High Courts
Deceased Railway Employee's Married Daughter Who Had Customary Divorce Entitled To Family Pension: Gujarat High Court
The Gujarat High Court rejected Railways challenge to Central Administrative Tribunal's order directing payment of family pension to deceased employee's daughter— whose marriage was dissolved via customary divorce.The father of the respondent daughter was an employee of the Railways, who retired on 05.10.1971 on attaining the age of superannuation. The daughter marriage ended in a...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Monthly Digest: March 2026
Nominal Index [Citations 80 - 100]Seema Saini v. State of Haryana 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 80 Chander Bhan v. State of Haryana & Anr 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 81Vinod Kumar @ Akhtar v. State of Punjab and another 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 82PARVEEN NAIN AND ORS. v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER 2026 LiveLaw (PH) 83Baba Gurmeet Singh @ Maharaj Gurmeet Singh @ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh v. Central Bureau...
Local Authority Can't Deny Citizen's Constitutional Right To Establish Industrial Unit Due To Unfounded Public Resistance/ Protest: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has recently observed that local authorities cannot deny statutory and constitutional rights to establish industrial units merely due to protests lacking factual or legal basis.Justice P.V. Kunhikrishnan, made the observation while delivering a judgment in a writ petition filed by two entrepreneurs whose licensed hot mix plant project had been stalled for years due...
Service Dispute With Private Trust Not Maintainable Under Writ Jurisdiction: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed a writ petition filed by an employee of 'The Tribune Trust', holding that service disputes arising out of purely contractual employment with a private body are not amenable to writ jurisdiction under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution.Justice Harpreet Singh Brar said, "The respondent-Trust is an independent entity with its own set of rules meant...
Advocates Must Desist From Making Unfounded & Scandalous Allegations In Pleadings Against Judicial Officers: J&K&L High Court
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has cautioned members of the Bar against making unfounded and scandalous allegations against judicial officers in pleadings, holding that such conduct is impermissible and strikes at the dignity and independence of the judiciary.The Court was hearing a transfer petition wherein serious allegations had been levelled against judicial officers...
Madras High Court Paves Way For Release Of 'Dhruva Natchathiram' Movie, Orders Escrow Account To Safeguard Creditors' Dues
The Madras High Court has cleared the way for the release of the Tamil movie “Dhruva Natchathiram” starring Vikram and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy has ordered that an escrow account be created in the name of Kondaduvom Entertainment, a company owned by Menon. The court has directed that all the transactions that are to be done before and...
“Goa Is Part Of India”: Bombay High Court Says Orders Of Indian Courts Not 'Foreign Judgments' Under Portuguese Civil Code
Observing that 'State of Goa' is a part of India and is government by the Constitution of our country, the Bombay High Court made it clear that the Registrars of Marriage in the State are bound by orders passed by any civil court across India and that s/he cannot term such orders to be passed by 'foreign courts' by invoking provisions of the Portuguese Civil Code (PCC) of 1867 and the...
Karnataka High Court Rejects Filmmaker Santosh Kumar's Plea To Cancel 'Dhurandhar 2' Certification Over Alleged Plagiarism By Aditya Dhar
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a writ petition seeking cancellation of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) certificate granted to the Hindi movie 'Dhurandhar The Revenge' on the allegation that the movie was a plagiarised version of a Bengaluru-based script writer's original script titled 'D-Saheb'.The single judge bench of Justice K S Hemalekha laid down in unequivocal...
Arrest Memo Containing Allegations Satisfies Article 22(1) Requirement Of Communicating Grounds Of Arrest: Uttarakhand High Court
The Uttarakhand High Court has held that the constitutional requirement under Article 22(1) of informing an arrested person of the grounds of arrest stands satisfied where the arrest memo, containing the essential factual allegations forming the basis of the arrest, is supplied to the accused. The Court observed that the mandate is to ensure meaningful communication of the substance...
Delhi High Court Orders Takedown Of Deepfake Content Misusing YouTuber Bhuvan Bam's Personality Rights
The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order directing take down of deepfake content misusing the personality rights of YouTuber Bhuvan Bam. Justice Jyoti Singh passed the order while hearing a suit filed by Bam against various entities, including john does, e-commerce platforms and social media intermediaries. Bam filed a fresh application alleging that despite an order passed on January...