Civil Court Jurisdiction Prevails Over Revenue Authorities In Property Disputes: J&K&L High Court Quashes Revenue Orders

Reaffirming the legal principle that civil courts exercise superior and overriding jurisdiction over revenue authorities in disputes involving title, possession, or civil rights over immovable property, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed three revenue orders passed against a landowner.Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal emphasised that when a civil suit is already pending on...

Influencer Regulation, Aadhar Linked Digital IDs: Rajasthan High Court Issues Sweeping Directions For Cyber Safety Reforms

The Rajasthan High Court has issued a bunch of directions to different State departments to handle the issue of cyber crimes, artificial intelligence as well as deep fake, for ensuring digital safety and security of the residents.The bench of Justice Ravi Chirania was hearing bail applications of two young adults who were accused of impersonating themselves as Sub-Inspectors to an elderly...

SC/ST Act | No Compensation In Cases Where Victims Turn Hostile And Amicably Settle With Accused: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (December 1), held that compensation cannot be granted under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, when the victim turns hostile and amicably settles with the accused. The bench of Justice Pranay Verma emphasized that the Act of 1989 was intended to deter atrocities against the members of the Scheduled Tribe...

'Disability Presumed Attributable To Service Unless Proved Otherwise': J&K&L High Court Upholds Disability Pension For Soldier

The Jammu & Kashmir High Court held that once a soldier is enrolled in a medically fit condition and subsequently develops disabilities during service, the disability is presumed attributable to or aggravated by service unless the Army proves otherwise.The court said that the Army cannot deny disability pension on the basis of a one-line or cryptic “neither attributable to nor aggravated...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Consumer Commission Orders Against Bank & Jute Corporation In Jute Loan Dispute

The Calcutta High Court has set aside concurrent findings of the District, State and National Consumer Commissions, which had held the Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank and the Jute Corporation of India (JCI) liable for deficiency in service in connection with jute-pledge loans availed by farmers.Justice Debangsu Basak disposed of eight revisional applications filed by the farmers, the bank,...

Executive Can't Enforce DV Order: Gauhati High Court Quashes Annulment Of Husband's Land Possession Certificate

The Gauhati High Court quashed an order passed by appellate authority under Arunachal Pradesh government's land management department which had cancelled a land possession certificate issued to a husband, based on alleged violation of interim order by the trial court in favour of his estranged wife under domestic violence act. In doing so the court observed that the appellate authority lacked...

Karnataka High Court Quashes Complaint Against Minister KJ George, BESCOM Officials Over Alleged Irregularities In Smart Meter Procurement

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday (December 2) quashed a private complaint by BJP leaders against State Energy Minister KJ George and BESCOM officials, alleging irregularities in the issuance of tender regarding procurement and installation of smart electric meters in the State.Allowing George's plea Justice M I Arun said “Petitions are allowed. Consequently the proceedings pending before...

Jammu & Kashmir Deputy CM Files Defamation Suit Before Delhi High Court Seeking Removal Of Objectionable Content

Surinder Kumar Choudhary, Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court seeking removal of objectionable content against him on social media. The matter was heard briefly on Tuesday (December 2) by Justice Amit Bansal who asked Choudhary to implead the uploaders of the content as defendants in his suit. Choudhary's counsel informed the...

Delhi High Court Upholds Rejection Of Patent For Amylin and AstraZeneca's Sustained-Release Diabetes Injection

The Delhi High Court has upheld the Patent Office's refusal to grant Amylin Pharmaceuticals and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals a patent for their sustained-release exenatide injection for diabetes, ruling that the formulation was 'obvious' from existing science and lacked the inventive step required for protection. A single bench of Justice Tejas Karia in an order dated November 24 said that...

Police Lack Power To Probe Food Adulteration Under FSS Act: Rajasthan High Court Quashes FIR, Says Only Food Safety Officers Can Proceed

The Rajasthan High Court has reiterated that the police, appointed under the Police Act, does not have powers to investigate offences in relation to food adulteration punishable under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (“the Act”).The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand was hearing a petition seeking quashing of offences against the petitioner under Section 272, 273 and 420 of IPC,...

No Sexual Overtone: Gauhati High Court Quashes S.354 IPC Charge Against MLA Jignesh Mevani Accused Of Outraging Woman Cop's Modesty

The Gauhati High Court has discharged Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani from the charge of outraging the modesty of a woman police officer, holding that the materials collected during investigation did not reveal any act carrying a sexual overtone capable of attracting Section 354 IPC. The court however retained the charged against Mevani under IPC Section 352 (Punishment for assault or criminal...

Contingency Driver Not Entitled To Seek Regularisation Or Promotion Against Direct Recruitment: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that a contingency driver cannot claim either regularisation or promotion into a vacancy that is earmarked for direct recruitment under the applicable Recruitment Rules and the post-based roster. Presiding over the case, Justice Manish Choudhury, observed, “Though a right to be considered for promotion is a fundamental right but such right to be considered...