Advocates Move Supreme Court Challenging BCI Hiking Nomination Fee For Bar Council Elections To Rs 1.25 Lakhs

Two advocates approached the Supreme Court challenging the Bar Council of India's (BCI) decision to impose what they term an “excessive and exorbitant” nomination fee for candidates contesting in the upcoming State Bar Council elections.The petition, filed under Article 32 of the Constitution, challenges the BCI's circular (No. BCI:D:6880/2025(Council-STBC's)) dated September 25, 2025,...

Bombay High Court Directs Action Against Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions

Bombay High Court Directs Action Against The Management Of Various Nursing Colleges For Granting Illegal Admissions To Students; Orders Refund Of Fees And ₹1 Lakh Compensation To The Students The Bombay High Court has directed stringent action against several nursing colleges across Maharashtra for granting admissions to ineligible students in the Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery (ANM) and...

Gujarat High Court Judge Says He Personally Saw Two-Wheelers Violating Traffic Laws, Orders Survey In Ahmedabad

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday (October 15) orally expressed concern over two wheelers in Ahmedabad violating traffic laws by driving on the wrong side and by indulging in traffic signal violations. The court further directed Gujarat State Legal Services Authority to conduct a survey of certain roads in the city prepare a report on illegal parking, and parking done on roads abutting...

Salary Can't Be Re-Fixed After Superannuation, Hence Recovery Of Excess Payment From Retired Employee Impermissible: P&H HC

A Division bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi and Justice Vikas Suri held that the refixation of salary after an employee's superannuation, leading to recovery of excess payments made without any misrepresentation or fraud by the employee, is impermissible in law. Background Facts The petitioner was a government employee. He...

Statutory Interpretation: Distinguishing Mandatory From Directory Provisions

In Lifestyle Equities C.V. & Anr. v. Amazon Technologies Inc., 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 974, the Supreme Court held that although Order XLI Rule 5 CPC uses the word “shall,” read with Rules 1(3) and 5(5), it does not make depositing the disputed amount mandatory for a stay of execution. These provisions are directory, giving the appellate court discretion to impose such a condition. Non-compliance may usually lead to rejection of a stay, but a stay can still be granted in “exceptional cases,” and...

Excise Dept To Decide Liquor Contractors' Security Refund Claims Within 30 Days, 12% Interest In Case Of Delay: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court held that the petitions filed by the liquor contractors, challenging non-refund of the security deposit by the Excise Department, even beyond the expiry of their license period, was premature since no order of demand, recovery or forfeiture was yet passed.At the same time, the bench of Justice Sameer Jain opined that administrative inaction leading to an indefinite...

Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Lodged By Rakhi Sawant Against Ex-Husband Adil Durrani U/S 498A & 377 IPC

The Bombay High Court has quashed an FIR lodged by celebrity Rakhi Sawant against her ex-husband Adil Durrani under section 498A (cruelty) and 377 (unnatural sex) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Sandesh Patil quashed the FIR filed by Sawant against Durrani in 2023 after the couple got embroiled in matrimonial disputes.However, the now...

Days After Attack On CJI, Shoe Hurled At Judicial Officer In Gujarat; State Judicial Service Association Condemns Incident

Just days after a shoe was hurled at Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai during the Supreme Court proceedings, a similar incident occurred in Gujarat on Tuesday, when a man threw a shoe at a judicial officer inside an Ahmedabad court. According to a PTI report, the incident took place in the courtroom of the City Civil and Sessions Court in Ahmedabad when proceedings were...

Apportionment Of Liability Without Evidence Is Akin To 'Panchayati Approach': Bombay High Court Sets Aside NSE Arbitral Award Against Broker

The Bombay High Court set aside an arbitral award passed under National Stock Exchange (NSE) bye-laws that had upheld an order passed by Investor Grievance Redressal Panel (IGRP) directing Peerless Securities Limited to pay ₹7.18 lakhs to Vostok (Fareast) Securities Pvt. Ltd. for the losses caused by unauthorised trading in the trading and future segment. The IGRP had held that...

High Time To End Perception That Civil Cases Can Run For Decades: Delhi High Court

“It is high time that paradigm be changed by courts and an impression across the society be dispelled that civil suits can be allowed to run for decades,” the Delhi High Court said on Wednesday.The remarks were made by Justice Girish Kathpalia while strongly criticising a litigant's “deliberate design” to protract trial court proceedings in a suit for recovery of loan amount, by...

Karnataka High Court Rejects Plea Seeking Release Of Congress MLA KC Veerendra Arrested In 'Illegal Betting' Case

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (October 15) dismissed the petition filed by wife of Congress MLA KC Veerendra for declaring his arrest in an alleged illegal betting case under PMLA as illegal, arbitrary and violative of his fundamental rights and to release him.Justice MI Arun said, "It is only on the ground that one FIR is alive in which 'B' report is filed that allows them (ED)...

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy's Prosecution In 2015 'Cash-for-Votes' Case Unsustainable : Mukul Rohatgi To Supreme Court

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 15) heard Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's plea seeking to quash the 2015 "Cash for Votes" case, as per which he is alleged to have offered bribe to an MLA for securing votes in the Legislative Council election.The bench comprising Justice JK Maheshwari and Justice Vijay Bishnoi heard the matter.Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for...