High Courts
BREAKING | Kerala High Court Stays Publication Of Justice Hema Commission Report On Issues Faced By Women In Film Industry
The Kerala High Court has passed an interim order of stay for one week on an order of the State Information Commissioner directing to make Justice Hema Commission Report public. Tomorrow was the last date given by the Commission to publish the report. The Commission had said that it was in the larger public interest that the report be made public.The Justice K. Hema Committee was established...
Advance Ruling Application Not Restricted Only To Supplier: Rajasthan High Court Quashes AAR's Order Rejecting Application
The Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench, has quashed the AAR's order rejecting the application for the advance ruling as not maintainable on the grounds that the applicant was not the supplier.The bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Ashutosh Kumar has observed that the appeal against the advance ruling is provided under Section 100 of the CGST Act. The concerned officer,...
Karnataka High Court Dismisses Appeal Challenging State Govt's Decision To Expunge 50 Out-Of-Syllabus Questions From KCET-2024
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal challenging a single judge bench order which refused to look into the validity of the State government's decision to set up a committee to examine 'out of syllabus' questions asked in the Karnataka CET 2024 exams, held in April and its finding to exclude 50 questions which were out of syllabus. A division bench of Chief Justice...
SC/ST Act | Offensive Statement Must Be Judged Based On Standards Of Reasonable Man, Not On Views Of Hypersensitive Person: Punjab & Haryana HC
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR lodged under the Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (SC/ST Act) and IPC for allegedly passing casteist remarks against an IPS Officer and promoting enmity between different groups.The accused stated to be an activist had posted a comment on social media about the police atrocities along with video clips...
Kerala High Court Dismisses Indian Medical Association's Petition Challenging GST Levy On Supply Of Goods And Services To Its Members
The Kerala High Court has dismissed the writ petition filed by the Indian Medical Association challenging the levy of GST on supply of goods and services to its members.The bench of Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh has observed that the Parliament/State Legislature has amended Section 7(a) by inserting Section 7(aa) by the Finance Act, 2021. The amendment is neither beyond legislative competence...
Non-Completion Of Chambal River Bridge Connecting MP With UP: Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Notice To State For Inaction Over 10 Yrs
Due to the state government's failure to complete the construction of a bridge over the Chambal River, meant to connect parts of Madhya Pradesh with Uttar Pradesh, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has revived a PIL filed in 2020. The Division Bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Rajendra Kumar Vani at Gwalior directed the state government, PWD Principal Secretary and PWD Chief Engineer,...
Delhi High Court Rejects Textile Firm's Sindhi Breakdown Of Word "Adidas" To Defend Trademark Infringement Suit
The Delhi High Court recently permanently restrained a textile firm and its partners from using the 'Adidas' mark, after the German sports and apparel wear company filed a trademark infringement lawsuit.In doing so, a single judge bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula rejected the defendants' contention that the name of the firm stems from one of the partners' “deep admiration for his elder...
Bail Condition Requiring Accused To Appear In Police Station May Lead To Human Rights Abuses, Give Scope Of False Allegations: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that conditions requiring an accused to mark his presence at police station could lead to grievances, human rights abuses, and false allegations. “It is needless to point out that such conditions of marking presence at Police Station would invite many grievances which may also lead to abuse of human rights and may give a scope of false allegations which...
Commercial Disputes Take Effect Beyond Private Sphere Of Contracting Parties, Create Ripple Effect On Commercial Movement: Telangana HC
The Telangana High Court has elaborated on the interpretation of "commercial disputes" under the Commercial Courts Act, 2015. The Court clarified that any dispute arising out of a commercial agreement cannot be termed a 'Commercial Dispute' as long as only the contracting parties will be affected. “In essence, a commercial dispute would be one where the nature of the agreement or...
Objections On Sunehri Bagh Masjid Removal Will Be Considered As Per Law: NDMC To Delhi High Court
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Wednesday informed the Delhi High Court that the public objections against the proposed removal of Sunehri Bagh mosque will be considered in accordance with law. ASG Chetan Sharma appearing for NDMC made the submission before Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav in a plea moved last year by mosque's Imam.Abdul Aziz, the Imam, challenged NDMC's public...
S. 377 IPC | Uttarakhand High Court Stays Revision Court Order Exonerating Man From Charge Of Having 'Unnatural Sex' With Wife
The Uttarakhand High Court has stayed the order of a Revisional Court which had exonerated a husband from the charge of Section 377 IPC, which prohibits non-consensual unnatural sex. This comes a day after a coordinate bench of the High Court held that a husband cannot be prosecuted under Section 377 IPC as Section 375 IPC exempts marital sex and also covers all possible penile...
S.24 CPC | Successful Transfer Petition Before District Court Cannot Be Challenged By Filing Another Transfer Petition In HC: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that a successful transfer petition under Section 24, CPC, before a district court cannot be challenged before the high court by filing another transfer petition under Section 24, CPC. The Court opined that Section 24 provides for concurrent jurisdiction of the district court and the high court, hence, an unsuccessful party before a district court may...