Delhi High Court Deletes Bail Condition On Accused To Share 24x7 Location Through Google With Police

The Delhi High Court has deleted a bail condition imposed on an accused mandating him to share his location 24 x 7 through Google with the Investigating Officer. Justice Vikas Mahajan relied on the ruling of the Supreme Court in Frank Vitus v. Narcotics Control Bureau wherein it was held that court cannot impose a condition on the accused to keep the police constantly informed about his...

Bombay High Court Delivers Split Verdict On Central Govt Power To Substitute Nominated Members Of Cantonment Board

The Bombay High Court recently delivered a split verdict on the issue of powers of the Central Government to substitute a nominated member of a Cantonment Board.A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale delivered divergent views on the issue pertaining to the removal of a member of Deolali Cantonment Board in Nashik, before the end of her tenure, which was to...

Customary Court Can't Enlarge Strength Of Bench After Hearing Ends Or Back Date Its Orders: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that an Inter-Village Territorial Customary Court cannot enlarge its forum after the conclusion of hearing or retrospectively date a later decision without granting a fresh hearing.Justice Budi Habung presiding over the case, observed, “Such enlargement of the forum after conclusion of hearing and retrospective dating of a later decision without further...

High Court Quashes Rioting FIR Against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, AAP Leaders Over 2020 Protest

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR and all consequential proceedings against several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders including Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann arising from a 2020 protest in Chandigarh during Congress government, holding that no prima facie case existed against them and that the alleged offences under the IPC were not made out.The Court quashed the FIR and...

Kerala High Court Grants Interim Protection To 'Bokashi Bucket' Mark, Bars Sale Of Identical Compost Bins

The Kerala High Court has put a temporary restraint on a Kozhikode-based business from making or selling compost bins using the name “Bokashi Bucket,” after finding that the term is a registered trademark owned by Global Pharmaceuticals. A single bench of Justice S Manu passed the order on November 18, 2025, overturning a Additional District Court order refusing to grant protection to...

Senior Citizens Act | Assistant Commissioner Empowered To Issue Eviction Order Where Rights Of Elderly Need Protection: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has held that the Assistant Commissioner under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act can issue an eviction order reiterating that this "jurisdiction is extraordinary" and must be invoked where rights of the elderly need protection.Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while dismissing a petition filed by a daughter-in-law who had challenged an...

Delhi High Court Orders MEA To Ensure Safety Of Woman Allegedly Held Captive By Foreign National In Dubai

The Delhi High Court has directed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Consulate General of India in Dubai to take urgent steps to ensure safety of a 25-year-old Indian woman allegedly being held captive and physically abused by a foreign national in Dubai.Justice Sachin Datta directed MEA and the Consulate General of India in Dubai to take immediate steps to ensure the safety...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 24 - November 30, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 769 - 786]Vyshna S.L. v. State Election Commission and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 769Natural Wood & Veneers Pvt. Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 770Pranav Mohanan v The District Geologist and Anr, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 771Suo Motu v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 772Rajeevan M. v. Rantin P. and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 773Muhammed Nashif U....

Gujarat High Court Stays Probe Against Man In FIR Over Alleged Honour Killing Of 'Live-In' Partner

The Gujarat High Court in an interim order stayed a Tharad sessions court direction ordering probe against a man in a case concerning the alleged honour-killing of his "live-in" partner by her kin. Justice MR Mengdey in his order observed that from the record it appeared that the petitioner was the complainant in the FIR registered by Tharad Police Station wherein one of the co-accused in...

23 Yrs On, Gujarat High Court Finds Man Guilty Of Wife's Murder; Says Stereotype Of Community Men Having 'Inflated Ego' Can't Explain Killing

The Gujarat High Court set aside a 2002 trial court order convicting a man for culpable homicide not amounting to murder (IPC Section 304 part 1) in a case concerning the death of his wife. The high court instead convicted the accused for murder of his wife, observing that the trial court's reasoning on evidence–the involvement of accused, the nature of injuries inflicted and the...

Income Tax Act | Refund Can't Be Withheld U/S 245 Unless Department Establishes Tax Liability: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court stated that the Income Tax Department cannot withhold a refund under Section 245 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, unless it establishes tax liability. The Bench of Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury observed that it is true that Section 245 of the said Act authorises the Income Tax Department to set off a refund against remaining tax payable. Unfortunately, in this...

IGST ITC Declared In GSTR-9 Can Be Set Off Against Tax Demand If Missed In Monthly GSTR-3B: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has stated that IGST (Integrated Goods and Services Tax) ITC (Input Tax Credit) declared in GSTR-9 can be set off against tax demand if missed in the monthly GSTR-3B. Justice Om Narayan Rai bench observed that the appellate authority did not justify why the IGST ITC declared in GSTR-9 could not be set off against the tax demand. In this case,...