High Courts
Gauhati High Court Directs Assistant Commissioner To Release Amount Of Interest On Delayed Excise Duty Refund To GAIL
The Gauhati High Court has directed that assistant commissioner to release the amount of interest on delayed excise duty refund to GAIL India.The bench of Justice Devashis Baruah has observed that the Division Bench writ petition, while disposing of the writ petition, held that Section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944 did not exclude a claim of refund made in terms of the notification...
Kerala High Court Pulls Up Lawyer For Seeking 'Cheap Publicity' By Filing Meritless PIL Alleging Misuse Of Wayanad Landslide Relief Funds
The Kerala High Court came down heavily on a lawyer who approached the Court with a Public Interest Litigation requesting the establishment of a centralized system for collecting and managing the disaster relief funds meant to aid landslide victims in Wayanad. The petitioner alleged that the funds being collected for the relief of the Wayanad landslide victims, were not reaching the...
Bombay High Court Directs Govt. To Constitute A Committee To Decide SVLDRS Declaration Filed On 30th December 2019
The Bombay High Court has directed to constitute a committee to decide the declaration that was filed by the petitioner on 30th December 2019 and, on or before 30th September 2024, dispose of the declaration in accordance with law.The bench of Justice K.R. Shriram and Justice Jitendra Jain has observed that the amount payable has been quantified before 30th June 2019. The scheme has the...
Speeches Criticising Govt, Its Policies & Actions Cannot Be Termed As Threat To Public Order: Madras High Court
While setting aside the detention of Youtuber Savukku Shankar, the Madras High Court on Friday observed that freedom of speech is an inborn right and the same cannot be curtailed unless there is a threat to public order. The court added that speeches criticizing the government, its actions and policies, and those exposing the corrupt or illegal actions of the government could not be called...
Yasin Malik Tells Delhi High Court He Will Argue Himself In NIA's Plea Seeking Death Penalty For Him
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik on Friday informed the Delhi High Court that he will argue in person and defend himself in the appeal moved by National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case.Malik was awarded a life sentence in the case by the trial court in May 2022. He had pleaded guilty in the case and did not contest the charges...
Allahabad HC Directs UP Bar Council To Consider Holding Elections In All District Bar Associations On Same Day
The Allahabad High Court has directed the UP Bar Council to decide whether to hold elections in all district bar associations in the state on the same day in the greater interest of the advocates. “…(it) will prevent many disputes pertaining to elections then it should consider issuing necessary orders/ resolutions in this regard making it binding upon all...
Gauhati High Court Permits Family To Perform Last Rites Of Three 'Hmar Militants' Killed In Contentious Encounter By Assam Police
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday allowed the family members of three alleged Hmar militants killed in an alleged encounter by the Assam Police last month, to take their bodies. Earlier, the High Court had directed the State of Assam to preserve the bodies of the deceased persons as well as expedite the report of chemical analysis and prepare the final report of the cause of...
Ghatkopar Billboard Collapse: Bombay High Court Denies Relief To Accused Bhavesh Bhinde
The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed the petition for release filed by Bhavesh Bhinde, the owner of the giant hoarding that collapsed in Ghatkopar area of Mumbai amid heavy rains and winds, killing 17 persons and injuring around 70, on May 13. A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Manjusha Deshpande passed the order saying it found no merits in the case. "Finding...
Madras High Court Sets Aside Detention Of Youtuber Savukku Shankar, Says There Was An Element Of Malice In Entire State Action
The Madras High Court on Friday set aside the detention of Youtuber Savukku Shankar under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice V Sivagnanam ordered Shankar to be released forthwith if he was not required in any other case. The court observed that the detention order passed by the State was not compliant with the essential...
Wayanad Landslide: Kerala High Court Appoints Amicus, Calls For 'Holistic Approach' To Avoid Natural Disasters
The Kerala High Court has appointed Senior Advocate Ranjith Thampan as Amicus Curiae to assist it in the suo moto case, initiated in the aftermath of devastating Wayanad landslides, to prevent and manage natural disasters in Kerala.The Division Bench comprising Justice A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. noted that while there are numerous legislations and authorities...
BJP Leader Shazia Ilmi Files Defamation Suit Against Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai Before Delhi High Court
Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shazia Ilmi has filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai over a video uploaded by him on social media platform X Corp, formerly Twitter, alleging that she abused a video journalist of India Today news channel during a televised debate.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora heard the matter today and asked Ilmi's...
Kerala High Court Stops Construction In Hilly Terrain With Steep Slopes
Kerala High Court has ordered interim stay on any construction in hilly terrain with steep slopes. The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice S. Manu said there is no clarity in the rule allowing such construction. The order was passed keeping in mind the ecological imbalances created by such construction.“We cannot for the time being, allow construction in...