High Courts
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: June 16 – 22, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 338 - 353]Revathy C. v. State of Kerala, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 338Headstar Global Pvt. Ltd. v. State Of Kerala & Ors., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 339Aneesh Babu v. Assistant Director, ED, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 340The Secretary Cum Manager, Majilis Arts and Science College v. National Council for Teacher Education & Anr., 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 341The...
'Threat To Financial Health Of Country': Chhattisgarh High Court Denies Bail To Man Accused In ₹411 Crore Medical Procurement Scam
The Chhattisgarh High Court has denied bail to Shashank Chopda, accused of masterminding a large-scale criminal conspiracy involving fraudulent procurement of medical equipment and reagents under the "Hamar-Lab" scheme, causing a colossal loss worth Rs.411 crores to the State.Noting that an economic offence of such a magnitude poses a threat to the financial health of the country, Chief...
Arbitrator Can't Be Impleaded In Application U/S 36(2) Of A&C Act Unless Prima Facie Case Of Fraud Or Corruption Is Established: Calcutta HC
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Aniruddha Roy has held that when an application under Section 36(2) seeking unconditional stay of the award on the ground of fraud or corruption is pending adjudication, the question of impleading the person who delivered the award does not arise at such a premature stage. Unless the court, upon examining the application, arrives at a prima...
Elderly Parents Cannot Be Compelled To Let Son & Daughter-In-Law Stay In Their House Against Their Wishes: Bombay High Court
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has recently held that if a son and his wife are permitted by his parents to stay in the house owned by them, it would not confer any right in their favour and they cannot compel the old parents to allow them to reside in the said house, against their (old parents') desire.Single-judge Justice Prafulla Khubalkar said if there is some...
Pregnant Minor's Willingness To Retain Pregnancy Prevails Over Her Mother's Plea To Terminate It: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court dismissed a petition filed by a mother seeking termination of pregnancy of her minor daughter (17 years, 5 months old) in light of the daughter's unwillingness to abort the pregnancy, upholding the right of a pregnant minor victim to retain her pregnancy.Highlighting that the minor victim had sufficient level of understanding about the consequences of her actions,...
Injunction Can't Be Granted In Absence Of Any Risk Of Assets Dissipating Or Pleadings Indicating Frustration Of Award: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court bench of Justice Shampa Sarkar has held that at this stage, the petitioner is adequately secured under the schedule to the deeds of hypothecation agreement. The respondent remains fully operational and continues its business activities. There is nothing in the pleadings to suggest that the respondent has attempted to remove or alienate its assets in a...
Panjab University Students Write To HC Chief Justice Against Mandatory Affidavit Imposing Restrictions On Protests On Campus
The students of Panjab University have written a letter to Punjab & Haryana High Court Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, seeking suo motu action against the University's move to make it mandatory for new admissions to submit an affidavit, which requires students to obtain prior permission before organizing protest in the campus.The clauses in the affidavit include that the student must obtain...
Unwarranted Freezing Of Bank Accounts A Growing Concern Implicating Financial Hardships On Businesses And Individuals: Rajasthan HC
Rajasthan High Court highlighted the growing concern of Indian businesses and corporate entities owing to unwarranted freezing of bank accounts by the investigating authorities in a mechanical manner implicating significant financial hardships on the concerned parties.The bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Garg opined that such actions were frequently predicated merely on allegations or suspicion...
AP High Court Orders Police Protection For Indian Cement Ltd Amid Labour Agitation, Says It Cannot Be 'Left To Bleed'
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has directed the State authorities to extend effective police protection to Indian Cement Limited (petitioner), a subsidiary of UltraTech Cements, in light of escalating tensions and disruption of operations caused by contract labourers, allegedly upon the instigation of a local politician.Taking serious note of the law and order situation prevailing in the...
Madhya Pradesh High Court Dismisses Father's Habeas Corpus Plea For Custody Of Minor Child, Suggests Alternate Remedy U/S 13 Of CPC
The Madhya Pradesh High Court in its Gwalior Bench dismissed a habeas corpus petition filed by a father based in USA, seeking the custody of his minor son. The Bench comprising of Justice Anand Pathak & Justice Rajendra Kumar Vani deliberated on whether an order passed by the Foreign Court directing the mother to produce the child before it would render the custody of the minor...
Karnataka High Court To Have Portraits Of Dr BR Ambedkar In All Court Halls
The Karnataka High Court has decided to display the portrait/photograph of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in all court halls of High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru and Benches at Dharwad and Kalaburagi and District Judiciary of the State. Referring to the full court resolution dated 26.04.2025 in which it was said that in view of the representations submitted by the General Public, Advocates, Forums...