Orissa High Court Slaps ₹20K Cost On Organisation For Filing PIL Without Approaching Concerned Authority Seeking Remedial Action
1 year, 5 months ago

Orissa High Court Slaps ₹20K Cost On Organisation For Filing PIL Without Approaching Concerned Authority Seeking Remedial Action

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The Orissa High Court on Tuesday imposed ₹20,000 costs on an organisation for filing a writ petition in the nature of Public Interest Litigation before approaching the concerned authorities seeking remedial action. While hearing was going on, the Court queried the petitioner as to whether it has complied with Rule 8 of the Orissa High Court Public Interest Litigation Rules, 2010 which requires the petitioner to send a representation to the authorities concerned for taking remedial action before filing a PIL. Therefore, the Court expressed its disinclination for entertaining the writ petition, as the petitioner did not adhere to the Rule before approaching the High Court seeking remedy. Accordingly, the writ petition was dismissed with a cost of ₹20,000, which was ordered to be deposited in the Welfare Fund of Orissa High Court Bar Association within seven days, failing which the same shall be recovered by initiating proceeding under the Orissa Public Demands Recovery Act, 1962.

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Kerala High Court Condemns Panchayat For Continuing Third Round Of Litigation Over ₹50K, Points Litigation Cost Being Paid From Public Fund
5 days, 8 hours ago

Kerala High Court Condemns Panchayat For Continuing Third Round Of Litigation Over ₹50K, Points Litigation Cost Being Paid From Public Fund

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The Kerala High Court criticised a Grama Panchayat for engaging in third round of litigation over an amount of rupees fifty thousand. Court said, “Considering the fact that the costs of the litigation are being paid out of public funds, the Grama Panchayat should have been circumspect as to where to stop the litigation. Aggrieved by the order in the …

Limitation Act Doesn't Apply To Writ Petitions But Party Guilty Of Delay & Laches Can't Be Given Relief: Orissa High Court
1 week, 5 days ago

Limitation Act Doesn't Apply To Writ Petitions But Party Guilty Of Delay & Laches Can't Be Given Relief: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has reiterated that the provisions of the Limitation Act, 1963 are not applicable to writ petitions, however, the principles governing the law of limitation holds some ground even in adjudication of petitions under Article 226 and thus, a party who is guilty of laches cannot be granted relief. While exercising discretionary powers under Article 226 of …

Court Lacking Jurisdiction Should Submit Case To Jurisdictional Court Instead Of Dismissing On Technicality: Orissa High Court
1 week, 5 days ago

Court Lacking Jurisdiction Should Submit Case To Jurisdictional Court Instead Of Dismissing On Technicality: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has held that if a matter comes before a Court for adjudication which does not have jurisdiction to hear and dispose the same, it must submit the case to the jurisdictional Court for appropriate action, instead of dismissing it on technical ground of lack of jurisdiction. While remitting a case, filed under Section 503 of the …

S.245 CrPC | Mandatory For Magistrate To Record Reasons While Allowing/Rejecting Discharge Petition Of Accused: Orissa High Court
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2 weeks, 1 day ago

S.245 CrPC | Mandatory For Magistrate To Record Reasons While Allowing/Rejecting Discharge Petition Of Accused: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has held that it is mandatory for the Magistrate to record reasons for not only allowing but also for rejecting a discharge petition filed by an accused under Section 245 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. As allowed, the petitioner filed discharge petition again before the trial Court raising all the grounds taken by him before …

Madras High Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs On State Of Tamil Nadu For “Re-Agitating” Case Which Had Already Been Decided By Supreme Court
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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Madras High Court Imposes ₹5 Lakh Costs On State Of Tamil Nadu For “Re-Agitating” Case Which Had Already Been Decided By Supreme Court

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The Madras High Court recently imposed a cost of Rs. 5 Lakh on the State of Tamil Nadu for filing a writ appeal in a matter that had already attained finality through the order of the Supreme Court. The state had filed the appeal challenging an order of the single judge approving the appointment of a Sanitary worker in St. …

High Court Rejects PILs Seeking Enquiry Into PWD, Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Department Over Alleged Irregularities In Issuing Tenders
4 weeks ago

High Court Rejects PILs Seeking Enquiry Into PWD, Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Department Over Alleged Irregularities In Issuing Tenders

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed two public interest litigations seeking a direction to the State Government to hold high level enquiry into the alleged illegalities and irregularities committed by the Public Works Department and Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Department, during the period 2016-17 to 2021-22, while calling for tenders, tender process payment of bills making unauthorized advances to the …

