High Courts
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...
Mens Rea In Abetment Of Suicide Case Can Be Inferred From Successive Acts Of Accused, Not Just A Single Incident: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has refused to grant pre-arrest bail to a man accused of abetting the suicide of a 16-year-and-11-month-old girl, observing that Mens Rea In abetment of Suicide case can be inferred from successive acts of accused, not just a single incIdent. It was alleged that night before the incident the petitioner had called the victim and in the suicide note it was...
Secured Creditor Can Seek Physical Possession Of Immovable Property U/S 14 Of SARFAESI Act Even After Sale: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justices Debangsu Basak and Md. Shabbar Rashidi has held that a secured creditor can seek physical possession of an immovable property under section 14 of the SARFAESI Act even after the sale of that property to a purchaser.The present appeal has been filed against an order passed by the Single Judge in a Writ Petition by which the SBI was refused...
MP High Court Temporarily Suspends Live-Streaming Of Benches Hearing Criminal Cases After PIL Claims Misuse Via Reels & Memes
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (September 12), directed its Registry to stop the live streaming of all Benches hearing criminal matters until the next date of hearing in a PIL claiming misuse of live-streamed court proceedings via reels and memes. The order has been directed to be implemented w.e.f. September 15 (Monday). The court was hearing a PIL wherein the petitioner argued...
BSF Act Empowers General Security Force Court To Try POCSO Offences: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has recently ruled that the BSF Act empowers the General Security Force Court (GSFC) to try an offence under the POCSO Act.“Clearly, therefore, the BSF Act empowers the GSFC to try offences under the POCSO Act. These provisions, seen in conjunction with Section 42A of the POCSO Act, which saves the jurisdiction vested in other authorities under other statutes, defeats...
DGP Has Asked Investigating Agencies To Be 'Careful' While Issuing Letters To Banks For Freezing Accounts: State To Rajasthan High Court
While hearing arguments on seizure of bank accounts on a letter from the Police, the Rajasthan Government informed the High Court that guidelines have been framed by DGP directed senior officials to instruct Investigating Agencies to remain careful while issuing letters to banks for freezing bank accounts. The court was hearing a matter on the question 'Whether the bank account of account...
Retired Class-IV Employee Not Expected To Understand Terms Like 'Acquiescence' Or 'Delay': HP High Court Quashes Pension Rejection Order
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed the pension rejection order of a daily wage beldar worker, holding that pension cannot be denied on the ground that of delay in filing claim as a class IV cannot be expected to understand technical legal concepts like acquiescence or laches, and pension is a recurring right that cannot be defeated by delay.Rejecting the State's contention,...
Wife Can Be Denied Maintenance Upon Failure To Produce Latest Salary Slips: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that Courts can draw adverse inference of a wife's failure to produce her latest salary slips, in order to show insufficiency of income or financial hardship, to claim maintenance from husband.Justice Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma observed,“As the primary ingredient for grant of maintenance to a wife under Section 125 Cr.P.C. – i.e. her inability to maintain...
'Able-Bodied Husband Presumed To Be Capable Of Earning Enough Money To Maintain Wife': Rajasthan High Court
While hearing a petition for enhancement of maintenance, Rajasthan High Court took into account the earning capacity of the respondent-husband, and observed that an able-bodied husband was presumed to be capable of earning sufficient money to maintain his wife, and could not take the stand that he was not in a position to earn sufficiently to maintain his family.The petitioner was...
Gujarat High Court Asks Litigant Challenging 'Jolly LLB 3' Movie Teaser To Peruse Allahabad HC Order Dismissing Similar Plea
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday (September 11) asked a litigant challenging the teaser of the upcoming movie 'Jolly LLB 3' to go through the order of the Allahabad High Court–which dismissed a plea for restraining the release of the movie, and thereafter take a call with respect to his plea. The film starring actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi is scheduled for release on...