When Alleged Offence Was Against Public Servant Acting In Official Capacity, FIR Cannot Be Quashed On Compromise: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that offences committed against public servants in the discharge of their official duties cannot be treated as mere private disputes, in such cases FIR cannot be quashed on the basis of compromise between the parties.While dismissing the plea for quashing FIR filed by the accused in view of compromise with the complainant-Public Servant, the...

Karnataka Bar Council Cannot Deny Enrollment To Advocate Who Completed Law Degree From Outside State: High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that any person who has graduated from any law college in India can register with the State Bar Council where they intend to practice. Justice Suraj Govindaraj made this ruling while allowing a petition filed by Rajashekar, whose application for enrolment as an advocate with the Karnataka State Bar Council had not been considered because he completed his...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Actor Jaya Bachchan, No Interim Relief Against Movie Posters

The Delhi High Court on Monday passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of actor and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Jaya BachchanJustice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the interim order against various defendants using Bachchan's images and personality traits unauthorizedly, without her consent. However no interim order was passed qua the defendants using her images...

Rajasthan High Court Raps Tenants For Frustrating Auction Of Shops, Slaps ₹50K Costs For 'Unscrupulous' Practices

The Rajasthan High Court imposed a total cost of Rs. 50,000 on the two shop tenants (petitioners), who were earlier allotted shops on rent by the State, for attempting to mislead the court by concealing the material facts and trying to abuse the judicial process.The bench of Justice Sanjeet Purohit held that the once the petitioner had voluntarily participated in an earlier round of auction...

Digital Dashboards, 24X7 Hospital Support: Karnataka High Court Issues Model SOP For Minor Victims Of Sexual Offences

The Karnataka High Court has directed he State to formulate a Standard Operating Procedure for the Protection and Rehabilitation of Minor Victims of Sexual Offences— which will have a binding effect on all agencies and authorities specified herein.Justice Suraj Govindaraj said, “Directions having been issued on several occasions, they continue to be ignored, and there is no compliance. I...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 03 - November 09, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 394 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 409 NOMINAL INDEX The State of Tamil Nadu v. R Ramanathan Chettiar and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 394 D. Tamilselvi v. The Income Tax Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 395 Spalon India Private Limited v. Maya Choudhary, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 396 M/s. Cethar Hospital v. The Principal Secretary to Government and Others, 2025...

DACP Benefits Can't Be Restricted Only To Litigating Officers; Must Extend To All Similarly Placed: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that the benefit of the Dynamic Assured Career Progression (DACP) Scheme cannot be limited only to those medical officers who had approached the court earlier, but must also be extended to all similarly situated persons within the same cadre.Justice Ananda Sen, presiding over the case, observed, “Once a particular date has been fixed, all the persons who...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Stays Injunction Against Radico Khaitan In 'Kashmyr'-'Cashmir' Trademark Dispute Over Deceptive Similarity

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has stayed an order of the Commercial Court, Karnal which had restrained Radico Khaitan Ltd. from using the mark “Kashmyr” for its liquor products following a trademark suit initiated by Picadilly Agro Industries Ltd., proprietor of the marks “Cashmir” and “Cashmere.” A Division Bench comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice...

Kerala High Court Mourns Demise Of Former Judge Justice K. John Mathew

The Kerala High Court on Monday (November 10) mourned the passing of Justice K. John Mathew (93), who had served as judge of the High Court from 1984 to 1994.After retirement, Justice Mathew was designated Senior Advocate by the Supreme Court and he continued his practice in New Delhi till 2003. He was head of the Government Commission setup to study the effects of Mineral Sand Mining along...

Doctor's Opinion Based On X-Ray Report Insufficient In Grievous Injury/ Attempt To Murder Case, Must Examine Radiologist: Rajasthan High Court

Rajasthan High Court has held that examination of only the medical jurist is not sufficient to determine the nature of injury without examination of the Radiologist based on whose X-ray reports the medical jurist had given evidence.The bench of Justice Sandeep Shah held that in such a situation, the concerned radiologist was required to be examined and the X-rays were also be required to...

Delhi High Court Refers EBC–Rupa Trademark Dispute on Constitution Pocket Edition To Mediation

The Delhi High Court has recently referred a trademark dispute between EBC Publishing Pvt. Ltd. and Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. to mediation before the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre. The dispute concerns the alleged deceptive similarity between the publishers' coat-pocket editions of the Constitution of India. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora passed the order...

MP High Court Issues Notice To Speaker On Congress MLA's Plea Seeking Disqualification Of BJP MLA On Ground Of Defection

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (November 7) issued notice in a petition filed by Congress MLA Umang Singhar seeking disqualification of BJP MLA from Bina constituency, Nirmala Sapre, arguing that she stands disqualified on grounds of defection. The plea claims that Sapre, after being elected MLA from Bina in the 2023 assembly elections, had voluntarily given up her membership from...