High Courts
Delhi High Court Issues Directions To Strengthen RBI Ombudsman Complaint System, Calls For Safeguards To Avoid Misuse
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued directions to strengthen the system to deal with customer complaints by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Ombudsman.Justice Prathiba M Singh said that the intent of all financial regulatory mechanisms, including banks, financial institutions and regulators, must be to put in place adequate safeguards to avoid misuse, take stringent actions against...
Delhi High Court Quashes Patent Office Order, Sends Trident's 'Air Rich Yarn' Patent Plea Back For Review
The Delhi High Court has overturned a Patent Office decision that refused Trident Limited a patent for its “air rich” yarn and fabric technology. The court said the Patent Office failed to properly examine the key feature of the invention, which is the “homogeneous distribution of pores across the radial cross-section of yarn”, and had not correctly assessed obviousness under...
'Rely Only On Authenticated Legal Precedents': Punjab & Haryana High Court Calls For Training Trial Judges On Use Of Online Tools
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has called for training of Judicial Officers on responsible and judicious use of the online information and technology.The development ensued after an Additional Sessions Judge in Kurukshetra, while rejecting an anticipatory bail plea, relied on a headline from an online pop-up notification of a legal portal without reading the complete order.The High Court...
Criminal Revision Before HC Is Maintainable, But Sessions Court Should Ordinarily Be Approached First: Jharkhand High Court
The Jharkhand High Court recently held that the revisional jurisdiction of the Sessions Judge and the inherent powers of the High Court operate concurrently, and invoking one does not bar recourse to the other. However, as a matter of judicial discipline, the High Court will ordinarily refrain from exercising its inherent powers when an equally efficacious remedy before the Sessions Judge...
Marketing For Foreign University Prima Facie Constitutes 'Export Of Services'; Entitled To GST Refund: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently said that a private consultancy providing marketing services to a foreign university is prima facie covered by its decision in Delhi Goods and Service Tax DGST v. Global Opportunities Private Limited (2025).Vide the said decision, the division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain had held that foreign education consultancy services to students...
4-Yr-Old Hung From Tree By Teachers Over Incomplete Homework: Chhattisgarh High Court Takes Cognizance
The Chhattisgarh High Court has taken cognizance of a horrific incident where a four-year-old LKG student was allegedly tied with a rope and hung from a tree by two female teachers purportedly over his failure to complete homework.The Division Bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Bibhu Datta Guru took cognizance of a newspaper report which highlighted the unfortunate incident from...
Five Years Passed Since Disha Salian's Death, Why Investigation Still Not Over? Bombay High Court Questions Mumbai Police
The Bombay High Court on Thursday questioned the Maharashtra Government over its slow paced investigation in the death of Disha Salian, the manager of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Ranjitsinha Bhonsale sought to know why the Mumbai Police could not complete its investigation in the case even 5 years after Salian's death. "Five years...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail To Man Accused Of Raising 'Pakistan Zindabad' Slogan
The Punjab & Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to a man accused of raising the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” during conflict between India and Pakistan in May, observing that the question of whether the offence under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 is made out would be a matter for trial.Justice Rajesh Bhardwaj said, "The veracity of the allegations would...
Importer Not Liable To Pay Customs Duty On Goods Not Received By Him: Bombay High Court Grants Refund
The Bombay High Court has held that an importer cannot be made liable to pay customs duty on goods that were never cleared for home consumption and were never received by the importer. The Court observed that, under Sections 13, 23 and 27 of the Customs Act, 1962, duty paid in anticipation of clearance becomes refundable once it is established that the goods were short-landed or lost...
Delhi High Court Upholds GST Notice Based On Income Tax Intelligence; Cautions Dept Against AI-Generated Fake Citations In SCN
The Delhi High Court in a writ petition has upheld Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued by the GST Department which was based on an intelligence, by the Income Tax Department The Division Bench, comprising Justice Prathiba M. Singh and Justice Shail Jain held the challenge to the SCN as 'premature' and noted existence of a clandestine server that revealed a parallel accounting system and...
From Gender Audit Squads To IC Portals: Madras High Court Notes Sweeping State-Wide Compliance With Its PoSH Directives
The Madras High Court has commended the State of Tamil Nadu for implementing its earlier order to ensure the effective implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act (PoSH Act). Justice RN Manjula observed that the government has shown tremendous interest in ensuring that the court orders are complied with and that the...
Can't Challenge Notice Issued To Someone Else: Gujarat High Court Rejects Tenant's Plea Against Municipal Notice On Dilapidated Building
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (November 27) rejected a plea challenging a notice issued by the Surat Municipal Corporation asking the owner/occupier of a property to audit the property and produce the structure stability report of the building as the same was in a dilapidated condition requiring urgent repairs. The court noted that since the notice was not issued to the...