'Calculated, Fraudulent Attempt': Kerala High Court Raps Former Bar Council Office-Bearers For Fabricating Records To Remove Secretary

Documents were concocted to appear as if the resignation was accepted before its withdrawal, Court noted.

Bombay High Court Orders Immediate Discharge Of LPG Cargo From Arrested Vessel At Jaigarh Port Citing Risk Of Fire, Explosion

The Bombay High Court has issued urgent directions for immediate discharge of LPG from the arrested vessel LPG Amir Gas at Jaigarh Port, in view of the risk of fire or explosion and the “catastrophic consequences” that a large-scale release of LPG could result in. The Court further directed the concerned disaster management authorities and the Director General of Shipping to extend full cooperation and assistance for safe discharge of the cargo and to plan for its discharge in case the security...

Cyber Fraud | Allahabad High Court Directs Banks To Follow MHA SOP For Frozen Accounts; Says Lien Can't Extend Beyond Disputed Amount

The Allahabad High Court has directed banks and financial institutions to follow the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for grievance redressal in cases where bank accounts are frozen or seized in connection with cyber fraud. The Court also reiterated that where an investigating agency has identified a specific disputed amount, a lien cannot extend beyond that amount in the absence of material showing that the remaining funds are also connected with...

Supreme Court Affirms Quashing Of FIR Against Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu & Ex-Minister Over Amaravati Land Pooling

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which quashed the 2021 criminal case against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and former minister Ponguru Narayana in connection with alleged irregularities in the land pooling scheme for Amaravati.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice V Mohana refused to entertain the challenge made by Alla Rama Krishna Reddy, former YSRCP MLA, against...

'Past Service In Different Cadre Cannot Be Counted For Career Progression Benefits, Mere 'Continuity' Not Enough: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed a writ petition filed by a lecturer of the National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM) who sought counting of his past service as Clinical Registrar for extending benefits under the Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) Scheme. [2026 LiveLaw (Kar) 292]The Division Bench comprising Justice S.G. Pandit and Dr. Justice K. Manmadha Rao affirmed...

Agreement Where Developer Retains Share In Property Is Not Pure Construction Contract; Specific Performance Not Barred: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a development agreement under which the developer is to develop the entire plot, hand over 50% of the area to the owner and retain the balance 50% cannot be construed as a pure construction contract for applying Section 14(3)(c) of the Specific Relief Act. The Court observed that when there was no clause in the agreement requiring satisfaction of the plaintiff's credentials as a developer, the plaintiff was not required to prove the same.Justice Sharmila U....

AP High Court Quashes Proceedings Against Samsung Over Non-Declaration Of Mobile Phone Dimensions Under Legal Metrology Rules

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has held that mobile phone manufacturers need not declare the dimensions of their devices on the package unless the size of the commodity is “relevant” under Rule 6(1)(f) of Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011.For context, Rule 6(1)(f) requires the package to declare the dimensions of a commodity only where its size is relevant, while Section 18...

Taunting Wife As 'Barren Woman' During Matrimonial Quarrel Not Cruelty U/S 498-A IPC: Allahabad High Court Grants Relief To Husband

The Allahabad High Court has observed that a husband's alleged reference to his wife as a "barren woman" (infertile), in the backdrop of a matrimonial quarrel over childlessness and exchange of abuses between the spouses, did not by itself constitute cruelty under Section 498-A IPC.A bench of Justice Indrajeet Shukla thus allowed a petition under Section 482 CrPC and quashed criminal proceedings against a man who had been summoned for offences under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 and 506 IPC and...

Kerala High Court Advocates' Association To Convene Urgent Meeting To Discuss Attack On Lawyer's Family

The Kerala High Court Advocates' Association (KHCAA) is convening an urgent General Body meeting on Friday (August 14) to discuss recent attack on advocate's family by the litigant's husband and another.The meeting would be held today at 1:05 p.m. at the Association Hall. The KHCAA has requested the presence of all members to participate in the discussion and show solidarity.The assault was perpetrated against the lawyer's parents, aged 80 and 79 years, yesterday evening at around 5:30 p.m in...

Bombay High Court Directs BMC To Mandatorily Mention Appeal Remedy In Disciplinary Orders

The Bombay High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation to specifically mention the remedy of appeal, along with the relevant provision under the Rules, in every disciplinary order passed against its employees. The Court observed that the 2015 Rules provide a mechanism of appeal against an order imposing the penalty of termination or removal from service, and the State Government cannot be treated as the Appellate Authority under Section 520B of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act. A...

10,202 Potholes Repaired Since April, Says BBMP; Karnataka High Court Seeks Details Of Mechanism To Tackle Menace

The Karnataka High Court on Friday [August 14] directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to file an affidavit detailing the mechanism adopted by the civic body to tackle the perennial pothole menace in the city, after the counsel for BBMP submitted that 10,202 potholes have been identified and repaired from April 2026 till date.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S Hemalekha was hearing a public interest litigation filed in...

Supreme Court Quashes Hate Speech Case Against Rahul Gandhi Over Comments Against Savarkar Due To Absence Of UP Govt Sanction

The Supreme Court on Friday quashed a private criminal complaint pending in Uttar Pradesh against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition, accusing him of spreading communal disharmony by defaming right-wing ideologue VD Savarkar.A bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu quashed the proceedings after noting that no sanction has been granted by the State of Uttar Pradesh for the prosecution.Gandhi was challenging the summoning order passed by the trial court...