The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking a direction to respondent authorities to recover the amount of compensation of the land which has been received by unauthorized persons, who had purchased the land after notification issued under Section 3A of the National Highways Authority Act, 1956. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Arun…
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has recently dismissed an appeal filed by a bank against an order passed by a single judge directing the bank to release gratuity to a retired employee. The appeal was heard by a division bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Prakash Sharma and Justice Meenakshi I Mehta. The dispute arose when…
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation to provide a list of hoardings that have been illegally removed, despite having permission to erect them. The Division Bench of Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya told the Corporation to convene a meeting at the earliest to regulate illegal hoardings with…
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has recently imposed a cost of US $10,000 on an accused, who fled to America so as to evade trial in a fraud case for the last 20 years. A Single Bench of Justice Sandeep Moudgil passed this order while hearing a petition filed by Avtar Singh Pannu. The…
The Kerala High Court said that sympathy is not necessary towards minor rape victims from society, but it should hold such minor victims close to their hearts and protect their interests and also see that they live in society with pride like every other citizen. A Single Bench of Justice P V Kunhikrishnan granted bail…
The Gauhati High Court has recently granted two weeks’ time to the petitioner’s counsel to file a reply to the counter-affidavit filed by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council in a public interest litigation (PIL) against misutilization of funds. Podmo Taron, a resident of Karbi Anglong, Assam, had filed the PIL against the Ministry of Development…
The Supreme Court on Friday extended till March 17, the interim protection from arrest granted to former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar in a case related to the alleged misrepresentation of facts during the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination, 2022. The Bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma further extended…
YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking relief in the multiple FIRs lodged against him in various states for the offence of obscenity over the remarks made by him during the ‘India Got Latent’ show. The matter was mentioned on Friday before the Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna by…
Noting that reproach by a senior at a workplace did not warrant criminal proceedings under Section 504 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Supreme Court has held that interpreting penal provisions otherwise would have ‘disastrous’ consequences crippling the entire disciplinary atmosphere required in a workplace. Quashing a 2022 criminal case against the officiating director…
Following the resignation of Chief Minister Biren Singh on February 9, President’s Rule was imposed in ethnic violence-hit Manipur on Thursday. A notification issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs said that President Droupadi Murmu had expressed concern over the state of affairs in Manipur, stating that a situation had arisen in which the government…