Major Relief For Anil Ambani As Canara Bank Withdraws Order Classifying Reliance Comm Loan Account As 'Fraud'

In a relief for industrialist Anil Ambani, the Canara Bank recently informed the Bombay High Court that it has 'withdrawn' its order classifying his loan account, related to Reliance Communications, as "fraudulent account."A division bench of Justices Revati Mohite-Dere and Dr Neela Gokhale accepted the statement and disposed of the petition filed by Ambani challenging the validity of the...

PIL In MP High Court Claims Lack Of Passport Office In District Violates Citizens' Fundamental Rights, Notice Issued

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday (July 9) issued notice to the Union and State Government on a PIL petition seeking establishment of a Post Office Passport Seva Kendra in Katni district. Acknowledging that setting up a passport office would involve various legal and procedural considerations by the State Government, the division bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and...

Madhya Pradesh High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Public Service Promotion Rules 2025

The Madhya Pradesh High Court, on Monday (July 7), issued a notice to the State in a public interest litigation challenging the M.P. Public Service (Promotion) Rules 2025. The court also directed the State to produce a comparative table between the new promotion rules as well as the Rules of 2002, which are sub-judice before the Supreme Court. The bench of Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev...

Trademark Cannot Be Removed From Official Records Without Notice, Even If Not Renewed For 7 Years After Expiration: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court held that despite no renewal application being made by the trade-mark holder even after seven years of expiry, the Registrar of Trade Marks could not remove the registered Trade-Mark from the official record without following the process under Section 25(3) of the Trademarks Act, 1999 (“the Act”) and the rule 58 of the Trade Mark rules, 2017 (“the...

Kerala High Court Invokes Extraordinary Power To Grant Parole For Life Convict's Marriage, Cites Bride's Unwavering Love

In a unique turn of events, the Kerala High Court today granted parole to a life convict, to enable him to solemnize marriage.Justice PV Kunhikrishnan granted the relief not looking at the convict but, looking towards the "brave and loving girl" who is ready to marry the convict despite being aware that her partner will serve a life sentence."Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles,...

Runaway Couple | Protection Of Life Paramount, Irrespective Of Alleged Misrepresentation Of Girl's Age: Punjab & Haryana High Court

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that the protection of life and personal liberty is paramount, regardless of disputes over the age of the individuals involved.The observation was made while dismissing a plea seeking action against the runaway couple for allegedly falsely stating in the protection plea that the girl was a major at the time of marriage.Adding that protection is...

Delhi High Court Explains Concept Of 'Homonymous GIs' In Dispute Between Chile & Peru Over Name Of Alcoholic Beverage 'PISCO'

The Delhi High Court has clarified that “homonymous GIs” are those geographical indications that are spelled and pronounced alike, but which designate the geographical origin of products stemming from different countries, places or regions and possess different characteristics from each other.“Homonymous” in literal terms means words which are spelled and pronounced the same but...

[Recruitment Scam] Calcutta High Court Upholds Order Barring 'Tainted Candidates' From Applying Afresh

The Calcutta High Court has upheld a single bench order debarring tainted candidates who were ousted from their jobs by the Supreme Court from reapplying for the fresh recruitment process.Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das De had previously asked whether the School Service Commission of the state could defend the cause of candidates who were found to be tainted by the Apex Court. On this...

Kerala High Court Stays Suo Motu Case Against Son Of Ex-CM VS Achuthanandan

The Kerala High Court on Thursday stayed the operation of a single judges order to initiate suo motu proceedings against Dr. V A Arun Kumar, son of ex Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, regarding his appointment as Director -in-charge of the Institute of Human Resource Development (IHRD).A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil K Narendran and Justice Muralee Krishnan S granted the stay...

'Error Was Not Corrected': Gujarat High Court Grants Relief To Man Whose Name Appeared Both As Complainant & Accused In FIR

The Gujarat High Court quashed an FIR for voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation lodged against a man whose name was mistakenly shown as an accused in one place and as a complainant in another place in the same FIR.Noting that no steps were taken to correct the error, but an investigation was carried out and a charge-sheet was filed, the court said that continuing the FIR would...

GST TRAN-I Credit Can Be Revised Based On Manually Filed Excise Return: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court held that GST TRAN-I credit can be revised based on manually filed ER-1 Return. Justices M.S. Sonak and Jitendra Jain stated that “there were technical issues with respect to revising TRAN-1 and non-availability of electronic mode to revise excise return and it is only after directions issued by the Supreme Court in the case of Union of India vs. Filco...

Uttarakhand High Court Orders Unsealing Of 4 Madrasas On Undertaking Not To Operate Without Registration

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday directed the unsealing of 4 madrasas, 1 located in Dehradun and 3 in Haridwar, which are among more than 135 madrasas sealed by the State Government in March this year. The government's action was based on the allegation that they were running 'illegally', purportedly without affiliation and fulfilling norms of the madrasa board. A bench...