High Courts
Why So Sensitive? P&H High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL For Change Of Farhan Akhtar's Movie Name '120 Veer Bahadur'
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to change the title of Farhan Akhtar's movie from '120 Veer Bahadur' to '120 Veer Aheer', noting that a review of the film's certification is still pending and that the Union Government has assured it will decide the matter within two days, as the film is scheduled for release this...
Delhi High Court Says It Will Pass Orders Protecting Raj Shamani's Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court on Monday said that it will pass an interim order restraining the unauthorized use of podcaster Raj Shamani's name, image, voice, and likeness, granting him ad-interim relief against platforms including Google, Meta, and Telegram.A Single Bench of Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora meanwhile issued summons to Google, Meta, and Telegram in a suit seeking protection...
De-recognition Of Association On Account Of Non-Renewal Not Ground To Disregard Achievement Of Participants: AP High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has allowed a plea of a MBBS candidate— who was placed lower in the priority list (at No.91) for admission to the course for the 2025-26 session, and had approached the Court asserting that she ought to have been placed higher on the list (at No.53) on account of her participation in the Senior National Fencing Championship, 2024-25.The Sports Authority of...
Rajasthan High Court Reviews Jodhpur Cleanliness Drive, Civic Chief Assures Disciplinary Action Against Erring Officials
The Rajasthan government last week placed before the High Court a comprehensive report detailing the measures undertaken by it to improve sanitization across Jodhpur, including establishment of dedicated monitoring cell under the command of monitoring officers to observe deployment of entire workforce and actual work on the ground level.This came during a Public Interest Litigation hearing...
Magistrate Cannot Issue Warrant When Respondent Skips Appearance In DV Act Case After Summons: J&K&L High Court
Holding that coercive processes like arrest warrants have no place in proceedings under Section 12 of the Domestic Violence Act unless a distinct offence under the Act is alleged, the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that once a respondent has been duly served with summons but fails to appear, the Magistrate is empowered only to proceed ex parte and cannot resort to...
'Evidence Of Injured Witness Not At Higher Pedestal If Accused Is Also Injured': Allahabad High Court, Says Injury Guarantees Presence, Not Truth
Dismissed a complainant's appeal challenging the acquittal of three accused in a 2018 assault case, the Allahabad High Court today observed that while the testimony of an injured witness is ordinarily placed on a higher pedestal, this principle may not apply when the accused is also injured. A bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Dr. Ajay Kumar-II added that injury on a...
Constituent Institution Employees Cannot Claim Central University Benefits: Allahabad High Court
Recently, the Allahabad High Court has held that in the absence of specific policy, staff of constituent institutions cannot claim the same benefits as those awarded to Central University Employees.“... only on ground that institution become constituent of Allahabad University, petitioners cannot be granted benefit of General Provident Fund Scheme since it has to be granted only on basis...
S.45 PMLA Turns Principle Of Bail Is Rule & Jail Is Exception 'On Its Head': Jharkhand HC Denies Bail In ₹750-Crore Fake GST Invoice Case
The Jharkhand High Court recently observed that Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), with its twin conditions, “turns the principle of bail is the rule and jail is the exception on its head.”Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad made this observation while denying bail to an accused allegedly involved in the creation of fake companies for passing on ineligible input tax...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: November 10 - November 16, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 374 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 385Nominal Index:X AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 374Amit Ashok Vyas AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 375Rajashekar AND Bar Council of India & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 376B S Kiran Kumar & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 377RAVICHANDRAGOUDA R. PATIL...
Patna High Court Orders ₹2 Lakh Compensation For Six-Day Illegal Detention; Directs IG Prisons To Frame Guidelines
The Patna High Court recently awarded compensation of ₹2 lakh to an accused who was illegally detained for six days despite a court order granting him bail.A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Sourendra Pandey directed the State to compensate the petitioner, who had been in custody for an alleged violation of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act,...
High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On State Election Commission's Plea Seeking Final Reservation List In Municipality Wards
The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation filed by the State Election Commission seeking a direction to issue the final notifications of reservation of seats to all the wards of 187 Municipalities, under section 13(1)(d) of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M...
Calcutta High Court Clarifies When Possession Of Fake Currency Amounts To 'Trafficking', Rejects Automatic Presumption U/S 489B IPC
A Larger Bench of the Calcutta High Court has held that mere possession of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), regardless of quantity, does not automatically amount to “trafficking”, nor does it justify drawing any statutory presumption against the accused under Section 489B IPC. The Court clarified that mens rea remains central, and the prosecution must independently establish that...