TN Police Move Madras High Court To Quash Interim Bail Granted To Savukku Shankar In Extortion Case, Argue That He Misused Liberty

The Tamil Nadu police have approached the Madras High Court seeking to cancel the interim bail granted to YouTuber and journalist A. Shankar, alias Savukku Shankar, by a vacation court in December 2025 in connection with an extortion case. When the matter came up before a bench of Justice P Velmurugan and Justice M Jothiraman on Thursday, the bench directed Shankar's side to file...

Juvenile Justice Act Not Sole Method To Determine Age Of POCSO Victim; Oral & Documentary Evidence Can Be Relied Upon: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court, in a recent ruling, laid down that the provision under the Juvenile Justice Act/Rules is only one of the modes to determine the age of a victim of a POCSO offence.After examining Section 34 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the decisions of the Division Bench in Silvester Pigaruz v. State of Kerala (2024) and Biju v. State of Kerala...

Acquittal On Cheating, Forgery Charges Rules Out Basis For Conviction U/S 409 IPC: Delhi High Court Suspends Sentence

The Delhi High Court has suspended the sentence of a company director convicted for criminal breach of trust under Section 409 IPC, holding that the very substratum of the conviction stood weakened after his acquittal on charges of cheating and forgery.Justice Vikas Mahajan passed the order while hearing the director's appeal against conviction in a case alleging siphoning of funds to the tune...

S. 223, 226 BNSS | Magistrate Must Give Notice To Accused After Examining Complainant & Before Taking Cognizance: Gauhati High Court

The Gauhati High Court has held that under the provisions of BNSS if the Magistrate feels that there is some substance in a criminal complaint then after examining the complainant and the witnesses on oath and before taking cognizance of the matter, the magistrate must give notice to the accused providing him an opportunity of hearing.In doing so the court set aside notices issued by the...

AP VAT Act | Tax Dept Must Specify Negligence Before Recovering Company Dues From Directors: Andhra Pradesh High Court

The Andhra Pradesh High Court at Amaravati has held that tax authorities cannot recover unpaid taxes under the Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005, from directors of the company unless they first clearly spell out the negligence or breach of duty alleged against them. A Division Bench of Justice R Raghunandan Rao and Justice T. C. D. Sekhar clarified the scope of Section 24(5) of the...

Telangana High Court Annual Digest 2025

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Tel) 1 To 2025 LiveLaw (Tel) 144Telangana High Court Directs Cyberabad Police To Issue Advisory To Gated Communities, Flat Associations For Preventing Illegal ActivitiesCh Hari Govinda Khorana Reddy vs. State of Telangana and Others 2025 LiveLaw (Tel) 1 Justice B Vijaysen Reddy in his December 31 order passed a slew of directions while hearing a writ...

Individual Members' Suit Does Not Abandon Society's Arbitration Clause With Developer: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has held that a civil suit filed by individual members of a housing society against a developer does not amount to abandonment of the arbitration clause in a redevelopment agreement. The Court said such a decision can be taken only by the society acting as a collective body. A Single-Judge Bench of Justice Somasekhar Sundaresan said that once a co-operative housing...

EPF Act | Quasi-Judicial Authority Can't Defend Its Own Order In Appeal By Stepping Into Shoes Of Party To The Lis: Telangana High Court

The Telangana High Court has held that Quasi-Judicial authorities under the Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act cannot defend their own orders in appeal by stepping into the shoes of a party to the lis.The respondent (in the appeal) is an 'Employer' of an Establishment under section 2(e) of the Act. Proceedings were initiated against the employer under section 7A by...

Madras High Court Orders Removal Of Wipro's 'PREMIO' Trademark On Crompton Greaves Plea

The Madras High Court has ordered the removal of the “PREMIO” trademark registered in favour of Wipro Enterprises Private Limited. The Court found that the mark had not been put to genuine commercial use for more than five years. Justice N Senthilkumar passed the order on December 16, 2025. He allowed a rectification plea filed by Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited, a...

Orissa High Court & District Courts Campuses Vacated Following Bomb Threat

The Orissa High Court as well as the Cuttack District and Sessions Court campuses were vacated on Thursday (January 8) following a bomb threat.Upon receiving the mail, the Registry informed the Courts of the same following which the judicial works were halted. Advocates and staff were seen rushing out of Courts.Evacuation process in the campuses are undergoing. The police as well as...

Neighbour Can't Be Booked For Matrimonial Cruelty Under Section 498A IPC: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that a stranger/neighbour cannot be drawn into cruelty proceedings under Section 498A of the IPC amid matrimonial dispute between the husband, wife or other family members. Justice M Nagaprasanna held thus while allowing a petition filed by one Asha G, neighbour of the complainant's husband, who was booked under Sections 498A, 504, 506, 323 read with 34...

Madras High Court Upholds Arbitral Award Granting Relief To 93 Chennai Port Spillage Workers

The Madras High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition filed by the Chennai Port Authority, refusing to set aside an arbitral award that directed the port to reinstate spillage-handling workers and grant back wages, gratuity and other service benefits to 93 workers. A single bench of Justice N Anand Venkatesh held that the award did not suffer from any jurisdictional error or patent...