High Courts
Calcutta High Court Seeks State's Response On Plea Alleging Police Action To Remove Loudspeakers From Mosques
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal Government to take instructions on a PIL alleging that police officers across the State have been pressuring mosques to remove loudspeakers used for Azaan, with the petitioner claiming that such action has affected nearly 4,000 mosques.A Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Atarup Banerjee...
Burden On State To Prove Land Is Irrigated Before Declaring It Surplus Under Ceiling Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a finding that a tenure-holder's land is irrigated for the purposes of Section 4-A of the U.P. Imposition of Ceiling on Land Holdings Act, 1960 must rest upon the Khasra entries of Fasli years 1378, 1379 and 1380, and where the State fails to produce those records, a declaration of surplus land founded on such a finding is a finding based on...
Prior Sanction Required If Cognizance Taken After 2018 PC Act Amendment, Even If Chargesheet Filed Earlier: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that requirement of taking prior sanction under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (the “Act”) gets attracted even in a case where the offence was committed before the relevant amendment in 2018, but cognizance was yet to be taken in the case. The bench of Justice Kuldeep Mathur observed that the amended Section 19 created a statutory...
CBI Challenged Discharge In Liquor Policy Case Within 4 Hours, Without Appreciating 500-Page Order: Kejriwal, Sisodia Move Delhi High Court
Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia have approached the Delhi High Court seeking dismissal of the plea filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against their discharge in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam.The AAP leaders have filed their applications in the CBI's criminal revision petition which is pending adjudication before a single...
Unregistered Holographic Will With Minor Corrections Not Suspicious Circumstance If Testator's Signature Undisputed: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court has held that minor corrections, interpolations, use of different ink and non-registration of a holographic Will cannot, by itself, constitute suspicious circumstances when the testator's handwriting and signature are undisputed and the document indicates that the testator consciously applied his mind while making the bequests. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 384]It was contended...
Delhi High Court Issues Notice On 107-Yr-Old Central Secretariat Club's Plea Against Derecognition, Eviction; No Interim Relief For Now
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice on a plea filed by the Central Secretariat Club challenging the Union Government's decision to withdraw its recognition and evict it from its premises.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of the Central Government and directed that a short reply be filed in the matter. The Club is represented by Senior Advocate Diya Kapur and Advocate...
Ruling Party Lodging Criminal Cases Against Opposition Leaders A 'Disturbing Feature' Of Indian Politics: AP High Court
The registration of criminal cases against opposition leaders by ruling party governments, and vice versa, has become a disturbing feature of Indian politics, the Andhra Pradesh High Court observed while quashing an FIR against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and former Minister Ponguru Narayana in Amravati Land Pooling case. [2026 LiveLaw (AP) 187]The court held that the FIR was vitiated...
'Challenge To Decree As Nullity Due To Abatement Must Be Raised Before Executing Court U/S 47 CPC, Not By Separate Suit': Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that an objection to the execution of a decree on the ground that it is a nullity by reason of abatement of the suit has to be adjudicated by the executing Court under Section 47 of the CPC and cannot be raised by way of a separate suit. The Court observed that Section 47 and Order XXI Rules 97 and 101 vest the powers in executing court to decide the question...
Gauhati High Court Upholds Conviction, 15-Year Imprisonment Of Son Found Guilty Of Mother's Rape
The Gauhati High Court has upheld the conviction of a man for rape of his mother, holding that the Supreme Court's observations on incestuous sexual violence requiring an "unsparing judicial response" would apply to the present case.A Division Bench of Justice Michael Zothankhuma and Justice Budi Habung observed, "In the present case, the perpetrator of the crime is the 33 year old son, who...
Renukaswamy Murder Case | Witness Speaking Against Prosecution In An Unguarded Moment Not 'Hostile': Darshan To Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday (August 12) reserved its orders on a crucial legal question arising in the Renukaswamy murder case involving actors Darshan and Pavitra Gowda—whether the prosecution can cross-examine its own witness under Section 154 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, without first having the witness declared hostile.A single judge bench of Justice M. Nagaprasanna heard...
Gauhati High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Asomiya Pratidin's Chief Editor, Printer And Publisher
The Gauhati High Court quashed criminal defamation proceedings against the Chief Editor and the Printer and Publisher of Asomiya Pratidin, taking note of the complainant's stand that the publication had not spoiled his reputation in society.Justice Shamima Jahan observed, “The first exception to section 499 IPC provides that it will not be defamation to impute anything which is true...