'There Is No Raja': Allahabad High Court Proposes Scheme To Reconstitute Balwant Educational Society's Board Amid Family Feud

Dealing with a long standing dispute between family members of Late Raja Balwant Singh of Awagarh for the position on the board of Balwant Educational Society, the Allahabad High Court proposed a scheme for appointment of the children of the brothers on various posts of the Board of the Trust.In the dispute between cousins regarding appointment to Committee of Management of the...

Rajasthan High Court Transfers Matrimonial & Criminal Cases After Lawyer-Wife Influenced Local Bar To Act Against Husband's Counsel

The Rajasthan High Court granted relief to the accused-petitioner by directing transfer of his matrimonial and maintenance cases from Sawai Madhopur to Jaipur after finding out that owing to his advocate wife's influence on the Bar Association, no lawyer was ready to represent him before the courts situated at Sawai Madhopur.While underscoring the significance of the fundamental right to...

Complainant/ Legal Heirs Must Be Informed When Probe Against Accused Named In FIR Is Dropped: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has directed the State Police Chief to issue necessary instructions to investigating authorities in criminal cases to issue notices to the de facto complainants or their legal heirs when a person named as an accused in the FIR is removed from the list of accused during the course of investigation.The division bench comprising Dr. Justice A K Jayasankaran Nambiar and...

State Financial Enterprise Transferring Funds From Borrower's Frozen Bank Account Without Authority Violates Article 300A: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has restrained the Kerala State Financial Enterprises (KSFE) and its Recovery Officers from transferring amounts from a borrower's frozen bank account to third party accounts, holding that such a move would violate the constitutional protection against deprivation of property without authority of law under Article 300A of the Constitution of India.Justice V.G. Arun...

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

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 701 - 719]Madathil Pakruti v. T.P. Kunjanandan and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 701Angels Nair v. Union of India and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 702Shahabeen Hameed v. Muhammed Ajnas A.B., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 703Sivadasan Nair K.G. v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 704Treasa K.J. v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 705S. Jayasree. v. State of...

Disclosure Of Income & Payment Of Income Tax Do Not Bar Proceedings Under Benami Transactions Act: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that disclosure of income and payment of tax under the Income Tax Act, 1961, does not preclude initiation of proceedings under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. agreed with the department that the fact that the assessees have disclosed the income in the return and the same was proceeded against under...

Allahabad High Court Quashes Human Trafficking, Bonded Labour Act Case Against Wife Of Samajwadi Party MLA

The Allahabad High Court last week quashed the charge-sheet, cognizance order and the entire proceedings against the wife of sitting Samajwadi Party MLA who was facing allegations of human trafficking and was also booked under the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 as well as the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976. A bench of Justice Sameer Jain granted relief to MLA Zaid Beg's...

Auction Under SARFAESI Act Valid When Property Valued By Valuer Is Registered U/S 34AB Of Wealth-Tax Act: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court held that an auction under the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 (SARFAESI) Act, 1957, is valid when the property is valued by a valuer and registered under Section 34AB of the Wealth-Tax Act. Section 34AB of the Wealth-Tax Act, 1957, provides the process for individuals to become...

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

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1423 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1462NOMINAL INDEXRAJIV KHOSLA v. HIGH COURT OF DELHI & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1423 DR REDDYS LABORATORIES LIMITED & ORS v. UNION OF INDIA & ANR 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1424 COURTS ON ITS OWN MOTION IN RE: SUICIDE COMMITTED BY SUSHANT ROHILLA, LAW STUDENT OF I.P. UNIVERSITY 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1425 SUMIT v. STATE NCT OF DELHI...

Madras High Court Monthly Digest: October 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 330 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 393 NOMINAL INDEX The New India Assurance Company Limited v. Annalakshmi and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 330 The Divisional Security Commissioner and Disciplinary Authority and Others v. K Muniyandi, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 331 SENTHILKANNAN v/s THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 332 N Sathish Kumar v....

Kerala High Court Acquits Man Over Possession Of Fake Dollar Bill, Says No Conscious Possession Or Intent To Use

The Kerala High Court recently acquitted a person, who was found guilty of the offence under Section 489C of the Indian Penal Code [Possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes], for possessing a counterfeit 100 Dollar bill.Justice Johnson John relied on the 2005 decision of the Supreme Court in K. Hasim v. State of T.N. to find that the offence under the provision is...

Inter-Caste Unions In National Interest, Must Be Protected From Familial Or Communal Interference: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has observed that inter caste unions are in the national interest and must be protected from familial or communal interference. Justice Sanjeev Narula observed that when two consenting adults decide to marry or cohabit, neither family nor community can lawfully obstruct that choice or subject them to pressure, social sanctions or threats.“Supreme Court has recognised...