Supreme Court Upholds Cancellation Of Free Land Allotment For International Arbitration & Mediation Centre

The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Telangana High Court judgment that quashed the free allotment of government land in Hyderabad to the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC).A bench of Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice SVN Bhatti rejected the special leave petitions filed by IAMC against the judgment.“We are not inclined to interfere with the impugned judgment(s)...

Madras High Court Directs POCSO Accused To Pay ₹25K Cost To Victim After Advocate Names Her In Cause Title

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) recently imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on the accused booked under the POCSO Act after finding that the name of the survivor/victim was explicitly mentioned by their counsel in the cause title of the criminal petition. A bench of Justice L Victoria Gowri strongly condemned the conduct of the petitioners' counsel and further directed that the said amount...

Providing Public Utility Is Fiduciary Trust, Not Administrative High-Handedness: Calcutta HC Quashes WBSEDCL's Excess Electricity Bills

The Calcutta High Court has held that the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. (WBSEDCL) cannot recover a supplemental electricity bill of Rs. 55.8 lakh from Jyotish Chandra Rice Mill. A division bench of Justices Rajarshi Bharadwaj and Uday Kumar found that the demand was based on an unproven “polarity reversal” in the transformer and speculative average billing,...

Decades Of Possession Doesn't Create Ownership Or Compensation Rights On Encroached Land: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that illegal encroachers of Government land cannot claim compensation and invoke the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, despite acquiring the land from their ancestors or having possession of the same for decades.Justice Harinath N was dealing with a batch of petitions...

Bombay High Court Denies Emergency Parole To Abu Salem Over Brother's Death After He Declines To Pay Police Escort Charges

The Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused permission to underworld gangster Abu Salem to travel to his native place in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, to mourn the death of his brother, Abu Hakim Ansari.A division bench comprising Justices Ajay Gadkari and Shyam Chandak upheld the order of the Appellate Authority which had allowed Salem emergency parole only on the condition that he pays Rs 17.60...

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Authorised Representative Without Direct Knowledge Of Transaction Can't Sustain Cheque Bounce Case: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that a company that prefers a complaint for cheque dishonour can be represented by a power of attorney holder only if he/she witnessed the transaction or had direct knowledge of it.Justice P.V. Balakrishnan observed:“The company, being a juristic person, cannot act on its own and it must necessarily function through a human agency. A company is competent...

'Criminal Justice System Will Be Clogged': Karnataka High Court Raps Bank For Filing FIRs Over NPAs

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (February 5) stayed investigation against a borrower booked in a cheating FIR, registered against various accused on a complaint by State Bank of India, after the borrower's account was declared a Non-Performing Asset due to failure to pay loan. In doing so the court questioned the bank for registering a criminal case instead of availing other...

Supreme Court Upholds NCLAT Order Directing NBCC To Complete Stalled Supertech Housing Projects

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) directing State-owned NBCC to expeditiously complete 16 stalled housing projects of debt-ridden real estate developer Supertech Limited.A Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi affirmed the NCLAT's December 12, 2024 order, which had brought NBCC on record...

Insurance Company Cannot Recover Compensation Without Hearing Vehicle Owner On Alleged Policy Violation: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court recently ruled that a motor insurance company cannot recover compensation from a vehicle owner without giving them an opportunity to be heard regarding alleged violations of the insurance policy. The judgment was delivered by Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury on February 4, 2026, in F.M.A. 1003 of 2025, involving National Insurance Co. Ltd. vs. Lirasa Bibi & Anr.The...

Andhra Pradesh High Court Grants Bail To APCLC Leader Accused Of Displaying 'Satyameva Parajayate', 'Fight Hindu Fascism' Banners

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday granted regular bail to a 60-year-old practising advocate and senior leader of the Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee (APCLP) accused of displaying banners where the National Emblem was morphed and the motto "Satyameva Jayate" was altered to "Satyameva Parajayate". A bench of Justice Venkata Jyothirmai Pratapa observed that nothing...

LOC Issued Against YouTuber Dr Sangram Patil To Safeguard India's Image, PM's Dignity: Mumbai Police Tells High Court

The Mumbai Police told the Bombay High Court that the criminal action against YouTuber and UK-based doctor Sangram Patil is not 'arbitrary' but it is only to 'safeguard' India's image and also the dignity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the international forum and also to protect national integrity. For context, Patil has been made an accused in a First Information Report (FIR) lodged at...