The Karnataka High Court has recently dismissed a First Information Report (FIR) filed in 2017 against Pramod Muthalik, the Founder-President of the fringe group Sri Ram Sene. The FIR accused Muthalik of... Read more »
The Uttarakhand High Court recently directed the state government to appoint the Lokayukta within a period of eight weeks. A bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal expressed strong... Read more »
The Meghalaya High Court has recently expressed concern over the increasing trend among public sector undertakings (PSUs) and government litigants to inundate courts with excessive documentation, aiming to hinder a thorough examination... Read more »
The Kerala High Court recently directed the State Police Chief, urging the proper training of Police Officers in the provisions of the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. A single bench of Justice K... Read more »
The Gujarat High Court has recently dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a woman who sought custody of her adult daughter. The daughter was allegedly coerced into marrying an individual from... Read more »
The Kerala High Court has recently disposed of the suo motu proccedings related to the alleged trespass into the sacred ‘Kalthara’ of Ponnambalamedu, a protected forest area near the Sabarimala Temple. The... Read more »
The Gujarat High Court has recently dismissed FIR filed against an 86-year-old woman under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code. Justice Sandeep N Bhatt recognized that the FIR would cause significant... Read more »
The Madras High Court recently stated that an individual’s caste should not be a determining factor in their appointment as a temple priest. A single bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh emphasized... Read more »
The Bombay High Court has recently granted bail to Afroz Khan, a convict in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case, after suspending his sentence. Khan was accused of visiting Bangladesh and bringing... Read more »
The Orissa High Court has made changes to the charges against senior IAS officer Manish Agarwal in the case involving the mysterious death of his Personal Assistant (PA) Deba Narayan Panda in... Read more »