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Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: August 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 257 To 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 292Nominal Index: Nayeem Noor Mohamed & Anr. V. Nazim Noor Mohamed. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 257Murali Krishna R AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 258State of Karnataka & ANR AND Mahaboob Patel. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 259Vijayeendra G Muddebihalkar & Others AND Union of India & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 260Vijay...
Wife Of Judgment-Debtor Not Stranger To Decree, Can't Invoke Order XXI Rule 99 CPC: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that Order XXI Rule 99 of CPC cannot be invoked by a Judgment-Debtor, including their spouse, since it is only meant to enable a 'stranger' to the suit to seek relief.The provision stipulates that where any person, other than the judgment-debtor, is dispossessed of immovable property by the holder of a decree for possession of such property, he may make...
Calcutta High Court Stays Labour Dept Notification Disqualifying Retired Workers From Holding Offices In Trade Unions
The Calcutta High Court has stayed a notification by the State's Labour department, disqualifying retired workers from holding offices in trade unions.The order was passed by Justice Shampa Dutt (Paul).A writ petition was filed by the Federal Chatkal Mazdoor Union had challenged Notification No. 41/Misc02/2025 dated 08.04.2025 issued by the Registrar of Trade Unions, Government of West...
State Information Commissioner Entitled To Same Salary, Allowances & Post-Retiral Benefits As Chief Secretary : Gauhati HC
A Division bench of the Gauhati High Court comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev Choudhury held that the State Information Commissioner is entitled to the same salaries, allowances, and post-retiral benefits as the Chief Secretary of the State. Further that these benefits cannot be denied on the ground of not having 10 years of qualifying service, if the individual...
Gujarat High Court Upholds Order Denying Reinstatement Of 448 Employees On Ground Of Not Withdrawing Voluntary Retirement In Time
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a batch of appeals challenging an order refusing to grant 448 individuals reinstatement with Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. on the ground that they had opted for voluntary retirement and did not withdraw from the concerned scheme within the validity period. The court observed that the employees had admitted that they filed applications for withdrawal...
TDS Default | Higher Compounding Fees On Second Plea Not Applicable If First Application Was Rejected: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the higher rate of 5% interest to be paid when an assessee moves second plea for compounding the offence of failure to pay Tax Deductible at Source (TDS), is not applicable if their first plea was simply rejected.A division bench of Justices V. Kameswar Rao and Vinod Kumar observed,“5% is only chargeable when the earlier offence has been compounded. This...
Bombay High Court Orders Man To Do Cleaning & Mopping At Mumbai's JJ Hospital For Filing Bogus FIR Against Zee TV Show
The Bombay High Court recently ordered a man to do cleaning and mopping work at the government-run JJ hospital after noting that he had filed a bogus complaint against Zee TV for its new show titled 'Tum Se Tum Tak' which revolves around the love story of a nearly 46-year-old man and a 19-year-old girl.A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Gautam Ankhad was hearing a petition filed...
Passenger's Non-Appearance For Appraising Seized Goods Doesn't Stop Limitation For Issuing SCN: Delhi High Court Tells Customs
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that the Customs Department cannot exceed the limitation period prescribed for issuance of show cause notice after detention of goods, merely on the ground that the person from whom goods were seized did not appear for appraisement.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Shail Jain observed,“non-appearance for appraisement does not stop...
Whistleblowing Activities Don't Make Employee 'Immune' From Transfer: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that an internal whistleblower in an organisation cannot forever immunize himself against transfer, by merely leveling allegations of vengeance against the officials.A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla observed that accepting the contrary would,"[It cannot] amount to holding that, by leveling allegations against the officials of...
Retirement Age Of Cooperative Society Employees Can Be Increased Only Through Statutory Amendment, Not Departmental Proposals: J&K HC
A Division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court comprising Justice Sindhu Sharma and Justice Shahzad Azeem held that retirement age of employees of Cooperative Societies remains 58 years as per SRO 233 of 1988, and it can only be altered through formal amendment of statutory rules, not by departmental recommendations, proposals, or draft amendments. Background Facts...
Arbitrator's Decision To Defer Compliance With Essential Pre-Condition In Agreement Amounted To Rewriting Contract, Vitiated It: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court Bench of Justice Jasmeet Singh while allowing a petition under Section 34, Arbitration and Conciliation Act (“ACA”) observed that when the contract required the bidder to establish an office in India as a pre-requisite to performance, the decision by the Arbitrator holding that compliance could be deferred, amounted to rewriting the contract. Such a holding...
'Robe May Rest But Responsibilities Don't': Justice Shalinder Kaur Bids Farewell To Delhi High Court
Justice Shalinder Kaur bid farewell to the Delhi High Court on Wednesday, saying that the robe may rest but the responsibilities don't. “If I leave behind anything, I hope it is few words written compassion, a few orders passed with conviction and a career defined by hard work and integrity,” the judge said. Justice Kaur joined the Delhi Judicial Service in 1992 and was promoted to the...