Attempted Fraud & Went To The Extent Of Making Allegations Against Court: MP High Court Imposes Rs 50K Cost On Khandwa BJP MLA

In an election petition filed by Congress leader Kundan Malviya, Madhya Pradesh High Court has levied a cost of Rs 50,000 on incumbent Khandwa MLA Kanchan Tanve. The court imposed the said cost on the MLA for her deliberate attempt to delay the proceedings despite the receipt of notice on time.The single-judge bench of Justice Gurpal Singh Ahluwalia noted that the respondent MLA's attempt...

No Law Prohibits Alteration Of Travel Route In Transporting Goods: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that no law, rule or ruling mandates conveyance of goods from one point to its destination following a particular route only or prohibits alteration of travel route qua the one impressed in the consignment documents.A division bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Ramachandra D Huddar dismissed the appeal filed by the Joint Commissioner of Commercial...

Centre Notifies Transfer Of Jharkhand HC's Acting CJ Justice Shree Chandrashekhar To Rajasthan High Court

The Central government has notified the transfer of Justice Shree Chandrashekhar, serving as the Acting Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court, to the Rajasthan High Court.This comes after Centre notified appointment of Justice BR Sarangi as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. Read full story here.Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the transfer of Justice Chandrashekhar in view of...

'Similar Plea Was Dismissed In 2020': Allahabad High Court Adjourns Hearing In PIL To Rename HC As 'High Court Of UP'

The Allahabad High Court today adjourned hearing in a PIL (Public Interest Litigation) plea seeking to rename HC as the "High Court of Uttar Pradesh" in the official documents after it noted that a PIL plea, filed by the petitioner's advocate himself seeking identical reliefs, had been dismissed in 2020.A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Om Prakash Shukla categorically asked...

With Less Than A Month To Retire, Justice BR Sarangi Appointed As Chief Justice Of Jharkhand High Court

The Central government has notified the appointment of Justice BR Sarangi as the Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court. Significantly, the Centre's notification comes almost 6 months after the Supreme Court Collegium proposed Justice Sarangi's elevation. He is now set to retire in less than a month on July 20.He is currently the senior most Judge of the Orissa High Court and will fill the post...

Mere Filing Of FIR, Ongoing Probe Against Applicant Without Court's Cognizance Not Valid Grounds To Refuse Passport Renewal: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court recently observed that merely filing of an FIR or cases under investigation against a person is not a valid ground for refusal of passport renewal when no cognizance has been taken by a court.A division bench of Justice BP Colabawalla and Justice Firdosh P Pooniwalla noted that merely filing an FIR or having cases under investigation does not constitute...

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal Moves High Court Seeking Bail In CBI Case Over Alleged Liquor Policy Scam

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in CBI case related to the alleged liquor policy scam. Notably, Kejriwal has directly approached the High Court for seeking bail without approaching the trial court.The matter was mentioned today by Advocate Rajat Bhardwaj before a division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Manmohan which allowed urgent...

Madras High Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Former TN Minister Balakrishna Reddy In Alleged Rioting Case

The Madras High Court on Wednesday set aside the conviction and sentence imposed om former Tamil Nadu Minister Balakrishna Reddy.Justice G Jayachandran noted that there were several lacunas in the prosecution case and the benefit had to be given to the appellant (Balakrishnan). The orders were passed on appeals preferred by Reddy and others challenging his conviction.In January 2019, a...

Chief Justice Or Their Designate Cannot Adjudicate Merits Of Dispute Under Section 11 Of Arbitration Act: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharyya has held that it is completely beyond the domain of the Chief Justice and/or his designate, sitting in jurisdiction under Section 11 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, to adjudicate even prima facie on the merits of an arguable issue involved in the matter, which would fall categorically within the domain...

Gujarat High Court Allows Section 54 Deduction On Cash Transaction Of Sell And Purchase Of Residential Property

The Gujarat High Court has allowed the deduction under Section 54 of the Income Tax Act on the cash transaction of the sale and purchase of residential property.The bench of Justice Bhargav D. Karia and Justice Niral R. Mehta, while quashing the order of the Interim Board for Settlement Commission, denied the deduction of Rs. 2.4 crore with respect to the cash transaction of the sale and...

'LGBT Persons Entitled To Privacy Like Other Heterosexual Persons': Kerala HC Grants Relief To Transwoman Forced Into Conversion Therapy

The Kerala High Court has come to the rescue of Elida Rubielle, a transwoman who was allegedly forced to undergo conversion therapy. It noted that the 19-year-old had made a firm decision to live separately from her parents and said the choice and desire expressed by her needs to be respected.A bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice P. M. Manoj observed:“LGBT persons like...

Calcutta High Court Stays Demand Order Confirming Payment Reversal Of ITC Due To Cancellation Of Supplier's Registration

The Calcutta High Court stayed the demand order confirming the payment reversal of the ITC due to the cancellation of the supplier's registration.The bench of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury has observed that the prima facie case was made by the petitioner/assessee, and there shall be a stay of the demand raised by the proper officer as is reflected in the order, subject to the...