Sambhal Mosque Row | 'State On Affidavit If You Claim Protected Monuments Can't Be Allowed To Be Whitewashed': Allahabad HC To ASI

Hearing the Sambhal Jama Mosque Management Committee's plea seeking permission for the whitewashing of the Mosque, the Allahabad High Court today directed the counsel appearing for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to file an affidavit if it was claiming that whitewashing a protected monument can not be permitted.Although Advocate Manoj Kumar Singh, representing the ASI, clarified that...

Arbitral Awards Can Be Granted On The Basis Of Evidentiary Admissions: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court bench of Justice Prateek Jalan has observed that the power to pass an award on admissions is wide, and evidentiary admissions (admissions contained outside pleadings) can also form the basis of an arbitral award. The Court observed that while it is true that admissions in pleadings are placed on a higher footing to the extent that they may require nothing more for...

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 3 to March 9, 2025

Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 81 To 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 95 NOMINAL INDEX Prof. Dr. R. Manonmani and Others v. The State of Tamil Nadu and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 81Bhuvaneswari and others v. M/s. Bvm Storage Solutions Pvt Ltd and Another, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 82Regina Begum v The State, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 83L V Sarojini v The District Collector and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Mad) 84C. Ganesan...

Court Doesn't Have Skill, Expertise To Match Signatures In Documents Produced Before It, Should Obtain Handwriting Expert Opinion: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has held that a court does not have the skill or the expertise to match signatures in the documents produced before it and must obtain the opinion of a handwriting expert instead of perusing them with bare eyes.While dealing with a case of rejection of application for handwriting expert to verify signatures made in Gurumukhi by the Small Causes Court, Justice Ajit...

“Antithetical To Concept Of Equality": J&K High Court Halts Promotions Without Consideration Of Candidates' SC/ST Reservation

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has restrained the government from making any promotions unless candidates from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) categories entitled to reservation are duly considered.Delivering a major relief to reserved category employees who have long been denied their rightful promotions due to a controversial government circular Justice...

Supreme Court Collegium Recommends Appointment Of Seven Advocates As Judges For Rajasthan High Court

The Supreme Court Collegium has approved the appointment of seven (7) Advocates as Judges of the Rajasthan High Court. The Collegium, in its meeting held on March 5, 2025, passed a resolution approving the following Advocates as judges of the Court:Shri Anand Sharma, Shri Sunil Beniwal, Shri Sandeep Taneja, Shri Mukesh Rajpurohit, Shri Sandeep Shah, Shri Baljinder Singh Sandhu, and Ms....

'Pious Intention' Of Compassionate Appointment Is To Give Relief To Deceased Employee's Kin, Can't Be Misused: Gujarat High Court

Underscoring the "pious intention" of compassionate appointment which is to give relief to the deceased employee's kin, the Gujarat High Court stopped short of imposing costs on a litigant for suppressing material facts after noting that she only intended to secure the appointment of her son at LIC after her husband's death. In doing so the court observed that the litigant had not disclosed...

Benefit Of Reservation In Promotion Available To All Under Article 16(4A), J&K Citizens Cannot Be Treated Differently: High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has expressed its strong disapproval of the circular issued by the General Administration Department directing all the Administrative Secretaries to keep vacant the slots meant for reserved category employees. The Court held that denying the benefit of reservation in promotion to scheduled castes and keeping their seats vacant would lead to treating citizens...

Highly Improper To Direct Chief Justice To Relax Procedure: Rajasthan HC In Court Staff's Plea For Promotion Without Holding Efficiency Test

In a plea by 10 Junior Personal Assistants (Junior PAs) employed at high court seeking promotion as Personal Assistant-cum-Judgment Writer without undergoing efficiency test, the Rajasthan High Court said that an elaborate procedure was provided by an order of the Chief Justice, who is the supreme authority in the matters of appointment. Noting that Constitution of India recognizes that no...

Karnataka High Court Monthly Digest: February 2025 [Citations: 37 - 80]

Citation 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 37 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 80Nominal Index:Karnataka SC/ST, Backward Classes and Minorities Advocates Federation AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 37Rahul H M AND The Registrar (Evaluation) & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 38Newspace Research and Technologies Private Limited and Anirudh Putsala & others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 39Rajkumar Agarwal...

Goods Not Accompanied By E-Way Bill, Without Matching Description Shows Intention To Evade Tax: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has held that the intention to evade tax is established by the fact that the goods in transit were not accompanied by e-way bill and the goods taxable at 18% were taxed only at 5%. The Court held that after 2018, it was mandatory for the assesee to download e-way bill with goods in transit. “It is mandatory on the part of the seller to download the e-way...

Delhi High Court Weekly Round-Up: March 03 To March 09, 2025

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 254 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 298NOMINAL INDEXSHIVAM PANDEY v. STATE 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 254 Y V v. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 256 HARIT NURSERIES WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REGD.) & ANR. v. DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 257 Y S CHOWDARY v. ED and other connected matters 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 258 GOVIND YADAV v. UNION...