Filing Dowry Harassment Case After Dissolution Of Marriage & Settlement Amounts To Abuse Of Process Of Law: P&H High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has quashed an FIR filed by former in-laws of a man citing it as an abuse of the legal process. The court observed that the dowry harassment case, lodged seven months after the couple's divorce and mutual settlement, lacked merit and appeared to be a misuse of the law.Justice Jasgurpreet Singh Puri opined, "that lodging of the present FIR after about 7 months...

Himachal Pradesh High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 21, 2025 To July 27, 2025

Nominal Index: Raju Ram vs. State of Himachal Pradesh and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 97 Rama Devi & Others.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 98 Rishi Raj v/s Ram Krishan & Ors.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 99 Amar Nath v/s State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 100 Farooq Ahmad v/s State of Himachal Pradesh.,2025 LiveLaw (HP) 101 Jogindra v/s State of H.P. &...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Roundup July 21 - July 27, 2025

Nominal Index:GHULAM MOHAMMAD PAYER Vs AMANULLA KHAN 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 283Sundri and Ors Vs J&K Bank &Anr 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 284UT of J&K vs Ameer Hamza Shah 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 285State of Jammu and Kashmir Vs Tajinder Singh 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 286Naresh Kumar Gulia Vs Directorate of Enforcement 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 287Aamir Bashir Magray Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL)...

Major Dependant Children Entitled To Compensation Under MV Act, Dependency Of Married Children To Be Seen Carefully: Rajasthan High Court

While rejecting an insurance company's plea challenging Motor Vehicle Claims Tribunal's award granting over Rs. 66 Lakh compensation to a 58-year-old deceased government servant's kin, the Rajasthan High Court reiterated that adoption of the split multiplier method for calculating compensation was impermissible in law.The court further reiterated that major dependant children are entitled...

Rajasthan High Court Grants Relief To Teachers Demoted On Ground Of 1-Year Certificate Course Not Considered Equivalent To Degree Course

Rajasthan High Court granted relief to government teachers whose promotion to the post of senior teachers was overturned on the ground that the B.A. Additional course undertaken by them for being eligible for the post was just a certificate/vacation evaluation course and not equivalent to the degree course.The bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur found the decision of the State to be...

Punjab & Haryana High Court Weekly Round-Up [July 21 To July 26, 2025]

Nominal IndexParamjit Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 290RXXX v. State of Haryana 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 291Uggar Singh v. State of Punjab and others 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 292RAKHI v. STATE OF HARYANA AND ANOTHER 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 293Baba Gurmeet Singh @ Maharaj Gurmeet Singh @ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh v. Central Bureau of Investigation 2025 LiveLaw (PH) 294Jaswinder Singh alias...

Madras HC Allows Forensic Examination Of Video In Corruption Case, Says Apprehension That Content May Be Altered No Ground To Refuse Analysis

The Madras High Court recently noted that an apprehension that some contents may be altered was not a ground for refusing forensic examination. The court added that such apprehension only reinforces the need for an expert analysis. “The apprehension that the contents may have been altered is not a justification for refusing forensic examination. On the contrary, such concerns...

Kerala HC Tells Authorities To Process Registration Of Foreign Medical Graduates Who Took Compensatory Classes, Says Clerkship Can't Be Imposed

The Kerala High Court recently directed the Kerala State Medical Councils and the Director of Medical Education to process the registration applications of certain foreign medical graduates (FMGs) to join CMRI internship without mandating them to undergo compulsory 2 year "Clinical Clerkship Program".The petitioners were medical graduates who had joined the courses during 2017-18 period....

Place Issue Regarding Reservation For Transgender Persons Before Your Executive Council: Karnataka High Court Directs NLSIU

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (July 28) directed the National Law School of India University (NLSIU) to place the issue of granting reservation in admission to Transgender persons, before its Executive council which is likely to meet in the month of August-September.A division bench of Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Rajesh Rai K said:“We are of the opinion that prayers raised...

Delhi High Court Bats For 'Absolute Intolerance' Towards Corruption In Police, Denies Relief To Cop Booked For Demanding Bribe

The Delhi High Court has observed that reports of corruption in the police department contribute to perception of injustice and the decision makers, whether in judiciary or executive, must use all force to root it out.Justice Girish Kathpalia said that the unrest in society caused by corruption by persons highly placed significantly generates cynicism against the system, thereby denting...

Centre Notifies Appointment Of 19 Judges, Additional Judges To Telangana, Madhya Pradesh & Gauhati High Courts

The Central Government on Monday (July 28) notified appointments of 19 judges and additional judges for the high court's of Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Gauhati. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal took to X (formerly Twitter) to notify the appointments. As per the post, four advocates– Gouse Meera Mohiuddin, Chalapathi Rao Suddala alias S Chalapathi Rao, Vakiti Ramkrishna Reddy and...

May Consider Ratifying Appointment Of Ex-Officio Secretary Who Appointed Dr Thomas Isaac As KKEM Advisor: State To Kerala HC

The Advocate General (AG) K. Gopalakrishna Kurup on Monday (July 28) told the Kerala High Court that the state government can consider passing a simplicitor order ratifying the appointment of the Ex-Officio Secretary who had signed the government order appointing former Finance Minister Dr. Thomas Isaac as advisor to the Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission (KKEM).The Division Bench of Chief...