High Courts
Orissa High Court Upholds Conviction Of Six Persons In 1996 Double Murder Case, Orders Them To Surrender After 15 Yrs Of Bail
Almost three decades after two persons were allegedly murdered in the district of Kendrapara by a mob of nine men and 15 years after the accused persons were enlarged on bail, the Orissa High Court on Monday (August 11) upheld the judgment of conviction passed by the trial Court in the year 1998 and ordered six convicts (other three convicts having died in the meantime) to surrender in order...
Retired Judicial Officer Vimal Kumar Yadav Sworn-In As Judge Of Delhi High Court, Strength Rises To 44
Retired judicial officer Vimal Kumar Yadav on Tuesday (August 12) was sworn in as a judge of the Delhi High Court. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya at 10 AM. The judge's appointment was notified by the Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in a post made on X (formerly Twitter).With the fresh appointment, the strength of judges at the Delhi High...
Death Penalty Is Irreversible Step, Judges Should Never Be 'Bloodthirsty': Calcutta High Court Commutes Death Sentence In Murder Case
The Calcutta High Court has commuted a death sentence awarded to the petitioner for murder and dacoity to life imprisonment, and observed that judges should not be 'bloodthirsty' in such cases since sentencing someone to death would be an irreversible step that could not be undone even if new evidence were to surface.A division bench of Justices Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and Uday Kumar...
'Too Little, Too Late': Delhi High Court Grants Relief To Jamia Millia Assistant Professor Terminated Without Proper Hearing
The Delhi High Court has set aside the order of Jamia Millia Islamia University terminating the services of an Assistant Professor for unauthorised absence, who claimed to have discontinued taking classes for a period of time over alleged victimisation by certain other Professors of the varsity.In doing so, Justice Prateek Jalan noted there was “inadequate compliance with the principles...
Rajasthan High Court Extends Asaram's Interim Bail Till August 29, Orders His Medical Examination
In the background of Gujarat High Court's order in which the temporary bail of Asaram was extended till August 21 on medical grounds, Rajasthan High Court has also extended the bail granted to him in a 2013 rape case till August 29, 2025.Last month, vide its order dated July 8, 2025, the division bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur had extended the bail till August...
Expression 'Unnecessary Delay' In Depositing Gun After Expiry Of Licence Too Vague For Initiating Criminal Prosecution: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the expression “without unnecessary delay” used in Section 21(1) of the Arms Act, 1959 in context of surrendering an arm after expiry of its license is too vague and thus, cannot form the basis for criminal prosecution unless.Justice V G Arun held thus while quashing the proceedings against the petitioner, who was charged for depositing his licensed...
Delhi High Court Warns Of Criminal Action Against Unauthorised Street Vendors In City's Shalimar Bagh Area
The Delhi High Court recently told the Municipal Corporation of Delhi that merely because it is unable to control unauthorised street vendors and prevent encroachment of public pathways is not grounds to discontinue the weekly market approved by the Town Vending Committee (TVC).A division bench of Justices Nitin Wasudeo Sambre and Anish Dayal observed,“Merely because there are 600 vendors...
Bombay High Court Seeks Mumbai Police's Stand On CPI(M)'s Plea To Hold Peaceful Protest Against Genocide In Gaza
The Bombay High Court on Monday (August 11) ordered the Mumbai Police to specify its stand on the plea filed by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to hold peaceful protests and call for a ceasefire in Palestine and condemn the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Notably, this is the second time when the CPI(M) has knocked the doors of the High Court seeking permission to protest the genocide in Gaza...
'Priority Of Use' No Defence Against Trademark Infringement Unless It Predates Both Use & Registration By Plaintiff: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has made it clear that priority of user is not a defence to an action for infringement of trademark unless the use of such mark by the defendant predates both the user as well as the registration of the asserted mark of the plaintiff.A division bench of Justices C. Hari Shankar and Om Prakash Shukla observed,“it is only if the defendant has been using the...
Kerala High Court Halts Construction Of New 'Bhasmakkulam' Pond In Sabarimala Citing Lack Of Structural Assessment
The Kerala High Court on Thursday (August 7) directed the Travancore Devaswom Board to halt the construction of a newly proposed pond 'Bhasmakkulam' in the light of the fact that no structural assessment or geotechnical study was undertaken regarding the same.Though the Court had permitted the relocation of the pond in March, the construction has not commended but it was assured that the...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: August 4, 2025 To August 10, 2025
Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 114 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 121Nominal Index:State of H.P. v/s Anu Bala & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 114Sh. Rajinder Kumar Sen & Others v/s State of H.P. & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 115Punam Gupta and another v/s State of H.P. & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 116State of H.P. V/s Nitya Nand & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 117V (a juvenile) v/s State of H.P.,2025...
Insurance Claimant Can Restrict Claim Amount To Pay Lesser Court Fees U/S 166 Of Motor Vehicles Act: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court has held that a claimant can restrict the claim amount while filing an appeal under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act to avail the benefit of lower court fees at the initial stage, without being compelled to pay court fees on the full amount claimed in the original proceedings. Justice Shailesh P. Brahme was hearing an appeal filed challenging the award passed...