High Courts
Kerala High Court Reserves Order In KIIFB And Dr Thomas Isaac's Plea Challenging ED Summons In Masala Bonds Case
The Kerala High Court has reserved orders in the writ petitions filed by Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and Dr Thomas Isaac challenging the summons issued against them by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the 'masala bonds' case.Justice T R Ravi on hearing the arguments of KIIFB, Dr Isaac and ED reserved it for orders. Senior Advocate Jaideep Gupta, appearing...
PIL In Allahabad HC Against Varanasi Municipal Corporation's Order To Close Non-Veg Shops Along 'Kanwar' Route
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea has been moved before the Allahabad High Court challenging the directive of the Varanasi Municipal Corporation to close down all meat and poultry shops along the Kanwar Yatra route for the entire month of 'Saawan'.The National Loktantrik Party, through its National President (Executive) Mohammad Suhail, has moved the PIL plea to quash the impugned...
Dengue Surge: Karnataka High Court Appoints Senior Advocate KN Phanindra As Amicus
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday appointed Senior Advocate KN Phanindra as Amicus Curiae to assist the court in its suo-motu case against rise in number of Dengue cases in Bengaluru and other districts of the state, especially rural areas. A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind requested the counsel to assist it in the matter and directed BBMP to...
Manipur High Court Orders Withdrawal Of Pending Criminal Case Against Mizo National Front Members For Offences During 1984 Underground Movement
The Manipur High Court on Tuesday (July 23) directed the Union and State Government to withdraw the pending criminal case against the Mizo National Front (MNF) personnel against whom summons were issued in a 1984 case despite an assurance made by the Union Government that no new cases would be registered against the MNF personnel's and pending cases would be withdrawn.A Memorandum of...
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...