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Karnataka Becomes First State to Introduce Menstrual Leave Policy for Women in Govt & Private Sectors
Karnataka has become the first state in India to grant 12 paid menstrual leaves annually for women employees across Government and Private sectorsThe Karnataka State Cabinet on Thursday approved the “Menstrual Leave Policy, 2025”, allowing women employees across all sectors one day of paid leave every month.The policy will be applicable to women working in government departments,...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Custody Of Minor To Wife After Drunk Husband Hit Her Lawyer In Court, Directs Security Cover
In an unusual turn of events, a drunk man hit his wife's lawyer in court. Taking serious note of the incident, the Court granted interim custody of the couple's minor children to the mother and directed the Union Territory Administration to ensure her safety.The man had also failed to comply with Court's previous direction to bring the minor children at mother's residence for visiting...
Delhi High Court Grants Anticipatory Bail To Actor Aijaz Khan Booked For Making Sexually Explicit Remarks On YouTuber Harsh Beniwal's Family
The Delhi High Court today granted anticipatory bail to actor Ajaz Khan, booked for making sexually explicit remarks on social media against the mother and sister of YouTuber Harsh Beniwal.Justice Ravinder Dudeja however sounded a note of caution against the ills of social media.“Any content on the internet is porous and accessible to a large audience. Every content on the internet must...
CBI Has Accepted Judgment In Sohrabuddin Encounter Case, Yet To Decide Whether To Challenge It Or Not: CBI Tells Bombay High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told the Bombay High Court that it has "accepted" the December 13, 2018 judgment of a special court, which acquitted 22 policemen from the alleged "fake" encounter case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kausar Bi and associate Tulsiram Prajapati. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam...
Input Tax Credit Can't Be Blocked If Credit Balance Is Nil: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday held that Input Tax Credit (ITC) cannot be blocked under Rule 86-A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, if the electronic credit ledger of a taxpayer shows a nil balance on the date of the blocking order. A Division Bench of Justice M S Sonak and Justice Advait M Sethna observed, “Therefore, on a plain reading of the rule, if on...
TVK's Aadhav Arjuna Approaches Madras High Court For Quashing FIR Over Social Media Post
The General Secretary of Election Campaign Movement of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam party, Aadhav Arjuna, has approached the Madras High Court seeking to quash an FIR filed against him for allegedly inciting violence. It may be noted that the FIR was filed against Arjuna on September 30, 2025, for alleged offences under Sections 192 [wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot]...
Delhi High Court Drops Suo Moto Contempt Action Against Income Tax Officer For Allegedly Passing Unreasoned Order
The Delhi High Court has dropped the civil contempt proceedings initiated against a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (now retired) six years ago, for alleged wilful disobedience of its order to give reasons for insisting an assessee to deposit 20% demand in appeal.The proceedings were initiated suo moto in 2019 on a prima facie opinion but on a closer scrutiny, Justice Vikas Mahajan now...
Procedure For Service Of Summons Abroad
The procedure for the service of summons abroad has seen significant judicial development in India. A three-judge Bench of the Kerala High Court recently had restricted the direct service of summons on parties residing abroad, mandating the procedure prescribed in The Hague Convention, 1965 (“the Convention”). The Kerala High Court's judgment, specifically in Charuvila Philippose Sundaran Pillai and Another v. P.N. Sivadasan and Others , relied on Order 5 Rule 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure...
New Mahe Double Murder Case: Kerala Court Acquits 14 CPI(M) Workers For Alleged Murder Of BJP/RSS Workers
The Additional Sessions Judge, Thalassery (Kannur district) on Wednesday (October 8) acquitted all the fourteen accused persons, who were CPI(M) workers, in the 2010 New Mahe Double Murder case. They were accused of the murder of two BJP/RSS workers, Vijith and Sinoj.They were accused of the offences under Sections 143 [Punishment for unlawful assembly], 147 [Punishment for rioting], 148...
NDPS Act | P&H High Court Flags Trend Of Labelling 'Petty Cash' Found On Accused As Drug Money, Says S.37 Not Applicable
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has raised concerns over a growing trend in which even small amounts of money recovered from accused individuals are being labeled as "drug money" under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.The Court clarified that in such instances, the stringent bail conditions under Section 37 of the NDPS Act would not be applicable, and...
'Can't Pass Blanket Orders Restraining Protests': Karnataka High Court In Plea To Prevent Observance Of 'Black Day' On Kannada Rajyotsava
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday disposed of a PIL seeking to restrain Maharashtra Ekikarana Samiti (MES) from observing or publicizing 'black day' on Kannada Rajyotsava (November 01) in Belagavi or any other Kannada speaking region.Reportedly, MES is a body which has sought the merger of Belagavi district in Karnataka with Maharashtra.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru...