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Introduction: The Gujarat High Court, while hearing a petition concerning the demolition of houses in the Nasir Nagar area of Surat, on September 11, 2026, questioned the manner in which the inquiry into the alleged illegal demolition was being conducted and sought clarity on the alternative accommodation provided to the affected residents. Justice Nikhil S. […]
Introduction: The Madras High Court has quashed criminal proceedings against 14 men who were booked for allegedly assembling and raising slogans in support of the Palestinian people and against the genocide being perpetrated against them. The Court found that the materials collected during the investigation did not disclose the essential ingredients of the offences invoked […]
Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has held that a change in political dispensation, by itself, cannot justify abandoning, shifting or stalling a government scheme or developmental project that has already been duly approved and processed in accordance with law. The Court observed that once a project has been sanctioned, beneficiaries identified, the tender process completed […]
Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that a para sportsperson cannot be denied the benefit of a Government pension scheme merely because the sporting event in which the athlete won a medal was historically known by a different name. Holding that the substance, status and institutional continuity of a sporting event must be considered […]
Introduction: The Kerala High Court has granted anticipatory bail to 17 students and activists associated with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), who were accused of unlawfully restraining, assaulting and causing hurt to the Vice-Chancellor of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Dr. Ciza Thomas, during a campus protest. Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the order […]
Introduction: The Bombay High Court has intervened in the decision to impose a 12-day prohibition on the sale and consumption of alcohol across Pune district during the Ganesh festival, observing that an excessively long dry period could have unintended consequences for habitual and regular alcohol consumers. Following the Court’s intervention, the Pune Collector withdrew the […]
Introduction: The Gujarat High Court has held that merely making a complaint or application before the police containing allegations of an alleged criminal act does not, by itself, amount to the offence of defamation when the police authority has lawful jurisdiction over the subject matter of the accusation. The Court observed that the statutory exception […]
Introduction: The Karnataka High Court has modified a Family Court’s visitation arrangement that required a 10-year-old boy studying in Bengaluru to travel approximately 475 kilometres each way to Honnavar every month to spend a weekend with his mother. The High Court observed that such a demanding travel schedule was not compatible with the welfare of […]
Introduction: The Allahabad High Court has held that the three-month limitation prescribed for filing a revision under Rule 23 of the U.P. Police Officers of the Subordinate Ranks (Punishment and Appeal) Rules, 1991 is not an inflexible or absolute period. The Court ruled that delay in filing such a revision can be condoned under Section […]
Introduction: The Orissa High Court has clarified the scope of the sixty-day period granted to an accused under Section 262(1) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), for filing an application seeking discharge in a warrant case instituted on a police report. The Court held that the provision cannot be interpreted as creating a […]
Introduction: The Calcutta High Court has held that the Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines concerning the identification and monitoring of “Money Mules” do not, by themselves, confer an unrestricted power upon a bank to freeze a customer’s account merely on the basis of suspicion. The Court emphasised that while banks have a regulatory obligation to […]
Introduction: The Gauhati High Court has held that a person appointed as a trainee Constable in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) does not lose the protection and benefits available to a member of the Force merely because he could not complete basic training or take the prescribed oath. The Division Bench of Justice Kalyan […]
Introduction: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed criminal defamation proceedings against a newspaper editor, holding that publication of a news report based on true and undisputed facts cannot, by itself, constitute an act of defamation, particularly when the newspaper had made efforts to obtain the complainant’s version and subsequently published his clarification. Justice Sandeep […]
Introduction: The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea filed by Abu Salem Abdul Qayoom Ansari, the gangster serving a life sentence in connection with the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, seeking his premature release on the ground that the period of his undertrial custody and earned prison remission should be counted towards the 25-year imprisonment ceiling […]
Introduction: The Bombay High Court has set aside a Government Resolution that sought to reduce the maximum permissible age for Anganwadi Sevikas seeking promotion to the post of Supervisor from 55 years to 50 years. The Court held that the earlier Government Resolution dated 17 November 2001, read with the corrigendum dated 7 December 2001, […]
Introduction: The Andhra Pradesh High Court has quashed the criminal proceedings initiated against Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party leaders Devineni Avinash, former MLA Monditoka Jagan Mohana Rao and MLC Monditoka Aruna Kumar in connection with the “Annadata Poru” protest rally, holding that vague and omnibus allegations cannot be used to sustain a criminal prosecution. The […]
“While the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.” – Andrew Carneige The tussle between Epic games and Google started way back in the U.S., wherein the biggest gaming giant on August 2020, approached the […]
The Supreme Court today issued a notice on the petition filed by the top woman wrestlers of India seeking registration of FIR against a BJP MP as well as the wrestling federation of India’s president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for alleged sexual harassment. Advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for the petitioners stated that the woman wrestlers […]
“The sovereignty of scriptures of all religion must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.”– Dr. B.R Ambedkar In the case of Farhan Tasaddukhussain Barodawala v. Onali Ezazuddin Dholkawal, Allahabad High Court imposed cost of rupees 25,000 on petitioners who were objecting on the fact that how a […]
Reported By: Ankita Bhardwaj The case of KUSH KALRA v. UOI & ANR has brought forward the interesting notion of barring the entry of married men and women in Judge Advocate General (JAG) claiming it in the benefit of public interest and national security. A PIL is filed against the policy by Kush Kalra seeking the […]
“We direct all High Courts to establish online RTI portals within 3 months from today. High Courts can formulate adequate provisions to facilitate the supply of adequate information. Information is to be passed onto the secretary generals of High Courts for administrative directions from the Chief Justices (of High Courts). The same directions are to […]
Introduction: The Calcutta High Court recently upheld an industrial tribunal’s ruling that an accountant, Dulal Chatterjee, was a ‘workman’ under the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, dismissing a writ petition filed by Swarnakshar Prakasani Pvt. Ltd. The case arose when Chatterjee was terminated from employment in July 2013, leading to a legal dispute over whether his […]
The Madras High Court in the case of G Sundararajan v The Secretary held that the exemption from payment of entertainment tax is just a concession by the government and cannot be claimed as a right. The court thus refused relief to the producer and distributor of the 2015 Tamil film, “I” which was claimed […]
The Karnataka Appellate Authority of Advance Ruling (AAAR), in the case of Myntra Designs Private Limited modified the decision of AAR, has observed, “input tax credit (ITC) is not available on the vouchers and subscription packages procured by Myntra from third-party vendors.” They relied on the judgement of the Karnataka High Court in the case […]
