All High Courts
Delhi High Court Orders Website To Pay Rs. 5 Lakh Costs To Louis Vuitton For Unauthorised Use Of Copyrighted Photos
The Delhi High Court has recently ordered Rs. 5 lakhs as costs in favour of famous French luxury brand Louis Vuitton in its suit against a website for use of its photographs without authorization.Justice Mini Pushkarna directed the website, www.haute24.com and its owner to pay the costs to Louis Vuitton, which is situated in France, directly.The court also injuncted the website from using...
Denial Of Admission To Any Child After Seat Allotment By Directorate Of Education Violates Objectives Of RTE Act: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that denial of admission to any child once allotment of seat is done by the Directorate of Education (DoE) would be in violation of the objectives which the Right to Education Act seeks to achieve.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav said that once an impression of legitimate expectation of admission is triggered in the minds of students who successfully find...
Rajasthan High Court Asks Police To Consider Protection Plea By Already Married Live-In Partners
Rajasthan High Court has directed the local Police to consider providing necessary protection to a man and woman living in a live-in relationship outside their respective wedlocks.The bench of Justice Arun Monga was hearing a petition filed by a mother of four and a father of one who were living together in a relationship for past few days, without getting any divorce from their...
Constitutional Courts Entertaining Writ Petitions Without Proper Caution Would Breach Trust Of Genuine Litigants: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has observed that a writ petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India, which alleges encroachment on government land, cannot be entertained if it requires the court to conduct a 'roving or fishing enquiry' into disputed facts of the case.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav observed that Article 226 is a public law remedy and cautioned that entertaining writ...
Ordinary Tiff Between Parties No Evidence Of Motive To Kill: Rajasthan High Court Grants Bail To Murder Accused
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that mere existence of some kind of tiff between the accused and the deceased could not be taken as evidence of accused's motive to kill the deceased. It thus granted bail to a murder accused who was behind bars since 2021, only on the basis of circumstantial evidences put forth by the prosecution.The prosecution had put forth three main circumstantial...
“Atrocious Game By State”: Madras High Court Imposes Rs 5 Lakh Cost On State For Filing Frivolous Appeals Over Salary Dispute
The Madras High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs.5 lakh on the State of Tamil Nadu for filing appeals against orders directing it to pay salaries to Assistant Professors. While ordering the exemplary costs, the bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice L Victoria Gowri said it hoped the order would serve as an example and prevent the State from filing such appeals. The...
Delhi High Court Dismisses Challenge To Rule Requiring Filing Of Written Statement Within 120 Days, Says Original Side Rules Override CPC Provisions
The Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutionality of Rule 4, Chapter VII of the Delhi High Court (Original Side) Rules, 2018, which mandates that a written statement has to be filed within 120 days, including in non-commercial matters.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Mini Pushkarna held that the High Court is empowered to frame its own rules and procedure in...
Fair Price Shops Must Enable Access For Impoverished Classes And Ensure Distribution To All Citizens In Speedy, Cheap Manner: Karnataka HC
The Karnataka High Court has said that the object and purpose of establishing a fair price shop is to enable the citizens of the country to have easy access to fair price shops, more so, when the ration card holders belong to the impoverished class of society and many of them are below the poverty line.A single judge bench of Justice Suraj Govindaraj dismissed a petition filed by Mahatma...
S.19(3) Prevention Of Corruption Act | Order Sanctioning Criminal Prosecution Can Be Challenged At Any Stage Of Trial: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that order sanctioning criminal prosecution of a government employee under Section 19 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 can be challenged at any stage in the Trial proceedings and the bar placed under Section 19(3) on superior courts overturning the findings of the Special Judge shall not apply in such cases.Section 19(3) of Prevention of Corruption Act,...
Right To Life Must Be Protected Regardless Of Validity Of Marriage: Rajasthan HC Grants Protection To Couple Of Non-Marriageable Age
Rajasthan High Court has ruled that the supremacy of fundamental rights seeking protection of life and liberty irrespective of the solemnization of an invalid or void marriage or even the absence of any marriage between the parties.The bench of Justice Arun Monga directed the police to grant protection to a major couple, not of marriageable age, facing threats from family and held that...
"Retired" Not To Be Appended To Retired HC Judge's Name, Title Remains "Mr. Justice": Allahabad High Court Clarifies
The Allahabad High Court has observed that the title of a retired judge's name remains “Mr. Justice..”. It has been observed that the word “Retired” must not be used as a part of the name of a retired High Court judge.“A retired Judge is not supposed to be referred to as "Hon'ble Mr. Justice ..... (Retired)". The word "Retired" is not to be appended as if it were to the name of...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: August 19 - August 25, 2024
Citations: 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 373 To 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 379Nominal Index:Sreeramu V and ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 373Chennamma AND The Regional Commissioner & Others. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 374Shobha AND Dr Anil P Kumar. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar). 375Mohammed Shahid & ANR AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2024 LiveLaw (Kar) 376Rafiq Bepari AND State of Karnataka...