High Courts
Contrary To NALSA Scheme: MP High Court Quashes State Legal Services Authority's SOP For Fresh Selection Of Legal Aid Defence Counsel
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has quashed State Legal Services Authority's (SLSA) Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for fresh selection of Legal Aid Defence Counsel after completion of two years, noting that it was contrary to National Legal Service Authority's (NALSA) 2022 Modified Scheme.The division bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat and Justice Anuradha Shukla observed that the Modified...
Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Annual Digest 2025
Judicial Review Can Be Resorted To When Terms Of Invitation To Tender Are Alleged To Be "Tailor-Made" To Suit Certain Participants: J&K High CourtCase Title: M/S K.P Singh Lau Through its proprietor Kavinder Pal Singh Vs Union of IndiaCitation: 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 1Underlining that judicial interference is warranted only in cases of arbitrariness, mala fide or procedural irregularities...
Bombay High Court Bars Restaurant Chains Operating 94 Outlets From Playing PPL Music Without License
The Bombay High Court has, in an interim order, restrained two restaurant operators running around 94 outlets from publicly playing music from Phonographic Performance Limited's repertoire without a license after finding a prima facie case of copyright infringement. Justice Sharmila U. Deshmukh, in an order pronounced on December 24, 2025, held that continued unauthorised use would cause...
J&K&L High Court Quashes Cancellation Of Land Allotted Under Erstwhile Princely-Era Law
The Jammu & Kashmir High Court quashed a government order cancelling the allotment of alternative land granted to a landowner in lieu of land acquired during the erstwhile princely rule, holding that the cancellation was arbitrary, legally untenable, and unsupported by record or statutory authority.A bench of Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi set aside Government Order observing that the...
Driving Licence Sufficient To Treat Deceased As Skilled Heavy Vehicle Driver; No Interference With MACT Compensation: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by an insurance company challenging the quantum of compensation awarded by the Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT), observing that the driving license was enough to prove that deceased was duly qualified to be treated as a skilled worker in the category of heavy vehicle driver.Justice Sudeepti Sharma noted, "a perusal of the...
Filing Of 'Negative Report' Doesn't Authorise Police To Prosecute Informant For False Case: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings against a young petitioner, initiated by the police under Section 211 IPC for filing false case, opining that such proceeding could be initiated only upon a written complaint by the Court in relation to which the offence was committed.Section 211, IPC deals with the office of initiating false criminal proceedings and...
GST| Tobacco In Small Retail Packs Classifiable As 'Chewing Tobacco': Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court, in a bunch of matters concerning classification of Raw Tobacco Leaves packed and sold in retail pouches, were classifiable as 'Chewing Tobacco' irrespective of whether it was scented, fermented or liquored and re-packed or re-labelled. In a recent judgment delivered by a Division Bench comprising Justice Bhargav D. Karia and Justice Pranav Trivedi,...
GST Registration Cancellation Unsustainable When Hearing & Decision Were Made By Different Authorities: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court held that a GST registration cancellation order is unsustainable where the personal hearing is granted by one authority, but the final order is passed by another. Justice Om Narayan Rai stated that, interestingly, while the notice for personal hearing was issued by the Assistant Commissioner, CGST & CX, Burrabazar Division, but the order impugned has...
Entry-Tax Interest & Penalty From Employer's Delay Cannot Be Shifted To Contractor In Arbitration: HP High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has recently clarified that statutory interest and penalty arising from delayed payment of entry tax cannot be shifted onto a contractor when the delay was caused by the employer's own failure to act in time, and where the arbitral tribunal had consciously restricted the contractor's scope of liability. Justice Ajay Mohan Goel in an order dated...
23 Yrs On, Rajasthan High Court Upholds Reinstatement Of Govt Employee Terminated After Arrest In Cheating FIR
The Rajasthan High Court upheld an order directing reinstatement of a woman government employee who was terminated in 2002 following her arrest in relation to a cheating FIR in which she was eventually acquitted. The division bench of Dr. Justice Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Justice Anuroop Singhi was hearing a special appeal filed by the State challenging order of a single judge bench that...
Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: December 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 206 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 244NOMINAL INDEXAshumal @ Asharam Thaumal Sindhi (Harpalani) v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 206Abdul Vahab Mohamed Shabbir Sopariwala v/s State of Gujarat 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 207Navneetlal Vanmalidas Khakhkhar (Thakkar) v/s Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 208Sandhya Maulik Patel v/s Asst Commissioner...
HP High Court Questions Shifting Of RERA Office From Shimla To Dharamshala; Interim Order Restraining Shift To Continue
The Himachal Pradesh High Court admitted a petition challenging the decision of the State Government to shift the Real Estate Regulatory Authority office from Shimla to Dharamshala.The Court remarked that RERA was a small institution with limited manpower and that the State ought to consider relocating larger offices instead of burdening a statutory authority with minimal staff.A Division...