Further action the HC directive will be taken only after Chief Minister Revanth Reddy returns from New Delhi, say sources in Government
Among other things, the petitioners have sought a direction to the government of Karnataka not to withdraw any social welfare scheme from individuals who would not be included in the final voter rolls after competition of the SIR
Court observes that data provided by the High Court administration is in variance with the report by the State Police Chief, which cited 256 pending cases. It directs SPC to correct the statistics
Calcutta High Court defers Abhishek Banerjee’s plea for protection in multiple FIRs till July 30
Division Bench holds that there is sufficient evidence on record to prove the alleged conspiracy and that they had 'executed their plan with precision’
The State Police Chief has been ordered to examine any procedural lapses in handling the case
HC observes that 'serious allegations’ have been raised against investigating officer in the release of the accused and expresses suspicion that top officials were involved in it to ‘save’ Dr. Ram from detention
Hong Kong’s chief justice will once again reprimand a High Court judge and require him to undergo training after he was found to have plagiarised large swathes of submissions for a judgment, in what is at least the sixth instance of extensive copying. In a response to the South China Morning Post on Wednesday, the judiciary said that Wilson Chan Ka-shun would face a “serious reprimand” from Chief Justice Andrew Cheung Kui-nung for the second time since 2023. It said that in light of Chan’s...
A Hong Kong High Court judge previously reprimanded for plagiarism has been found to have done so again, after an appeal court determined that almost 95 per cent of a previous judgment was lifted from the defendant’s counsel. In a ruling dated July 15, which came to light on Tuesday, a panel of three Court of Appeal judges found that Mr Justice Wilson Chan Ka-shun had engaged in “impermissible judicial copying” in a case he oversaw in 2024. The original case stemmed from a dispute between Nam...
The move comes after the directions of the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court. The arches, originally constructed to demarcate entry points to the city, have outlived their purpose and were now obsolete.
Citing four years of litigation, an SIT probe and a verification panel’s findings, the petitioners say shifting the case now would duplicate judicial effort and delay its resolution
However, such a right is enforceable if it partakes the character of a fundamental right under Article 25 of the Constitution or a customary right, said a Division Bench of Justices G.R. Swaminathan and K.K. Ramakrishnan
The court, however, clarified only the applications would be called and the allotment would depend upon further directions to be issued by it
The High Court of Karnataka directed that any contract entered into by the State government or its agencies, with third parties for the proposed tunnel road project, will be subject to the outcome of the hearing on three PIL petitions challenging the legality of the approvals for the project
The authorities, treating the twins as two children, denied maternity leave for her second pregnancy
Sloganeering against the government or wings of governance, in an elected democracy, would not be sufficient to slap charges of sedition against its citizens, the bench observed
The judge noted the rental agreement the Society had with the building owner had expired in 2024 and as per ninth condition of the agreement, the Society was barred from sub-leasing the premises to others without the consent of the building owner
The petitioners approached the HC, challenging an order of the Ernakulam Sessions Court that had rejected a similar plea they filed to defer the trial
Division Bench holds that finding of Ernakulam Sessions Court is reasonable and that there are no grounds to justify suspension of petitioner’s sentence
Referring to Sabarimala gold theft case, K. Muraleedharan says Kerala government is unable to take any further steps as High Court had entrusted the probe to an SIT
A complaint by the victim’s father alleged that the child welfare officer destroyed his son’s original written complaint and compelled him to submit a fresh statement portraying the incident as a ‘consensual act’.
Abhishek Banerjee has challenged before the High Court the Bidhannagar sub-divisional judicial magistrate court order that directed him to appear before the magistrate on July 8
UK High Court to rule on a privacy case brought by Prince Harry against Daily Mail publisher.
Justice Avneesh Jhingan issued notice to the Central Government on applications seeking a stay on the operation of the show-cause notice and asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta
"When a wife refers to her husband that 'she can keep thousand husbands like him' it is indirect/oblique reference to worthlessness of the husband, meaning he has no value as a human being or a husband; therefore, it can be turned as a sudden and grave provocation"
The documents Aminul Hoque, a daily-wage labourer, submitted included a 1973 land purchase deed, a school certificate, and a copy of the 1951 National Register of Citizens
TMMK president M.H. Jawahirullah appeals to the State govt. and the CM to take legal steps to nullify the verdict
Board has moved Kerala High Court seeking six more months to share the information on the portal set up by the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs as it could not complete the job within the time frame fixed by the Kerala Waqf Tribunal