Orissa High Court Raises Concern Over Misuse Of State Emblem, Calls For Awareness Among Citizens & Officials

The Orissa High Court last week expressed serious concern over the rampant misuse and violation of the provisions of the State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act, 2005, as it stressed the need for greater awareness among both citizens and government officials about its proper use. A Bench of Chief Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Murahari Sri Raman was hearing...

Allahabad High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 11 To August 17, 2025

NOMINAL INDEX Vimla Kashyap and Ors v. Union of India and Ors 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 301 Sharda University Thru. Registrar And Another vs. State Of U.P. Thru. Chief Secy. Lko And 3 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 302 Bacchi Devi vs. State of U.P. and Another 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 303 Dr Jitendra Kumar vs. State Of U.P. And 2 Others 2025 LiveLaw (AB) 304 Sultan Choudhary vs. State...

Revenue Case Paralysed By 68 Adjournments In 102 Hearings Due To Strikes; 'Surprised' Allahabad HC Summons Bar Body Office Bearers

The Allahabad High Court last week expressed deep concern over the repeated adjournments in a revenue case at Tehsil Rudauli (Ayodhya), where out of 102 hearings, 68 were adjourned on account of strikes or condolence calls by the local Bar Association. A bench of Justice Alok Mathur called upon the President and the General Secretary of the Rudauli Bar Association to appear...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 11 To August 17, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 946 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 980NOMINAL INDEXMAHUA MOITRA v. NISHIKANT DUBEY & ORS 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 946 Mohit Kumar Goyal v. State of NCT of Delhi And Ors 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 947 Bodhisattva Charitable Trust And Ors. v. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education And Research 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 948 Surender Kumar Sharma And Ors v. Municipal Corporation Of Delhi...

Limitation To Claim GST Refund Begins From Date Of Correct Tax Payment: Patna High Court

The Patna High Court held that limitation for GST refund in wrong head ceases computed from correct payment date. Justices Rajeev Ranjan Prasad and Shailendra Singh after reading Section 77 of the CGST Act, 2017 read with Section 19 of the IGST Act opined that the relevant date for counting the period of limitation would start from the date when the assessee had deposited the tax...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 04 To August 10, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 925 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 945NOMINAL INDEXVinay Sharma v. GNCTD 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 925 F- Hoffmann -La Roche Ag & Anr. v. Zydus Lifesciences Limited 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 926 Ambika Traders Through Proprietor Gaurav Gupta v. Additional Commissioner, Adjudication DGGSTI, CGST Delhi North 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 927 Vi-John Healthcare India LLP v. Dabur India...

Karnataka High Court Issues Guidelines For Subsequent Reference To Labour Court After Either Party Disputes Earlier Settlement

The Karnataka High Court has held that if a dispute is raised questioning the validity of a settlement under Section 12(3) of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, before a conciliation officer, the appropriate Government is required to assign reasons for referring it to adjudication.Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde held thus while partly allowing the petitions filed by the Management of Bosch Ltd...

Journalist Raising Concerns About Illegal Migrants, Religious Fundamentalism Alone Doesn't Attract Offence Of Promoting Enmity: Gauhati HC

The Gauhati High Court recently observed that a journalist raising concerns about illegal migrants, religious fundamentalism, militant activities, and demographic threats to the indigenous people cannot, by itself, be construed as an attempt to create enmity between groups or to incite violence. Stressing that the core duty of journalism is to raise burning issues, which matter...

Bombay HC Judge Refuses To Recuse From Cases Over 'Scurrilous' Bribery Claims Against 2 Sitting Judges, Including Himself; Imposes ₹50K Cost

Justice Milind Jadhav of the Bombay High Court last week refused to recuse himself from hearing a set of writ petitions filed in 2016, in which the petitioner levelled serious allegations of corruption, bribery and bias against two sitting Judges of the HC, including Justice Jadhav himself. Dismissing an interim application seeking his recusal from the matters, Justice...

Timeline Prescribed For Filing Statement Of Defence Under Rule 18(3) Of Indian Council Of Arbitration Rules Is Directory In Nature: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Manoj Jain has held that the timeline prescribed under Indian Council of Arbitration Rules, 2024 for filing a Statement of Defence by the respondent is directory in nature and can be extended by the Arbitral Tribunal if a sufficient cause is established. The Petitioner challenges an order passed by the Arbitral Tribunal by which it declined to...

Gujarat High Court Monthly Digest: July 2025

Nominal Index [Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 90 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 119]State of Gujarat vs Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI, Govt. Of India & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 90Commissioner of Income Tax (International Taxation and transfer Pricing v. M/s Adani Wilmar Ltd. 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 91Paschim Gujarat Vij. Co. Ltd. vs Mithabhai Nageshi Maheswari & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw...

Prima Facie, ECI Responsible For Putting Candidates' Asset Verification Reports In Public Domain: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has observed that, prima facie, the Election Commission of India (ECI) appears to be the statutory body responsible for putting in the public domain the verification reports of election candidates' asset disclosures, as received from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). A Bench of Justice Rajan Roy and Justice Manjive Shukla observed thus while hearing...