High Court notice to Karnataka government over dropping cases against MPs, MLAs
1 month ago

High Court notice to Karnataka government over dropping cases against MPs, MLAs

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court, on Thursday, issued notice to the state government in a petition challenging a government order to withdraw 43 criminal cases, in which former ministers, MLAs and persons of influence were named accused. A Division Bench of Chief Justice NV Anjaria and Justice MI Arun passed the order on the public interest litigation questioning the legality of …

Delhi High Court Junks PIL Against 'Illegal Constructions' At Ajmeri Gate, Imposes ₹10K Costs
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi High Court Junks PIL Against 'Illegal Constructions' At Ajmeri Gate, Imposes ₹10K Costs

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The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking to demolish the alleged illegal and unauthorized constructions within the regulated area of city's Ajmeri Gate. 10,000 costs on the petitioner- Mirza Aurangzeb to be deposited with Delhi High Court Staff Welfare Fund. “The jurisprudence which surrounds the development of PIL petitions in India concerns itself primarily to give voice to …

Courts Empowered To Impose Cost But It Shouldn't Be Unbearable, Registry Insisting On Deposit Denies Litigant's Right To Appeal: Gujarat HC
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Courts Empowered To Impose Cost But It Shouldn't Be Unbearable, Registry Insisting On Deposit Denies Litigant's Right To Appeal: Gujarat HC

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Perusing the trial court order imposing costs, Justice Maulik J Shelat observed “ It is required to be noted that the trial court, while imposing a cost of 25,000, has not reached to the conclusion ₹25,000 to be paid to the District Legal Services Authority, that the review application filed by the petitioner is vexatious or false. It is deplorable …

Orissa High Court Stays Non-Bailable Warrant Against Malkangiri's Ex-Collector Manish Agarwal In Suspicious Death Case Of His PA
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Orissa High Court Stays Non-Bailable Warrant Against Malkangiri's Ex-Collector Manish Agarwal In Suspicious Death Case Of His PA

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The Orissa High Court on Friday stayed a non-bailable warrant issued by the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Malkangiri against the district's former Collector Manish Agarwal for his repeated disobedience to summons in a case relating to suspicious death of his Personal Assistant in 2019. In November 2024, a Division Bench of Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Aravind Kumar had declined to …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Imposes Cost On State While Allowing It To Respond To 2020 PIL Claiming Violation Of Land Acquisition Act
2 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Imposes Cost On State While Allowing It To Respond To 2020 PIL Claiming Violation Of Land Acquisition Act

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The Jabalpur bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court imposed a cost of Rs. 30,000 on the State while permitting it to file its written submissions in a 2020 PIL, challenging a government notification on the ground that it violates the Land Acquisition Act 2013 inasmuch as it decreases the multiplying factor for calculation of market value of land. The …

HC imposes cost on petitioner
2 months, 1 week ago

HC imposes cost on petitioner

The Hindu  

The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has imposed a cost of ₹10,000 on a petitioner from Thoothukudi district who sought the cancellation of patta granted to a few persons. Ramesh and A.D. Maria Clete observed that the claim of the petitioner that private parties had encroached upon the land cannot be sustained since there is a presumption drawn …

No Strict Rule That Money Claim Can't Be Decided Under Writ Jurisdiction; Non-Payment Of Admitted Dues Arbitrary : Supreme Court
2 months, 2 weeks ago

No Strict Rule That Money Claim Can't Be Decided Under Writ Jurisdiction; Non-Payment Of Admitted Dues Arbitrary : Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court reiterated that it is not a stringent rule that the High Court cannot decide a money claim under its writ jurisdiction. The Court reasoned that non-payment of admitted dues by the State authorities may be considered an arbitrary action and thus a writ petition may lie against the same. Non-payment of admitted dues, inter alia, may be …

Allahabad High Court Rejects Protection Plea Of Married Individuals In Inter-Faith Live-In Relationship With ₹50K Cost
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Allahabad High Court Rejects Protection Plea Of Married Individuals In Inter-Faith Live-In Relationship With ₹50K Cost

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The Allahabad High Court recently dismissed a protection plea filed by a married woman, employed in the police department and currently on childcare leave, along with her live-in partner, who is also married to another woman and a father of a 12-year-old child, while imposing a cost of ₹50,000 on the petitioners. A bench of Justice Vinod Diwakar imposed this …

