High Courts
In-Person Litigants Often Unaware Of Law, File Defective Petitions And Refuse Amicus Help: Allahabad High Court Imposes ₹5K Costs
The Allahabad High Court has imposed cost of Rs. 5000 on a party appearing in-person, for filing defective writ petition and making prayers contrary to law.While dealing with a petitioner in-person who had approached the Court against an order of extension of his contractual appointment, Justice Saurabh Shyam Shamshery observed,“Court is repeatedly facing difficulty in dealing cases...
'Invariably Reproduce Injury Details From Medical Reports In Judgments': Allahabad High Court Directs Trial Courts In UP
The Allahabad High Court has issued a stern direction to all the trial court Judges across the State of Uttar Pradesh to 'invariably' reproduce the injury details recorded in medical reports in their judgments. A bench of Justice Rajeev Misra and Justice Dr. Ajay kumar-II said that it was 'pained' to observe that trial courts were omitting this crucial forensic detail in...
Delhi High Court Grants Permanent Injunction To Aaj Tak's Anjana Om Kashyap In Suit Against 'Fake' YouTube Channel
The Delhi High Court has granted permanent injunction in favour of Anjana Om Kashyap, anchor and Senior Managing Editor of Aaj Tak news channel, in her suit against a “fake” YouTube channel using her news clipping, videos and deepfake impersonations. Justice Tejas Karia decreed the suit filed by Kashyap and TV Today Network Limited, the company which operates Aaj Tak news channel.The...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Weekly Roundup: November 10 - November 16, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 241 to 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 247Nominal IndexShankar Prasad Gupta v Lovkesh Singh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 241Ramaavatar v Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 242MPPSC v Anand Yadav 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 243Vivek v State 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 244Branch Manager, United Insurance v Maneesh Kumar Singrore 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 245Badam Batham v Dinesh 2025 LiveLaw (MP) 246New Insurance Company...
Crime Heinous But Not Premeditated: Allahabad High Court Commutes Death Penalty To Life Term Sans Remission In 5-Month-Old Cousin's Rape-Murder Case
The Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench) on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a 27-year-old accused for the rape and murder of his 5-month-old cousin. The HC however declined to confirm the death penalty imposed by the trial court and commuted it to Life Imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life without remission. In it 65-page judgment, a Division Bench of Justice Rajnish...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Quashes Negative Blocking of ITC Under Rule 86A; Holds Ledger Cannot Be Blocked Beyond Available Credit
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed orders that disallowed debit from Electronic Credit Ledgers of taxpayers in excess of the Input Tax Credit (ITC) available at the time of passing of the said order. The Division Bench comprising, Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta followed the principles judicial reasoning for blocking of Electronic Credit Ledger under Rule 86-A...
Madras High Court Asks State To Respond To Plea To Give Sanitary Napkins At Subsidised Rates Through Public Distribution System
The Madras High Court has asked the State to respond to a plea seeking the distribution of sanitary napkins at subsidised rates through the public distribution system in the State of Tamil Nadu. The bench of Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and Justice G Arul Murugan directed the Secretary to the Ministry of Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, the Secretary to the Ministry...
Married Woman Consenting To Sexual Relations On Pretext Of Marriage Is Disregard Of Marital Institution, Not Inducement: P&H High Court
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed the FIR lodged filed for committing rape on pretext of marriage, observing that "it is inconceivable that a legally married woman could be induced into a sexual relationship on the promise of marriage."Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal, "When a fully mature, married woman consents to sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage and continues to...
Allahabad High Court Grants Benefit Of 'Probation Of Offenders Act' To Kidnapping Convicts 30 Years After Incident
The Allahabad High Court last week upheld the conviction of 2 for the kidnapping of a minor girl in 1995 but modified their sentence by extending them the benefit of Section 4 of the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958. A bench of Justice Pramod Kumar Srivastava took note of their advanced age, clean antecedents and the fact that the matter has lingered for nearly 30 years. The order...
Cannot Bank On Mother's Pension: HP High Court Allows Eviction, Says Landlord Entitled To Use Own Shop For Livelihood
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that a landlord can't be compelled to continue running his business from a rented shop when his own premises are available and his need is genuine.The Court remarked that the landlord's mother's pension is not a permanent source of livelihood, and further observed that the landlord's tenancy somewhere else established his bona fide requirement to...
Rebate Under Rule 18 CER Cannot Be Denied Without Examining Duty On Exported Goods: Bombay High Court Remands Yamaha's Claim
The Bombay High Court has held that a rebate under Rule 18 Central Excise Rules, 2002, cannot be denied without determining the tax liability on exported goods, and has remanded Yamaha's rebate claim to the principal commissioner for fresh consideration. Justices M.S. Sonak and Advait M. Sethna were examining whether the India Yamaha Motor P. Limited was entitled to a rebate...
Flawless Mobile Connectivity Necessary To Run Metro: Delhi High Court Rejects Appeal Against DMRC Discharging Contractor Over Failed Services
The Delhi High Court today dismissed an appeal preferred by a company, initially entrusted to provide mobile and network connectivity for Delhi Airport Metro Express Line, against its replacement by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.A division bench of Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela upheld the single judge's finding that the Appellant-company's failure to roll out...