HIGH COURT FEBRUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Masaba’s Trade Mark; Sidhu Moosewala’s Murder; Amandeep Singh Batra’s petition; Human Sacrifice; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
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HIGH COURT FEBRUARY 2025 WEEKLY ROUNDUP | Stories on Marital Rape; Peter England’s Trade mark; Maggie; MP Abdul Rashid’s parole; and more
A quick legal roundup to cover important stories from all High Courts this week.
Read why Allahabad High Court upheld former Samajwadi Party MLA Irfan Solanki’s conviction in arson case
“A representative of people should be a man of clear antecedents. It has often been seen that a large number of persons with criminal antecedents or who are charged with heinous crimes stand for and are elected to Legislative Assemblies and the Parliament.”
[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections] ‘Courts can interfere only to facilitate election’s progress’; Bombay HC disposes of petition filed by candidate against rejected nomination
The writ court must be careful to ensure that outside narrow scope, no intervention is made that interferes with the progress of the election.
NCLAT upholds Central government’s takeover of Delhi Gymkhana Club; directs conduct of elections for management restoration
The NCLAT noted that the NCLT had not delegated its jurisdiction to the 15-member committee but tasked the committee to act under the NCLT’s oversight, ensuring compliance with its guidance and observations.
‘Petitions bereft of material particulars’; Bombay HC dismisses plea challenging Congress MP Shivaji Bandappa Kalge’s election
Enquiry cannot be conducted in the status of Shivaji Bandappa Kalge, the returned candidate and he cannot be declared as not belonging to “Mala Jangam” community scheduled caste as he has a caste validity certificate in his favour by the Caste Scrutiny Committee which has exclusive jurisdiction to grant the said certificate.
‘Online filing of nominations will maintain purity of elections’; Tripura HC directs State Civil authorities, Election Commission to provide adequate security to candidates willing to submit nomination papers
The online filing of nominations will play a vital role in fulfilling the commission’s statutory duty to maintain the purity of elections.
Inside Madras High Court verdict on election of syndicate member to Bharathidasan University
“An electoral outcome represents the will of the electorate and that it cannot be casually or easily disrupted. A strict approach is warranted. An election result is not a low hanging fruit to be plucked with ease.”
Supreme Court stays Orissa HC order setting aside Congress leader Mohammed Moquim’s election as MLA
Supreme Court has stayed the impugned judgment subject to the condition that Mohammed Moquim will not be entitled to cast vote in the assembly proceedings.
‘Returning Officer has power to alter election schedule’; Calcutta High Court directs to reschedule West Bengal Dental Council’s Election
Calcutta High Court emphasised on the importance of conducting the elections to avoid a “headless state of affairs” in the Council and to uphold the democratic process.
[Societies Registration Act] Defaulting members not entitled to notice for meeting of election, even if their membership was not terminated or ceased: SC
Referring to the ‘doctrine of necessity’, Supreme Court said that had the Working President did not convene the meeting, the elections of the executive body would have been in limbo for an unreasonable amount of time.
‘Special Benches, Suo Motu cases’; SC issues guidelines for HCs for expeditious disposal of criminal cases against MPs and MLAs
The figures show that there are as many as 5,175 subject cases against elected MPs/MLAs pending as of November, 2022. Of these, cases that are pending for more than 5 years are as many as 2,116, which figure is more than 40% of such pendency.
Texas Senate Bill- 1070 introducing a Private Sector Data System to identify voters, passed by the House of Representatives
The House of Representatives for the State of Texas on 23-05-2023 passed SB-1070 amending Section 18.062 of the Election Code. Under new
Decoding Maharashtra Political Crisis: From how it all started to Supreme Court’s ‘Big’ Verdict
The five Judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court has upheld the Governor’s decision of inviting Eknath Shinde to form the Government in the State of Maharashtra and has refused to quash Udhav Thackeray’s resignation as it was submitted voluntarily before the floor test. This Explainer not just provides a Bird’s-Eye view of the Supreme Court Judgment for easy reference but also gives a detailed point-wise breakdown of each issue.
Kerala High Court declares election of A. Raja, void
The Court found the records of family register conspicuous showing an attempt to fabricate evidence of professing Christianity by A. Raja, who was elected to a seat of Kerala Legislative Assembly reserved for members of Scheduled Caste in Kerala.
Allahabad High Court upholds orders passed by Sultanpur Court refusing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s application to quash criminal proceedings for making derogatory remarks against BJP and Congress
If during course of investigation some credible evidence have been collected, charge sheet has been filed, cognizance has been taken, discharge application has been rejected by the Trial Court by speaking and reasoned order and that order has been upheld by the Revisional Court, by a speaking and reasoned order, then Arvind Kejriwal must participate in the trial proceedings.
Allahabad High Court stays criminal proceedings against Delhi’s CM Arvind Kejriwal as SLP is pending in Supreme Court
Criminal proceedings against Arvind Kejriwal in Sultanpur Court have been stayed by Allahabad High Court, considering that special leave to appeal is still pending in Supreme Court and if it is allowed, then the entire proceedings would be a futile exercise.
Supreme Court November 2022| CJI Chandrachud’s to-do list; EWS Quota; Kathua and Chhawla gangrape-murder cases; Rajiv Gandhi assassination case; Never Reported Judgments; and more
This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on constitutionality of EWS Quota and dissent; Juvenility of Kathua gangrape-murder accused; acquittal of all Chhawla gangrape-murder accused; why Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts were set free, and more. It also covers reports on Justice Chandrachud’s appointment as the 50th CJI and his to-do-list; CJI UU Lalit’s retirement; explainers on important law points; some Never Reported Judgments; and career trajectory and important decision of Justice BR Gavai.
Allahabad High Court rejects BJP MLA Vikram Saini’s plea to suspend conviction in Muzaffarnagar Riots case
Allahabad High Court: In an appeal filed by Bharatiya Janata party MLA Vikram Singh Saini against the judgment passed by the
Supreme Court| Election cannot be declared void for non-disclosure of conviction for substantive offences under Kerala Police Act
Supreme Court: In an appeal against the judgment passed by the Kerala High Court confirming an order passed by the