HIGH COURT APRIL 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Rajdeep Sardesai’s Defamation Case; Missing Liquor Stock; Badlapur Encounter Case; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Advocate General
Jharkhand High Court dismisses criminal contempt proceedings against State’s Advocate General and Additional Advocate General
“An advocate has to fearlessly uphold the interest of his client by all fair and honourable means without regard to any unpleasant consequences to himself or any other, but he must exercise restraint in using intemperate language during arguments in the Court.”
Chhattisgarh HC directs Advocate General to seek information about non-payment of compensation to victims’ parents/victims of sexual offences
The report states that because of lack of allotment of fund, the payment could not be made to the victims/family members of the victim, till date.
Madras HC directs State to nominate Nodal officer to deal with requests for engaging law officers, and to look after professional fee claims
To assist the Nodal Officer, minimum secretarial staff shall be provided by the State Government.
Justice Jaswant Singh retires after a short tenure as Chief Justice of Tripura High Court
Justice Jaswant Singh who was appointed as the 7th Chief Justice of Tripura High Court, has had an extensive legal career spanning 30+ years and has an avid interest in sports like lawn tennis, cricket and golf.
Jharkhand High Court directs AIIMS, Deogarh to submit report on availability of Burn Ward
Jharkhand High Court: The division bench of Ravi Ranjan, C.J., and Sujit Narayan Prasad, J., took suo motu cognizance of
T.M. Andhyarujina : Servant of the Constitution
An Obituary by Arghya Sengupta, Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. Views are personal.