Kerala High Court Grants Time To State To Finalise Comprehensive Guidelines On Dealing With Snakebites

The Kerala High Court on Monday (July 28) granted time to the state government to finalize comprehensive guidelines to tackle snake bites and its treatment. The division bench of Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Shoba Annamma Eapen, were hearing a petition on the issue of basic health care in relation to snake bites, which arose after an incident involving snake bite to a student...

Delhi High Court Upholds CISF Officer's Dismissal For 10-Month Absence, Says Can't Abandon Duty When Facing Uncomfortable Situation

The Delhi High Court has observed that a person joining a uniformed service cannot walk away from his duty when he is faced with an uncomfortable situation. “Ups and downs in service are a part of life. A person who has joined a uniformed service has to be ready to meet these exigencies. He cannot just walk away from his duty when placed in an uncomfortable position, or faced with a...

"Most Unfortunate": Madras High Court On Retired Judges Making Comments About Action Against Lawyer For Alleging Caste Bias By Judge

The Madras High Court on Monday said that it was “unfortunate” that some judges were making remarks against the action taken by the court, summoning an Advocate seeking an explanation for alleging caste bias on a judge of the bench. The bench of Justice GR Swaminathan and Justice K Rajasekaran was hearing the case in which the court had summoned Advocate Vanchinathan to explain if...

KVAT Act | Input-Tax Credit Can Be Availed If Purchaser Has Genuine Invoices Even If Seller Fails To Remit Tax: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court, overruling its earlier decision in C.P. Rasheed v. State of Kerala, has held that input tax credit can be availed under the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003 if the purchaser has genuine tax invoices even if the seller fails to remit tax.The bench opined that “the input tax credit can be legitimately availed by the purchasing dealer under the Kerala Value Added...

'Humans & Animals Should Co-Exist': Kerala High Court To Constitute Interim Committee To Curb Stray Dog Attacks

The Kerala High Court on Monday (July 28) accepted State government's suggestion for the formation of an interim committee by the high court to look into and curb stray dog attacks in the State. The court further directed the State government to file an affidavit on the number of stray dog attacks in the State for the last year including the compensation paid to the victims.Justice C S Dias...

J&K High Court Notifies Procedural Safeguards For Armed Forces In Civil Litigation

In its bid towards ensuring procedural fairness for serving military personnel, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has issued a crucial amendment to the Jammu and Kashmir General Rules (Civil) of 1978.The amendment, notified with the prior approval of the Lieutenant Governor, introduces a new Chapter VII-A titled “Suits by or Against the Soldiers,” which lays down...

Mere Possession Of Drugs, Psychotropic Substances Under Valid License Can't Attract NDPS Act: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court has ruled that mere possession of drugs or psychotropic substances under a valid license does not automatically trigger the provisions of NDPS Act.Justice Arun Monga granted bail to a man in a case registered over recovery of drugs while a search was conducted at M/s Vin Healthcare in his absence. It was alleged that there were substantial discrepancies between the...

Husband Need Not Prove He Was Residing Together With Wife To Claim Loss Of Dependency After Her Death In Accident: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has said that residing together cannot be added as an additional condition which is to be established by a claimant in order to be entitled for compensation under the Motor Vehicles Act on the ground of loss of dependencyJustice Ravi V Hosmani said this while modifying the order of the tribunal which had refused the claim made by the husband seeking compensation on...

[Arbitration Act] S.34 Pleas Are Of Commercial Nature, Cannot Be Decided By Bench Having Ordinary Original Jurisdiction: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court Bench of Justices Arijit Banerjee and Om Narayan Rai while deciding a Section 37, Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (“ACA”) appeal, set aside an order passed in Section 34, ACA petition on the ground that the court passing it lacked the jurisdiction to pass such an order. The concerned judge had the power to determine only such applications under Section...

Bombay High Court Rejects Sameer Wankhede's Father's Plea For Contempt Action Against Nawab Malik

The Bombay High Court earlier this month refused to initiate contempt of court proceedings against former Maharashtra minister and senior NCP leader Nawab Malik for allegedly making defamatory statements against former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede and his family.A division bench of Justices Mahesh Sonak and Jitendra Jain, while dismissing the contempt petition filed by Sameer's father...

Labour Courts Taking 'Considerable Time' To Decide Workman's Money Recovery Plea: Karnataka HC Issues Guidelines Capping Scope Of Inquiry

Taking note of the "considerable time" taken by labour courts in deciding workman's plea for recovery of money due from employer, the Karnataka High Court has issued guidelines for expeditious adjudication of applications made by workman under Section 33-C(2) of the Industrial Disputes Act. Justice Anant Ramanath Hegde in his order said:“This Court has also taken note of considerable time...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: July 21 - July 27, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 246 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 256 NOMINAL INDEX High Court of Madras v. Siva Das Meena IAS and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 246 M/s. Eminent Textiles Mills Private Limited v. The State Tax Officer & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 247 P. Sakkarai vs. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 248 R Ramkumar and Others...