Bhima Koregaon Case: After 5 Yrs In Jail, Bombay High Court Grants Bail To Former DU Professor Hany Babu

The Bombay High Court on Thursday granted bail to former Delhi University Professor Hany Babu, who has been booked for his alleged role in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon conspiracy case. A division bench of Justice AS Gadkari and Justice Ranjitsinha Raja Bhonsale granted him bail. A detailed order in the matter is awaited. For context, Babu was arrested in July 2020 by the NIA...

Lack Of Independent Witnesses Does Not Dilute Cruelty Allegations In S.498A IPC Cases: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the absence of independent witnesses in cases arising under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code cannot, by itself, weaken the prosecution's case. The Court stressed that evidence from close relatives is not to be discarded merely because of their relationship with the victim.For context, Section 498A of IPC deals with cruelty towards a woman by her husband...

Gujarat High Court Allows Pfizer's Additional Claims Worth ₹15 Crore Under Central Sales Tax Act, Sets Aside VAT Tribunal Order

The Gujarat High Court has allowed writ petition by Pfizer, a pharmaceutical major against the Value Added Tax (VAT) Tribunal order that expressly barred the consideration of any additional Form-F. In a judgment dated November 20, 2025, the Division Bench comprising Justice Pranav Trivedi and Justice A.S. Supehia noted the 11-year pendency in litigation in relation to production of...

Bombay High Court Condemns SEC's 'Last-Minute' Action To Postpone Local Body Polls; Defers Combined Results To December 21

In a stinging rebuke, the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench) on Tuesday came down heavily on the State Election Commission (SEC) for its 'last-minute' decision to postpone elections in several Nagar Panchayats and Nagar Parishads areas across the state. While the Court stood short of quashing the postponement orders to avoid derailing the democratic process, it issued a...

“Most Unfortunate Incident”: Rajasthan High Court Calls For Inquiry, Soft-Skills Training After SHO Misbehaves With Lawyers

While hearing a matter of police officers misbehaving with and mishandling a lawyer who was accompanying a rape victim at the police station, Rajasthan High Court observed that the advocates and police personnel are two limbs of justice delivery system who must act in tandem with each other with mutual respect and cooperation.The division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma...

'Unilateral Appointment Of Arbitrator Violates Principles Of Natural Justice': Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Arbitral Award

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday set aside an ex-parte arbitral award ruling that unilateral appointment of a sole arbitrator by one of the parties is violative of the Principles of Natural Justice and fatally vitiates the arbitral process, thereby resulting in nullity. Justice Shampa Sarkar in a judgement delivered on 2nd December, 2025, allowed the application filed by YD...

Non-Examination Of First IO Not Fatal To Criminal Prosecution If Place Of Occurrence Otherwise Proved: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has recently observed that the failure to examine the first Investigating Officer in a criminal case is not fatal to the prosecution's case if the place of occurrence of the incident can be proved through other evidence.A Single Judge Bench of Justice Alok Kumar Pandey was hearing an appeal against conviction under Section 304B of the IPC and sentence of ten years...

Delhi High Court Rejects Novo Nordisk's Injunction Plea, Allows Dr. Reddy's to Manufacture and Export Semaglutide

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to grant Novo Nordisk an interim injunction against Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. and OneSource Specialty Pharma Ltd. over semaglutide, the active ingredient used in its anti-diabetic and weight-loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. It held that the Danish company had failed to establish a prima facie case of infringement of its species patent IN'697. A...

Allahabad High Court Questions State's Challenge To Minor Rape Victim's Second Statement, Insistence On Polygraph Test

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Wednesday came down heavily on the Superintendent of Police, Balrampur, after finding that his personal affidavit in a case involving a minor rape victim contained 'shocking' inaccuracies and concealed vital facts from the Court. While seeking personal affidavit of the Principal Secretary (Home), UP Govt, the HC also expressed shock at...

Kerala High Court Grants SIT Six More Weeks To Complete Probe Into Sabarimala Gold Theft Case

The Kerala High Court on Wednesday (December 3) gave the Special Investigation Team (SIT) 6 more weeks to conclude its investigation into the plundering of gold from the Dwarapalaka idols and lintels of the Sabarimala temple.The Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar had conducted the proceedings in-camera and interacted with the investigating officer, who...

'Art Of Advocacy Not Bound By Years Of Experience': Rajasthan High Court Upholds Padmesh Mishra's Appointment As AAG In Supreme Court

The Rajasthan High Court upheld the single judge bench decision that rejected the challenge against the appointment of Padmesh Mishra as Additional Advocate General for the state of Rajasthan in the Supreme Court.Notably, Mishra is the son of Justice PK Mishra, Judge of the Supreme Court. The plea claimed that Mishra was appointed as AAG despite not meeting the requisite experience to be...

Allahabad High Court Permits 'Non-Commercial' Bazm-e-Virasat Fest At Prayagraj School; Clarifies Strict Ban On Trade Fairs Remains Intact

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday cleared the path for hosting of the second edition of the star-studded 'Bazm-e-Virasat' festival in the premises of a private unaided minority Institution in Prayagraj. This three-day cultural extravaganza is scheduled to be held at the Bishop Johnson School and College from December 19 to 21, 2025. The order assumes importance as the HC, in...