'Right To Access Justice Not Absolute' : Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Litigant For Multiple Frivolous Cases
2 months, 2 weeks ago

'Right To Access Justice Not Absolute' : Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Litigant For Multiple Frivolous Cases

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The Supreme Court recently imposed a heavy cost of Rs.1,00,000 on the petitioner, who over the span of more than 11 years filed frivolous litigants and indulged in forum shopping more than 10 times including before the High Court of Bombay and the Supreme Court. The petitioner then filed an application to the Ministry of Law & Justice seeking inquiry …

Himachal: HC imposes costs of ₹50,000 on PIL petitioner
3 months, 1 week ago

Himachal: HC imposes costs of ₹50,000 on PIL petitioner

Hindustan Times  

Public interest litigation is a weapon that has to be used with great care and circumspection. The judiciary has to be extremely careful to see that behind the beautiful veil of public interest an ugly private malice, vested interest or public interest seeking is not lurking,” observed Himachal Pradesh high court while imposing a cost of ₹50,000 on a petitioner, …

Madras HC imposes Rs 10k cost on woman for filing PIL for personal gain
3 months, 1 week ago

Madras HC imposes Rs 10k cost on woman for filing PIL for personal gain

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently imposed Rs 10,000 cost on a litigant for filing a Public Interest Litigation petition for personal gain by projecting a private land dispute as an encroachment case involving a public road. The litigant, Usha Maheswari, had filed the PIL alleging encroachment of a public road in Madurai city by two …

Supreme Court Direct Registry To Recover Costs On Two Frivolous PILs
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Supreme Court Direct Registry To Recover Costs On Two Frivolous PILs

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The Supreme Court today directed the Registry to take action as permitted under law to recover the cost imposed on the two frivolous petitions filed by Advocate Sachin Gupta. A bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Manoj Misra was hearing a suo moto miscellaneous application regarding the recovery of costs imposed on two Public Interest Litigation which a bench of …

Orissa High Court Quashes Order After Assessee Fails To Prosecute Appeal Due To Ongoing Medical Treatment
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Orissa High Court Quashes Order After Assessee Fails To Prosecute Appeal Due To Ongoing Medical Treatment

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The Orissa High Court, considered that the assessee was unwell and undergoing medical treatment at the time the notices regarding his appeal were served and accordingly quashed the order demanding liability for unpaid tax. In this case, the assessee/petitioner failed to attend scheduled hearings due to ongoing medical treatment. The Court considered that the assessee was unwell and was going …

“Either Lied In Court Or Has Been Set Up”: Madras High Court Imposes ₹20 Lakh Cost On Litigant, Restrains Him From Filing PILs For 1 Year
3 months, 3 weeks ago

“Either Lied In Court Or Has Been Set Up”: Madras High Court Imposes ₹20 Lakh Cost On Litigant, Restrains Him From Filing PILs For 1 Year

Live Law  

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 …

Rajasthan High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Appointments Of AAGs, Law Officers; Says Executive's Domain To Decided Their Suitability
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Rajasthan High Court Dismisses PIL Challenging Appointments Of AAGs, Law Officers; Says Executive's Domain To Decided Their Suitability

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has dismissed a PIL filed by the national President of “Lashkar-E-Hind”, challenging the appointment of Additional Advocate Generals and Law Officers by the State Government, for lacking any merits and being filed solely on the basis of vague allegations. “The suitability of a lawyer who is engaged by the Government is a matter exclusively within the …

Adversarial Litigation In Service Matters At Instance Of A Stranger/ Busy Body Not Permitted: Allahabad HC Imposes ₹20K Cost
4 months ago

Adversarial Litigation In Service Matters At Instance Of A Stranger/ Busy Body Not Permitted: Allahabad HC Imposes ₹20K Cost

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The Allahabad High Court recently observed that as per the law laid down by the Constitutional Courts, there is no permission for the initiation of adversarial litigation in service matters at the instance of a stranger or a busybody. 4 and is a busybody who simply wants to harass him, the Court termed the writ petition an abuse of the …

Adjudicating Authority's Inaction To Dispose Of Proceedings Can't Be Attributed To Taxpayer In Absence Of Any Malice On His Part: Bombay HC
4 months, 1 week ago

Adjudicating Authority's Inaction To Dispose Of Proceedings Can't Be Attributed To Taxpayer In Absence Of Any Malice On His Part: Bombay HC

