High Courts
Providing Public Utility Is Fiduciary Trust, Not Administrative High-Handedness: Calcutta HC Quashes WBSEDCL's Excess Electricity Bills
The Calcutta High Court has held that the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (WBSEDCL) cannot recover a supplemental electricity bill of Rs. 55.8 lakh from Jyotish Chandra Rice Mill. A division bench of Justices Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Uday Kumar found that the demand was based on an unproven “polarity reversal” in the transformer and speculative average billing,...
Decades Of Possession Doesn't Create Ownership Or Compensation Rights On Encroached Land: Andhra Pradesh High Court
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that illegal encroachers of Government land cannot claim compensation and invoke the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, despite acquiring the land from their ancestors or having possession of the same for decades.Justice Harinath N was dealing with a batch of petitions...
Bombay High Court Denies Emergency Parole To Abu Salem Over Brother's Death After He Declines To Pay Police Escort Charges
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused permission to underworld gangster Abu Salem to travel to his native place in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, to mourn the death of his brother, Abu Hakim Ansari.A division bench comprising Justices Ajay Gadkari and Shyam Chandak upheld the order of the Appellate Authority which had allowed Salem emergency parole only on the condition that he pays Rs 17.60...
Authorised Representative Without Direct Knowledge Of Transaction Can't Sustain Cheque Bounce Case: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that a company that prefers a complaint for cheque dishonour can be represented by a power of attorney holder only if he/she witnessed the transaction or had direct knowledge of it.Justice P.V. Balakrishnan observed:“The company, being a juristic person, cannot act on its own and it must necessarily function through a human agency. A company is competent...
'Criminal Justice System Will Be Clogged': Karnataka High Court Raps Bank For Filing FIRs Over NPAs
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (February 5) stayed investigation against a borrower booked in a cheating FIR, registered against various accused on a complaint by State Bank of India, after the borrower's account was declared a Non-Performing Asset due to failure to pay loan. In doing so the court questioned the bank for registering a criminal case instead of availing other...
Insurance Company Cannot Recover Compensation Without Hearing Vehicle Owner On Alleged Policy Violation: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court recently ruled that a motor insurance company cannot recover compensation from a vehicle owner without giving them an opportunity to be heard regarding alleged violations of the insurance policy. The judgment was delivered by Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury on February 4, 2026, in F.M.A. 1003 of 2025, involving National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Lirasa Bibi & Anr.The...
Andhra Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To APCLC Leader Accused Of Displaying 'Satyameva Parajayate', 'Fight Hindu Fascism' Banners
The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to a 60-year-old practising advocate and senior leader of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLP) accused of displaying banners where the National Emblem was morphed and the motto "Satyameva Jayate" was altered to "Satyameva Parajayate". A bench of Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa observed that nothing...
LOC Issued Against YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil To Safeguard India's Image, PM's Dignity: Mumbai Police Tells High Court
The Mumbai Police told the Bombay High Court that the criminal action against YouTuber and UK-based doctor Sangram Patil is not 'arbitrary' but it is only to 'safeguard' India's image and also the dignity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the international forum and also to protect national integrity. For context, Patil has been made an accused in a First Information Report (FIR) lodged at...
Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Enhancement Of Prison Wages In State
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (05 February) dismissed a public interest litigation that challenged the State Government's recent decision to enhance the wages paid to convicted prisoners. The division bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V M dismissed the petition. The petition was filed by advocate Ajeesh Kalathil Gopi questioning the legality of the January 9,...
MP High Court Allows Consideration Of Subsequent Compassionate Appointment Application After Cancellation Of Family Member's Appointment
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore, quashed an order rejecting the petitioner's claim for compassionate appointment and directed the competent authority to reconsider her application in accordance with the Compassionate Appointment Policy, 2008. The petitioner challenged the communication dated 30.10.2023, which had denied her claim on the grounds of alleged ineligibility under Clauses...
Calcutta High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Daily-Wage Labourer In ₹15.96 Lakh Cash Seizure Case Over Theft Allegation
The Calcutta High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings against Sk. Enamul Hossain, a daily-wage labourer, in a case registered by Datan Police Station, Paschim Medinipur under Sections 379/411/34 IPC for alleged possession of stolen cash amounting to Rs. 15,96,000/-.The petitioner had been arrested after the cash was found in a Bolero vehicle, but he claimed that the money was...
MP High Court Grants Bail To Ex-Congress Councillor Anwar Kadri Accused In Alleged Forced Conversion Case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, Indore, granted bail to Anwar Kadri, who was in custody since August 2025 in connection with allegations of facilitating the conversion of a prosecutrix to Islam, and other offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Freedom of Religion Act, 2021.Counsel for the applicant argued that the prosecutrix had not named him in the complaint and that there...