High Courts

The Bombay High Court recently set aside a magistrate’s order issuing notice to HDFC Bank Managing Director and CEO Sashidhar Jagdishan, in a complaint filed by Lilavati Kirtilal Mehta Medical Trust. Justice Shriram Modak held that the magistrate acted without following the procedure laid down in law. Facts: The complaint alleged that Jagdishan had accepted […]

The Kolhapur Circuit Bench of the Bombay High Court is all set to begin its journey of delivering justice closer to the people. The inaugural ceremony of this newly established bench will take place on Sunday, 17th August, at 3:30 p.m. at the High Court Building, Dasera Chowk, Kolhapur. The Chief Justice of India, Bhushan

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a First Information Report(FIR) registered against a woman for abetment of suicide under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), holding that there was no specific act on her part with a proximate nexus to her husband’s death. Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty, sitting at the Dharwad Bench,

The Bombay High Court has upheld the cancellation of the appointment of a candidate selected for the post of Clerk-Typist in the City Civil & Sessions Court, Greater Bombay, after finding that he had suppressed material facts regarding his prior conviction under the 12A of Bombay Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887. A Division Bench of

The Delhi High Court, led by Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a First Information Report (FIR) over allegations of an extortion racket operating within Tihar Jail involving both prison officials and inmates.The bench was hearing a plea highlighting rampant illegal activities

Can Caste Scrutiny Committees suo motu recall their own orders validating caste certificates on grounds of fraud, misrepresentation or suppression of material facts? This legal question has now been referred to a larger bench of the Bombay High Court. A division bench of Justice Manish Pitale and Justice Y.G. Khobragade noted the divergence in views

In a significant development pertaining to banking fraud investigations, Justice Ravinder Dudeja of the Delhi High Court has declined to grant regular bail to Kapil Wadhawan, former CMD of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL), who stands accused of masterminding one of India’s largest financial scams. Facts: The case originates from a First Information Report

The Allahabad High Court has recently raised significant concerns regarding the alarming impact of television, the internet, and social media on young, adolescent minds. The court’s observation was in response to a criminal revision that was filed by a juvenile who sought to contest an order of the Juvenile Justice Board and the Prevention of

“Our country has enough issues. We don't want anything like this. I am sorry to say, you are all short-sighted. You are looking at issues in Gaza and Palestine. Look at your own country. Be patriots. This is not patriotism.” observed the bench of Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad while firmly dismissing the

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has taken strong objection to a case of sheer ‘judicial indiscipline’ as the bench put it, to an order of an Additional Sessions Judge, Ms Jyoti Lamba of Faridabad, who passed two distinct orders in the same case on the same day. Calling for a‘ thorough investigation’ the court