Karnataka High Court Stays FIR Against X User Booked For Reposting 'Fake' Video On State Energy Minister KJ George

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (April 22) stayed proceedings in an FIR against a man accused of reposting a "fabricated video" on X (formerly Twitter) allegedly depicting State Energy Minister K.J. George and a BESCOM officer exploring options to procure additional power units from Telangana. The petitioner, who belongs to Telangana, has claimed that he took down the video within 12...

Karnataka High Court Stays Order Directing Probe Against State Home Minister G Parameshwara In 'Illegal Betting' Case

The Karnataka High Court in an interim order on Thursday (April 23) stayed a magistrate court's order which had directed police investigation over allegations against Karnataka Home Minister Dr G. Parameshwara for "illegally betting" Rs. 500 during a Kabaddi match.Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav stayed the order passed by XLII Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Bengaluru K.N.Shivakumar on Tuesday directing probe into allegations against the State minister as well as Tumkur Deputy Commissioner...

Mere Telephone Call Does Not Satisfy Requirement Of Show Cause Notice Before Cancelling Caste Certificate: Uttarakhand High Court

The Uttarakhand High Court has held that merely making a telephone call to the person concerned does not satisfy the requirement of issuing a show cause notice before cancellation of a caste certificate. The Court observed that cancellation of a caste certificate, which creates civil rights, requires a proper and reasonable opportunity of hearing to the affected person.Justice Pankaj Purohit was hearing a writ petition filed challenging the order dated 09.07.2025, passed by the Tehsildar,...

Madras High Court Commutes Death Penalty For Father Convicted Of Daughter's Rape, Says He Should Spend Each Day With Reminder Of Guilt

The Madras High Court recently commuted the death sentence of a father convicted for raping and impregnating his minor daughter. Noting that spending the remainder of his life in prison with constant guilt of his actions would be a bigger punishment than death, the bench of Justice Anand Venkatesh and Justice KK Ramakrishnan ordered him to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life without release, remission or commutation. “Accordingly, this Court ensuring judicial...

Widow Seeks Maintenance Arrears Owed By Deceased Husband From Father-In-Law: Allahabad HC Stays Recovery Warrant

The Allahabad High Court recently stayed a recovery warrant issued by a Court against a father-in-law regarding the payment of maintenance arrears owed by his deceased son (during his lifetime) towards his widowed daughter-in-law.A bench of Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra passed this interim, granting relief to the revisionist-Father-in-law. The single judge, however, directed him to deposit half of the amount in question with the lower court to keep the stay order in effect.Briefly put,...

Farming Not Barred In Municipal Limits, Agricultural Livelihood No Ground To Oppose Municipal Inclusion: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the predominance of agricultural livelihood in an area does not preclude its inclusion within a municipal framework, clarifying that such inclusion does not prohibit farming or allied activities. The Court further observed that contentions regarding the loss of rural subsidies or benefits are merely incidental to the transition from a rural to an...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Acquits Rape Convict After 21 Years, Cites Material Contradictions In Prosecutrix's Testimony

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has acquitted a man convicted for rape in 2005, holding that material contradictions in the prosecutrix's testimony, lack of corroborative evidence, and inconsistencies in forensic findings rendered the conviction unsafe. During the pendency of appeal the convict passed away.Justice Rupinderjit Chahal noted, "The record reveals that the prosecutrix...

Punjab Anti-Sacrilege Law Challenged In High Court

A Public Interest Litigation has been filed before the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the constitutional validity of the “Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026” (Anti-Sacrilege Act) .The petition has been filed by Simranjeet Singh, a Punjab based law graduate, who has approached the Court in person.The petition challenges the validity of the 2026...

Delhi High Court Seeks X User's Response On Gaurav Bhatia's Plea To Take Down 'Obscene' Post On His TV Appearance

The Delhi High Court on Thursday sought response of an X user on a plea filed by Senior Advocate and BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia seeking take down of an allegedly obscene content uploaded over his appearance on a TV debate, which went viral on social media.Justice Mini Pushkarna sought reply of user “Ranting Gola” within two weeks. Bhatia has alleged that the user has uploaded a video on X, formerly Twitter on December 19 last year which is in wilful disobedience of an interim order passed in his...

No Embargo Under RPwD Act On Grant Of “Total Support” To Persons With Disabilities; Absence Of Rules No Bar: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that there is no legal embargo under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPwD Act) on granting “total support” to a person with disability requiring such assistance, and that the absence of framed rules cannot be a ground to refuse exercise of statutory powers.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav made the observation while dealing with a...

Burial Of Animal Near Religious Structure Not Offence U/S 270 IPC Without Any Infection Risk: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court held that the alleged burial of a dead animal near a Chabutra used for offering water to the ancestors does not attract liability under Section 270 IPC. The Court remarked that the provision is concerned with acts likely to spread infectious disease and not with injury to religious feelings.Justice Sandeep Sharma remarked that: “Though prosecution attempted...

Civic Body Cannot Keep Highest Bidder Waiting Indefinitely; State Approval Not Needed To Sell Municipal Land: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that the Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) cannot indefinitely withhold execution of sale deeds in favour of a successful auction purchaser on the pretext of pending State approval, when the governing statute itself authorises the Corporation to dispose of its property. Justice Shampa Sarkar directed the State Government to grant the necessary approval...