Delhi High Court Grants Relief To National-Level Taekwondo Player In Alleged Gold Smuggling Case

The Delhi High Court has granted relief to a 19 year old, national-level taekwondo player, allegedly involved in gold smuggling at the instance of his coach, while returning to the country from a Championship in Thailand in 2022.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed that the gold chain and silver coated ring was handed to the Petitioner, as well as other...

Delhi High Court Raps Wife For Roping Husband's Relatives In Matrimonial Dispute Sans Evidence, Quashes Summoning Order

The Delhi High Court has quashed a summoning order passed against a husband's distant relatives while rapping the wife for roping them in the matrimonial dispute, without any cogent evidence.Justice Arun Monga said that the belated addition or introduction of the relatives, who were the husband's cousin and uncles, without a shred of independent evidence, was nothing but the...

Income Of Parent Who Abandoned Family Need Not Be Considered For EWS Reservation: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has recently passed a judgment holding that if any of the parents abandons the family, the income of such parent need not be taken into account for granting EWS (Economically Weaker Section) certificate to the child.Justice N. Nagaresh was considering a plea preferred by a NIFT - National Institute of Fashion Technology aspirant (1st petitioner), who approached the...

Land Losers Not Prohibited From Claiming Enhanced Compensation In Absence Of Agreement Finalising Initial Determination: Calcutta HC

The Calcutta High Court bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Chaitali Chatterjee (Das) has held that compensation determined by the competent authority under Section 10(1) of the Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Rights of User in Land) Act, 1962 (the 1962 Act) shall be treated as a determination at the first instance when there is no agreement between the...

Calcutta High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025

NOMINAL INDEXPrincipal Commissioner of Income Tax - 2, Kolkata v. Minto Park Estates Private Limited Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 188Principal Commissioner of Income Tax Central - 2, Kolkata v. M/s. Zulu Merchandise Private Limited Case No: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 189Ravi Kumar Ray Vs. Union of India & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 190ROSHAN AGARWAL VS. NATIONAL PROJECTS...

Delhi High Court Directs Customs Department To Set Up Passenger Grievance Counters At Delhi Airport

The Delhi High Court has asked the Commissioner of Customs at the IGI Airport to create some counters of the Department outside the airport's security zone, for easy access of aggrieved passengers.The direction was made by a division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain after the Petitioner, a resident of Kuwait whose gold cut piece was seized by the Department, complained...

Kerala High Court Closes Contempt Case Against News Channel Directors For Airing Scandalous Remarks On Judges, Accepts Their Apology

The Kerala High Court recently closed the suo-motu criminal contempt proceedings against Managing Director and Director of Malayalam web-news channel Karma News for publishing scandalous remarks against judges, after the duo tendered an unconditional apology. Accepting the unconditional apology made by the directors, the Division Bench of Justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V. and Justice K.V....

Gujarat High Court Asks Authority To Decide Africa-Born Woman's Plea For Issuance Of Passport Claiming Indian Citizenship By Descent

The Gujarat High Court has asked the Passport Authority to decide a woman's plea for issuance of passport who though was born in Africa, but has sought relief on the ground of being Indian citizen by descent under Citizenship Act. During the hearing, the petitioner's counsel submitted before Justice Niral R Mehta that the petitioner would once again approach the Passport Authority under Section...

Delhi High Court Fines Woman For Dragging Aged In-Laws In Endless Litigation Despite Remarrying After Husband's Death

The Delhi High Court has fined a woman for dragging aged in-laws in Court through endless litigation even after the death of their son, all the while remarrying another man. Justice Arun Monga imposed costs of Rs. 50,000 on the woman for causing undue hardship to the in-laws and making them suffer the unnecessary litigation out of “sheer vengeance” and in blatant abuse of the...

IGST Act | Party Providing Services Under Bipartite Agreement Cannot Be Labelled As “Intermediary”: Rajasthan High Court

While hearing a petition against the decision of Department of Revenue by a company providing services to a foreign entity, Rajasthan High Court held that for someone to be called an “intermediary”, there had be existence of 3 parties in the contract, in the absence of which, the services rendered under a bipartite agreement could not be called “intermediary”.The division bench of...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest : August 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 120 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 138NOMINAL INDEXMahesh Langa v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 120Rajubhai Dalsinghbhai Ninama v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 121Sahdev Ranchodbhai Brahman v/s State of Gujarat & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 122Rathod Nareshbhai Mansukhbhai & Ors. v/s State of Gujarat & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Guj)...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Settles 143 Cases In Lok Adalat, Awards ₹6.25 Crore Compensation

The National Lok Adalat at the Punjab and Haryana High Court today saw 143 cases settled out of 443 listed, with compensation worth Rs 6,25,61,176 awarded, mostly in motor accident claim cases.The exercise was held under the supervision of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, Patron-in-Chief of the High Court Legal Services Committee, and Justice Anupinder Singh Grewal, Chairman of the Committee. Ten...