High Courts
Delhi High Court Upholds Divorce, Says Wife's Claim Of 'Not Recalling' Overnight Stays With Another Man Invites Judicial Suspicion
The Delhi High Court recently dismissed an appeal preferred by a wife, challenging the divorce decree passed over her alleged extra marital relationship with two men.While the wife sought to explain her prolonged communications with them as 'professional relationship', the Family Court had found she failed to explain her overnight stays with them.Agreeing, a division bench of Justices...
'Right To Education Can't Be Hindered': MP High Court Orders Admission Of Type-1 Diabetic Student; Cites Examples Of Global Sporting Icons
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the Laxmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education to grant admission to a student with Type 1 diabetes in the B.P.Ed course, noting that his exclusion was arbitrary and discriminatory. The division bench of Justice Anand Pathak and Justice Pushpendra Yadav further emphasised that the right to pursue education cannot be hindered or forfeited due to...
Dismissal Of SLP Does Not Attract Doctrine Of Merger Though Reasons Stated May Operate As Declaration Of Law Under Article 141: J&K&L High Court
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has observed that dismissal of a Special Leave Petition (SLP), whether by a speaking or non-speaking order, does not lead to merger of the impugned order with the Supreme Court's order. The Court observed that only when leave is granted and appellate jurisdiction is exercised does the doctrine of merger apply.The Court was hearing two review...
'Right To Shelter Not A Shield Against Development': Orissa High Court Upholds Acquisition Of Shantipalli Slum For Redevelopment
The Orissa High Court has dismissed a batch of writ petitions filed by Shantipalli slum-dwellers challenging the action of the government in declining to settle the land in their favour in respect of Shantipalli Basti/Slum, situated at Saheed Nagar in the capital city of Bhubaneswar.A Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi upheld the decision of the State government to acquire the slum...
Madras High Court Stays Single Judge Order Asking Actor Vishal To Pay ₹30 Crore To Lyca Productions
The Madras High Court, on Monday, stayed a single judge order directing actor Vishal to pay Rs. 30 crore due to the entertainment company Lyca Productions. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice Mohammed Shaffiq granted the interim relief in an appeal moved by the actor challenging the June 2025 order of the single judge. The judges however asked the actor to deposit 10...
'Mere' Incarceration Of Two And A Half Years Not Grounds For Bail Under UAPA: Patna High Court
The Patna High Court recently held that cases involving threats to national security and public safety cannot be equated with ordinary criminal matters, and that “mere incarceration” of two and a half years cannot entitle an accused to bail where national security concerns are involved.A Division Bench of Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Sourendra Pandey made these observations...
'Municipal Machinery Cannot Be Utilised To Settle Private Disputes': Bombay High Court Quashes Stop-Work Notice, Imposes ₹30 Lakh Costs
The Bombay High Court has held that municipal authorities cannot be used as instruments to settle private contractual disputes and criticized the arbitrary, hasty and high-handed action of Pune Municipal Corporation officials in issuing a stop-work notice without any legal basis or proper inquiry. The Court found that the stop-work notice was issued in complete disregard of statutory...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 17 to November 23, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 421 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 435 NOMINAL INDEX Ab Initio Technology LLC v. The Controller of Patents & Designs, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 421 Sahirsha @ MS Sha v. State of Tamil Nadu, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 422 S Prasanna and another v. Jothika, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 423 Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited. Versus ICMC Corporation Limited, 2025...
High Court Upholds Delhi Police Personnel's Conviction For Offering 50K Bribe To Judge, Acquits Two
The Delhi High Court recently upheld the 2021 conviction of former Delhi Police ASI Tara Dutt for offering ₹50,000 bribe to a judge of the Tis Hazari Courts, so as to secure a job (peon at Delhi district courts) for one of the co-accused, Mukul Kumar.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna however acquitted him of the charge of criminal conspiracy.The single judge further acquitted Mukul Kumar and...
Orissa High Court Bars Coercive Action Against Tata Steel in ₹2,410 Crore Chrome Ore Dispute
The Orissa High Court on Friday restrained authorities from taking any coercive action against Tata Steel in connection with a Rs 2,410 crore demand over alleged shortfall in dispatch of chrome ore from its Sukinda Chromite Block, granting the company interim protection until the next hearing on December 3. In its November 21 order, the bench of the Chief Justice Harish Tandon and...
Central Sales Tax | Cross-Border Trademark Transfers Are Export Of Goods, Not Taxable As Local Sale: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that the assignment of the well-known trademark “Crocin” by Duphar Interfran Ltd. to SKB Plc (UK) amounted to a sale “in the course of export” of intangible goods, and therefore could not be taxed as a local sale within the State of Maharashtra under the Bombay Sales Tax Act, 1959. A Division Bench of Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Advait M....
Seizure And Prosecution Will Be Initiated Against Sabarimala Stalls Violating Legal Metrology Act: Kerala High Court Told
The Kerala High Court was on Monday (November 24) informed that directions have been issued to carry out seizure, search and prosecution against stalls in Sabarimala that are found to be violating provisions of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.The Legal Metrology Act was brought in, among other objectives, to regulate the trade in goods that are sold or distributed by weight, measure or number....