two conditions of the catalogue issued by the Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority (UPSIDA)...
Supreme Court Asks UPSC To Defer Odisha DGP Selection
The Supreme Court on Thursday (August 13) directed the Union Public Service Commission not to finalise the selection of the Director General of Police of the State of Odisha till August 18, when a petition challenging the DGP selection process will be considered by the Court.The Court asked the UPSC to defer the meeting, which was reportedly slated to happen today, till the next...
P&H High Court Explains When Second Anticipatory Bail Plea Can Succeed
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has explained that although a second or successive anticipatory bail petition is maintainable in law, it can succeed only where the applicant demonstrates a substantial change in circumstances. A mere superficial or ostensible change, including the subsequent creation of a document, would not suffice, Justice Sumeet Goel held.The bench thus dismissed a...
Passing Erroneous Quasi-Judicial Order Without Mala Fides, Corruption Not Misconduct: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has set aside the disciplinary proceedings and the penalty imposed on a retired officer of the Rajasthan Administrative Service, who was accused of passing a wrongful decree in a tenancy suit and erroneous exercise of jurisdiction, opining that an alleged erroneous quasi-judicial order was not misconduct.The bench of Justice Mukesh Rajpurohit observed that...