High Courts
Cash For Query Row: Mahua Moitra Moves Delhi High Court Against Lokpal's Sanction For CBI Chargesheet
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra has moved the Delhi High Court challenging an order passed by the Lokpal of India granting sanction to the CBI to file chargesheet against her in relation to the cash for query row.The matter will be heard tomorrow by a division bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar. Mahua has challenged the order passed on...
Award Holder Cannot Claim Compound Interest When Tribunal Grants Only Simple Interest In Arbitral Award: Meghalaya High Court
The Meghalaya High Court set aside an order of the Commercial Court, Shillong which had accepted the calculation of the award holder's method of calculating interest and directed Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) to pay the remaining amount under an arbitral award. The Court held that the Executing Court had effectively modified the award by permitting computation of...
Kerala High Court Clears Acquisition Of Tea Estate Land For Wayanad Victims' Rehabilitation; Says Compensation To Be Settled Between Companies
The Kerala High Court has recently disposed of a writ appeal and three connected writ petitions filed by M/s Elstone Tea Estates Ltd. and M/s Padhoor Plantations Pvt. Ltd., related to the acquisition of land for the rehabilitation of 2024 Wayanad Landslide victims under the Disaster Management Act.For context, after the landslide on July 30, 2024 in the Chooralmala, Mundakkai and...
Undertrial's Rights To Education, Rehabilitation Can't Be Ignored During Prison Transfers Citing Security Concerns: Karnataka High Court
The Karnataka High Court recently held that if the transfer of an under-trial prisoner from one prison to another is to be ordered, the Court must balance the security concerns projected by the authorities with the legitimate rights of the prisoner to education, rehabilitation, family visitation, and access to legal assistance.A single judge, Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum held thus...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10, 2025 To November 16, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 220 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 227 Nominal Index: Shri Roshan Lal v/s State of H.P. and another.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 220 Gargesh Kumar, Sukhwinder Singh v/s Aditya & Anr.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 221 Himachal Pradesh Road and other Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd. v/s M/s C&C Construction Ltd., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 222 Zydus Wellness Products...
Past Censure Cannot Bar Employee's Consideration For Promotion: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has held that irrespective of the penalty being imposed on an employee, the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) can adjudge the suitability of an employee for promotion, and the consideration itself could not be denied merely on the ground of imposed penalty.The bench of Justice Farjand Ali was hearing a petition challenging the petitioner's (Lecturer) denial...
Externment Without Material Evidence Violates Personal Liberty: MP High Court Sets Aside DM's Order
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has observed that an externment order under MP Rajya Suraksha Adhiniyam, 1990, cannot be passed mechanically as it casts serious restrictions on the fundamental rights and personal liberty of any person. In doing so, the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Vinay Saraf set aside the externment order, noting lack of material showing...
Kerala High Court Raps State Over Lax Response To Periyar River Pollution, Says It May Have 'Catastrophic Consequences'
The Kerala High Court has expressed deep frustration at the "continued inaction" of both the Kerala and Central government in addressing the pollution of the Periyar river.The Division Bench comprising Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice M B Snehalatha noted that nearly two weeks have passed since its previous directive calling for expedited steps to set up an Effluent Treatment Plant...
Income Tax Act | Co-operative Societies Not Engaged In Banking Not Entitled To TDS Exemption U/S 194A(3)(iii): Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that co-operative societies not engaged in banking are not entitled to TDS (Tax Deducted at Source) exemption under section 194A (3)(iii) of the Income Tax Act. Section 194A(3) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides exemptions from TDS on interest for certain persons or institutions. Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A. was dealing with a petition...
Delhi High Court Upholds Attachment Of Lawyer Gautam Khaitan's Properties In AgustaWestland Case
The Delhi High Court has recently upheld the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) provisional attachment of properties belonging to lawyer Gautam Khaitan, rejecting his challenge to the action in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter deal. The bench, comprising Justice Anil Ksheterpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar dismissed Khaitan's appeal against a February 2015 Singe Judge order that...
'Res Ipsa Loquitor Applicable': HP High Court Says Truck Driver's Negligence Established In Fatal Accident As Truck Fell Into Gorge
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has modified the sentence of a truck driver involved in a fatal accident. The Court held that as the truck plunged off the road, and mechanical inspection showed no fault, the accident itself indicated negligence.Further, the Court noted that as the postmortem report confirmed death due to crush injuries from a road accident, negligence was...
'Mode Of Access To Temple Not Essential Religious Practice': Kerala High Court Declines Early Opening Of Traditional Forest Route To Sabarimala
The Kerala High Court recently refused to allow a lawyer's plea for opening the traditional forest route (Kanana Patha) to Sabarimala ahead of the date announced by the authorities.The Division Bench comprising Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V. Jayakumar observed that the deferment of opening of the Kanana Patha does not infringe upon the petitioner's fundamental right.Further,...