High Courts
NCLT Is Bound To Appoint IRP Proposed By Corporate Debtor: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court on Monday held that the suggestions of the financial creditor, operational creditor, or corporate debtor with regard to the appointment of the IRP are liable to be accepted. While hearing a writ petition challenging the appointment of an Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Chennai, the Madras High Court...
'Was Returning From Mecca': Delhi High Court Orders Customs To Release Woman's Gold Jewellery, Says 24 Kt Purity Not Grounds For Seizure
The Delhi High Court has ordered the Customs Department to release the gold jewellery which was seized from a Muslim woman while she was returning from a religious pilgrimage to Mecca.A division bench of Justices Prathiba M. Singh and Rajneesh Kumar Gupta observed that it is normal practice in our country for women to wear basic jewellery and the same cannot be seized by the Customs...
Delhi High Court Grants Relief To 90-Year-Old Booked In 1984 For Demanding ₹15K Bribe
In a 41-year-old corruption case, the Delhi High Court has granted relief to a 90-year-old man, who remained in custody for only one day and remained on bail during pendency of trial and appeal, by commuting his sentence to the period already undergone.Surendra Kumar, who was working in Chief Marketing Manager of the State Trading Corporation of India (STCI), was arrested in the case in 1984...
Himachal Pradesh High Court Monthly Digest: June 2025
Citations 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 44 to 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 74NOMINAL INDEX: Dharam Chand v/s State of H.P. 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 44Smt. Anita v/s State of H.P. & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 45Indira Daroch v/s State of H.P. & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 46Dinesh Negi v/s Sahil Sood2025 LiveLaw (HP) 47Neena Singh Thakur v/s Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax & Anr. 2025 LiveLaw (HP) 48Yash Pal Thakur...
Kerala Govt Moves Appeal Before High Court Against Single Bench Order Cancelling KEAM Rank List
The Government of Kerala has moved an appeal before the Kerala High Court challenging the Single Bench decision that set aside the KEAM (Kerala Engineering, Architecture and Medical) exam results.The learned Single Judge had found that the amendment made to the prospectus for the examination, just one hour before the publication of the rank list, was unjustified, illegal and arbitrary. In...
Apex Court's Judgements Apply Retrospectively Unless Expressly Stated: Punjab & Haryana High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has held that judgments delivered by the Supreme Court apply retrospectively unless explicitly stated otherwise.The case pertains to application of the recent M/s Celestium Financial vs. A. Gnanasekaran, wherein the Apex Court held that a complainant in a cheque dishonour case for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, is a...
'Are Law Enacted By Parliament Binding On Maharashtra Police?' Bombay High Court Asks DGP After Shoddy Probe
The Bombay High Court has ordered the Director General of Maharashtra Police to explain on oath whether the provisions of the law enacted by the Parliament are binding on the State police force or if the same are only to be retained in the books of law.A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Rajesh Patil has asked the DGP to file a detailed reply explaining his stand on the issue....
SC's AR Antulay Judgment On Locus Standi To Initiate Criminal Complaints Doesn't Apply To Writ Petitions: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court recently dismissed with costs a batch of writ petitions seeking court-monitored ED probe into real estate company M/s IREO Residences for allegedly duping homebuyers and siphoning of funds worth over ₹4,000 crore.Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora noted that the Petitioner was neither a homebuyer nor was otherwise directly or indirectly affected by the alleged acts of...
Streets Dogs Picked For Sterilisation Can't Be Impounded Indefinitely, Must Be Returned To Same Spot As Per Rules: P&H High Court
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that street dogs picked up for sterilisation cannot be impounded indefinitely and must be released back to the same location from where they were taken, in accordance with the Animal Birth Control Rules, 2023 (2023 Rules) .Justice Kuldeep Tiwari said, "the local authorities, have the power to keep the street dogs in the impounding compound, however,...
Delhi High Court Rejects PIL To Abolish Offences Of 'Waging War', 'Unlawful Assembly' From BNS 2023
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking abolition of offences of waging war against the State and unlawful assembly from the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. A division bench comprising Chief Justice DK Upadhyaya and Justice Anish Dayal remarked that it cannot direct the Parliament to abolish the provisions as that will be amounting to...
Take Immediate Steps To Acquire Land Required For Common Burial Purpose: Meghalaya High Court To State Govt
The Meghalaya High Court on Monday (July 7) directed the State Government to take immediate steps to acquire the required area of land for common burial purpose concerning various communities in the State.The court directed this after noting that "common burial grounds" are very few in number compared to the number of dead and the demand for space for their interment.The division bench the...