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HC NewsCalcutta High Court Directs Closure of M-Bazaar Over Illegal Change of Use of Cinema Hall Premises
The Calcutta High Court has ordered the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to halt the operation of M-Bazaar, a garment store functioning from the premises of the former Paradise Cinema Hall, holding that a trade licence cannot sanction an unlawful change of building use.
HC NewsBombay High Court Quashes Defamation Cases Against Doctors for Remarks on Pesticide Use in Public Interest Program
Justice Milind Jadhav held that generic statements about harmful effects of excessive pesticide use, made during a televised public interest programme, do not constitute criminal defamation under Section 499 IPC when no specific manufacturer or product is named or imputed.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Rules Long Service Cannot Validate Invalid Appointment for Salary from Public Funds
The Allahabad High Court has held that long continuance in service or subsequent administrative recognition cannot cure an invalid appointment, especially where the competent University had declined approval and directed a fresh selection which was never held.
SC NewsSupreme Court Upholds Discharge of RPF Constables for Suppressing Criminal Antecedents
The Supreme Court has affirmed the discharge of Railway Protection Force and Railway Protection Special Force constables who concealed pending criminal cases during recruitment, reiterating that suppression of material facts justifies termination at any stage of service under the RPF Rules.
NewsKerala High Court Stays Suspension of Teacher in Savarkar Quiz Row
The Kerala High Court stayed the suspension of a teacher for one month while allowing disciplinary proceedings to continue in the Savarkar quiz controversy case.
HC NewsKarnataka High Court Refuses to Quash Abetment Case Against Man Accused of Stalking and Sabotaging Marriage Prospects
Justice M Nagaprasanna held that allegations of persistent stalking, threats to circulate photographs and repeated sabotage of marriage prospects, despite the victim’s refusal and an earlier suicide attempt, prima facie disclosed ingredients of abetment to suicide under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, warranting trial.
SC NewsSupreme Court Clarifies That Sentences With Life Imprisonment Must Run Concurrently, Not Consecutively
The Supreme Court has reiterated that when a person is sentenced to life imprisonment for one offence and fixed-term sentences for other offences arising from the same transaction, all sentences must run concurrently and not consecutively. The Court also held that High Courts cannot exercise suo motu revisional powers to enhance a sentence when neither the State nor the complainant has preferred an appeal for such enhancement.
NewsCollegium Recommends Four Advocates for Appointment to Orissa High Court
The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the appointment of four advocates as judges of the Orissa High Court, citing existing vacancies and anticipated retirements.
HC NewsAllahabad High Court Summons District and State Officials Over Prayagraj Waterlogging Crisis
The Allahabad High Court has taken suo motu cognizance of severe waterlogging in Prayagraj, directing senior officials to explain failures in preventing inundation and sewage ingress, with implications for access to justice.
SC NewsGoa Seeks Life Imprisonment for Tarun Tejpal in Rape Case Before Supreme Court
The State of Goa has approached the Supreme Court seeking enhancement of sentence for Tarun Tejpal from ten years to life imprisonment in the 2013 rape case, without challenging the conviction or findings of the Bombay High Court.
SC NewsDelhi Police informs Supreme Court that facial recognition technology used during CJP protests targeted only persons with criminal records
Delhi Police told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that its deployment of facial recognition technology at the Jantar Mantar protest site between July 20 and July 26 was limited to identifying individuals with existing criminal records and did not involve indiscriminate surveillance of peaceful protesters.
SC NewsSupreme Court Dismisses Challenge to Sports Equipment Tender Conditions, Emphasising Promptness in Procurement Disputes
The Supreme Court has dismissed appeals challenging eligibility conditions in a government tender for sports and gymnasium equipment, holding that belated objections at an advanced stage of the procurement process unfairly prejudice the rights of compliant bidders and disrupt public purpose.