Delhi High Court Slams Authorities For Defying Prison Rules, Says Long Incarceration Without Parole Can Lead To Anarchy In Jail

The Delhi High Court has slammed the State authorities for defying the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018, observing that they do not have any sensitivity towards the prisoners who are suffering long incarceration. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that long incarceration without break by way of Parole and Furlough can lead to a situation of indiscipline and anarchy in the Jail.The Court said that it...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 6 to October 12, 2025

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 336 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 350 NOMINAL INDEX M/s. Ravi Mohan Studios Pvt Ltd. v. M/s Indo Bevs Pvt Ltd, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 336 MC Sivakami v. The District Collector and Others, 2025 Livelaw (Mad) 337 K Prithika Yashini (Transgender) v. Union of India and Others, 2025 Livelaw...

Madras High Court Quarterly Digest: July - September 2025

CITATIONS: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 329 NOMINAL INDEX ML Ravi v. Director General of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 P Kishore v. The Secretary to Government and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 224 M/s. Adyar Gate Hotel Ltd. v. The Commissioner of Customs, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 225 M/s Media Monks Multimedia v. Pachala Murali Krishna, 2025 LiveLaw...

Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Add 'DIN Field' In GST Writ Petitions To Avoid Conflicting Rulings

In order to avoid duplication of GST cases, the Delhi High Court has asked its Registry to add a new field for filing of writ petitions to record DIN (Document Identification Number) and date of order being challenged.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain passed the direction on observing that multiple writ petitions were being filed challenging same impugned...

S.276 Income Tax Act | Director Can't Be Prosecuted Individually For Transferring Company Asset To Relative Without Consideration: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has held that a corporate director can't be prosecuted individually merely because a company asset was transferred to his relative, in this case daughter-in-law, without payment of any consideration.Justice Ravinder Dudeja held that omission to implead the company as an accused in the case is an incurable defect, which goes to the root of jurisdiction.“Section 278B IT...

Delhi High Court Declares 'WIPRO' As Well Known Trademark

The Delhi High Court has declared 'WIPRO', popular for consumer care products and lighting business, as a well known trademark under Section 2(1)(zg) of the Trade Marks Act 1999.Justice Tejas Karia observed that Plaintiff-Wipro Enterprises Private Limited has been using the Mark 'WIPRO' continuously and uninterruptedly at least since the year 1977 and has earned considerable goodwill...

No Blanket Rule That Litigant Won't Suffer For Counsel's Negligence: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that while it is often held that a litigant should not be made to suffer the consequences of his counsel's negligence, the same is not an absolute rule.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that Courts must examine the overall facts and circumstances of the case otherwise, for every failure, every counsel would blame the previous counsel.In the case at...

Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Film Producer Sheela Kurian's Plea Seeking Action Against Cop For 'Improper Behaviour'

Film producer Sheela Kurian has moved the Kerala High Court seeking action against Deputy Superintendent of Police, Madhu Babu alleging improper behaviour by him when she visited his office in connection with a criminal complaint.When the matter came up for consideration before Justice G. Girish on Thursday, the judge take time to the prosecutor to take instructions in the case and issued...

'Right To Practice Religion Has No Nexus With Particular Place': MP High Court Rejects Plea To Rebuild Ujjain's Takiya Masjid

Dismissing a plea seeking reconstruction of Ujjain's Takiya Masjid by litigants who used to offer namaaz there, the Madhya Pradesh High Court reiterated that right to practice religion has no nexus with a particular place and this right is not infringed by acquisition of a land having a mosque. The high court referred to Allahabad High Court's decision in Mohammad Ali Khan v Special...

Collector Can't Reopen Land Ownership After Decades Without Inquiry: Madhya Pradesh High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court observed that in the absence of a specific limitation period under Section 50 of the MP Land Revenue Code, 1959, the mutation and ownership records cannot be reopened after decades under the guise of revisional power, that too without conducting any full-fledged enquiry.The bench of Justice Himanshu Joshi held; "This Court has no hesitation to say that even if...

Madras High Court Asks Judicial Academy To Provide Special Training To Judicial Officers Over Non-Compliance With S.35 POCSO Act

The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy to conduct a special training session for judges presiding over the special courts dealing with offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan and Justice R Vijayakumar made the request after noting that many special courts were not complying with the...

'Board Under Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal & Other Manual Workers Act Cannot Review Its Orders': High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a board under the Maharashtra Mathadi, Hamal and Other Manual Workers Act, 1969, has no statutory power to review or reopen its earlier orders under Section 13 of the Act. The Court observed that the power of review is not inherent and can only be exercised when expressly conferred by statute or by necessary implication.A Division Bench comprising Justice...