High Courts
J&K High Court Reassigns Habeas Corpus, NIA Cases To Special Division Bench
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has issued a notice reassigning habeas corpus and National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases to a newly constituted Special Division Bench. The notice states that these cases will now be heard by a Special Division Bench comprising Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Mohammad Akram Chowdhary.Previously, Justice Atul Sreedharan was assigned to handle...
Delhi High Court Denies Interim Bail To PFI Chairman Under UAPA, Says Accused Yields Wide Influence
The Delhi High Court denied interim bail to the Chairman of the Popular Front of India (PFI), charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, who sought bail to meet his wife suffering from mental health disorder due to their daughter's death.A Division Bench of Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Amit Sharma were considering the appeal of O.M.A. Salam, PFI Chairman...
Mere Transcripts Not Proof Of Voice In Tape-Records: Rajasthan High Court Reiterates
The Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that mere transcript of a tape record is not proof that the voice so recorded is of the accused.The bench of Justice Birendra Kumar referred to the Apex Court decision in Ziyauddin Burhanuddin Bukhari v Brijmohan Ramdass Mehra & Ors. where it was held that the tape records of speeches fall under the category of “Documents” under the Indian...
Gujarat HC Directs Re-Evaluation Of Results For Court Assistant Exam After Minor Error In OMR Sheets, Orders Rectification Efforts
The Gujarat High Court has mandated a reevaluation of the examination results for two candidates who participated in the Assistant exam for the Subordinate Courts of Gujarat. This decision follows the candidates' appeal concerning their performance in the elimination test held in July 2023, after they made a minor but significant error on their OMR answer sheets. Justice Vaibhavi D. Nanavati...
No Element Of Misstatement And Intention To Evade Payment Of Service Tax: Gauhati High Court Quashes Demand & Penalty
Finding that the Assessee company had provided every detail regarding availment of CENVAT Credit in the ST-3 Returns, and the same was considered by the Central Excise Commissioner, the Gauhati High Court held that the fact of wilful misstatement or suppression should specifically be mentioned in the show-cause notice. Since the Department had not misstated any fact with intent to...
"Eyewash": Gujarat HC Dissatisfied With Public Apology Of 3 Newspapers For Wrongly Reporting Court Proceedings, Grants Time To Publish Afresh
The Gujarat High Court on Monday rejected affidavits filed by three newspapers, tendering and containing the public apology issued by them for wrongly reporting the court proceedings in connection with the ongoing hearing of a batch of pleas moved by various linguistic and religious minority schools challenging amendments to the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Act.Court said...
Lawyer Has Right To Represent Client, Need Not "Beg" To Appear Before Court: Calcutta High Court
While interrupting a lawyer who "begged" for permission to appear, the Calcutta High Court's Circuit Bench at Jalpaiguri comprising Justices Harish Tandon and Prasenjit Biswas observed that lawyers need not use expressions such as "begging to appear" while representing their clients before the court.The bench referred to such practices as 'relics' of the system's colonial past and commented...
Bombay High Court Orders Removal Of Mahant Ramgiri's Videos Making Controversial Remarks On Prophet Mohammad
The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered the Maharashtra Police to pull down the videos of controversial self-styled godman Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj, wherein, he has made some objectionable comments against Prophet Mohammad, thus hurting the sentiments of the Muslim community.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Prithviraj Chavan gave an oral order to the Police on a request made...
Central Charges & International Taxation Charges Are Not Excluded From Purview Of Faceless Mechanism U/s 144B R/w/s 151A: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court held that the faceless mechanism would be applicable to all cases of Central Charges and International Taxation charges. However, the High Court clarified that it is only the assessment proceedings which would be required to be undertaken outside the faceless mechanism. Section 151A of the Income Tax Act empowers the Central Government to make a scheme...
Arbitral Tribunal Is Final Decision-Maker; Court Interference Only For Perverse Or Implausible Awards: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court divison bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju has held that Arbitral Tribunal serves as the ultimate decision-maker on all matters. The bench held that interference by the court under Section 34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 is only warranted if the Tribunal's decision is deemed perverse...
"No More Adjournments For Filing Affidavits, Will Impose Costs For Seeking Extension Of Time Without Justification": Bombay HC To State
The Bombay High Court recently made it clear that henceforth it will not adjourn matters and criticised the 'robotic approach' especially of the Maharashtra Government and other authorities for seeking adjournments on the ground of filing affidavits-in-reply.A division bench of Justices Girish Kulkarni and Somashekar Sundaresan said henceforth it will impose costs on advocates, especially...
Delhi High Court Rejects Contempt Plea Over Allegations Of Ill-Treatment To Animals In Ambani Wedding, Calls Out "Sensational Journalism"
The Delhi High Court has recently rejected a contempt plea filed by a lawyer over allegations that inhumane and ill-treatment was meted out to animals in industrialist Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani's pre-wedding celebrations in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Justice Dharmesh Sharma dismissed the contempt plea which alleged wilful disobedience of a division bench's order of February 12.The initial plea...