'Extension Of Judicial Remand Beyond 60 Days Without Hearing & Reasoned Order Is Illegal': Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that extending judicial remand beyond the statutory period of 60 days under Section 187(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, without affording an opportunity of hearing to the accused and without passing a reasoned order, is contrary to law and violative of Article 21 of the Constitution.Justice Sachin S. Deshmukh was hearing a petition...

Delhi High Court Dismisses Revenue's Demand Against Casio India In Transfer Pricing Case

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed a transfer pricing demand against Casio India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Japanese watchmaker, related to advertising, marketing and promotion expenses for the assessment year 2017-18The Division Bench of Justice V Kameswar Rao and Justice Vinod Kumar ruled that the issue had already been settled in Casio's favour in previous years and...

Forced Shift Of Arbitration Venue Without Consent Of Party Amounts To Perversity: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that the forced shift of the Arbitration Venue without the consent of a party amounts to perversity and patent lack of inherent jurisdiction.The order was passed in a writ petition, challenging a procedural order, by way of which the venue of the 'Closing hearing' was moved from New Delhi to IDRC in London without considering the objections of...

Plea In Kerala High Court Challenges Tribunal Reforms Act, Appointments Of DRT Ernakulam Presiding Officer & DRAT Chennai Chairperson

A petition has been moved before the Kerala High Court challenging the appointments of Retired Justice G. Chandrasekharan as the chairperson of the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Chennai and Retired District Judge, Su Williahm, as presiding officer of the Debts Recovery Tribunal, Ernakulam.The plea states that the two appointments were not in accordance with the directions laid down by...

Rajasthan High Court Imposes Cost On State For Re-Litigating Settled Issue Despite 2013 Order

Rajasthan High Court imposed a cost of Rs. 10,000 on the State to be given to the respondents, for repeatedly challenging an issue already settled in 2013, instead of giving effect to the decision of the court.The division bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu was hearing an intra court appeal filed against an order of the single judge passed in 2023 relying upon...

'Conviction Based On Surmise & Conjecture': Orissa High Court Acquits Man Held Guilty For Murder Of Adoptive Parents In 1996

The Orissa High Court has recently acquitted a man held guilty by the trial Court for murder of his adoptive parents in the year 1996. While terming the conviction to be based on “surmise and conjecture”, the Division Bench of Justice Sangam Kumar Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash held –“The conclusion arrived at by the learned trial Court in convicting the appellant and the...

Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act | Audit Test Cannot Be Ordered Without Inspection Of Audit Report: High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a Test Audit under Section 81(3)(c) of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960, can only be directed when there is a specific finding, based on an inspection of the audit report, that the audit does not reflect a true and correct picture of the accounts of a cooperative society. Without such inspection and recording of satisfaction, an order for...

Pahalgam Post Case | 'Endangering Unity Of India' Offence Dropped But Charges U/S 352 & 302 BNS Retained Against 'Dr Medusa', Allahabad High Court Told

The Uttar Pradesh Government last week informed the Allahabad High Court that the investigation into an FIR arising out of an alleged social-media post over Pahalgam Terror Attack by an assistant professor of Lucknow University, Dr Madri Kakoti (aka Dr Medusa) has concluded and a charge-sheet will be filed shortly. Counsel for the State told the Court that several sections earlier...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 06 - October 12, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 622 - 642]X v State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 622National Insurance Co. Ltd. v. State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 623Abdul Majeed C.K. v. Travancore Devaswom Board and Ors. and connected cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 624Sivananda Prabhu and Ors. v. S.N. Govinda Prabhu & Brothers and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 625Jinto P.D. v. State...

Kerala High Court Closes Plea Seeking Conduct Of Enrollment After Bar Council Of Kerala Enrols New Batch Of Advocates

The Kerala High Court has closed a plea seeking to conduct enrollment of law graduates to the Bar Council of Kerala.Justice N Nagaresh closed the matter after the counsel for the petitioner told the court that the enrollment for the new batch of advocates had been conducted on 11 and 12th October 2025. The Court has previously invoked Section 58 of the Advocates Act to protect the interests...

Habeas Corpus Plea Cannot Routinely Be Filed On Being Dissatisfied With Probe In Missing Persons Cases: Rajasthan High Court

While dismissing a habeas corpus writ petition, Rajasthan High Court held that the writ jurisdiction in the case of a missing person could not be invoked as a matter of routine to know the status of investigation or being dissatisfied with the manner of such investigation.The division bench of Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Baljinder Singh Sandhu opined that the scope of Habeas Corpus...

'Business Can Be Curtailed But Environment Shouldn't Suffer': Punjab & Haryana High Court In Plea Against Cap On Green Cracker Sale-Purchase

While hearing a plea challenging restrictions on sale and purchase of green crackers, the Punjab and Haryana High Court today remarked that "business can be curtailed, but the environment should not suffer."In 2017, the High Court in order to curtail the environmental damage had directed that, "The Union Territory, Chandigarh, the States of Punjab and Haryana shall be entitled to issue...