Himachal Pradesh High Court Quarterly Digest: July To September 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 75 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 180 NOMINAL INDEX:Bharti Rathore v/s State of HP & others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 75Monika v/s State of HP & others., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 76Biogenetic Drugs (P) Ltd. & another v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 77Devi Dass v/s M/s Ginni Global Pvt. Ltd. & another., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 78Surinder Chauhan v/s Jai...

Delhi High Court Imposes ₹1 Lakh Cost On Woman Alleging Unauthorized Construction, Says No Leeway For Blackmail

The Delhi High Court has imposed a costs of Rs. 1 lakh on a woman for misusing the judicial process and suppression of material facts in her petition alleging unauthorized construction at a property located in city's Karol Bagh area. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the woman failed to disclose in the suit that a civil suit was filed before the trial court on the same cause of action and that...

Remedy For Non-Payment Of Revised Maintenance Is Execution Of Order Before Magistrate, Not Contempt Proceedings: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently clarified that the appropriate remedy for non-payment of maintenance ordered as per criminal revision petition before the High Court is to execute the order before the Magistrate court. It also observed that contempt proceedings before the High Court would not be maintainable in such circumstances.Justice C. Pratheep Kumar dismissed a contempt case initiated...

Properties Mortgaged To Bank For Advancement Of Loans Cannot Be Attached Under PMLA: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that properties which are mortgaged to the Bank are not the proceeds of crime, and an attachment order cannot be passed by the Adjudicating Authority under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, in respect of the properties mortgaged to the Bank for the advancement of loans.A division bench of Justice D K Singh and Justice Venkatesh Naik T held thus...

Bombay High Court Directs Dept To Pay ₹71.31 Lakh Interest On Refund Of Illegal IGST Collected Under RCM On Ocean Freight

The Bombay High Court has directed the department to pay Rs. 71.31. Lakh interest on refund of illegal IGST (Integrated Goods and Services Tax) collected under RCM (Reverse Charge Mechanism) on ocean freight. Justices M.S. Sonak and Advait M. Sethna stated that admittedly, the Petitioner had paid the amount of IGST which the respondents utilized up to the date of grant of refund....

Bombay High Court Directs WhiteHat Jr To Secure Rs 80.35 Lakh Arbitral Award In Favor Of Former Employee

The Bombay High Court has recently ordered WhiteHat Education Technology Pvt. Ltd. (popularly known as WhiteHat Jr), a subsidiary of embattled ed-tech Byju's, to secure an arbitration award of Rs 80.35 lakh in favour of its former employee, Prashant Singh.The award was granted in an employment dispute following Singh's sudden termination from the company. The Court also directed the...

Power Granted Under Street Vendor's Act Overrides Municipality Act Even If Vendor Is Operating Without License: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has clarified that the power granted under Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 overrides the powers under Kerala Municipality Act, 1994, even when the street vendor is operating without a license.Justice Mohammed Nias C P held that any municipal action against a street vendor, even one operating without a license,...

Granting Status Quo Orders Without Recording Possession Leads To Ambiguity In Property Disputes: AP High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has observed that Trial Courts, while granting an order of status-quo, must refrain from adopting a “short-cut method” where the status of parties is not determined, as such orders create “doubt and ambiguity”, and instead, the order must state, in unequivocal terms, what the status-quo is.While dealing with a case where the Trial Court modified an...

'Being Cheated By Music Companies': Ilaiyaraaja Tells Madras High Court In Copyright Infringement Case Against Sony Music

Renowned music composer Ilaiyaraaja, on Wednesday(October 22) told the Madras High Court he is being cheated by music companies who continued to use his songs without authorisation. The submission was made before Justice N Senthilkumar, who was hearing a plea filed by the musician against Sony music against unauthorised usage of his songs. The court had previously directed the...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 13 - October 19, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 351 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 363 NOMINAL INDEX P v. S, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 351 Palraj v. Inspector Of Police, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 352 Magudapathi v. The District Magistrate cum District Collector, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 353 M/s Indian Oil Corporation Limited v. The Commissioner of Civil Supplies and Consumer and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 354 A....

Gauhati High Court Quashes FIR Against CNN-News18 Anchor Over Remarks Alleging Human Sacrifice At Kamakhya Temple

The Gauhati High Court quashed an FIR registered against CNN-News18 anchor Akanksha Swarup over allegedly defamatory remarks claiming practice of human sacrifice at Maa Kamakhya Temple during a broadcast aired in June. The statement is stated to have been made by the petitioner during an interview with the relative of deceased Raja Raghuvanshi allegedly killed by his wife in Meghalaya...

Karnataka High Court Directs Sensitisation Of Convicts On Penal Consequences Of Overstaying Parole Leave

The Karnataka High Court has directed prison administration to educate and sensitize convicts regarding the legal obligations attached to parole and the severe penal consequences that follow in case of non-compliance.For context Section 58 of the Karnataka Prisons (Amendment) Act, 2022, contemplates imprisonment which may extend up to five years, and fine, for any convict who, having...