High Courts
J&K&L High Court Declines Interim Relief Against Forfeiture Of 25 Books For Allegedly Propagating Secessionism, Issues Notice
The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court on Monday (October 13) denied interim relief in pleas challenging the forfeiture of 25 books under Section 98 BNS for allegedly propagating secessionism.A three-judge special bench comprising of Chief Justice Arun Palli, Justice Rajnesh Oswal and Justice Shahzad Azeem declined interim relief, but issued notice on the pleas. The bench,...
Kerala High Court Dismisses PIL Against Arundhati Roy's 'Mother Mary Comes To Me'
The Kerala High Court on Monday (October 13) dismissed the Public Interest Litigation filed seeking action against author Arundhati Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' for having a photo of the author smoking on the cover. The petitioner had sought a stay on the book's sale without statutory label.Division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Basant Balaji pronounced in open...
Railways Strictly Liable For Death Of Passenger Who Accidentally Fell From Train & Was Run Over: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that an accidental fall of a passenger from a moving train followed by he being run over by the same train or by another train, is an 'untoward incident' as defined under Section 123(c)(2) of the Railways Act, 1989 ('the Act') which makes the Railway Department strictly liable to pay compensation for the death.While holding the Railway liable for unfortunate...
Delhi High Court Slams Authorities For Defying Prison Rules, Says Long Incarceration Without Parole Can Lead To Anarchy In Jail
The Delhi High Court has slammed the State authorities for defying the Delhi Prison Rules, 2018, observing that they do not have any sensitivity towards the prisoners who are suffering long incarceration. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said that long incarceration without break by way of Parole and Furlough can lead to a situation of indiscipline and anarchy in the Jail.The Court said that it...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: October 6 to October 12, 2025
A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 336 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 350 NOMINAL INDEX M/s. Ravi Mohan Studios Pvt Ltd. v. M/s Indo Bevs Pvt Ltd, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 336 MC Sivakami v. The District Collector and Others, 2025 Livelaw (Mad) 337 K Prithika Yashini (Transgender) v. Union of India and Others, 2025 Livelaw...
Madras High Court Quarterly Digest: July - September 2025
CITATIONS: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 to 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 329 NOMINAL INDEX ML Ravi v. Director General of Police and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 223 P Kishore v. The Secretary to Government and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 224 M/s. Adyar Gate Hotel Ltd. v. The Commissioner of Customs, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 225 M/s Media Monks Multimedia v. Pachala Murali Krishna, 2025 LiveLaw...
Delhi High Court Directs Registry To Add 'DIN Field' In GST Writ Petitions To Avoid Conflicting Rulings
In order to avoid duplication of GST cases, the Delhi High Court has asked its Registry to add a new field for filing of writ petitions to record DIN (Document Identification Number) and date of order being challenged.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain passed the direction on observing that multiple writ petitions were being filed challenging same impugned...
S.276 Income Tax Act | Director Can't Be Prosecuted Individually For Transferring Company Asset To Relative Without Consideration: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has held that a corporate director can't be prosecuted individually merely because a company asset was transferred to his relative, in this case daughter-in-law, without payment of any consideration.Justice Ravinder Dudeja held that omission to implead the company as an accused in the case is an incurable defect, which goes to the root of jurisdiction.“Section 278B IT...
Delhi High Court Declares 'WIPRO' As Well Known Trademark
The Delhi High Court has declared 'WIPRO', popular for consumer care products and lighting business, as a well known trademark under Section 2(1)(zg) of the Trade Marks Act 1999.Justice Tejas Karia observed that Plaintiff-Wipro Enterprises Private Limited has been using the Mark 'WIPRO' continuously and uninterruptedly at least since the year 1977 and has earned considerable goodwill...
No Blanket Rule That Litigant Won't Suffer For Counsel's Negligence: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that while it is often held that a litigant should not be made to suffer the consequences of his counsel's negligence, the same is not an absolute rule.Justice Girish Kathpalia observed that Courts must examine the overall facts and circumstances of the case otherwise, for every failure, every counsel would blame the previous counsel.In the case at...
Kerala High Court Issues Notice On Film Producer Sheela Kurian's Plea Seeking Action Against Cop For 'Improper Behaviour'
Film producer Sheela Kurian has moved the Kerala High Court seeking action against Deputy Superintendent of Police, Madhu Babu alleging improper behaviour by him when she visited his office in connection with a criminal complaint.When the matter came up for consideration before Justice G. Girish on Thursday, the judge take time to the prosecutor to take instructions in the case and issued...
'Right To Practice Religion Has No Nexus With Particular Place': MP High Court Rejects Plea To Rebuild Ujjain's Takiya Masjid
Dismissing a plea seeking reconstruction of Ujjain's Takiya Masjid by litigants who used to offer namaaz there, the Madhya Pradesh High Court reiterated that right to practice religion has no nexus with a particular place and this right is not infringed by acquisition of a land having a mosque. The high court referred to Allahabad High Court's decision in Mohammad Ali Khan v Special...