Rajasthan High Court

No decision for 110 days direct encouragement to horse-trading, says Raj HC

Rajasthan HC has sought complete record in connection with the resignation of 81 Congress MLAs in September last year during a parallel meeting called against the one convened by party high command

BJP calls Gandhi family 'most corrupt'; cites Vadra's money laundering case

The BJP on Tuesday dubbed the Gandhi family as "kattar paapi parivaar" and the "most corrupt family in Indian politics" as it cited the Rajasthan High Court's rejection of Robert Vadra's plea to quash a money laundering probe against him. BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi should break their "silence" on corruption and money-laundering allegations against Vadra, who is married to Rahul's sister and Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, when their party was in power in Haryana and Rajasthan and at the Centre as well. The Congress has often claimed that the corruption charges against Vadra are politically motivated. The Rajasthan High Court had last week rejected a petition seeking the quashing of an Enforcement Directorate investigation into the purchase of land in Bikaner by a company (Skylight Hospitality), linked to Vadra and his mother, through alleged shady means. "This is a 'kattar paapi parivaar' (extremely immoral family) of India. Its on

Delhi HC halts release of Tamil movie 'Ajinomoto' over trademark

Dispute arose when Japanese company came across statements made by movie's director

Centre recommends elevation of two judges as CJs of Karnataka and J-K HC

The Centre has notified the elevation of two judges as chief justices of the Karnataka High Court, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court, and also notified the transfer of Chief Justice of J&K High Court to the Rajasthan High Court.

'Wholly unwarranted', says SC on Rajasthan HC land possession case dealing

The Supreme Court has termed as "wholly unwarranted" the manner in which the Rajasthan High Court dealt with a matter relating to possession of land to the widow of an ex-Sepoy of the Indian Army whose foot was amputated due to a mine blast in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. The apex court observed that the high court had gone "out of the way" to order possession of land which was never proceeded with a letter of allotment in favour of the wife of the ex-serviceman, who died in July 1998. A bench of Justice Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath set aside the order passed by the high court in the matter. "The manner in which the matter has been dealt with by the high court under the guise of help to a disabled ex-serviceman is wholly unwarranted," the bench said in its verdict delivered on Tuesday. The man, while serving as a Sepoy in the Army, had suffered an injury on the right leg due to the mine blast which led to amputation of his foot and he was thereafter invalidated out of service. The

SC to hear plea challenging HC order granting parole to life convict

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea challenging the Rajasthan High Court order which granted parole to a man serving life jail terms for progeny.A bench headed by the Chief Justice of India agreed to list the plea next week.A counsel mentioned before the apex court that the HC's order has opened floodgates and many convicts are applying for parole on this ground. The lawyer said that this is not a valid ground for granting permission for parole.In April this year, the Rajasthan High Court ordered the release of a man for 15 days on parole.The HC's order came on the convict's wife's plea asserting her "right of progeny" and seeking her husband's release. The HC said that denial to the convict-prisoner to perform conjugal relationship with his wife more particularly for the purpose of progeny would adversely affect the rights of his wife.The HC had cited various religious scriptures while allowing the plea and said that the right to have a progeny also finds mention in the

Rajasthan HC allows Salman Khan's transfer plea in blackbuck poaching case

Khan had challenged his five years' conviction in a case relating to hunting of two blackbucks in the District and Session court on April 5, 2018

Rajasthan High Court sets aside result of RAS preliminary exam

A single judge bench of the Rajasthan High Court on Tuesday set aside the result of the RAS preliminary examination, 2021.

SC rejects apology tendered by Rajasthan HC Bar Association

A bench comprising Justices M R Shah and Sanjiv Khanna said the words used in the affidavits cannot be said to be tendering an unconditional and unqualified apology.

Rajasthan HC lawyers write to CJI against proposal on advocates' eleveation

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Vikas Singh's proposal to consider apex court lawyers for elevation as high court judges is detrimental to the autonomy of HC collegiums

Centre cannot charge GST on power services: Rajasthan High Court

Power distribution services draw zero GST rate since they fall under the negative list of services released by the Union government in 2017

Rajasthan HC Judge recuses himself from hearing case involving Robert Vadra

A Rajasthan High Court judge on Wednesday recused himself from hearing a money laundering case involving businessman Robert Vadra.

It is a game of skill: Rajasthan High Court rejects plea to ban Dream11

Court says games offered on platform involve skill, not chance; rules that issue of GST evasion, as alleged in the plea, will be decided by GST authorities

Raj HC temporarily stays Adani's 1500 MW solar power project near Pokhran

The Court sought Rajasthan government's stand on a petition by local farmers challenging the allocation of nearly 990 hectares of agricultural land to the private business house

HC seeks disposal of Ammonium Nitrate lying in Rajasthan police stations

Rajasthan HC asked the state government to chalk out a plan for the disposal of quintals of seized Ammonium Nitrate lying in various police stations and posing the danger of a Beirut-like explosion

SC adjourns plea against Raj HC's refusal to stay BSP MLAs merger with Cong

The single-judge bench of the High Court had earlier not granted any interim relief and refused to stay the participation of six MLAs in the proceedings of the House as Congress legislators

Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Ccourt tests coronavirus positive

Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court Indrajit Mahanty has tested positive for COVID-19

BSP MLAs' merger with Congress: Rajasthan HC to resume hearing on Friday

The Rajasthan HighCourt has posted for hearing on Friday the petitions filed by BJP MLA Madan Dilawar and the BSP challenging the merger of six MLAs with the Congress.

Rajasthan HC provides relief to union minister Shekhawat in scam case

Shekhawat has been named along with his wife and others in the complaint related to the Sanjivani Credit Cooperative Society scam

Plea filed in HC to stop 6 defecting' BSP MLAs function as Cong legislators

Justice Goyal, however, had not accepted the petitioners' plea to grant interim relief and put a stay on the six BSP MLAs' participation