Civil Law
WhatsApp Transmission Of Summons Not Conclusive Proof Of Actual Notice: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that WhatsApp transmission of summons is not by itself conclusive proof that the defendant actually received or had notice of the summons.Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri observed that merely sending summons to a mobile number associated with the defendant cannot establish due service, particularly when the process server's report records that the call was answered by a third person.“The existence of the mobile number and the factum of transmission are distinct from proof...
Orissa High Court Upholds Cancellation Of Minority Organisations' Convention Over Circulation Of 'Communally Provocative' Video Clip
The Orissa High Court has upheld the denial of permission to All India Backward (SC/ST/OBC) and Minorities Communities Employee's Federation (BAMCEF) and the Bharata Mukti Morcha (BMM) to hold their national conventions in December, 2025, after it came to the notice of the authorities that a “divisive” and “communally provocative” video clip was being circulated on behalf of...
High Courts Shouldn't Routinely Stay Trials : Supreme Court Flags Mechanical Invocation Of Revision Powers
The Supreme Court has disapproved the routine practice of High Courts staying trials while entertaining challenges to interlocutory orders, cautioning that such stays should be granted only where continuation of the trial would seriously and irreparably prejudice the revision proceedings or adversely affect the parties.also flagged the mechanical invocation of revisional jurisdiction under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC), holding that the High Court cannot exercise revision as...
State Must Adequately Compensate Victims Of Wild Animal Attacks, 1980 Rules Don't Cap Quantum At ₹20K: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently held that State is liable to give just compensation to victims of wild animal attacks and that the quantum of compensation payable is not limited to Rs. 20,000 as per the Kerala Rules for Payment of Compensation to Victims of Attack by Wild Animals, 1980. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 475]Justice Mohammed Nias C.P. dismissed a regular second appeal filed by the Forest department officials challenging concurrent findings of the courts below granting compensation in a suit for...
Cricketer Yusuf Pathan Withdraws From Gujarat High Court Plea Against Order Declaring Him 'Encroacher' On Govt Land In Vadodara
Cricketer Yusuf Pathan on Monday (August 31) withdrew from Gujarat High Court his appeal against a single judge's August 2025 order which had found him to be an "encroacher" on government land in Vadodara after noting that no allotment order was issued to him and he was occupying the site without paying consideration.Previously, Pathan told the high court that he is pursuing his case under a policy before the State government under which other cricketers have also been allotted land and had...
Production Of Divorce Decree Not Essential To Delete Former Spouse's Name From Passport: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court, in a recent decision, held that divorcees need not produce divorce decree or judicial separation order when they apply to change name or delete ex-spouse's name from their passports. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 471]Justice Murali Purushothaman observed that an office memorandum cannot mandate production of a divorce decree when Section IV of the Passport Information Booklet...
Street Vendors Can't Claim Fixed Sites Under Provisional Certificate Of Vending: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has street vendors cannot claim to vend on fixed or stationary vending sites under a provisional certificate of vending, and asked the MCD to verify whether 42 vendors who had approached the court even possessed a provisional certificate of vending. It said that upon verification if vendors will be permitted to vend as mobile vendors. The court was hearing a plea by...
Inherently Determinable Contract Cannot Be Specifically Enforced; Interim Injunction Also Cannot Protect Such Contracts: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a contract which is inherently determinable cannot be specifically enforced and, consequently, an interim injunction cannot be granted to protect such a contract. The Court observed that when the MOU was determinable by its very nature, specific performance of the same could not be insisted upon.Justice Aarti Sathe was hearing an Appeal from Order filed...
'Shocking': Rajasthan High Court Questions Officials Over Govt Land Encroachers Being Allowed To Cultivate It, Crop Sold Back For ₹500
While hearing an encroachment matter, Rajasthan High Court ordered affidavits from the Sarpanch/administrator as well as the Inspector Land Record Tehsildar of village Jhanpda, district Dausa, after “shockingly” discovering that the encroachers of the government land were allowed to cultivate and the crop was handed over to them at “throwaway” prices.The division bench of Acting...
Kerala High Court Orders Reconsideration Of Lulu Hypermarket Land Conversion After RDO Skipped Mandatory Agricultural Officer Report
The Kerala High Court recently upheld a Single Bench decision, which quashed the Revenue Divisional Officer's orders reclassifying the land owned by Lulu Hyper Market Pvt. Ltd. in Thrissur and permitting its commercial use. [2026 LiveLaw (Ker) 464]The Division Bench of Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice Basant Balaji agreed that the RDO did not follow the procedure under Kerala...
Hyderabad Master Plan Can't Override Landowners' Right To Compensation Before Dispossession: Telangana High Court
The Telangana High Court has directed the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to follow due process before taking portions of private plots affected by a road Master Plan. [2026 LiveLaw (Tel) 143]The Court directed the authorities to survey and demarcate the affected portions after notice to the landowners and determine...