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Trial Court Cannot Reject Charge-Sheet Over Absconding Co-Accused: Tripura High Court
The Tripura High Court has set aside an order granting bail to an accused in an NDPS case, holding that the Trial Court erred in refusing to accept the charge-sheet merely because the investigating officer had not sought a warrant and proclamation against an absconding co-accused. The Court observed that the Trial Court's approach was “wholly illegal, unreasonable and unjustified,”...
Surplus Employee Entitled To Absorption Against Equivalent Or Lower Post, Not Higher Post : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a surplus employee cannot claim absorption against a post higher than the one he was holding when declared surplus merely because the two posts carry the same pay scale or the higher post was vacant. A bench of Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice R Mahadevan set aside the Bombay High Court's judgment which had directed the absorption of the Respondent...
IUST Constituent College Teachers Retire At 60, Not 62; Executive Council Decision Excluding Them From Enhanced Age Binding: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the retirement of an Associate Professor of a constituent Nursing College at the age of 60 years, holding that the decision of the Executive Council of the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST) specifically excluding constituent College teachers from the benefit of enhanced superannuation age of 62 years is binding in...
Brothel Customer Can't Be Prosecuted Under Immoral Traffic Act: Allahabad High Court
The Allahabad High Court has held that a man who visits a brothel as a customer cannot be prosecuted under Sections 3, 5 and 7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956, as paying money for personal gratification is not procurement for the purpose of prostitution within the meaning of the Act. Justice Dr. Gautam Chowdhary held, “If a person visits a brothel as a customer,...
Bombay Bar Association Calls Manan Kumar Mishra's Apology Belated, Says He Must Resign As BCI Chairman
The Bombay Bar Association, while condemning the actions of the BCI chairman on August 13 against NALSAR students, stated that Mishra's subsequent apology of August 15 was clearly belated and was just an attempt to merely assuage the situation.The Association, in its letter of August 18, stated that Mishra's apology cannot be regarded as an expression of "true remorse, since he continues to...
Kerala High Court Directs Action Against 1157 Advocates Practicing Without Certificates Of Practice
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (August 19) directed action against around 1,157 advocates, who are practicing in the State without a valid Certificate of Practice (CoP) and without clearing the All India Bar Examination (AIBE).The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. today passed an interim order directing immediate publication of the list of these...
'Minors Drive For Reels, Put Lives At Risk': Karnataka High Court In Father's Plea Over Deaths Allegedly Caused By 14-Yr-Old Son
Expressing concern over underage driving, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment on a criminal petition filed by a father seeking to quash the charge of culpable homicide (Section 304 Part II of IPC) against him. The petition arises from a tragic 2020 accident where the petitioner's 14-year-old son allegedly took his car and mowed down three members of a family on...
Matrimonial Offences Cannot Be Quashed Merely Due To Subsequent Divorce Or Spouses Living Separately: Rajasthan High Court
Rajasthan High Court dismissed a quashing petition filed by a husband, observing that a criminal case could not be quashed only because one of the spouses had obtained a decree of divorce and they were living separately. The bench of Justice Ashok Kumar Jain observed that it might happen that the spouses were having differences and were living separately, but a matrimonial offence required...
“God Does Not Discriminate”: Madras High Court Says No Room For Discrimination In Temples, Places Of Worship
The Madras High Court has reiterated that all living beings are equal before god and god does not discriminate. [2026 LiveLaw (Mad) 396] Quoting from the Bhagavad Gita, the bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice E Manoharan observed as under, “Before we proceed, it is necessary to extract the following from Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 9 Verse 29 [Translated] “I am...