Justice Vibhu Bakhru Takes Oath As Chief Justice Of Karnataka High Court

Justice Vibhu Bakhru on Saturday was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court. The oath was administered to Justice Bakhru by Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot. The ceremony took place at the Raj Bhavan. It was attended by the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Acting Chief Justice V Kameswar Rao. Justice Bakhru graduated from Delhi University in...

Kerala High Court Orders Police Protection During Calicut University Union Election Over Apprehensions Of Unrest

The Kerala High Court has recently allowed a plea to deploy police protection for the peaceful conduct of elections to the Calicut University Union, scheduled to be held on July 22. The writ petition was preferred by Shifana P.K., a Chairperson candidate of the election.According to the plea, the petitioner was being constantly threatened by certain members of the Student Federation of...

MV Act | Driver Licensed for 'Transport Vehicle' Can Lawfully Drive Passenger Buses Without Separate Endorsement: J&K High Court

Clarifying the scope of driving licenses for commercial vehicles, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has held that a driver holding a valid licence to drive a "transport vehicle" is competent to operate both heavy goods vehicles and passenger carrying vehicles without the need for a separate Public Service Vehicle (PSV) endorsement.A bench of Justice Mohammad Yousuf Wani, ...

[S.53A CrPC] Almost Mandatory To Take Blood Samples For DNA Analysis In Rape Cases, Police Can Use Force If Needed: Delhi High Court

Stating that DNA testing is an “almost perfect science” to determine truthfulness of the allegations of rape, the Delhi High Court has held that Police is duty bound to take accused's blood sample for analysis in such cases.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna observed,“Section 53A Cr.P.C. has been introduced making it almost compulsory in rape cases, to conduct the blood test including the...

Gujarat High Court Half-Yearly Digest : January To June 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 1 to 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 89NOMINAL INDEXAhmedabad Municipal Corporation v/s Sadgunbhai Semulbhai Solanki 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 1Sumit Kapurbhai Prajapati vs Union of India 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 2Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited vs Gupta Power Infrastructure Limited 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 3Thakor Vipulji Gamaji & Ors. vs State of Gujarat 2025 LiveLaw (Guj) 4Mahesh Langa...

Calcutta High Court Half-Yearly Digest 2025

Prior Option To Work As Para Teacher Shouldn't Act As Deterrent, Calcutta HC Permits To Work As Samprasarak For Better Service BenefitsCase: Mahabuba Rahaman & Ors. -vs- State of West Bengal & Anr.Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Cal) 1A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising of Saugata Bhattacharyya, J. held that prior exercised option to work as a para teacher should not act...

Preferring One Heir Over Another In Will Not Unnatural; Court Cannot Go On Roving Inquiry Into Testator's Intention: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court recently held that preferring a legal heir over another cannot be considered unnatural and does not make the execution of the Will suspicious. It also held that the first appellate court cannot, on its own, raise an issue of genuineness of a Will when there was no such pleading or issue raised before the trial court in the suit.Justice Easwaran S. was considering a...

Arbitration Can't Be Restricted To Specific Respondents When Agreements Form Part Of Single Commercial Transaction: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justices Subramonium Prasad and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar held that when an application under Section 8 of the Arbitration Act is filed in opposition to a civil suit, a party cannot later object that the arbitration was intended to apply only to specific respondents, especially when the pleadings indicate that the agreements formed part of a single...

Notice U/S 153C Income Tax Act Can Be Issued Only If Incriminating Material Has 'Bearing On Total Income' Of Non-Searched Assessee: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has made it clear that assessments under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 can be made on a non-searched entity only when the Assessing Officer has incriminating material which “has a bearing” on its total income.Section 153C allows the Revenue department to proceed against a party other than the person who is being searched, if incriminating articles belonging...

UAPA Is A 'Deterrent' To Unlawful Activities, Cannot Be Equated With Preventive Detention Due To Its Title: Bombay High Court

While upholding the constitutional validity of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the Bombay High Court on Thursday held that the Act can be construed to be 'deterrent' to the commission of unlawful activities, but by no stretch of imagination can it be equated with 'preventive detention.'A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Dr Neela Gokhale rejected the petition filed...

Delhi High Court Asks Centre To Decide On Former NIA Judge's Plea For Arms License Citing Security Threats

The Delhi High Court recently closed the petition filed by a former NIA Judge, seeking a direction to Centre, Delhi Police to issue him an arms license on grounds of personal security.The Judicial officer from Tripura had applied for a license back in November 2023 however, argued that the application was not decided till date, reflecting the 'casual' attitude of the Arm license...

Kerala High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Dancers RLV Ramakrishnan, Ullas

The Kerala High Court recently quashed the criminal proceedings taken against Mohiniyattom dancers RLV Ramakrishnan and Ullas U. (accused persons/petitioner). The proceedings were initiated on the basis of a private complaint filed by Kalamandalam Sathyabhama before the Magistrate in 2018 alleging defamation.In the private complaint, it was alleged that the 1st accused Ramakrishnan...