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High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On State Election Commission's Plea Seeking Final Reservation List In Gram Panchayats
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (November 12) issued notice to State Government on a petition filed by the State Election Commission seeking a direction to take immediate action and issue the final notifications of reservation of seats under section 5(5) of the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayath Raj Act, 1993 in respect of 5,950 Gram Panchayats whose terms will expire by January...
SC's Jospeh Shine Judgment Which Decriminalized Adultery Not Prospective, Nullified Pending Prosecutions Also: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court held that the decriminalization of adultery by the Supreme Court in Joseph Shine v Union of India shall not just apply prospectively but, it will apply retrospectively to all pending and ongoing cases, which is necessary to uphold the constitutional guarantees of equality, dignity and privacy.The bench of Justice Anand Sharma held that when Section 497 IPC (Adultery)...
TP Chandrasekharan Murder | Kerala High Court Seeks State's Stand In Convict's Mother's Plea To Transfer Him From Thavanur Jail To Kannur
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (November 11) sought the State's stand while considering a plea to transfer N.P. Sunil Kumar @ Kodi Suni, undergoing life imprisonment for the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case, from Central Prison & Correctional Home, Thavanur (Malappuram) to Central Prison & Correctional Home, Kannur.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath was considering a petition filed by...
Why Allahabad High Court Said District Courts, Advocates Sometimes Misinterpret SC's 'Satender Kumar Antil' Verdict?
In an order passed on Monday, the Allahabad High Court expressed concern that district courts and advocates sometimes misinterpret the Supreme Court's judgment in Satender Kumar Antil vs Central Bureau of Investigation LL 2021 SC 550, leading to confusion in bail proceedings. A bench of Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal noted that the Supreme Court's directions in Satender Kumar Antil...
PM Modi Degree Row: Delhi High Court Asks DU To File Objections To Delay In Filing Of Appeals, No Notice For Now
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi University to file its objections on the delay in filing of a batch of appeals seeking disclosure of information with respect to the bachelor's degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela however did not issue notice in the matter. It ordered,"SGI...
CCTV Footage Of 2024 Lok Sabha Polls No Longer In Custody Of District Election Officers In Delhi, Stands Destroyed: ECI To High Court
The Election Commission of India (ECI) recently informed the Delhi High Court that the CCTV footage of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is not longer in the custody of the seven District Election Officers (DEOs) in the national capital as the same stands destroyed.Justice Mini Pushkarna took the statement on record while hearing an application filed by Advocate Mehmood Pracha last year,...
Desire To Console Ailing Parents No Ground For Emergent Parole: Delhi High Court Denies Relief To UAPA Accused
The Delhi High Court has observed that an undertrial's desire to console ailing parents, is not, by itself, a ground for emergent parole under the Delhi Prison Rules.Justice Ravinder Dudeja dismissed the plea filed by a UAPA accused challenging the trial court order dismissing his application seeking custody parole for two weeks.Mohamed Ali Jinnah, jailed since September 22, 2022, had...
'IOs Must Get Viscera Reports Within Time': Allahabad High Court Directs State Secy, DGP To Ensure Timely Communication From FSLs
The Allahabad High Court last week expressed strong concern over the delay in transmitting viscera reports from Forensic Science Laboratories (FSL) to investigating agencies as it termed the lapse 'disturbing'. A bench of Justice Samit Gopal directed the Chief Secretary, Director General of Medical Health and Director General of Police to look into the situation and ensure that...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: November 03 - November 09, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 234 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 240Nominal Index Raju v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 234AS v DK 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 235I v HK 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 236APS v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 237Virju v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 238Ms Siddiqua Begum Khan v Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 239State of Madhya Pradesh v Hridyesh Dubey 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 240Investigation 'Swayed' By Farmers Plight,...
Delhi High Court To Hear Tomorrow Appeals Seeking Disclosure Of PM Modi's Degree Details
The Delhi High Court will hear tomorrow a batch of appeals seeking disclosure of information with respect to the bachelor's degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela will hear the pleas tomorrow. The appeals have been filed by Right to Information activist Neeraj, Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh...
No Disciplinary Proceedings Can Be Initiated After Dismissal Of Employee From Service: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that once the relationship of employer and employee has been conclusively severed by way of dismissal, the employer becomes functus officio and loses the jurisdiction to initiate or continue disciplinary proceedings against the dismissed employee.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "The foundational axiom governing disciplinary jurisdiction is...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 2,2025 To November 9, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 214 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 219 Nominal Index: National Institute of Technology, Delhi v/s Raj Kamal Verma and others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 214 Sachin Shridhar & others v/s Himachal Pradesh Housing & Urban Development Authority.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 215 Shri Mansha Ram v/s Shri Amar Nath (since deceased) through Lrs. Sh. Ashok Kumar and...