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PAN Card Forgery Case | UP Court Convicts SP Leader Azam Khan, Son Abdullah; Awards 7-Year Jail Term Each
A Special MP/MLA Court in Rampur today convicted Samajwadi Party leader Mohammad Azam Khan and his son, also a former MLA, Abdullah Azam, in a forgery case related to the use of two different PAN cards obtained using different dates of birth. Both have been awarded seven years of imprisonment. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Shobit Bansal found them guilty under Sections...
Kerala High Court Clears Acquisition Of Tea Estate Land For Wayanad Victims' Rehabilitation; Says Compensation To Be Settled Between Companies
The Kerala High Court has recently disposed of a writ appeal and three connected writ petitions filed by M/s Elstone Tea Estates Ltd. and M/s Padhoor Plantations Pvt. Ltd., related to the acquisition of land for the rehabilitation of 2024 Wayanad Landslide victims under the Disaster Management Act.For context, after the landslide on July 30, 2024 in the Chooralmala, Mundakkai and...
Undertrial's Rights To Education, Rehabilitation Can't Be Ignored During Prison Transfers Citing Security Concerns: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently held that if the transfer of an under-trial prisoner from one prison to another is to be ordered, the Court must balance the security concerns projected by the authorities with the legitimate rights of the prisoner to education, rehabilitation, family visitation, and access to legal assistance.A single judge, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus...
Maharashtra Local Body Elections |'Reservation Can't Exceed 50 Percent, Our Order Misconstrued By Officers': Supreme Court
In the Maharashtra local body elections matter, the Supreme Court today orally expressed that total reservation was not permitted by it to exceed 50 percent and that the state authorities seemingly misconstrued its order.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi heard the matter.Underlining that the Court did not pass an order permitting reservation to exceed 50%, Justice Kant...
Dark Patterns And Deep Manipulation: Regulating Psychological Exploitation In Indian Digital Markets
The deceptive or manipulative user-interface designs that trick or coerce users into the actions that are against their best interest are “Dark Patterns.” These create exploiting cognitive biases such as scarcity, fear of missing out or guilt laden language, this negatively affects user autonomy and leads people into unnecessary data sharing. The psychological exploitation which is done by false urgency not only breaches the ethical norms of consent but constitutes unfair trade practice. In this...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10, 2025 To November 16, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 220 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 227 Nominal Index: Shri Roshan Lal v/s State of H.P. and another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 220 Gargesh Kumar, Sukhwinder Singh v/s Aditya & Anr.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 221 Himachal Pradesh Road and other Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd. v/s M/s C&C Construction Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 222 Zydus Wellness Products...
2025 LiveLaw (SC) 1113 | RAJ KUMAR @ BHEEMA VERSUS STATE OF NCT OF DELHI
If Witness Had Opportunity To See Accused Before TIP, Test Identification Proceedings Not Reliable : Supreme Court When Witnesses Examined Virtually, Their Prior Statements Must Be Electronically Transmitted To Them : Supreme Court To Trial Courts ...
If Witness Had Opportunity To See Accused Before TIP, Test Identification Proceedings Not Reliable : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (November 17) acquitted a man accused of murdering an elderly man during a robbery. The Court discarded the sole eyewitness's identification of the accused, made nearly eight years after the incident, noting that it could not inspire confidence because of her weak eyesight and subsequent improvements in testimony. “Once her identification of the accused-appellant...
Past Censure Cannot Bar Employee's Consideration For Promotion: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that irrespective of the penalty being imposed on an employee, the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) can adjudge the suitability of an employee for promotion, and the consideration itself could not be denied merely on the ground of imposed penalty.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali was hearing a petition challenging the petitioner's (Lecturer) denial...
Jharkhand High Court Launches New App For District Judiciary, Unveils New Logo At Silver Jubilee Celebrations
The Jharkhand High Court has launched a new mobile application titled “Jharkhand District Judiciary”. It also launched a new official logo for the High Court on November 15, during the court's Silver Jubilee celebrations. Chief Justice of India–designate Justice Surya Kant launched the app and Logo.The new logo of the High Court is reflective of the State's natural heritage and...
Externment Without Material Evidence Violates Personal Liberty: MP High Court Sets Aside DM's Order
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that an externment order under MP Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990, cannot be passed mechanically as it casts serious restrictions on the fundamental rights and personal liberty of any person. In doing so, the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf set aside the externment order, noting lack of material showing...