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The Bombay High Court ruled that when the Revenue Dept. Finding that the Authority had passed the final order after a lapse of more than 16 years from the date of CESTAT's order, the Division Bench of Justice Ashwin D. Bhobe and Justice M.S Sonak observed that such inordinate delay in the conclusion of show cause notice will surely prejudice …

Entry Made In Dispatch Register Is Not Primary Evidence To Prove Service Of Notice On Assessee: Orissa High Court
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Entry Made In Dispatch Register Is Not Primary Evidence To Prove Service Of Notice On Assessee: Orissa High Court

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The Orissa High Court has made it clear that an entry in the dispatch register maintained by the Revenue is not primary evidence to show service of notice on an assessee. At the outset, the High Court division bench of Justices Arindam Sinha and MS Sahoo observed, “Entry made in the system is not primary evidence. In light of the …

Orissa HC asks Bar Council to probe case against lawyer taking money from client to bribe judge
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Orissa HC asks Bar Council to probe case against lawyer taking money from client to bribe judge

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court refused to quash the FIR against a lawyer who allegedly took money from his client to bribe the judge who was hearing his case. While dismissing the petition recently, the single judge bench of Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra directed the Bar Council to hold disciplinary proceedings uninfluenced by any observations made by the court and …

Orissa High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Lawyer Accused Of Taking Money To Bribe Judge For Bail
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Orissa High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Lawyer Accused Of Taking Money To Bribe Judge For Bail

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court recently declined to dismiss a criminal case against an advocate accused of accepting money, gold, and property deeds from a client in exchange for securing favorable bail outcomes from a now-retired High Court Judge.The single bench comprising Justice Sibo Sankar Mishra underscored the need for strict measures to uphold public confidence in the judicial system and. …

Odisha High Court slaps Rs 50,000 fine on firm for suppressing facts
6 months ago

Odisha High Court slaps Rs 50,000 fine on firm for suppressing facts

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court has imposed a Rs 50,000 fine on a security service firm for filing a petition seeking intervention against Pattamundai municipality’s order terminating contract for providing service of sanitation in different wards without mentioning an earlier petition wherein, he had obtained an interim order. The petition filed by Chandan Security Services represented by Paresh Nath Das …

Allahabad High Court Bars Lawyer's Entry In New Chamber Block As He Filed PILs Opposing Its Construction
7 months, 1 week ago

Allahabad High Court Bars Lawyer's Entry In New Chamber Block As He Filed PILs Opposing Its Construction

Live Law  

Earlier this month, the Allahabad High Court imposed cost of Rs. This is a perfect case where exemplary cost should be imposed on the petitioner.” Petitioner approached the High Court claiming that the soli mining was being done by L&T for the said construction was being done illegally without taking permission from the Mining Department and without any Environmental Clearance …

Bombay HC orders petitioner to deposit ₹7.5 lakh in graft case against bureaucrats
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombay HC orders petitioner to deposit ₹7.5 lakh in graft case against bureaucrats

Hindustan Times  

Bombay high court Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has directed a petitioner to deposit ₹7.5 lakh within 60 days or face dismissal of his case, whilst hearing a Public Interest Litigation on corruption charges against nine bureaucrats. The court expressed scepticism about the petitioner's intentions, stating, "We are of the view that the petitioner is interested only in initiating cases …

Kerala High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Advocate For Filing 'Frivolous' Contempt Petition Against Judicial Officer, Opposing Counsel
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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 …

'Act Within Bounds Of Legal Authority': Karnataka HC Imposes 25K Cost On Asst Commissioner Of Senior Citizens Tribunal For Entertaining Frivolous Plea
8 months, 1 week ago

'Act Within Bounds Of Legal Authority': Karnataka HC Imposes 25K Cost On Asst Commissioner Of Senior Citizens Tribunal For Entertaining Frivolous Plea

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 …

[Land Acquisition] Plea For Enhancement Of Compensation After 50-Yrs Stained By 'Gross Delay': Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹25k Cost
9 months, 1 week ago

[Land Acquisition] Plea For Enhancement Of Compensation After 50-Yrs Stained By 'Gross Delay': Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes ₹25k Cost

Live Law  

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has imposed a cost of Rs. 25,000 on petitioners for filing plea for enhancement of compensation granted in 1975 for land acquired for public purpose, observing that the plea is "stained with a vice of gross delay and latches".While noting that there is no merit in the petition, a devision bench of Justice Sureshwar …

