High Courts
Chhattisgarh High Court Strikes Down PG Medical Admission Rule Granting Priority To State Colleges' Students, Alumni As Ultra Vires
The Chhattisgarh High Court has struck down Rule 11(a) and (b) of the Chhattisgarh Medical Post Graduate Admission Rules, 2025 (2025 Rules), which provided institution-based preference to alumni of state institutions, amounting to de-facto reservation, as ultra-vires the Constitution of India.Rule 11(a) of 2025 Rules provided that admission to seats available in the State quota will be...
Karnataka High Court Declines PIL Seeking Equal Qualifying Marks For OBC & SC/ST Students In KLSU 3-Yr LLB Admissions
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday disposed of a public interest litigation filed seeking to declare that the fixation of 42 percent minimum qualifying marks without gazette notification for OBC candidates for admission to the 3-year LLB course by Karnataka State Law University (KSLU) as illegal, arbitrary, and ultra vires.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M...
Stay Of Disciplinary Inquiry Is Only To Prevent Prejudice, Cannot Be Grounds For Indefinite Delay: J&K High Court
Emphasising that departmental proceedings should not be unduly delayed, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a disciplinary inquiry cannot be indefinitely kept in abeyance only because a criminal case arising from the same set of facts is pending.Justice Sanjay Dhar underscored that the sole purpose of staying departmental proceedings is to avoid prejudice to...
Property From Illegal Cricket Betting Activities Constitutes 'Proceeds Of Crime', Can Be Attached By ED: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that though cricket betting is not a separate predicate offence under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, the property generated from such illegal activities can be attached by the Enforcement Directorate.A division bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar observed that the scope of Section 2(1)(u) PMLA, which defines proceeds of...
Madras High Court Refuses To Restrain Celebrity Stylist Joy Crizilda From Naming Madhampatty Rangaraj's Company In Social Media Posts
The Madras High Court has refused to restrain celebrity stylist Joy Crizildaa from tagging the names of Madhampatty Catering Company in her social media posts. Justice N Senthil Kumar dismissed the application for interim injunction moved by the catering company seeking to restrain Crizildaa and any person claiming through her, from tagging, hashtag, marking, writing, uploading,...
Deesa Warehouse Fire: Gujarat High Court Seeks State's Response On PIL For Compensation To Victims, Regulation Of Fire Cracker Units
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (November 25) sought the response of the State government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board on a PIL concerning a fire incident which had occurred in two alleged illegal fire cracker manufacturing warehouses in Deesa town in April this year leading to the death of 21 persons. For context, a petition on the issue was transferred to the High Court by...
Coop. Bank Officers Are 'Public Servants' Under PC Act; Dept Exoneration Without Finding On Merits No Bar To FIR: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has clarified that the employees of Co-operative Banks controlled or aided by the government fall squarely within the definition of a 'Public Servant' under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court further said that a 'technical' exoneration in a departmental inquiry, where the Inquiry Officer merely states a lack of competence to investigate the...
Delhi HC Allows Time-Barred Appeal Against Customs' Confiscation Of Gold, Says Traveller Cannot Be Left Remediless Due To Wrong Legal Advice
The Delhi High Court recently allowed an air traveller to prefer a time-barred appeal against confiscation of gold by the Customs Department, upon his arrival from Thailand.In doing so, a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain said, “the Petitioner cannot be rendered completely remediless in this matter as he may have proceeded on the legal advice.”The Petitioner...
Ad Hoc Or Temporary Service Counts Toward Pension Only For Employees Governed By Pre-NPS Rules: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has clarified that temporary or ad hoc service can be counted as qualifying service for pension only in cases where the employee is governed by the pension regime that existed before the New Pension Scheme (“NPS”) came into force.The ruling came while examining whether ad hoc service rendered before regularisation could be used to...
Bar U/S 60 Bihar Prohibition Act Doesn't Oust High Court's Writ Jurisdiction To Release Seized Vehicles: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court held that while section 60 of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act bars jurisdiction of the Special Exercise Court to release seized vehicles used to commit the offence, the bar doesn't oust the writ jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution.The order was passed by Justice Arun Kumar Jha.The case arose when the petitioner Karnal Kumar's...
Civil Rights Enforcement Cell Can't Take Up Suo Motu Investigation Over Validity Of Caste Certificates: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court has observed that the Civil Rights Enforcement Cell does not have the power to take up suo motu investigation into cases related to validity of caste certificates."....the Civil Rights Enforcement Cell does not have the power to take up suo motu investigation into the caste certificate of the petitioner," Justice M Nagaprasanna said while allowing a petition filed by...
Orissa High Court Asks Why Life Convict's Appeal Filed With 12 Yrs Delay Despite Regular Jail Inspections By District Judge, DLSA
The Orissa High Court has expressed disappointment over the working of Jail and Legal Aid authorities after finding 12 years delay in filing a Jail Criminal Appeal (JCRLA) against a murder conviction recorded by a Sessions Court in the year 2013.A Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra was taken aback by such delay which occurred despite regular...