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The High Court further noted that the complete extracts of the alleged speech had neither been brought before it nor before the trial and appellate court.
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In the present case, an FIR was filed against Ranveer Singh for allegedly mimicking the Daiva possession scene from the film Kantara during an event at IFFI, which was claimed to have hurt religious and cultural sentiments.
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In the present case, the petitioner sought regularisation and benefits from 1 April 1983, and the Board claimed that the date from which he was entitled was 1 April 1989.
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A PIL was filed by Medha Patkar in 2024 seeking registration of land plots allotted to persons displaced by the Narmada Dam project, since the allotment letters had not been registered as formal title deeds since 20+ years.
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The appellant is a gynecologist and is capable of earning handsomely in her line of expertise.
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Congress Leader Pradeep Ahirwar had filed a complaint against BJP MLA Pratima Bagri questioning the validity of her Scheduled Caste Certificate.
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Section 47-A held inapplicable to statutory and court-supervised auctions, ruling that sale certificates are transfers by operation of law—not conveyances—and cannot be reopened for undervaluation by registering authorities.
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In exercise of parens patriae jurisdiction, Court permits operation of bank account for medical needs; frames interim safeguards in absence of statutory mechanism.
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In the present case, the petitioner was granted anticipatory bail with a condition to keep his location on, on his mobile and share the live location with the investigating officer.
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“Mining operations are expected to follow approved plans, which include environmental mitigation, ensuring sustainability, i.e., scientific and planned utilisation of resources.”
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“An applicant cannot be permitted to reap the benefit of an illegality, as any such registration would be nothing but the fruits of a poisonous tree.”
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“Merely on the presence of semen on the pant of the victim and on the basis of the ocular evidence that some ‘bad work’ was done, it cannot be presumed that penetrative sexual assault to some extent was committed upon her.”
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The Court granted interim protection to IRCTC, holding that tariff-linked revision of licence fee raises a prima facie case and warrants a stay on the arbitral findings impacting IRCTC’s policy framework.
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In a procedural clarification, the Bombay High Court directed corrections to its earlier order and reiterated that the defamation suit, already deferred until 2046, must be read together with the corrected order.
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The Court observed that the conduct of the accused, being a stranger, approaching the victim at night while she was returning from a common washroom, and catching hold of her hand without her consent, would certainly amount to use of criminal force.
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The Court observed that Criminal liability is not a heritable estate. The “legal fiction” created under Section 138 is restricted to the “drawer” of the instrument.
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“As per Section 87, RP Act, any provision of CPC that is inconsistent with Section 82, RP Act, which specifies the persons to be impleaded in an election petition, cannot be invoked to implead a person who is otherwise not liable to be joined as a respondent under Section 82, RP Act.”
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Since the term of the Assembly had already expired and fresh elections w held in 2025, the election petition had become infructuous.
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The Court rejected the contention that such collection was being made by the petitioner for many years and had translated into a customary right, which should be protected.
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“The huge pendency in the High Court results in these appeals being disposed of after at least 8 to 10 years from the date of filing, and this again results in severe prejudice to the claimants.”
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