'Misleading Court': Punjab & Haryana High Court Imposes Rs 50K Cost For Not Disclosing Similar Plea Was Dismissed For Non-Prosecution
9 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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 …

Information Related To Outcome Of Tax Evasion Petition Sought Under RTI Act Can't Be Provided: Orissa High Court
10 months, 1 week ago

Information Related To Outcome Of Tax Evasion Petition Sought Under RTI Act Can't Be Provided: Orissa High Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has held that information related to the outcome of a tax evasion petition sought under the Right to Information Act cannot be provided.The bench of Justice B.R. Sarangi and Justice G. Satapathy has observed that the claim of the petitioner with regard to the supply of information sought in the application filed under the Right to …

Reassessment Order Can't Merely Be Based On Tax Evasion Report Or An Audit Report: Orissa High Court
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Reassessment Order Can't Merely Be Based On Tax Evasion Report Or An Audit Report: Orissa High Court

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has held that reassessment orders cannot merely be based on a tax evasion report or an audit report.The bench of Justice B.R. Sarangi and Justice G. Satapathy has observed that it is not enough if the Assessing Officer refers to the tax evasion report or an audit report; he has to independently apply his mind and …

Counsel Owe Duty To Argue Responsibly & Not For The Gallery, Can't Treat Court As Playground: MP High Court Imposes ₹1.5 Lakhs Cost
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Counsel Owe Duty To Argue Responsibly & Not For The Gallery, Can't Treat Court As Playground: MP High Court Imposes ₹1.5 Lakhs Cost

Live Law  

Imposing an exemplary cost of Rs 1.5 lakh on all parties in a Section 482 Cr. “…Although, the petitioner was entitled to file the petition for quashing the FIR, however, from the scores of documents which have been relied upon by the petitioner, which do not form the part of the charge-sheet, and the leisurely manner in which the entire …

Andhra Pradesh High Court Dismisses PIL Filed On Basis Of "WhatsApp Message" Alleging Misappropriation Of Funds By State Bar Council
1 year ago

Andhra Pradesh High Court Dismisses PIL Filed On Basis Of "WhatsApp Message" Alleging Misappropriation Of Funds By State Bar Council

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court dismissed a public interest litigation filed by an advocate alleging misappropriation of funds generated by the state's Bar Council based on information circulating on WhatsApp groups. “It can therefore be clearly seen that the present petition was filed casually by the petitioner as a knee jerk reaction on the receipt of the WhatsApp messages circulating …

'Message To AoRs To Not File Frivolous Petitions' : Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Plea Against HC's Posting Order
1 year, 1 month ago

'Message To AoRs To Not File Frivolous Petitions' : Supreme Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Cost On Plea Against HC's Posting Order

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed displeasure at the trend of Special Leave Petitions being filed against High Courts which merely issue notice or grant adjournments. While dismissing a petition filed against a High Court order posting a matter to April, the Court imposed a token cost of Rs.1 lac to "send a message" to Advocates-on-Record. While dismissing a petition …

PIL Challenging RPA Provisions Dismissed
1 year, 1 month ago

PIL Challenging RPA Provisions Dismissed

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A two-judge bench of the Telangana High Court dismissed a PIL challenging provisions of The Representation of People’s Act, 1951, pertaining to the arrangement of names of candidates on ballot papers. Ban on rooftop hoardings: SCB refrained from taking further action Justice S. Nanda of the Telangana High Court directed the Secunderabad Cantonment Board not to take any further …

'Half-cooked, half-baked petitions are filed': Bombay High Court on Maratha-Kunbi plea
1 year, 1 month ago

'Half-cooked, half-baked petitions are filed': Bombay High Court on Maratha-Kunbi plea

India Today  

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reprimanded the advocate representing petitioners in a Public Interest Litigation against the 'Maratha' community being given 'Kunbi' certificates in the OBC category. The bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor questioned advocate Ashish Mishra, representing the petitioners, about adding Maharashtra Advocate General Birendra Saraf as a respondent in the PIL. Section …

Telangana HC quashes criminal case for want of sanction
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana HC quashes criminal case for want of sanction

Deccan Chronicle  

The Deputy Commissioner of Central Excise and Service Tax filed a complaint before the special judge for economic offences on charges of evading central excise duty in the guise of trading of modular furniture, falling under the heading 9403 of the First Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985, even after crossing the threshold exemption limit and were liable …

Orissa High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On 'Frivolous' Plea Seeking To Declare S.69(ii) Of The Representation Of People Act As Unconstitutional
1 year, 3 months ago

