[S.50 MV Act] Registered Owner Of Offending Vehicle Liable To Compensate For Accident, Can Recover Amount From Transferee: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently held that the registered owner of a vehicle involved in an accident can recover the compensation paid from the transferee of the offending vehicle, if the transfer, which occurred prior to the accident, was not in accordance with Section 50 of the Motor Vehicles Act.Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen reiterated the finding of the Apex Court in Naveen Kumar v....

Wife In Voidable Marriage Not Disentitled To Maintenance Unless Decree Of Nullity Is Passed: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that wife's right to claim maintenance cannot be denied merely because the marriage “could” be annulled when there is no decree of nullity shown to the Court.Justice Rajiv Lochan Shukla held,“Unless and until, a marriage, which is voidable, has been declared a nullity by a decree, the status of the revisionist as the legally wedded wife of the...

Delhi High Court Restores Increment Stoppage Penalty On Tihar Jail Superintendent Over Alleged Ill-Treatment Of Prisoners, Extortion

The Delhi High Court has restored the penalty of stoppage of two increments imposed on an Assistant Superintendent of Tihar Jail in 2005 over allegations of ill-treatment of jail inmates and extortion of money.A division bench comprising Justice Navin Chawla and Justice Madhu Jain allowed the plea filed by the Director General of Tihar Jail and set aside an order passed by Central...

Magistrate Can't Keep Adult Woman In Shelter Home Against Her Will, Violative Of Her Fundamental Rights: Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has said that while a magistrate has the power to pass an order to protect the safety of a woman–who had lodged a rape complaint, and send her to a shelter home after she refused to go to her own home, however she cannot be kept there indefinitely against her will. It also said that once a woman who is a major makes a request to leave the shelter home, the magistrate...

Public Prosecutor Seeking Time To Prepare Brief Does Not Call For 'Disparaging' Remarks, Court Must Be Tolerant: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has emphatically observed that courts are expected to be tolerant, magnanimous and largehearted in dealing with minor lapses of public servants, holding that merely because a public prosecutor is unable to argue a matter or seeks time to prepare the brief, it does not warrant the passing of strictures.Justice Sanjay Dhar made the remarks while...

Jharkhand High Court Blames Corruption, Poor Infrastructure For Non-Implementation Of Plastic Ban; Suggests Reforms

The Jharkhand High Court has held that corruption, lack of infrastructure, and weak enforcement have rendered the State's ban on plastic carry bags and single-use plastics ineffective.A Division Bench of Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajesh Shankar were hearing a PIL filed by one Dr. Santanu Kumar Banerjee over lack of serious enforcement of the plastic ban by...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: September 22 - September 28, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 588 - 608]Muhammed Anwarsha v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 588Babu K.M. v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 589The District Collector and Others v Thangal Kunju and Anr, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 590Anoop Paul v. M.P. Cherian and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 591Santhosh Kumar v. Syamala and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 592XXX v. State of...

High Court Issues Notice On Plea Alleging Manipulation In CSI South Kerala Diocese Voter List

The Kerala High Court has admitted a petition filed by two parishioners of the Church of South India (CSI) South Kerala Diocese, raising allegations of manipulation in the church's voters' list and seeking to halt the upcoming triennial elections.Justice Murali Purushothaman admitted the petition and directed notices to be issued to the respondents, including the CSI Synod, the South...

Delhi High Court Fines Mother, Says Shield Under POCSO Act Can't Be Converted Into Sword For Vindictive Prosecutions

The Delhi High Court has pulled up a mother for choosing her minor daughter “as a weapon” to settle personal scores with her estranged husband by lodging a case against him under the POCSO Act. “The shield of child protection laws cannot be converted into a sword for vindictive prosecutions,” Justice Arun Monga said in a ruling passed on September 02.An FIR was lodged by the mother...

Karur Stampede | Plea In Madras High Court Calls For Deregistration Of Vijay's TVK Party For Misconduct

A petition has been filed in the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court seeking derecognition/ deregistration of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam following the recent stampede that occurred in Karur during the party's political rally. The petitioner, an advocate practicing before the Madurai bench argued that during the political rally that took place in Karur on 27th September, a large number...

Jharkhand High Court Warns Of Contempt Action Over 'Hooliganism' After Advocate 'Threatens' To Move SC Once Order Is Passed

The Jharkhand High Court has come down heavily on an advocate who, while arguing an anticipatory bail in a land grabbing case, had argued in “loud speech” in the presence of other lawyers present in Court and had “threatened the Court to pass the order and he will go to the Hon'ble Supreme Court.”Noting that the conduct of the advocate, Rakesh Kumar, was discernible and...

Karur Stampede Tragedy | Madras High Court Calls Off Urgent Hearing Against Grant Of Permission For TVK Rallies

The Madras High Court has called off an urgent Sunday hearing into the tragic events at Karur, which killed multiple people attending a TVK party rally.A victim of the stampede approached the High Court against granting any permission for the political rallies organised by actor Vijay's Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party in the future. Senior Advocate G Sankaran had sought permission...