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HC NewsHigh Court Sets Aside Magistrate’s Order Directing Further Investigation Without Reasoned Analysis
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that a Magistrate cannot mechanically reject a police closure report and order further investigation merely on the basis of allegations contained in a protest petition without first recording cogent reasons demonstrating why the investigation was deficient or why the material collected by the investigating agency was unreliable.
HC NewsDelhi High Court Full Bench Rules on Automatic Lapse of Private School Employee Suspension
A Full Bench of the Delhi High Court has held that the suspension of an employee of a recognised private school automatically lapses if the Director of Education does not grant approval within fifteen days, and that a subsequent approval order cannot revive the suspension.
HC NewsKerala High Court Seeks State's Response to PILs Challenging Waqf Board Constitution
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. has directed the State of Kerala to file its counter affidavit within one week in four public interest litigations questioning the legality of the current Waqf Board composition. No interim restraint has been imposed on the Board’s functioning at this stage.
HC NewsKarnataka High Court Hears Challenge to Ticket Price Cap
Multiplex Association and other stakeholders tell the court that the state lacks power to fix ticket prices under the 1964 Act and that the Rs. 200 cap is arbitrary.
HC NewsKerala High Court Issues Contempt Notice to IAS Officer K. Biju
The court directed the officer to appear personally for allegedly making remarks that amount to ex facie contempt of court in a cancelled government order related to the Cashew Development Corporation scam.
HC NewsKerala Police Defends 11 p.m. DJ Restriction Before High Court
Kerala Police submitted a counter affidavit before the Kerala High Court defending its restriction on late‑night DJ programmes at hotels and entertainment venues. The police said the measure is necessary to maintain public order, prevent crime and address concerns over narcotics use and violence linked to such events.
NewsTamil Nadu Challenges Madras High Court Ruling on Reservation for Islam Converts
The State of Tamil Nadu has moved the Supreme Court against a Madras High Court judgment that struck down a 2024 government order permitting backward‑class beneficiaries who convert to Islam to retain reservation benefits.
NewsPhantom Studios Files Suit Against JioStar India Over Alleged Unauthorised Sequel to Queen
Phantom Studios has instituted proceedings before the Bombay High Court claiming that JioStar India’s forthcoming film Queen Forever infringes its co‑ownership rights in the 2014 hit Queen and seeks Rs 250 crore in damages along with injunctive relief.
HC NewsDelhi Court Orders Disciplinary Action Against Police Officers for Mishandling Murder Investigation
Judicial Magistrate First Class Bharti Beniwal directs Commissioner of Police to take action against investigating officer, station house officer and other officials for treating a deliberate assault as a rash and negligent driving case, resulting in loss of crucial evidence.
HC NewsBombay High Court Denies Interim Injunction in Atyati v Cognizant Logo Dispute
The Bombay High Court refused to grant interim relief to fintech firm Atyati Technologies in its suit against Cognizant Technology Solutions over the alleged similarity of their respective logos.
HC NewsGauhati High Court Upholds Foreigners Tribunal Declaration
The Gauhati High Court has affirmed the order of a Foreigners Tribunal that declared a person to be a foreigner under the post‑25 March 1971 stream, holding that contradictory statements made during the proceedings cannot be excused by an unsubstantiated claim of mental illness.
HC NewsJ&K&L High Court Quashes Preventive Detention Order Under Public Safety Act
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside a preventive detention order passed under the Jammu & Kashmir Public Safety Act, 1978, holding that the detention was founded on a barren police dossier lacking recent factual material and that the District Magistrate merely reproduced the police’s subjective satisfaction without independent application of mind.