Kerala High Court Directs State To Implement Its Monthly Scholarship Scheme For Disabled Children; Highlights Indifference Of Officers

The Kerala High Court has asked the State government to scrupulously implement its 2015 policy for persons with disabilities under which it had announced a Scheme for distribution of monthly scholarships to eligible students.The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice S. Manu also flagged the 'reluctance and apathy' of ground-level officers in implementing the Scheme...

Delhi High Court Orders Removal Of Allegedly Defamatory Description Of ANI On Its Wikipedia Page

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday ordered take down or removal of allegedly defamatory content and description of news agency ANI Media Private Limited on its Wikipedia page. Justice Subramonium Prasad directed Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts Wikipedia platform, to remove allegedly defamatory statements published against ANI on its Wikipedia page titled “Asian News International.”The...

Section 25 HMA | Spouse Can't Be Directed To Pay Permanent Alimony In Absence Of An Application: Madhya Pradesh High Court Reiterates

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reiterated that without filing a formal application–either written or separate–under Section 25 of the Hindu Marriage Act (HMA), a spouse cannot be directed to pay permanent alimony. Section 25 pertains to Permanent alimony and maintenance. It states that any court exercising jurisdiction under HMA may, at the time of passing any decree or at any...

Rajasthan HC Quashes Prosecution Sanction Against E-Commerce Company For Delay In Depositing TDS Due To Late Submission Of Bills By Amazon, E-Bay

Rajasthan High Court set aside prosecution under Income Tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”), against the petitioner-company whose business activity related to e-commerce transactions, and owing to delay on part of the companies like Amazon, Naaptol, Ebay, etc. in submitting the bills, the petitioner got delayed by almost 10 months in submitting the deducted TDS.The division bench of Justice...

Gujarat High Court Awards ₹12 Lakh Compensation To Survivor Who Was Raped As A Minor, Had To Terminate Pregnancy

The Gujarat High Court granted over Rs. 12 Lakh as compensation to a rape survivor–who was minor at the time of the incident in 2018–observing it is a “serious case of rape” where the survivor had passed though “aggravating circumstances”, physical harassment and mental trauma. In doing so, the Court noted that the Trial Court passed a "non-speaking order" where it failed to...

Can Tenants Be Evicted For Changing 'Exclusive Use' Of Property As Mentioned In Rent Note? Gujarat HC Answers

The Gujarat High Court has upheld a trial court's eviction order which had held that the tenants had breached the terms of tenancy concerning a property which was originally given on rent to be exclusively used for a cycle repair business but was eventually being used to conduct business of seat covers and accessories. The high court was hearing a revision plea against judgment of the...

Delhi High Court Monthly Digest: March 2025 [Citations 252- 396]

Citations 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 252 to 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 396NOMINAL INDEXPr. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Central)- 3 v. M/S Ridgeview Construction Pvt. Ltd 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 252ANUPENDER v. STATE OF NCT OF DELHI 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 253SHIVAM PANDEY v. STATE 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 254Y V v. KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA & ORS. 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 256HARIT NURSERIES WELFARE ASSOCIATION (REGD.) & ANR....

No Fundamental Right To Be Cremated Or Buried At A Specific Site, Authorities Will Decide Where To Cremate Or Bury A Citizen: Bombay High Court

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court recently held that the citizens do not have a fundamental right to be cremated or buried at a specific place. A division bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Kamal Khata while pronouncing the ruling on March 26, ordered the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) to remove a crematorium constructed nearby residential societies, shops,...

Punjab & Haryana HC Declares Haryana Govt Notification Curtailing Land Rights Of 'Dholidars' As Unconstitutional

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has declared the Haryana Government's notification unconstitutional, which made the application of amendments under the Haryana Dholidar, Butimar, Bhondedar, and Muqararidar (Vesting of Proprietary Rights) Act retrospective.The petitioners, who had been recorded as occupancy tenants (Dholidars), sought protection of their property rights, arguing that...

Removed All Bollards From Entrance Of Footpaths: BMC Tells Bombay HC In Suo Motu PIL On Footpath Access For Differently Abled Persons

In relation to a suo motu PIL concerning the inaccessibility of footpaths to differently abled persons in Mumbai owing to bollards, the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed the High Court on Tuesday (April 1) that it has removed all bollards from the entrance of footpaths.In 2023, the Court took suo moto cognisance based on an email sent to advocate Jamshed Mistry by Karan Sunil Shah,...

Following Delhi HC Nudge, Customs Takes Measures To Prevent Harassment Of Genuine Air Travellers Carrying Gold Jewellery

Following successive judgments of the Delhi High Court criticising the Customs for detaining personal jewellery of air travellers and failure to comply with mandatory statutory procedure for detention, the Department has undertaken various steps to prevent harassment of genuine travellers.As per an affidavit filed by the Centre, the Department has taken following steps:1. A person whose goods...

Unauthorised Use Of Woman's Photos | Photgrapher Prima Facie Guilty Of Breaching Her Privacy, Not Parties Who Used Photos To Advertise: Bombay HC

While hearing the plea of a woman, who has accused Maharashtra and Telangana governments, Congress Party and other political parties' of 'unauthorisedly' using her photographs in advertising their different schemes, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday prima facie held that these parties or the governments are not at fault and instead, the 'blunder' is done by the photographer, who clicked...