Karnataka High Court Weekly Roundup: January 27 To February 02, 2025

Citation No: 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 28 to 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 37Nominal Index:M/s Renram Fashions India Pvt Ltd AND The ESI Corporation. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 28Vikas C V & Others AND State of Karnataka & ANR. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 29 V Keshavamurthy AND State of Karnataka & Others. 2025 LiveLaw (Kar) 30Hindustan Aeronautics Officers Guild AND Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd & ANR. 2025...

Delhi High Court Reschedules Date Of Elections To All Bar Associations To February 28

The Delhi High Court has rescheduled the date of elections to all Bar Associations in the national capital from February 07 to February 28, 2025. A full bench comprising Justice Yashwant Varma, Justice Rekha Palli and Justice C Hari Shankar noted that in a resolution passed by the High Court's Security Committee last year, it was resolved that all the Election Commissioners, Returning...

Ordinarily Courts Shouldn't Interfere With Invocation Or Encashment Of A Bank Guarantee If It Adheres To Guarantee Terms : Chhattisgarh HC

The Chhattisgarh High Court recently denied relief to Sutlej Textiles, Rajasthan, against South Eastern Coal Field Limited, where the agreement for coal supply was terminated by the latter and the security deposit, along with other deposits, was forfeited. The bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal held that the Court should not interfere with the invocation...

'Serious Issue': Karnataka HC Directs State Law University To Formulate Guidelines To Stop Malpractices In Examinations Using Technology

The Karnataka High Court has directed the Vice Chancellor and Registrar of the Karnataka State Law University to formulate necessary Rules in relation to safeguard the sanctity of examinations and avoid malpractises indulged by students, so as to make available a level playing field for all students.Justice Suraj Govindaraj also directed that the rules issued shall be made applicable to...

Jammu & Kashmir And Ladakh High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 27 - February 2, 2025

Nominal Index:Sunil Kumar Sharma Vs U.T of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 6Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat Vs Sheeraza Akhtar 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 7Union of India v. M/s Des Raj Nagpal Engineers & Contractors 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 8Mohammad Amin Sheikh Vs Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Srinagar 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 9Kiran Wattal Vs UT Of J&K 2025 LiveLaw (JKL) 10State Of J&K Vs Abrar Ahmad Tantray...

Delhi High Court Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Former Judge's Plea Against Political Parties Over 'Cash-Oriented Schemes'

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused urgent hearing of a plea filed against the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Indian National Congress (INC) over their political promises to distribute cash to the voters in the upcoming Assembly polls, alleging that it falls within the meaning of “corrupt practices.”A division bench comprising Chief Justice Devendra Kumar...

[KAAPA] Detaining Authority Has Duty To Provide Legible Copies Of Relevant Documents To Detenu: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that the detaining authority under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities Prevention Act (KAAPA) has a duty to provide the detenu with legible copies of all relevant documents forming basis for the detention, including the detention order. The Court stated that the detenu can only exercise his constitutional right under Article 22(5) of the Constitution and his...

Court-Appointed Commissioner Can't Be Used To Collect Evidence For Parties: Jharkhand HC Rejects Plea Seeking Survey Of Disputed Property

The Jharkhand High Court has reiterated that a commissioner as a pleader appointed by the court under Order XXVI Rule 10-A of the CPC cannot collect evidence on behalf of parties to a suit.Justice Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi held that the appointment of a commissioner is meant to elucidate matters in dispute and not to aid a party in establishing its claims.The bench held, “for the purpose of...

Bombay High Court Weekly Round-Up: January 27 – February 02, 2025

2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 36 to 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 43Nominal Index:Sri Sathe Infracon Private Limited v. M/s Rudranee Infrastructure Ltd. & another, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 36Nikhil Ranjwan vs State of Maharashtra, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 37Asif Shaikh vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 38Sachin Prakashrao Andure vs. State, 2025 LiveLaw (Bom) 39Wonderchef Home Appliances Pvt. Ltd. vs Shree Swaminarayanan Pty...

Substantive Provisions Require Strict Compliance In Disciplinary Proceedings, Test Of Prejudice Applies In Case Of Procedural Violations: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court has held that disciplinary proceedings need to be compulsorily set aside if there is a violation of the substantive provisions involved. In case of procedural violations, the court said that the proceedings should be set aside only if there is any prejudice caused to the employee due to such violation.The Division Bench comprising Justice A. Muhamed Mustaque and Justice...

Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Congress Leader Shashi Tharoor In Defamation Suit By BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued summons to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a defamation suit filed against him by former Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar.Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav issued summons in the suit and listed the matter before the joint registrar on April 28. “Let the plaint be registered as a suit. Issue summons, returnable by April. List on April...

Mere Conferment Of Power On State To Regulate Teacher Recruitment In Minority Schools Doesn't Violate Article 30: Gujarat High Court

Upholding the 2021 amendments to Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Act which allowed the State to make rules regarding recruitment of teachers and principals in linguistic and religious minority schools, the Gujarat High Court said that the language of the provisions did not denote that the State had any "unfettered, uncannalized or unlimited power" to make regulations. It...