Delhi High Court To Hear Bail Pleas Of Accused In Parliament Security Breach Case Next Week

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (April 29) listed on May 07 the bail pleas filed by two accused persons in the 2023 Parliament security breach case.A division bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar adjourned the bail appeals filed by accused Neelam Azad and Manoranjan D at the adjournment request made on behalf of the ASG, who will be representing...

Patna High Court Weekly Roundup: April 22 - 27, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Pat)36 To 2025 LiveLaw (Pat) 40NOMINAL INDEXAmit Anand vs Bihar Information Commission and Others 2025 LiveLaw (Pat) 36Nitu Chandra vs The Union of India and ors 2025 LiveLaw (Pat) 37Pratik Shail @ Pratik Sail v. The State of Bihar & Ors. 2025 LiveLaw (Pat) 38Anil Kumar Singh v. The Union of India and Others 2025 LiveLaw (Pat) 39Ramesh Mahto and ors vs The State...

Pleas In Delhi High Court Against Single Judge Order Holding Restaurants Can't Mandatorily Levy Service Charge

Two appeals have been filed in the Delhi High Court against a single judge ruling which held that service charge and tips are voluntary payments by consumers and cannot be made compulsory or mandatory on food bills by restaurants or hotels.The appeals have been filed by National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) and Federation of Hotels and Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI)....

Routing Of Funds Through Tax Havens Not Disclosed During Original Proceedings: Bombay HC Confirms Reassessment

Finding that the Petitioner had failed to disclose all material facts necessary for assessment of tax, the Bombay High Court ruled that the circuitous movement of funds through various companies located in tax havens had not been disclosed in the course of the original proceedings.The High Court therefore confirmed the reopening proceedings initiated against the petitioner.A division bench...

Order Granting Or Refusing Temporary Injunction Is 'Discretionary', Not Adjudication On Subject Matter Or Merits: Bombay HC Full Bench

The Bombay High Court has observed that an order of temporary injunction is not a prima facie adjudication on the subject matter or merits of the case, but an exercise of discretion by the court.The Court did so while answering a reference between conflicting decisions of division benches of the high court in Colgate Palmolive Company & Anr vs. Anchor Health And Beauty Care Pvt. Ltd...

Andhra Pradhesh HC Sets Aside 1996 Govt Memo Requiring Anti-Corruption Officials To Obtain Sanction Of CM Before Probing Bureaucrats

The Andhra Pradesh High Court has declared unconstitutional a 1996 government memo, which mandated Anti-Corruption Bureau officials to obtain the prior sanction of the Chief Minister before initiating enquiries, laying traps and registering cases against officers of the All India Services and Heads of Departments.A division bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur...

Offence For Furnishing False Information U/S12(1)(b) Of Passports Act Is Attracted Even If Offender Is A Foreigner: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court held that the offence of furnishing false information for obtaining a passport under Section 12(1)(b) is attracted even if the person concerned is a foreign citizen. Justice V. G. Arun observed that when Section 3 of the Act which says that no person shall attempt to depart from India if he does not hold a valid passport or travel document includes under its ambit...

Self-Induced Frustration Amounts To Breach Of Contract, Promisor Obligated To Disclose Inability To Perform Entire Agreement: Telangana HC

Observing that self-induced frustration of a contract would also amount to its breach, the Telangana High Court underscored that the promisor is obligated to communicate to the promisee on closure of contract at the relevant time being privy to it, and a non-disclosure amounts to disablement of performance under Section 39 of Contract Act. A division bench of Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya...

SDM Constituted Medical Board By Overruling Court Order, Punjab & Haryana HC Says Transgression By Executive Would Demolish Legal System

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has struck down the order of Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) to constitute a fresh medical board overruling the order of a Sessions Court which rejected the application to form the same stating that "any transgression by the executive into the domain of the judiciary would not only undermine the institutional accountability but also has the potential...

Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: April 21 – 27, 2025

Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 245 - 251]P. Sudhakaran v State of Kerala and Others & Connected cases, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 245Flemingo (DFS) Private Limited Versus Airports Authority Of India, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 246Suo Motu v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 247XX v YY, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 248Baburajan v State of Kerala and Others & Connected Case, 2025...

Punjab & Haryana HC Quashes Notification Giving HRERA Officers Powers To Recover Dues Akin To Collectors

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has struck down a Haryana Government notification that empowered Real Estate Regulatory Authority's (HRERA) Adjudicating Officers to recover dues like Collectors.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice H.S. Grewal opined that the notification, issued on May 11, 2024, was not sanctioned under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016.It was argued...

Karnataka HC Allows Burial Of Migrant Labourer Allegedly Killed In Police Encounter After Being Accused Of Killing Minor Girl

The Karnataka High Court on Monday (April 28) permitted the State Government to bury the dead body of a migrant labourer from Bihar, Ritesh Kumar who was allegedly killed in a police encounter on April 13 at Hubballi.A division bench of Chief Justice N V Anjaria and Justice K V Aravind granted permission after the state government made a request saying the post mortem on the deceased body...