Kerala High Court Applies Henderson Principle, Says Withholding Claims To Re-Litigate Later Is Abuse Of Process

The Kerala High Court has recently observed that when a party deliberately withholds certain claims or issues in one proceedings with the intention to raise them in a subsequent litigation disguised as a distinct or separate remedy or proceeding from the initial one, such subsequent litigation will fall under the 'Henderson Principle'.The Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran...

Negligence, Not Espionage : Bombay High Court Acquits Ex-BrahMos Engineer Of Charges For 'Cyber Terrorism', Leaking Info To Pakistan

The Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench) on Monday set aside the life imprisonment sentence awarded to a former Senior System Engineer at BrahMos Aerospace, who had been accused of interacting with a Pakistan-operated fake LinkedIn account and installing certain malwares which gave external access to sensitive files. A bench of Justice Anil S Kilor and Justice Pravin S Patil, set...

Madras High Court Suggests Email & Courier Assistance For Those Whose Phones Are Stolen To Avoid Need To Approach Courts In-Person

In an innovative approach, the Madras High Court has suggested the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority provide assistance to persons who have lost their cellphones or similar articles to get back the same without physically approaching the court. Justice Bharatha Chakravarthy was taking up a suo motu proceeding registered to implement the pilot project formulated by the Committee...

Notices Issued By Speed Post Requires Maintaining Tracking Details: Delhi High Court Sets Aside Customs Order

The Delhi High Court in a writ petition pertaining to service of notice through speed post where delivery reports could not be found, sets aside ex-parte demand order creating a demand to the tune of Rs. 1 crore. In an order dated November 24, 2025 the Bench comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Renu Bhatnagar examined whether notices for personal hearing (Jan–Mar 2024)...

'Women, Children Go Missing; Nothing Is Done': Karnataka High Court Seeks 5-Year Data On Missing Persons

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the State government to place on record the statistics for the last five years from 2020 to 2025, as regards the number of missing complaints received and how many such complaints are acted upon and persons are traced.Justice Suraj Govindaraj observed “Nothing is happening in the missing persons case, we don't know, close the case. This is...

Calcutta High Court Sets Aside Single Bench Order Cancelling 32000 Teachers' Appointments In Recruitment Scam Case

The Calcutta High Court has set aside a single bench order which cancelled the appointment of around 32000 primary teachers in the cash-for-jobs TET-Recruitment scam case.A division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Reetobroto Kumar Mitra passed the order, setting aside a 2023 decision by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, presently a BJP Lok Sabha member. "There must have been a...

Fundamental Right To Freedom Of Religion Can't Be Expanded To Affect Peaceful Atmosphere In Temple: Madras High Court

While granting relief to the Thengalai sect (Southern cult) to conduct the ceremonial worship at the Sri Devaraja Swamy temple in Kancheepuram, the Madras High Court recently observed that the fundamental right to freedom of religion cannot be expanded to affect the rights of the temple's office holders or to disturb the peaceful atmosphere of the temple. The bench of Justice R...

Delhi High Court Affirms Order Declining Cancellation Of 'HP' Mark Opposed By 'HP+' Screw Manufacturer

The Delhi High Court has dismissed an appeal by Ganraj Enterprises, a Maharashtra-based screw manufacturer that uses the mark “HP+”, against a 2022 order of the Registrar of Trade Marks refusing to cancel Land Mark Crafts Ltd.'s registration for the mark “HP” for identical goods. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, delivering the judgment on December 2, 2025, upheld the...

Invoking Bank Guarantee For Interim Release Of Vehicle Seized For Alleged Sand Transport 'Unjustifiable': Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently clarified that a condition, which required furnishing of bank guarantee to get interim custody of a vehicle that was alleged to be caught transporting river sand from forest, is onerous.Justice C.S. Dias observed that the Apex Court decision in Shihab etc. and another v. State of Kerala and another [2016 (4) KHC 183] holds the field when it comes to...

Husband Is Wife's 'Protector'; His Burden U/S 106 Evidence Act To Explain Her Death On 'Higher Pedestal': Allahabad HC Upholds Life Term

Upholding the life term awarded to husband for killing his wife in 2015, the Allahabad High Court recently observed that a husband is presumed to be the "protector of his wife" and consequently, when established that he was last seen with her, his threshold of explanation under Section 106 Indian Evidence Act stands on a "higher pedestal than a normal person". A bench of...

Circumstantial Evidence Sufficient Proof Of Adultery To Defeat Wife's Maintenance Claim: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to establish the factum of 'living in adultery' to defeat the claim for maintenance under Section 125 of Cr.P.C.Dr. Justice Kauser Edappagath, was delivering a judgment in a revision petition filed against the Family Court decision which had granted maintenance to a woman despite evidence produced by the...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain PIL For Court Monitored Committee To Supervise Red Fort Blast Trial

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction for a Court monitored Committee to supervise all stages of the trial in the recent red fort blast case.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela noted that the trial has not even commenced in the case and that it was a good piece of essay and not a...