Suppressed Material Facts With Intention To Abuse Judicial Process: Madras High Court Imposes Rs.25000 Cost On Lawyer For Frivolous Litigation
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Suppressed Material Facts With Intention To Abuse Judicial Process: Madras High Court Imposes Rs.25000 Cost On Lawyer For Frivolous Litigation

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The Madras High Court recently directed a lawyer, appearing for the petitioner to deposit Rs. 25,000 as exemplary costs in favour of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry finding that the petitioner had come to the court with unclean hands merely to abuse the judicial process of law. "Considering the fact that the representation was submitted only on the date of filing of this writ petition and also considering the fact that the respondent police was not given sufficient time to make preliminary enquiry and apply their mind and give appropriate response to the representation. The petitioner had sought a writ of mandamus directing the respondent authority to give permission to conduct Cultural programme in the event of Anangur Village, Arulmigu Sree Mariamman Temple Festival at Paramathi Velur Taluk, Namakkal District on 11.05.2022 between 06.00 p.m to 11.00 p.m. by considering the petitioner's representation dated 22.04.2022 Case Title: S. Mohankumar v. The Inspector of Police Case No: W.P No.

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The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Tuesday sought the stand of the Bar Council of India as well as State Bar Council in Kurnool Bar Association's plea challenging the state bar body's circular mandating payment of an "exorbitant fee of Rs 500" for verification/renewal of Certificate of Practice. The petitioner bar association has contended that following the corresponding notice issued …

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The Bombay High Court recently imposed costs of Rs 25,000 on a clerk working in an educational institution, for attempting to 'hoodwink' the judiciary. So also, the Petitioner is working as a Clerk in an Educational Institution, and he should not carry the impression that he can get away with an order by hoodwinking the Court. The bench was hearing …

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The Supreme Court today set aside Allahabad High Court's imposition of Rs.1 lakh cost on Advocate Mehmood Pracha over a petition filed by him concerning videography during the electoral process. Personal remarks made against the counsel in the impugned High Court order were also expunged.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Manmohan passed the order, upon Election Commission of India …

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ABP News  

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The Madras High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation filed by a 62-year-old man and imposed a cost of Rs. The court also restrained the PIL petitioner from filing any PILs in the court without prior permission for 1 year. The court was hearing a petition by T H Rajmohan challenging a Government Order issued by the Revenue Department …

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New Indian Express  

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New Indian Express  

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New Indian Express  

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The Hindu  

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Live Law  

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The Hindu  

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Live Law  

In a peculiar instance, the Madhya Pradesh High Court dismissed an application filed by a homemaker to prosecute an appeal against the order passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal in 2010 as an 'indigent person', noting that the court fees payable on the memorandum of appeal was merely Rs 30. The single-judge bench of Justice Vivek Jain observed that the …

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Kerala High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Advocate For Filing 'Frivolous' Contempt Petition Against Judicial Officer, Opposing Counsel

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has imposed an exemplary cost of Rs. The contempt petition was filed alleging that the judicial officer colluded with an advocate and parties in disobeying the directions of the High Court in a case being contested by the contempt applicant. “To hurl allegations of contempt against the lawyer appearing for the plaintiffs, as also, plaintiffs 1 …

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New Indian Express  

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Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on an Assistant Commissioner of the Maintenance and Welfare of Senior Citizen Protection Tribunal, for exceeding his jurisdiction, entertaining a frivolous application under Section 23 of the Senior Citizens Act and nullifying a sale deed entered into by parties. The court said “The Assistant Commissioner's overreach in this matter …

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

The Supreme Court today refused to recall the cost of rupees one lakh imposed on Lucknow-based lawyer Ashok Pandey for filing the petition that challenged the restoration of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha membership. The Division Bench of Justices B.R Gavai and KV Viswanathan reprimanded the petitioner for filing such petitions and said, “You should think 100 times before …

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Live Law  

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Madras High Court Grants Four More Months To Complete Trial In Money Laundering Case Against Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji
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Madras High Court Grants Four More Months To Complete Trial In Money Laundering Case Against Former TN Minister Senthil Balaji

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted four more months to the Chennai Principal and Sessions Court to complete trial in the money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate against former Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji. In February this year, while dismissing the bail application of Balaji, Justice Anand Venkatesh had asked the trial court to complete the trial …

Telangana High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Senior Advocate Accused Of Accepting Bribe To Influence Judges
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Senior Advocate Accused Of Accepting Bribe To Influence Judges

Live Law  

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a senior advocate seeking to quash a FIR lodged against him for allegedly accepting Rs. 7,00,00,000/- to the Petitioner for an illegal purpose i.e., to bribe the judges of the High Court, a criminal complaint, at his instance, against the Petitioner is maintainable.” While declining to quash the FIR, the …

Karnataka High Court quashes drug case against actress Sanjana Galrani and two others for procedural lapses by police
6 months ago

Karnataka High Court quashes drug case against actress Sanjana Galrani and two others for procedural lapses by police

The Hindu  

Applying its 2022 judgement of quashing criminal proceedings, against a party organiser, on technical reasons in the 2020 drug racket case, the High Court of Karnataka has also quashed the criminal proceedings against actress Sanjana Galrani, realtor Shivaprakash alias Chippi and financial manager in a tech company Adithya Mohan Agarwal. Though the police had registered the FIR in 2020 on …

Allegation Of Professional Misconduct Cannot Be Levelled By Party For Whom The Advocate Did Not Appear: Karnataka High Court
6 months ago

Allegation Of Professional Misconduct Cannot Be Levelled By Party For Whom The Advocate Did Not Appear: Karnataka High Court

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed a notice issued by the State Bar Council to a 71-year-old Advocate pursuant to 'professional misconduct' allegations levelled against him by the opposite party in a suit, i.e. A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Advocate Paras Jain, and said, “The complainant had no locus to file the …

Kerala High Court Declines Minor Girl's Plea Seeking Pilgrimage To Sabarimala Temple Due To Issues Pending Before SC's Larger Bench In Review Petition
6 months, 1 week ago

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Live Law  

The Kerala High Court today dismissed the writ petition of a 10-year-old minor girl who invoked its writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a declaration that she was entitled to have a pilgrimage to Sabarimala Temple during the Mandala Pooja/Makaravilakku season of 1199 ME without insisting on upper age qualification. The writ petition was filed …

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Live Law  

Madhya Pradesh High Court has imposed a cost of Rs 25,000/- on a counsel appearing for the respondents, including the insurance company, in a service matter. The court adjourned the matter further on the condition that the counsel for the respondents should compensate the petitioner's counsel, Advocate Rajesh Neema, with Rs 5,000/- for commutation expenses. Though the court adjourned the …

'Misleading Court': Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes Rs 50K Cost For Not Disclosing Similar Plea Was Dismissed For Non-Prosecution
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Live Law  

Observing that it amounts to "misleading court", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.50,000 on a petitioner who did not disclose in the plea that a similar petition was dismissed for "non-prosecution. Observing that it amounts to "misleading court", the Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs.50,000 on a petitioner who …

Madras High Court Monthly Digest - May 2024
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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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Live Law  

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