Orissa High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On 'Frivolous' Plea Seeking To Declare S.69(ii) Of The Representation Of People Act As Unconstitutional

Live Law  

The petition, which was filed by one Bibhutibhusan Mohapatra, urged the Court to declare the aforesaid provision unconstitutional to have fair elections because democracy is the basic structure of the Constitution and free and fair election is the basic feature of democracy, which has been observed by the apex Court in the case of People's Union for Civil Liberties and …

Two Arrested From Courtroom Of Orissa High Court’s Acting Chief Justice For ‘Contemptuous’ Behaviour
1 year, 5 months ago

Two Arrested From Courtroom Of Orissa High Court’s Acting Chief Justice For ‘Contemptuous’ Behaviour

Live Law  

In a shockingly unprecedented development, two persons including one litigant got arrested by police from the Courtroom of the Acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court for showing unruly and contemptuous behaviour to the Court. Here in a case where all efforts made by the Court as well as the learned Advocate General went in vain as the contemnors …

'Wholly Misconceived': Gujarat HC Junks 'Second' PIL Seeking Burial Grounds For All Religious Communities, Imposes ₹10K Costs
1 year, 6 months ago

'Wholly Misconceived': Gujarat HC Junks 'Second' PIL Seeking Burial Grounds For All Religious Communities, Imposes ₹10K Costs

Live Law  

The Gujarat High Court today dismissed a Public Interest Litigation plea seeking to provide fitting places for burial to different religious communities in the state as it noted that earlier, for the same relief, a PIL had been moved by the petitioner and the same was dismissed as withdrawn. "This is a wholly misconceived second PIL filed by the petitioner …

Petitioner Fined for Using Public Law Remedy for Private Complaint
1 year, 7 months ago

Petitioner Fined for Using Public Law Remedy for Private Complaint

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Justice G. Ramakrishna Prasad of the Andhra Pradesh High Court imposed cost of Rs 25,000 on Chintada Anuradha for using a public law remedy to clear a private grievance against the director of Vignana Education Development Society. The petitioner is the wife of the said director along with whom she claims to have registered an educational society. Soon thereafter …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking High Level Enquiry In Patwari Recruitment Scam; Imposes ₹10K Costs
1 year, 8 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses PIL Seeking High Level Enquiry In Patwari Recruitment Scam; Imposes ₹10K Costs

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation which sought high-level enquiry into an alleged scam in recruitment of Patwari by the Madhya Pradesh Employees Selection Board, with rupees ten thousand costs. While finding the petition unmerited, the Division Bench of Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Hirdesh observed, “In the facts and circumstances of the case, …

“Publicity Interest Litigation”: Orissa High Court Dismisses PIL Against RBI Circular Allowing Exchange Of ₹2000 Notes Without ID Proof
1 year, 9 months ago

“Publicity Interest Litigation”: Orissa High Court Dismisses PIL Against RBI Circular Allowing Exchange Of ₹2000 Notes Without ID Proof

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court on Tuesday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation challenging the circular dated May 19, 2023 issued by the Reserve Bank of India which announced discontinuance from circulation of ₹2000 notes and allowed people to get them exchanged at banks without any identity proof. While terming the petition to be a ‘publicity interest litigation’, the Vacation Division Bench …

Orissa High Court Asks Collector To Reconsider Appeal For Issuance Of ST Certificate On Basis Of Mother’s Tribe
1 year, 11 months ago

Orissa High Court Asks Collector To Reconsider Appeal For Issuance Of ST Certificate On Basis Of Mother’s Tribe

Live Law  

The Orissa High Court has ordered an appellate authority to reconsider an appeal against denial of tribe certificate to a boy who was brought up by his tribal mother. While giving relief to the petitioner, the Single Judge Bench of Justice Arindam Sinha observed, “The appellate authority thereafter went on to take view that the Tahsildar had properly followed the …

Section 11 Petitions Seeking Relief But Not Raised In The Previous Arbitration; Gross Abuse Of Process of Court: Delhi High Court
2 years, 1 month ago

Section 11 Petitions Seeking Relief But Not Raised In The Previous Arbitration; Gross Abuse Of Process of Court: Delhi High Court

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has ruled that since the party had failed to challenge the termination of the Collaboration Agreement in the first round of arbitral proceedings, the demolition of the structure built by it under the said Collaboration Agreement would not give it a fresh cause of action. The Arbitral Tribunal passed an award in favour of the respondent, …

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