Delhi High Court Restrains Jaipur Hotel From Using Logo Similar To Beverly Hills Polo Club

The Delhi High Court has recently restrained a Jaipur hotel from using marks featuring a polo player device that were found to be deceptively similar to the well-known Beverly Hills Polo Club (BHPC) logo. The ex-parte ad-interim injunction will remain in force until February 02, 2026. The order, issued on November 13 by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, came in a suit filed by...

Govt Obligated To Disclose All Statutory Restrictions On Re-Registration Of Vehicles Auctioned By It: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the Government and its instrumentalities have an obligation to disclose all statutory bars, restriction, or limitations on re-registration of vehicles auctioned by them.The Court observed that the obligation of the government flows from the constitutional mandate of fairness, transparency and non-arbitrariness embedded in Articles 14 and 298 of the...

Delhi High Court Flags 'Serious Concerns' Over Alleged Extortion, Assault Inside Mandoli Jail; Refers Inmate's Complaint To CBI

The Delhi High Court has recently flagged “serious concerns” over allegations of custodial assault and extortion inside city's Mandoli jail, made by an undertrial prisoner. Justice Sanjeev Narula ordered that the inmate's petition be treated as a complaint by the investigating officer in the court monitored CBI investigation initiated over similar charges. The Court said that the gravity...

Delhi High Court Rejects YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's Plea To File Details Of 'Rape Victims' In Isha Foundation's Defamation Suit

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh to file documents regarding alleged victims of rape and their families to support his defence in the defamation suit filed by Isha Foundation, founded by spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.Justice Subramonium Prasad dismissed the application, observing that it was premature. The defamation suit was filed over...

In-Person Litigants Often Unaware Of Law, File Defective Petitions And Refuse Amicus Help: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹5K Costs

The Allahabad High Court has imposed cost of Rs. 5000 on a party appearing in-person, for filing defective writ petition and making prayers contrary to law.While dealing with a petitioner in-person who had approached the Court against an order of extension of his contractual appointment, Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed,“Court is repeatedly facing difficulty in dealing cases...

'Invariably Reproduce Injury Details From Medical Reports In Judgments': Allahabad High Court Directs Trial Courts In UP

The Allahabad High Court has issued a stern direction to all the trial court Judges across the State of Uttar Pradesh to 'invariably' reproduce the injury details recorded in medical reports in their judgments. A bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Dr. Ajay kumar-II said that it was 'pained' to observe that trial courts were omitting this crucial forensic detail in...

Delhi High Court Grants Permanent Injunction To Aaj Tak's Anjana Om Kashyap In Suit Against 'Fake' YouTube Channel

The Delhi High Court has granted permanent injunction in favour of Anjana Om Kashyap, anchor and Senior Managing Editor of Aaj Tak news channel, in her suit against a “fake” YouTube channel using her news clipping, videos and deepfake impersonations. Justice Tejas Karia decreed the suit filed by Kashyap and TV Today Network Limited, the company which operates Aaj Tak news channel.The...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: November 10 - November 16, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 241 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 247Nominal IndexShankar Prasad Gupta v Lovkesh Singh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 241Ramaavatar v Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 242MPPSC v Anand Yadav 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 243Vivek v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 244Branch Manager, United Insurance v Maneesh Kumar Singrore 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 245Badam Batham v Dinesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 246New Insurance Company...

Crime Heinous But Not Premeditated: Allahabad High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term Sans Remission In 5-Month-Old Cousin's Rape-Murder Case

The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a 27-year-old accused for the rape and murder of his 5-month-old cousin. The HC however declined to confirm the death penalty imposed by the trial court and commuted it to Life Imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life without remission. In it 65-page judgment, a Division Bench of Justice Rajnish...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Negative Blocking of ITC Under Rule 86A; Holds Ledger Cannot Be Blocked Beyond Available Credit

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed orders that disallowed debit from Electronic Credit Ledgers of taxpayers in excess of the Input Tax Credit (ITC) available at the time of passing of the said order. The Division Bench comprising, Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta followed the principles judicial reasoning for blocking of Electronic Credit Ledger under Rule 86-A...

Madras High Court Asks State To Respond To Plea To Give Sanitary Napkins At Subsidised Rates Through Public Distribution System

The Madras High Court has asked the State to respond to a plea seeking the distribution of sanitary napkins at subsidised rates through the public distribution system in the State of Tamil Nadu. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan directed the Secretary to the Ministry of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, the Secretary to the Ministry...

Married Woman Consenting To Sexual Relations On Pretext Of Marriage Is Disregard Of Marital Institution, Not Inducement: P&H High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed the FIR lodged filed for committing rape on pretext of marriage, observing that "it is inconceivable that a legally married woman could be induced into a sexual relationship on the promise of marriage."Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal, "When a fully mature, married woman consents to sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage and continues to...