High Courts
Patna High Court Orders ₹2 Lakh Compensation For Six-Day Illegal Detention; Directs IG Prisons To Frame Guidelines
The Patna High Court recently awarded compensation of ₹2 lakh to an accused who was illegally detained for six days despite a court order granting him bail.A Division Bench comprising Justice Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Justice Sourendra Pandey directed the State to compensate the petitioner, who had been in custody for an alleged violation of the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act,...
High Court Issues Notice To Karnataka Govt On State Election Commission's Plea Seeking Final Reservation List In Municipality Wards
The Karnataka High Court on Monday issued notice to the State government on a public interest litigation filed by the State Election Commission seeking a direction to issue the final notifications of reservation of seats to all the wards of 187 Municipalities, under section 13(1)(d) of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M...
Calcutta High Court Clarifies When Possession Of Fake Currency Amounts To 'Trafficking', Rejects Automatic Presumption U/S 489B IPC
A Larger Bench of the Calcutta High Court has held that mere possession of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), regardless of quantity, does not automatically amount to “trafficking”, nor does it justify drawing any statutory presumption against the accused under Section 489B IPC. The Court clarified that mens rea remains central, and the prosecution must independently establish that...
Delhi High Court Revives Motorola's 17-Year-Old Dispute With MTNL Over Arbitral Award Amounting To $8,768,505
The Delhi High Court allowing a Section 37, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“ACA”) appeal filed by MTNL against an arbitral award passed in favour of Motorola amounting to ~USD 8,768,505 has revived a 17-year-old between the parties. The Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar set aside the judgment passed by a Single Judge of the Court in...
Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10 - November 16, 2025
Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 410 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 420 NOMINAL INDEX M/s. Hinduja Foundries Ltd. v. The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 410 M Divya vs The Senior Revenue Officer, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 411 R Gurusamy v. The Tamil Nadu State Level Scrutiny Committee, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 412 S.Chandraprakash Jain v. M/s. GOD Pictures and...
AgustaWestland Case: Delhi High Court Refuses To Entertain Christian Michel's Plea Against India-UAE Extradition Treaty
The Delhi High Court on Monday (November 17) refused to entertain a petition filed by AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam accused Christian Michel, challenging Article 17 of the India-UAE extradition treaty, executed back in the year 1999.Michel was extradited from Dubai under this treaty in December 2018. He argued that ordinarily, a requesting State (in this case India) can only prosecute...
'Taunts Over Childlessness Not Abetment; Contemporary Woman More Resilient': J&K&L Acquits Husband, In-Laws In Wife's Suicide Case
The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has upheld the acquittal of a husband and his parents, accused of abetting the suicide of a woman who was allegedly harassed over her inability to conceive a child after five years of marriage.The Division Bench of Justices Sanjeev Kumar and Sanjay Parihar dismissed the State's criminal appeal against the trial court order, observing that...
Govt Can't Withhold NOC For Issuance Of Employee's Passport Merely On Ground Of Pending Disciplinary Proceedings: Orissa High Court
The Orissa High Court has held that the government cannot refuse to grant 'No Objection Certificate' (NOC) for issuance of passport to an employee merely on the ground of pendency of disciplinary proceeding(s), as right to travel abroad is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution.Crystalizing the constitutional protection granted to every citizen against...
'Fictitious' Advocate, 'Forged' Signatures? Allahabad High Court Orders FSL Probe Into Alleged Impersonation In PIL Filed By Lawyer
The Allahabad High Court last week directed a forensic examination of multiple signatures on record after prima facie discrepancies surfaced in a pending PIL case which suggested possible impersonation, forgery, fabrication and misuse of the judicial process. A Bench of Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Kshitij Shailendra passed the order while dealing with an application u/S...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 10 - November 16, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 720 - 741]Shareena v State of Kerala and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 720Vittal Sait Popat v. The Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 721Venugopal K Veloth v Mahilamani and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 722Thangam v. V.V. Haridasan and Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 723Rifa Fathima v. Salim and Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 724Sigmatic Nidhi Ltd....
Allahabad High Court Flags 'Serious Lapse' In Granting Compassionate Appointment To Stepmother Sans Safeguarding Minor Daughter's Welfare
In a series of orders passed between October and November 2025, the Allahabad High Court has sharply scrutinized the manner in which the Nagar Nigam, Prayagraj granted compassionate appointment to the stepmother of a deceased municipal employee without ensuring the safety and future welfare of his minor daughter. A bench of Justice Manju Rani Chauhan noted that under the Uttar...
Can Arrest Warrants Be Converted To Bailable Warrants In Serious Economic Offence Cases? Rajasthan High Court Refers To Larger Bench
The Rajasthan High Court has referred to a larger bench the question of whether arrest warrants can be converted to bailable warrants in serious economic offences under the provisions of the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act), Customs, CGST (Central Goods and Services Tax), as well as heinous offences punishable under Indian Penal Code/Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Justice Anoop...