High Courts
Plea Filed In Punjab & Haryana High Court Challenging MP Amritpal's Election For Allegedly Using Religious Identity To Seek Votes
An election petition has been filed before the Punjab & Haryana High Court challenging the Election of Punjab's Khadoor Shaib Member of Parliament Amritpal Singh, who is detained under National Security Act (NSA).Amritpal, since his arrest in April 2023 is lodged in Dibrugarh Jail. He won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Punjab's Sri Khadoor Sahib parliamentary constituency as an...
Gujarat High Court Grants Bail To Five Congress Workers Arrested In Alleged Stone-Pelting Incident At GPCC Office
The Gujarat High Court on Friday granted bail to five Congress workers arrested in a case of stone-pelting at the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) office in the Paldi area of Ahmedabad. The workers—Harsh Parmar, Vimal Pansara, Manish Thakor, Sanjay Barot, and Mukesh Datania—had initially failed to secure bail from the lower court and subsequently filed a petition in the...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 15 to July 21, 2024
A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 280 To 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 285 NOMINAL INDEX G.Abdul Khadar Ibrahim v Commissioner of Police, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 280 Thameem Sindha Madar v The District Collector and Others, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 281 Kajendran J v Superintendent of Police, 2024 LiveLaw (Mad) 282 K Govindaraj v Union...
Expert Committee's Answer Key Can Only Be Interfered With If Demonstrably Wrong, Must Be Assumed To Be Correct In Case Of Ambiguity: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court has held that interference by the Court with regard to the correctness of an answer key published by the expert committee is permissible only if it is demonstrated wrong, without any inferential process of reasoning or by a process of rationalization and only in rare or exceptional cases.Otherwise, it was stated that the Court should presume the correctness of the answers...
Delhi High Court Asks AAP Leader Somnath Bharti To Correct Mistakes In His Plea Challenging BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj's Election
The Delhi High Court on Monday adjourned to August 13 the plea filed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Somnath Bharti challenging the election of BJP's Bansuri Swaraj as Member of Parliament from New Delhi Parliamentary Constituency in the Lok Sabha Polls, 2024, on the grounds of 'corrupt practices'.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora said that the petition had multiple typographical errors and...
OBC Quota: Madhya Pradesh HC Orders State To Pay 50K Cost In Unreserved Candidates' Plea Challenging Separate Merit Lists By MPPSC For 13% Appointments
Madhya Pradesh High Court has instructed the state to pay a cost of Rs 50,000/- for unnecessarily protracting a plea challenging the government circulars to withhold 13% of appointments, yet to be made by the M.P Public Service Commission. The Division Bench of Justices Raj Mohan Singh and Devnarayan Mishra censured the state for its failure to file a reply upon receipt of notice in...
Rajasthan HC Declines Relief To Candidates Terminated From Govt Post After One Year Of Service Due To Modified Answer Key And Revised Merit List
Rajasthan High Court rejected a bunch of petitions filed by aggrieved individuals who were terminated from their post of livestock assistants one year after their service, because of a modified answer key and consequent change in the merit list.The bench of Justice Sameer Jain was hearing a bunch of petitions filed by individuals who were appointed as livestock assistants in 2022 after...
Public Utilities Near Hanuman Temple For Benefit Of Devotees, Not Detrimental To Atmosphere & Ecological Balance: Madhya Pradesh High Court
Recently, Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to interfere in the construction of public utility premises by the Municipal Corporation near a Hanuman Mandir in Narsinghpur. The court reasoned that the construction of Shauchalaya is for the benefit of devotees; such constructions cannot be termed as detrimental to the atmosphere of the temple and ecological balance. The single-judge bench...
Discretionary Power To Summon Witnesses U/S 311 Cr.P.C. Must Be Exercised Judiciously, With Strong Reasons And Caution: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has affirmed the discretionary power of courts under Section 311 Cr.P.C., emphasising its role in uncovering the truth while underscoring the need for its judicious exercise.Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi noted, “Section 311 Cr.P.C. is one of many such provisions which strengthens the arms of the Court in its efforts to unearth the truth by procedural sanction by law....
Delhi Riots UAPA Case: Delhi High Court Judge Justice Amit Sharma Recuses From Hearing Umar Khalid's Bail Plea
Delhi High Court judge, Justice Justice Amit Sharma, on Monday, recused from hearing the bail plea filed by Umar Khalid in connection with the Delhi riots larger conspiracy case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.The matter was heard by a division bench comprising of Justice Prathiba M Singh and Justice Amit Sharma which listed the appeal for hearing on July 24, along...
SARFAESI ACT | District Magistrate Not Adjudicating Authority, Must Assist Secured Creditors In Asset Possession: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court has ruled that it is the duty of the District Magistrate to assist secured creditors in taking possession of secured assets under the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002. The court clarified that the District Magistrate is not the adjudicating authority under this Act.Justice Ananda Sen observed, “It...
