High Courts
Kerala High Court Allows Transgender Couple's Plea To Show Them As 'Parents', Not Father And Mother In Child's Birth Certificate
The Kerala High Court on Monday (2nd June) allowed the petition moved by a transgender couple seeking issuance of a new birth certificate for their child showing them as just 'parents' and not 'father' and 'mother'. The order was passed by Justice Ziyad Rahman A. A.The detailed order is awaited.The plea was filed by Zahhad, a transman, and Ziya Paval, a transwoman, who became India's...
Punjab & Haryana High Court Upholds Dismissal Of Civil Judge Whose Integrity Was Found 'Doubtful' During Probation Period
The Punjab & Haryana High Court upheld the dismissal of a Haryana Civil Judge whose integrity was found "doubtful" after receiving several complaints during his probation period.Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel rejected the dismissed judge's argument that after completion of the period of probation of two years plus the extended period of one year and in the backdrop...
Hospitals Can't Insist On ID Proof For Diagnosis In MTP Cases Involving Minor Rape Victims: Delhi High Court Issues Directions
The Delhi High Court has ruled that hospitals cannot insist on identification proof of minor rape victims for diagnostic purposes or ultrasound in medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) cases ordered by the Courts.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said that hospitals and medical institutions must be sensitised that cases involving victims of sexual assault, especially minor girls, require a...
Govt Hospital Flooded: Bombay High Court Asks BMC, Maharashtra Govt To Take Preventive Measures Amid Monsoon
The Bombay High Court recently ordered the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to undertake remedial measures to ensure there is no flooding again in the civic-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital in the city.A vacation court bench of Justices Gauri Godse and Somasekhar Sundaresan raised concerns about the medical facilities in the KEM hospital, a key civic-run hospital in Mumbai's...
'Highly Vulnerable Youth, Fall Into Poverty Cycle': Rajasthan High Court In PIL Over Difficulties Faced By CCLs After Leaving Shelter Homes
Taking note of letter received from the children residing at Balika Grah, Alwar, regarding severe challenges being faced by them owing to non-receipt of grant in aid due to inaction by the State, Rajasthan High Court registered a suo-moto PIL opining that transitioning from institutional care to independent living was a vulnerable phase for every kid who had spent his/her childhood in...
Kerala High Court Closes Plea For Verification Of Migrant Workers, Says It Is For Govt To Decide
The Kerala High Court disposed of a Writ Petition seeking a direction to the government to verify the identity, criminal antecedents and other details of migrant workers arriving in the State. In the petition, it was alleged that most of the migrant workers coming into Kerala have criminal antecedents and have fabricated identity cards.While considering the matter on Friday (May 30), the...
Kerala High Court Weekly Round-Up: May 26 – June 1, 2025
Nominal Index [Citations: 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 294 - 304]J.C. Flowers Asset Reconstruction Pvt. Ltd v. State of Kerala and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 294Sukanth Suresh P. v State of Kerala and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 295Mathew B. Kurian v. National Council for Teacher Education and others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 296Sumisha (Minor) v Shaji P. Y. and Others, 2025 LiveLaw (Ker) 297X v. FACT and...
Mortgage In Breach Of Lease Covenant Not Automatically Void If Consequences Are Provided In Lease Deed: Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court stated that mortgage in breach of lease covenant not automatically void if consequences are provided in lease deed.The Division Bench of Justices A.S. Chandurkar and M.M. Sathaye observed that “the action of BI of creating a mortgage of the leased plot in favour of UBI was without the prior consent of the Chief Executive Officer of the MIDC and thus in violation of...
Moradabad Mob Lynching | Allahabad HC Seeks UP Govt's Reply On Plea Of Victim's Brother For SIT Probe, ₹50 Lakh Compensation
The brother of a 37-year-old man killed on suspicion of slaughtering cattle in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district has moved the Allahabad High Court seeking a probe into the incident by a Special Investigating Team (SIT) and Rs. 50 Lakh as compensation for the family of the deceased. Hearing the plea last week, a bench of Justice Siddharth and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan...
No Statutory Bar On Granting Bail U/S 13 Of UAPA As Restrictions U/S 43-D(5) Do Not Apply: J&K High Court Clarifies
Shedding light on the contours of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has held that there exists no statutory embargo on granting bail under Section 13 of the UAPA, as the stringent restrictions imposed under Section 43-D(5) of the Act are inapplicable to offences falling outside Chapters IV and VI.In a ruling delivered by a...
Arbitrator Can't Grant Relief Contrary To Terms Of Contract: Rajasthan High Court Sets Aside Award Of Compensation For Delay
The Rajasthan High Court bench comprising Justice Avneesh Jhingan and Justice Bhuwan Goyal have held that an arbitral award which grants reliefs beyond the express terms of the contract, including compensation for losses and interest where no such entitlement exists under the agreement, is patently illegal and liable to be set aside under Section 37 of the Arbitration and...
Delhi High Court Protects Personality Rights Of Sadhguru, Passes John Doe Order Restraining Misuse Through AI
The Delhi High Court has passed a john doe order protecting the personality rights of Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation, and has restrained various rogue websites and unknown entities from misusing his personality traits through the use of Artificial Intelligence in any platform or medium.Justice Saurabh Banerjee passed a dynamic+ injunction in favour of Sadhguru...