Gujarat High Court Restrains Godhara Municipality From Taking Coercive Action Over Alleged Unauthorized Construction

The Gujarat High Court in an interim order on Friday (December 12) directed the Godhara Nagar Palika not to take any coercive action against residents who had challenged a notice asking them to remove alleged unauthorized construction, whose plea for regularization was pending before the Collector. The court was hearing a petition by residents challenging notice dated 12-11-2025 issued by...

Must Balance Cyber Fraud Probe With Interest Of Innocent Account Holder: Gauhati HC Permits Conditional Operation Of Frozen Bank Account

The Gauhati High Court has held that a blanket freezing of a bank account pursuant to a cyber crime complaint cannot continue indefinitely and that the interest of investigation must be balanced with the rights of a bona fide account holder. Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi, presiding over the case, observed, “After giving an anxious thought to the rival contentions, this Court is of the opinion...

Peaceful Public Protests Can't Attract Penal Action: Rajasthan High Court Allows Withdrawal Of Cases Against State Minister, Ex-MLA

The Rajasthan High Court has granted leave to the State Government permitting withdrawal of prosecution against a former MLA and State's Minister for School Education, opining that the public unrest, as alleged in the FIRs, had arisen out of the issues involving public interest and was not driven by any personal motive.The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Dhand took note of the fact that...

Delhi High Court Orders Blocking Of Additional Sci-Hub Mirror Websites In India In Publishers' Copyright Infringement Suit

The Delhi High Court has ordered blocking of additional mirror websites providing access to Sci-Hub which are already blocked in India in a copyright infringement suit filed by publishing houses Elsevier, Wiley and American Chemical Society.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora extended its earlier order passed on August 19 blocking access to 40 additional websites which were found to be...

Writ Petition Filed To Bypass Pre-Deposit Requirement Under MSMED Act Is Not Maintainable: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court dismissed a petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution challenging an award passed by the West Bengal Micro & Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC), holding that the petition was not maintainable and was filed to evade pre-deposit requirement under section 19 of the MSMED Act, 2006. Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya held that the...

Wife Not Being Entitled To Maintenance Due To Concealment Of Income Doesn't Disentitle Her To Residence Order Under DV Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has said that a wife not being entitled to monetary maintenance due to concealment of her income does not disentitle her to a residence order under the Domestic Violence Act.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma was dealing with a wife's plea challenging a trial court order which had rejected her plea and had set aside the direction granting interim maintenance to the her by...

Rajasthan High Court Denies Bail In Alleged ₹95-Crore Online Gaming GST Scam, Flags Foreign Links & Evidence-Tampering Risk

The Rajasthan High Court denied bail to applicants accused of facilitating a racket involving GST evasion of over Rs. 95 Crore, by onboarding certain companies with various online payment aggregators for receipt of online gaming revenues.The bench of Justice Sameer Jain opined that the alleged conduct was a serious white-collar crime with a potential significant impact on the nation's...

Employers Must Deposit Gratuity & Interest Before Filing Appeal U/S 7(7) Of Payment Of Gratuity Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that employers challenging gratuity awards under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 must deposit both the gratuity and the accrued interest as a condition precedent for admission of an appeal.Justice K Babu was delivering a judgment in a writ petition filed by the Kerala State Financial Enterprises Ltd. (KSFE). The petitioners approached the Court challenging...

'Statutory Right Of Appeal Can't Be Curtailed On Technicalities': Kerala High Court Directs Registry To Accept Appeals U/S 5C Cinematograph Act

The Kerala High Court on Friday (December 12) directed its Registry to accept and entertain appeals under Section 5C of the Cinematograph Act as a miscellaneous first appeal with the nomenclature MFA (Cinematograph Act).The Division Bench consisting of Justice Arvind Sushrut Dharmadhikari and Justice P.V. Balakrishnan made the suggestion while dismissing the writ appeals challenging the...

GRAP Doesn't Create Enforceable Work-From-Home Right For Govt Employees: Delhi High Court Rejects Scientist's Plea

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the plea filed by a “Scientist-E” working with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), seeking work from home citing hazardous air quality and respiratory issues.The petitioner, Shubham Verma, sought compliance with Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) restrictions issued by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) inside the...

'Privacy An Inherent Human Right': Orissa High Court Orders Govt To Allow Students/Guardians To Voluntarily Opt Out Of 'APAAR ID'

Addressing an important legal issue touching upon the right to privacy of students and guardians, the Orissa High Court on Friday (December 12) asked the Union Ministry of Education (MoE) to amend the consent form, appended to 'Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry' (APAAR) portal, allowing the students and guardians to refuse consent for their enrolment in such ID.The Single Bench...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: November 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 183 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 205NOMINAL INDEXAshumal@Asharam v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 183State of Gujarat v/s Vipulbhai Bharatbhai Bin Chhappanbhai Patani 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 184Adani Enterprise Ltd. v. M/s SMS Carbon And Minerals Pvt Ltd. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 185Cardiogy Ltd. & Anr. v. Commissioner of Commercial Tax & Anr. 2025...