High Courts
Delhi High Court Dismisses 'Luxury Litigation' Over Debt Assignment, Reaffirms NCLT Power To Probe Fraud
The Delhi High Court has dismissed what it described as “luxury litigation” challenging a debt assignment, saying issues of fraud or the existence of debt must be decided by the insolvency tribunal, not a civil court. A single-judge bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav rejected the suit at the threshold, holding that it was a “mala fide attempt” built on “clever drafting”...
Are You Waiting For Another Mishap? Delhi High Court Pulls Railways For Failing To Respond To PIL Over Last Year's NDLS Stampede
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure with the railway authorities for failing to respond to a PIL filed over the stampede that occurred at New Delhi Railway Station on February 15 last year.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyay and Justice Tejas Karia questioned the railways' counsel as to why the affidavit was not filed even after almost a year....
High Courts Cannot Exercise Parallel Contempt Jurisdiction Over NCLT In IBC Cases: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Monday held that contempt petitions alleging breach of orders passed by the National Company Law Tribunal in insolvency cases cannot be filed directly before the High Court. A single-judge bench of Justice Milind N Jadhav said that once contempt powers are conferred on the NCLT by law, the High Court should not exercise parallel jurisdiction. “Hence, once...
Have Demarcated Areas For Relocation Of Demolition-Affected Residents Of Kogilu Layout: State Tells Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka government on Wednesday (January 7) informed the High Court that it has demarcated three areas where residents of Wasim Colony and Fakir Colony of Kogilu Layout, whose houses were recently demolished, can temporarily relocate.On December 20, authorities had carried out a demolition drive and around 300 houses were razed and around 3,000 persons were affected. The petition filed...
Bombay High Court Imposes ₹15 Lakhs Cost On Anrose Pharma For Infringing 'ZERODOL' Trademark
The Bombay High Court has held that Anrose Pharma's adoption and use of the trade mark 'ZEROVOL-P' in respect of pharmaceutical products amounted to a clear case of infringement and passing off of IPCA Laboratories Limited's registered trade mark 'ZERODOL'. The Court observed that in matters involving medicinal products, a stricter standard of comparison is required, as even a likelihood...
Buried Body Can't Be Exhumed Based On Sentiments Alone: Madras High Court Rejects Widow's Plea
The Madras High Court recently rejected a woman's plea to exhume her deceased husband's body from the church cemetery. Justice GR Swaminathan noted that the wife had not shown any compelling reasons to exhume the body and as such the exhumation could not be ordered on mere sentiments. “The petitioner has not shown the existence of any legal right. What is projected is a...
Allahabad High Court Rejects PIL Seeking Mandatory Upload Of Chargesheets In All Cases On UP Police Website
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) has dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed in 2020 that sought a directive for the Uttar Pradesh Police to upload every charge sheet on its official website within 24 hours of concluding an investigation.A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Abdhesh Kumar Chaudhary relied heavily on the Supreme Court's 2024 judgment in Saurav Das...
Delhi High Court Orders Congress, AAP & Others To Take Down Defamatory Posts Linking BJP's Dushyant Gautam To Ankita Bhandari Murder Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (January 7) directed Congress party, Aam Aadmi Party and various others to take down allegedly defamatory publications from social media linking BJP's National General Secretary and former Rajya Sabha MP Dushyant Kumar Gautam to the Ankita Bhandari murder case. It further restrained various defendants from posting or circulating any content which names or...
HC Can't Reappreciate Evidence In Revision Under Section 29(2) Of Bombay Rent Act; Power Is Supervisory: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court has held that revision under Section 29(2) Bombay Rents, Hotel & Lodging House Rates Control Act against rent court's orders has a narrow scope, prohibiting the high court to re-appreciate evidence or substitute findings, preventing it from becoming a Second Appeal and ensuring quick finality of rent dispute. In doing so the court explained that High Court's power...
'Intransigence': Allahabad High Court Summons Top Forest & Horticulture Officials, Imposes ₹40K Costs For Failure To Geo-Tag Trees
Taking a grim view of the 'apathy' and 'intransigence' displayed by State officials in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) plea filed in 2013, the Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Monday summoned top Government officials, including the Additional Chief Secretary (Forest) and the Principal Secretary (Horticulture), to appear in person.A bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Abdhesh...
CJI Surya Kant Inaugurates First Fully Paperless District Judiciary At Kerala's Wayanad, Says It 'Democratises' Access To Justice
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday (January 6) virtually inaugurated the implementation of paperless courts in the judicial district of Kalpetta in Wayanad at the Kerala High Court Auditorium.This marks the first instance in which an entire district judiciary has become fully paperless in end-to-end functioning. All filings would be received electronically, scrutinised digitally...
Thiruparankundram Hill Row : Madras High Court Rejects Argument That 'Deepathoon' Was A Survey Stone
The Madras High Court yesterday upheld the order of a single judge directing the lighting of lamp at a Deepathoon (Stone Pillar) atop the Thiruparankundram hills. While doing so, the bench of Justice G Jayachandran and Justice KK Ramakrishnan rejected an argument of the appellants that the stone pillar was not a stone lamp but merely a survey stone erected during the British period...