Kerala High Court Seeks Details On TDB–NIC MoU For Digital Governance Of Devaswom Institution

The Kerala High Court has sought details of the Memorandum of Understanding between National Informatics Centre and Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for computerisation and digital governance for managing temple administration.The directions were given by the division bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and Justice K.V. Jayakumar, while considering a matter concerning the...

'How Can Doctors Work In Insecurity?': Kerala High Court Seeks Report On Safety Of Hospital Staff After Attack On Doctor

The Kerala High Court on Friday (October 10) orally directed the state government to submit a report to ensure the safety of doctors, medical personnel and all attendant staff in hospitals. The observation was made in the light of a recent attack on a doctor in Kozhikode. He was attacked using a sharp weapon by the father of a girl, who died of amoebic fever and was treated by the...

Armstrong Murder Case | Madras High Court Orders Postmortem Of Prime Accused Who Died In Custody, Directs Forensic Exam Of Visceral Samples

The Madras High Court, on Friday, has ordered a postmortem of Nagendran, the prime accused in the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Armstrong. Nagendran had died on 9th October, 2025, while under police custody.Since Nagendran's family had raised allegations of poisoning by the police, Justice Satish Kumar has also ordered five visceral samples to be collected and sent to the...

Printing Digital Images/Letters On Paper Constitutes Services, Attracts 18% GST Not 12%: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that printing digital images/letters on paper constitutes services, and attracts 18% GST not 12%.The question before the bench was to determine whether the assessee's printing activities ie. converting the figures, letters, photographs etc., in a digital form, into physical format by printing it on paper were liable to GST at 12% or 18%.Justice Ziyad Rahman...

Translated Versions Of Already Exhibited Documents Do Not Constitute Additional Evidence: Himachal Pradesh High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that translated versions of already exhibited documents are not additional evidence and the courts must prioritize justice over procedural technicalities.Justice Ajay Mohan Goel remarked that: “...by no stretch of imagination it was an application to lead additional evidence. Interest of justice would have been served had the learned Appellate...

Karnataka High Court Calls For Status Report In Case Of Death Of Migrant Worker In Alleged Police Encounter

The Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the State government to furnish a status report in the case regarding the alleged killing of a migrant labourer from Bihar, who was allegedly killed in a police encounter on April 13 at Hubballi.The deceased, Ritesh Kumar, was accused of killing a 5-year-old girl in Huballi. On April 13, he was shot by the police. As per the police, the accused was...

Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Journalist Sudhir Chaudhary, Orders Take Down Of AI & Deepfake Videos In 48 Hours

The Delhi High Court on Friday (October 10) passed an interim order protecting the personality rights of Journalist and Editor-in-chief of DD News Sudhir Chaudhary, who had sought relief regarding circulation of allegedly misleading and AI generated videos against him on social media.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora in her order noted that in addition to the links mentioned in suit,...

'High-Handed': Gujarat High Court Slams Municipality For Demolishing Shop Despite Pendency Of Issue Before Court

The Gujarat High Court on Friday (October 10) stayed the operation of a notice issued by the Khambhat Nagar Palika in district Anand asking a man to vacate his shop, which was granted on a lease for 9 years after winning a bid, failing which action for removal of possession would be initiated. The court stayed the order after it was told that part of the shop had been demolished today...

MP High Court Issues Contempt Notice To Ujjain Municipal Commissioner For Failing To Explain Delay In Releasing Contractor's Security Deposit

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday (October 7) summoned the Commissioner of Ujjain Municipal Corporation to explain why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against him for failure to explain the delay in releasing a contractor's security deposit, despite explicit orders.The court was hearing a petition filed by CMM infrastructures seeking the release of security deposit that...

Kerala High Court Says Munambam Land Was Not Intended To Be Waqf

The Kerala High Court has held that the 1950 endowment deed executed by Mohammed Siddique Sait in favour of the Farooq College Managing Committee was not a waqf deed but a simple gift deed, never intended to create a permanent dedication of property in favour of Almighty God.A Division Bench comprising Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice Syam Kumar V.M. observed thus while...

Bombay High Court Dismisses Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Suit Demanding ₹100 Crore From His Brother & Ex-Wife

The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed the civil suit filed by Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui against his brother Shamasuddin Siddiqui and his wife Anjana Pandey, demanding Rs 100 crore in damages for alleged defamation and loss of reputation.Single-judge Justice Jitendra Jain dismissed the suit for non-prosecution. However, a detailed copy of the order is yet to be made available.According to...

Filing False Case Of Assault Against Senior Manager By Employee Amounts To Misconduct: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has confirmed an order passed by the labour court dismissing an employee of a private company on the grounds of misconduct after it was proved that he lodged a false complaint of assault against the senior manager of the company.Justice Ananth Ramanath Hegde dismissed the petition filed by G Mahesh and said, “In the peculiar facts and circumstances of this case,...