Punjab & Haryana High Court Annual Digest 2025: Part-II [Citations 251 - 482]

Citations: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 251 - LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 482Punjab Police Rules | DM's Concurrence Not Required To Initiate Departmental Proceeding In Corruption Case Against Cops: High CourtTitle: VINOD KUMAR V/S STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERSCitation: LiveLaw 2025 (PH) 251The Punjab & Haryana High Court has said that as per Punjab Police Rules (PPR) concurrence of the District Magistrate will...

Delhi High Court Refuses To Restrain City Ayurvedic Drug Maker From Using “NOKUF” For Cough Syrup

The Delhi High Court has refused to stop Dehlvi Remedies Private Limited, an city based Ayurvedic drug maker, from using the mark “NOKUF” for cough syrups, holding that its use of the mark since 1994 defeats a later claim by Sana Herbals Private Limited, which sells its product as “NOKUFSYRUP.”In a judgment delivered on January 5, 2026, a Division Bench of Justices C Hari Shankar and...

MP High Court Directs School To Include Father's Name In Child's Records, Says Marital Dispute Can't Undermine His Parental Rights

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed Little Angels High School in Gwalior to update a child's school records to include the name of his biological father, observing that marital dispute between parents cannot undermine the parental rights of the biological father. The division bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Anil Verma observed; "...school record would ultimately form the basis...

Father-In-Law Refusing To Intervene In Husband's Affair, Advising Wife To 'Tolerate' Domestic Violence Not Cruelty U/S 498A IPC: Bombay HC

A woman's father-in-law refusing to listen to her complaint about her husband's 'extra-marital affair' and her brother-in-law (husband's brother) asking her to 'tolerate' her husband's beating would not amount to cruelty under section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Bombay High Court held recently.A division bench of Justices Bharati Dangre and Shyam Chandak delivered the ruling...

Court Stenos, Readers Who Underwent Computer Training Between 2006–2014 Entitled To Advance Increment: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (January 5), held that the benefit of one advance increment must be extended to all Class III judicial employees who had undergone computer knowledge training between February 6, 2006, to September 29, 2014, as a right has been accrued in their favour. The division bench of Justice Vivek Rusia and Justice Pradeep Mittal observed; "Those who were...

Making Minor Touch Private Part With Sexual Intent Amounts To Aggravated Sexual Assault Under POCSO Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has held that making a minor child touch the private part with sexual intent amounts to aggravated sexual assault under Section 10 of the POCSO Act.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna upheld the conviction and seven years sentence of a man for committing aggravated sexual assault upon a minor girl aged 3 years and 11 months. However, the Court set aside his conviction for...

Kerala High Court Satisfied With SIT Probe Into Sabarimala Gold Theft, Grants Six-Week Extension

The Kerala High Court on Monday (January 5) expressed satisfaction regarding the manner in which the Special Investigation Team (SIT) is conducting investigation into the Sabarimala gold theft case.The SIT had submitted a report regarding the progress into the investigation before the Court today and after examining the same, the Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V....

Delhi High Court Stays Over ₹20 Crore Decrees In Favour Of Philips In DVD Patent Dispute

The Delhi High Court on Monday stayed the execution of money decrees worth over Rs 20 crore passed in favour of Koninklijke Philips N.V., the Netherlands-based electronics company widely known as Philips. The stay is subject to the judgment debtors furnishing unconditional and irrevocable bank guarantees covering the principal amounts of damages. A Division Bench of Justice C Hari Shankar...

Rajasthan High Court Lawyers Abstain From Work Over Working Saturdays, Bar Bodies To Meet Acting Chief Justice Tomorrow

Lawyers at the Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur abstained from work on Monday (January 5) to protest against High Court's decision declaring the second Saturday of every month as a working day.A press release issued by the Rajasthan High Court Advocates Association, Jodhpur and Rajasthan High Court Lawyers Association, Jodhpur states that in a joint meeting held on January 3 a resolution was...

Delhi High Court Rejects Plea Challenging Patiala House Courts Bar Elections 2025

The Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking to declare the New Delhi Bar Association (NDBA) Elections, 2025, for Patiala House Courts as null and void and for conducting fresh polls. Justice Mini Pushkarna said that the election process of the NDBA cannot be said to have any public character, and cannot be decided in writ proceedings. The Court said that the election process of NDBA or...

Madras High Court Sets Aside GST Demand For Not Considering CBIC Circulars Cited By Taxpayer

The Madras High Court has set aside a GST demand on a corporate guarantee after finding that the tax department failed to consider CBIC circulars relied upon by the taxpayer while raising the assessment.Allowing the writ petition, Justice G R Swaminathan held that an assessment order cannot survive if the tax department fails to consider the defence raised by the taxpayer. The court...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 4 Advocates As High Court Judges

The Central Government of Monday (January 5) notified the appointment of four advocates as judges of Patna, Allahabad and Uttarakhand High Courts. Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments. The appointees are : 1. Advocates Ritesh Kumar and Praveen Kumar have been appointed as judges of Patna High Court. 2. Advocate Jai Krishna Upadhyay has...