Delhi High Court Passes Dynamic+ Injunction In Favour Of JioHotstar, Restrains Illegal Streaming Of India Tour Of England 2025

The Delhi High Court has passed a dynamic+ injunction in favour of JioStar India Private Limited and restrained the illegal and unauthorised streaming of India Tour of England 2025.Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed the dynamic+ injunction order to protect the copyrighted works of JioStar, as soon as they are infringed or created.While passing ad interim injunction order in favour of JioHotstar,...

Karnataka High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 23 - June 29, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 211 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 220Nominal Index: Abdul Sattar AND M Khalid & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 211Arumugam AND Ananda. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 212Basvaraj AND K M Altaf Hussain & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 213M/s Sona Synthetics & Others AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 214Prabhakaran K AND State of Karnataka. 2025 LiveLaw...

Maternity Leave Of Doctor During Compulsory Service Should Be Counted As Part Of Bond Period: Madras High Court

The Madras High Court has ruled that maternity leave availed by a doctor while rendering mandatory service at Government Hospital should be counted towards their bond period.The bench of GR Swaminathan and Justice K Rajasekar noted that maternity leave is integral to maternity benefit and forms part of Article 21. The court thus held that the doctor, though was not in the service of...

Jharkhand High Court Enhances Monthly Alimony Of Wife & Autistic Child To ₹90K After RTI Reveals Husband's ₹20 Lakh Annual Income

The Jharkhand High Court enhanced the permanent alimony awarded by the family court a woman to Rs. 90,000 p.m.–including Rs. 40,000 for maintenance of her minor son who suffers from autism, rejecting the husband's argument that she was self sufficient observing that she can't do a permanent job in view of her son's condition. In doing so the court also took note of the husband's job...

Meghalaya High Court Issues Notice On PIL Concerning Tribal Certificates For Khasi Community

The Meghalaya High Court on Friday (June 27) asked the District Council Affairs Department of the State, to file a report pertaining to issuance of or its views on issuance of Scheduled Tribe certificates to Khasis opting for surnames of their father or mother and to women who choose to adopt the surname of their husbands.The division bench of the Chief Justice I.P. Mukerji and Justice...

Payment Of Gratuity Act Applies To Zilla Parishad Employees: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench): A single judge bench of Justice M.S. Jawalkar held that the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, applies to Zilla parishad employees. However, the court explained that Section 4(6) of the Act allows the withholding or forfeiture of gratuity if an employee faces criminal proceedings that involve moral turpitude. Background Pradeep Pokale retired from...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 23 –29, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 354 - 370]All Kerala Akshaya Entrepreneurs Confederation v. State of Kerala & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 354Prasath C. v. State of Kerala & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 355K. Ramachandran v. Gopi & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 356Kerala Private Hospital Association and Another v State of Kerala and Others & Connected Cases, 2025 LiveLaw...

Industrial Disputes Act; Section 33(C)(2) Only Applies If Entitlement Is Established Through Undisputed Evidence: Bombay HC

Bombay High Court: A single judge bench of the Bombay High Court (Aurangabad Bench), consisting of Justice Prafulla Khubalkar dismissed a challenge to a labour court award that provided overtime wages with interest to retired employees. The court held that an employees' right to overtime wages was a pre-existing statutory right under Section 59 of the Factories Act, 1948, and that it can...

Unfortunate That Muslim Festival Celebrated Harmoniously By Hindus & Muslims Led To Upper Caste-Dalit Clash: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court recently lamented that the festivals jointly being celebrated by Hindus and Muslims in the Yadgir district in Karnataka have led to clashes between upper caste Hindus and Dalits.These observations were made while hearing a petition filed by Madiga Dandora(an organisation of Madiga community), which stated that in Tumkur village in Vadagera Taluk of Yadgiri district,...

Telangana High Court Sets Aside Free Allotment of Government Land to International Arbitration & Mediation Centre Hyderabad

The Telangana High Court has struck down the State Government's decision to allot a land of significant market value in Hyderabad, free of cost, to the International Arbitration and Mediation Centre (IAMC).The IAMC was set up by the then CJI NV Ramana in 2021.A Division Bench of Justice K. Lakshman and Justice K. Sujana observed,“…matters involving allotment and distribution of state...

Reinstatement Not Automatic Remedy For Illegal Termination, Court Awards Lumpsum Compensation; MP HC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A single judge bench consisting of Justice Milind Ramesh Phadke denied reinstatement to a contractual employee who worked for the Madhya Pradesh Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran (MPMKVV). The court explained that reinstatement is not the automatic consequence of illegal termination, especially if it involved a daily wage...

Anticipatory Bail Can't Be Denied U/S 18 Of SC/ST Act When FIR Doesn't Mention Offence Was Due To Victim's SC Status: HP High Court

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has held that when an FIR does not mention that the offence against the victim, in this case rape, was because they belonged to a Scheduled caste commmunity, anticipatory bail can't be denied u/s 18 of the SC/ST Act, which bars the grant of anticipatory bail.Justice Virender Singh: “The FIR, in question, there is no reference with regard to the fact that...