High Courts
Liquor Branding Contest Not Indirect Solicitation Or Surrogate Advertisement: Excise Commissioner Tells Kerala High Court In Plea Against BEVCO
The Excise Commissioner has filed a counter affidavit before the Kerala High Court in the public interest litigation preferred against the liquor naming and branding contest announced.Last week, the Court had ordered an interim stay on the contest announced by BEVCO [Kerala State Beverages (Manufacturing and Marketing) Corporation] and Malabar Distilleries Ltd. inviting suggestions from...
Stipendiary Graduate Trainees Not 'Employees' Under EPF Act; PF Demand Unsustainable: Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court has held that graduate trainees receiving only stipends cannot automatically be treated as “employees” for the purpose of provident fund contributions. At the same time, the Court upheld PF liability in respect of security personnel and fire-fighting staff directly engaged and paid by the principal establishment, observing that their wages clearly attracted...
Gauhati High Court Weekly Round-Up: February 09 - February 15, 2026
Nominal Index [Citations: 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 25-29]M/s Amprolisa Construction and Marketing Pvt Ltd v. Gupta Hardware Private Limited and Another. 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 25Abhishek Kar v State of Assam 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 26Mahim Chandra Nath and 9 Others v. State of Assam and Others 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 27Dr. Vimal Katiyar v. State of Assam & Anr. 2026 LiveLaw (Gau) 28Dalimi Kalita v Assam...
Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Challenging Centre's Order Allowing Old Labour Courts To Function After Enactment Of New Industrial Code
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday (17 February) dismissed the petition challenging a Central Government notification that permits Labour Courts and Industrial Tribunals constituted under the repealed Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 to continue adjudicating cases even after the Industrial Relations Code, 2020 came into force.Justice Gopinath P delivered the judgment. The petition was filed...
Recruiting Authority Can Prescribe Minimum Marks After Test , If Provided In Advertisement : Delhi HC
A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that recruitment authorities can prescribe minimum qualifying marks after the recruitment process begins but before the relevant stage of examination, if such discretion is reserved in the advertisement. Background Facts The petitioners were applicants for the post...
Actor Shatrughan Sinha Moves Bombay High Court To Protect His Personality Rights Including His Iconic Dialogue 'Khamosh'
Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha has moved the Bombay High Court seeking to protect his 'personality rights' citing the unauthorised use of his name, image, and especially his iconic dialogue "Khamosh."Sinha's suit was heard by single-judge Justice Sharmila Deshmukh on Monday and was reserved for ad-interim orders.In his plea through INDIALAW LLP, the veteran actor has explained that he...
Challenge To Vested Forest Notification Filed After 14 Years Barred By Limitation: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that a challenge to a vesting notification under the Kerala Private Forests (Vesting and Assignment) Act, 1971, filed 14 years after publication, was barred by limitation.The Division Bench of Justice Sathish Ninan and Justice P Krishna Kumar delivered the judgment in a batch of appeals arising from proceedings before the Forest Tribunal relating to...
'Mere Breach Of Promise To Marry After 5-Year Relationship Does Not Amount To Rape': Calcutta High Court Quashes Case Against Man
Holding that a prolonged consensual relationship between two adults cannot later be converted into a rape prosecution merely because the relationship soured or marriage did not materialise, the High Court at Calcutta has quashed criminal proceedings under Sections 417, 376, 313 and 506 IPC against a man accused of sexual assault and forced abortion on the pretext of marriage. The Court...
Separate Society Can't Be Registered Without Statutorily Bifurcating Existing One Under Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act: High Court
The safeguards under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies (MCS) Act for division of an existing housing society into two or more cannot be bypassed, the Bombay High Court made it clear recently while quashing an order registering a separate society comprising of 10 shops of a building, which was carved out of an existing society.Single-judge Justice Amit Borkar held that without...
Pension Under Employer's Superannuation Trust Is 'Wages'; Resignation Doesn't Defeat Earned Pension Rights: Calcutta High Court
The High Court at Calcutta has held that pension payable under an employer's superannuation trust can fall within the definition of “wages” under the Payment of Wages Act, and that employees who resign after completing the prescribed years of qualifying service cannot be denied pension merely because they did not retire on superannuation. A Division Bench of Justices Lanusungkum Jamir and...
'Case Of Version, Cross-Version': Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Interim Anticipatory Bail To Man Accused Of Assaulting Lawyer
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted interim anticipatory bail to the main accused Saurav @ Saurav Dhaiya booked for assaulting a lawyer, arising out of a neighbourhood dispute in Sonipat.It was alleged that the lawyer was assaulted with an intention to kill him and his car's windshield was smashed. The District Bar Association also observed one day strike demanding strict...
2002 Godhra Riots: Gujarat High Court Rejects Victim's Plea For Additional Ex-Gratia Compensation Citing 'General & Vague' Particulars
The Gujarat High Court dismissed a petition seeking additional ex-gratia compensation under the relief and rehabilitation packages announced for victims of the 2002 Post Godhra train burning communal riots, observing that the prayers were “general and vague in nature not specifying any categories or any deficiencies".The petitioner was a victim of mob fury and the communal riots, which...