High Courts
Pendency Of Multiple Cases Does Not Make Juvenile Incorrigible For Reform: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court recently ruled that the mere pendency of cases is insufficient to label a juvenile as incorrigible or unfit for reformation.A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Arun Kumar Jha was hearing a criminal revision petition challenging the order of the trial court, which had affirmed the Juvenile Justice Board's refusal to grant bail to the petitioner.According to the prosecution,...
Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: November 17 - November 23, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 386 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 395Nominal Index:REESHAN THAJUDDIN SHEIKH AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 386State of Karnataka AND MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 387PANDURANG S/O. TUKARAM SHIVANE AND DURDUNDI MALAGOUDA PATIL & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 388DR ARCHANA BHAT K AND State of Karnataka...
Spouse Opposing Divorce Despite No Scope Of Rehabilitation, Deriving Satisfaction From It Amounts To Cruelty: MP High Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court, in an appeal filed by a wife challenging the Family Court's order denying her divorce, observed that if one spouse opposes divorce despite there being no possibility of cohabitation, such conduct of deriving satisfaction from the continued distress and tension of the other party can itself amount to cruelty. The division bench of Justice Vishal Dhagat and Justice...
Complaint Under Minimum Wages Act Not Police Case: Gujarat High Court Quashes Firm's Debarment For Not Disclosing Info In Tender Process
The Gujarat High Court quashed Surat Municipal Corporation's order debarring a firm for two years for allegedly filing a false affidavit in the tender process, noting that the firm not disclosing cases filed against it under Minimum Wages Act would not amount to a "police case". The Corporation had argued that several criminal complaints were filed against the petitioner firm under Section...
SEC Restores Congress Candidate's Name In Voters List, Kerala High Court Closes Her Plea
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (November 20) closed the plea preferred by 24-year-old Vyshna, the Youth Congress candidate of Muttada Division of Trivandrum Corporation, regarding deletion of her name from the voters list.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan was informed that the State Election Commission (SEC) had passed dated 19.11.2025 by which it had set aside the decision and notice issued by...
Dissatisfied With Explanation, Allahabad High Court Summons Basic Education Secy For Denying Transfer To Cancer-Stricken Teacher
The Allahabad High Court last week summoned the Secretary of the UP Basic Education Board to appear in person as it expressed dissatisfaction with the officer's explanation for rejecting the transfer request of an Assistant Teacher who is suffering with breast cancer. A bench of Justice Prakash Padia noted that it was "not at all satisfied" with the personal affidavit filed by...
Rajasthan High Court Monthly Digest: October 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 331 To 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 360 NOMINAL INDEX Lrs of Purakh Singh & Anr. v Narendra Singh & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 331 Surendra Kumar Gupta & Ors. v State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 332 Annpurna Medical Training (College of Nursing) v State of Rajasthan & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Raj) 333 X v Y 2025 LiveLaw (Raj)...
Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 17 To November 23, 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1513 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1573NOMINAL INDEXCHRISTIAN MICHEL JAMES V/s UNION OF INDIA AND ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1513 MTNL v M/s Motorola Inc. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1514 Gautam Khaitan v Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1515 Manoj Kumar Nagar v. The Principal Commissioner Of Customs & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 1516 Perpetual Vision LLP & Anr. v. Vaibhav...
Income Tax Act | Reassessment Against Entity Converted Into LLP Is Void: Bombay High Court Sets Aside S.148 Notice Issued To Defunct Company
The Bombay High Court has set aside a reassessment notice issued under Section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 against a company that had ceased to exist due to conversion into a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), holding that reopening of assessment against a non-existent entity is “illegal and bad-in-law”. A Division Bench of Justice B.P. Colabawalla and Justice Amit...
Edible Crude Palm Kernel Oil Qualifies For Duty Exemption, End-Use Condition Inapplicable: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court in a writ petition has quashed a show cause notice creating duty demand of about Rs. 464 crores on import of Crude Palm Kernel Oil (Edible Grade). The Division Bench, comprising Justice Bhargav D. Karia and Justice Pranav Trivedi ruled on whether Oil even if of edible grade but required refining before human consumption qualified for customs duty exemption...
Only Surviving Spouse Inherits Tenancy; Other Legal Heirs Have No Right: Himachal Pradesh High Court
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that under the Himachal Pradesh Urban Rent Control Act, 1987, governing tenancy succession, the right to inherit a deceased tenant's tenancy vests exclusively in the surviving spouse.Justice Vivek Singh Thakur remarked that: “As per Explanation-II, right of every successor referred to in Explanation-I, shall be personal to him and on the death of...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: October 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 204 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 231Nominal Index YK v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 204Himanshu Sarwan v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 205Mukesh Kumawat v The State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 206X v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 207Adesh Parihar v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 208Savita Yadav v State of MP 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 209Manoj Kumar Ahuja v Gurmej Singh 2025 LiveLaw...